PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION OF DEER PROOF & RABBIT PROOF FENCES & FENCING ACROSS CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORFOLK & SUFFOLK.

Deer and rab­bit fence

If you are hav­ing prob­lems keep­ing deer or rab­bits out then the instal­la­tion of an appro­pri­ately designed and installed fence is often the best loong-term option.  A well though out, installed and con­structed fence will pro­vide many years of ser­vice in exclud­ing these species. We have also con­structed areas to retain deer in.

Rab­bit and deer fences are highly effec­tive at com­bat­ing the dam­age caused by these species, both on a large scale i.e. tree and spal­ing pro­tec­tion, crop pro­tec­tion or on the slightly smaller scale i.e. pro­tec­tion of land­scaped areas, domes­tic gar­dens or main­tain­ing the amenity of areas like sports fields.

Please do not fall into the trap of think­ing that any old fence will keep these species out, it wont. They are pro­lific jumpers, dig­gers, push­ers and bur­row­ers…! To achieve suc­cess­ful exclu­sion care must be taken at the fence design stage.

We are a spe­cial­ist con­trac­tor for the instal­la­tion of rab­bit and deer fences oper­at­ing across East Anglia– if your require advice on design or spec­i­fi­ca­tion, or look­ing for a installer, then please con­tact us for an infor­mal chat.

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DEER PROOF FENCING

The con­struc­tion and spec­i­fi­ca­tion of a fence to exclude deer is heav­ily depen­dant on the species try­ing to either be excluded or con­tained. A fal­low deer can jump sig­nif­i­cantly higher than a munt­jac for example..!

Many fenc­ing con­trac­tors have not installed, or do not install these types of fences– be sure your con­trac­tors knows what they are doing.

The phys­i­cal con­tstruc­tion required in a deer proof fences should not be under­es­ti­mated– the typ­i­cal mesh sizes and post sizes for deer fences is given below– taken from an excel­lent series of notes from the Forestry Commission.

Gen­er­ally deer proof fences are con­structed in a tra­di­tional man­ner with wooden stakes dug or dri­ven into the ground.  Regard­less of species you will be look­ing at a min­i­mum fin­ished height of 1.5m (5ft) with some species requir­ing a full 2m height (ca 7ft).  The deer fence (mesh) is then attached to the wooden stakes at appro­pri­ate inter­vals.  Again the mesh aper­ture used will be species depen­dant (smaller holes for smaller deer).  The tricky part then comes– the ten­sion­ing of the fence (spe­cial­ist strain­ing equip­ment needed here!!). In some cases i.e. munt­jac it may be nec­es­sary to sink the wire into the ground by a small amount, or add a line wire,  to stop them push­ing under the fin­ished fence.

We install deer fenc­ing across Cam­bridgeshire, Nor­folk and Suf­folk– if you require advice, instal­la­tion or assis­tance please do get in con­tact with us.

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RABBIT PROOF FENCING

The gen­eral spec­i­fi­ca­tions for rab­bit proof fenc­ing are pro­vided by the Wood­land Trust, Forestry Com­mis­sion and the BCTV.  We gen­er­ally work to the following:

• Strain­ing posts: 2.1m x 125-150mm diameter
• Struts: 2.1m x 75-100mm diameter
• Inter­me­di­ates: 1.7m x 50-75mm diameter
• Line wires: Two, mild-steel of 4mm dia (2.5mm is nor­mally suf­fi­cient though)
• Net­ting: Gal­vanised, 31mm hole size, 1050mm height (width)
• Sta­ples: Max of 30mm
• Fin­ished height: Min­i­mum of 75–80 cm above ground
• Bot­tom: Either turned out 150mm towards rab­bit pres­sure or dug in to the ground 15cm.

Rab­bit proof fence installation

We do pre­fer to dig our net­ting in but there are occas­sions when turn­ing out is the only option.

Our expe­ri­ence shows us that a strain­ing post every 50m is suf­fi­cient, or where changes of direc­tion or ele­va­tion are encoun­tered. We aim to place inter­me­di­ates every 4 m although this is some­what depen­dant on ground conditions.

Rab­bit proof fenc­ing can be installed as a stand alone option although we often install it as a com­bi­na­tion fence with either post and rail or deer fenc­ing for example.

We install rab­bit proof fenc­ing across Cam­bridgeshire and the neigh­bour­ing coun­ties– be you a farmer, con­trac­tor, landown­ers, school or a domes­tic household.

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