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Ardent Listener
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 Posted - 06/18/2009 : 19:24:09
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We are installing chain link fencing around our property. We decided on 6 foot 9 gauge galvanized. See, zinc comes in handy after all. 
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Neckro
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Posted - 06/18/2009 : 19:29:13
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| Here you have to have a permit, and special permits for barbed fence like that. |
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Ardent Listener
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Posted - 06/18/2009 : 19:36:16
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Here you have to have a permit, and special permits for barbed fence like that.
In my area yes you do. No razor wire though at all. But it wouldn't take much to add either if one ever wanted too in a pinch. |
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Neckro
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Posted - 06/18/2009 : 20:19:15
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| Should try and reinforce it with APM's. |
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Nickelless
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Posted - 06/19/2009 : 01:43:29
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OK, I'm just thinking out loud here, so bear with me...
A low chain-link fence would be a great way to contain kids and small animals within a property and would be friendliest with regard to zoning laws, but lousy at keeping out would-be looters. A high chain-link fence would be prohibited probably within most city limits and would raise the question of what is so valuable inside that such a high fence would be necessary--and a high fence could also be a security issue as far as getting OUT if the occasion warranted, although anyone who would have a high fence would probably make allowances for their own situation. A high chain-link fence with barbed wire at the top--that's really indicating that people should stay out.
One question about the photo you posted, Ardent: Why is the barbed section pointing inward instead of outward? Shouldn't it point outward to keep people from being able to scale over the top, since they'd need to be able to propel themselves at least on top of the barbed section, which if it's facing out would be a problem just for the sake of leverage, or lack of it. (Wow, that was a long sentence... )
Bottom line, there has to be a way to balance security with, IMO, not drawing attention to yourself or your property. Wouldn't a tall wooden privacy fence with other reinforcements inside the yard be a better deterrent that a chain-link fence? You could have all kinds of stuff behind a wooden privacy fence and the poor fools wouldn't know there was an alligator pit behind it until it was too late. |
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NotABigDeal
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Posted - 06/19/2009 : 06:30:19
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The wire is to keep them in once in. The intruder is now property of Ardent Listener....
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Nickelless
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Ardent Listener
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Posted - 06/19/2009 : 19:49:07
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Originally posted by Nickelless
OK, I'm just thinking out loud here, so bear with me...
A low chain-link fence would be a great way to contain kids and small animals within a property and would be friendliest with regard to zoning laws, but lousy at keeping out would-be looters. A high chain-link fence would be prohibited probably within most city limits and would raise the question of what is so valuable inside that such a high fence would be necessary--and a high fence could also be a security issue as far as getting OUT if the occasion warranted, although anyone who would have a high fence would probably make allowances for their own situation. A high chain-link fence with barbed wire at the top--that's really indicating that people should stay out.
One question about the photo you posted, Ardent: Why is the barbed section pointing inward instead of outward? Shouldn't it point outward to keep people from being able to scale over the top, since they'd need to be able to propel themselves at least on top of the barbed section, which if it's facing out would be a problem just for the sake of leverage, or lack of it. (Wow, that was a long sentence...)
Bottom line, there has to be a way to balance security with, IMO, not drawing attention to yourself or your property. Wouldn't a tall wooden privacy fence with other reinforcements inside the yard be a better deterrent that a chain-link fence? You could have all kinds of stuff behind a wooden privacy fence and the poor fools wouldn't know there was an alligator pit behind it until it was too late.
The photo that I posted is just a stock photo from goolge images. You don't think I would post a photo of my security lay-out do you? We are installing a six foot chain link 9 gauge fence. Six foot says you mean business and it was the same price as a four or five foot "hip-hopper". IMO, a draw back of a solid fence is that it provides a place to hide behind if someone makes it over. In addition, you can't tell who is lurking outside of it. But to each his own. No fence will keep out those who want to get in bad enough. But on the other hand is can discourge them and encourge the bad guys to move on to easier targets. |
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