upvc/vinyl post and rail fencing

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Hi all,
I am looking for the plastic or vinyl type fencing, Sometimes known as stud fencing I think, and used in the USA alot. I have not been able to find out much about it, cost or effectivness, or many uk suppliers.
Can anyone help?
Any suppliers would be useful, or if anyone has it what they think of it.
I am looking into buying it as it is less maintaince than wooden, and it is suitable for foals. I have a foal due in July :p
Thanks
 
google pvcu fencing and loads of supplier come up

It looks lovely, but it is very brittle in very cold weather and breaks much more easily than wood when it's brittle. When it breaks, it can produce some very sharp shards.
 
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A mate of mine is a groundsman for the local council and said that using this over a height of 4 feet is not recommended

council tried it and found it too brittle or something ...... not quite certain as to why
 
It also creaks very loudly if you lean against it - might scare a foal and cause injury. I would think it's OK for decorative purposes but I wouldn't use it to actually contain horses.
 
I have it! It's fantastic fencing. Super-safe and looks good always and is guaranteed for 25 years. We are distributors for one of the vinyl fence companies and most of my farm is fenced in vinyl.

Where I live we have to deal with temperatures from -40c occasionally in the winter, but usually -15 most winter days. Summer temperatures are around +30c to +40c so the fencing has to contend with huge variations in temperatures and it does superbly.

I do have some no-climb fencing and some post and rail on our farm but for the most part it's almost all vinyl and every field is fenced with vinyl every time we refence.
 
Yes it is expensive but worth every penny. I put up a paddock for my colt who was a disaster zone and it took every abuse you can imagine. I am happy that I have a really safe place for my forthcoming foals. The rest of my place is post and rail which is fine for older, sensible horses. Go for it!:D
 
Toraylac said:
Yes it is expensive but worth every penny. I put up a paddock for my colt who was a disaster zone and it took every abuse you can imagine. I am happy that I have a really safe place for my forthcoming foals. The rest of my place is post and rail which is fine for older, sensible horses. Go for it!:D
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I totally agree with you. It does seem expensive initially but actually I'd say it works out cheaper than post and rail in the long run. I used to have post and rail and have been slowly but surely taking it down (I do not like it at all! way too unsafe for youngsters) and replacing with vinyl.

I came across vinyl fencing when I was researching the best fencing for foals a few years ago. At the time it was the only fencing who had zero foal fatalities, which was good enough for me. I am not sure if this is still the case many years later but I will say we have had absolutely zilch fence accidents since installing it a number of years ago. Post and rail fencing and stock fencing, well we've had injuries with both these fencing materials and that's why I changed over. Especially if you are raising foals, you really do want the safest fencing available and vinyl is it imo.

OP do be aware there are two types of vinyl fencing. You want the vinyl that has the high tensile wires running through it. The fencing I have is good for 4,000lbs hitting it and it won't break (that is per rail btw) so one fence of 3 rails has a break point of 12,000lbs altogether. Because of this, if your horse runs into it, the fence will ping the horse back. It does stretch and rebound. With foals there is almost zero chance they can injure themselves on it, however if you are near a road you will definitely want to go for 4 rails closer together as they can sometimes 'fall out' if they are lying next to the fence and roll when they go to get up. I've had a couple of foals fall out of their field and I just went out and put them back in as their field is right outside my door, but they could crawl back in if I didn't happen to be around. I am nowhere near any roads so I don't bother with the 4 rails.

Good luck! You honestly won't regret installing it. So many of my friends have refenced using the vinyl fencing we supply and install because they've seen how safe and tidy and neat it is, and they love it too :)
 
Joanna I'm in north America, and as we are distributors for a US vinyl fencing company we get all our fencing from Alabama from the main plant. It's shipped up to us on pallets. There are some companies in England though who sell it; I'm not sure if the company we are linked to do but I can check it out for you.
 
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