The Fence Post

A Thorough and Trusty Guide

This video will show you how to build bracing strong enough to ensure that your fence will last a long time. Watch the clearly shown step-by-step procedures for building an "H" brace assembly.

Tough and Long-lasting Benefits

Vinyl Coated Hardware Cloth - small opening, galvanized after weld (GAW) wire cloth mesh covered with a thick coating of black vinyl. There are two specifications available:

• 19 gauge - 1/2" x 1/2" mesh 
• 23 gauge - 1/4" x 1/4" mesh

The thick, flexible UV inhibited PVC coating is tightly bonded to the underlying wire. Black color blends with the background, becoming virtually invisible. This tough durable finish stands up to rough treatment and can be used in any situation where a long-lasting small mesh is needed. Vinyl coated hardware cloth has the following features:

• black coating is unobtrusive - it blends with the background
• ideal for use in wet areas - underwater or underground applications
• thick, tough, black PVC coating over galvanized after weld (GAW) wire mesh
• double protection from rust and corrosion - outlasts galvanized hardware cloth
• excellent underground gopher barrier
• easy to see through window glass or screen protection
• prevents small rodents from gnawing the bark off young trees
• makes an effective, unobtrusive barrier to prevent small nuisance animals from entering an area around or in the home
• use wire cloth as an apron attached to a fence or as a buried ground wire to keep animals from digging under a fence

19 gauge 1/2" x 1/2"	23 gauge 1/4" x 1/4"

Quite instructive--beware those innocent-looking strands of wire! 

The basics of using electric fence wire--watch this video:

They call it "Tuff" for a reason.

Stay-Tuff produces state-of-the-art galvanized woven wire mesh for horse fencing.

• "Horse-Tuff" Fixed Knot Fence keeps your horses secure with bordering protection featuring rust and corrosion resistant wire that lasts beautifully due to heavy duty galvanization. Plus pre-stripped rolls--all of the Stay-Tuff fence rolls come with 18 inches of vertical stays removed from both ends of the roll.
• 3-inch mesh spacing is safe, strong and sized correctly to resist horse hooves, cutting down on expensive injuries.
• These fences are resilient when a horse makes contact--whether the horse was playing, gets spooked for some reason, or didn't see it (think about adding a top board to enhance visibility.)
    

You can trust these products to safely contain your horses.

These fences feature the following characteristics:

• fence meshes are durable and flexible, holding their shape
• longer lifetime, little maintenance required
• woven mesh construction is strong
• no wires sticking out to scrape or harm animals or people
• can be used with rail fences
• lasts 3 to 4 times longer than low-tensile wire
• Redi-Roll feature means time saved stripping roll ends
• faster and easier to build with fewer posts to set
• and a 20 Year Warranty

 Stay-Tuff products will provide you with a lifetime of service.

Let's protect our little ones...

Each year, thousands of drownings and near-drowning events occur in the U.S. - swimming pool tragedies that are preventable. In the summer of 2018, there were 148 fatalities due to swimming pools and spas/Jacuzzis. That's from Memorial Day to Labor Day and that statistic only includes those younger than age 15. Mercifully, that statistic is down 9% from 2017. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has studied this problem extensively. Their conclusion about the best way to reduce and hopefully eliminate these incidents:

Pool owners must install and maintain effective barriers to prevent young children from entering the pool area.

Swimming pool barriers requirements for both in-ground and above ground pools should be/have:

• at least 48" high
• free of footholds
• self-closing gates
• free of hand holds
• self-latching gates
• made with small openings:
• horizontal - no wider than 1-3/4"
• vertical - no higher than 4"
• locking devices on all gates
• less than 4" clearance from ground to bottom of barrier

Still, relying on these precautions is not enough.

Here is a sobering video showing the ingenuity of toddlers as they outsmart barriers created for their protection.

Vigilance is required! Parents: Put down cellphones, tablets, and laptops! At all times you should be in the pool with children 5 and younger and have your eyes on children 6 and above.   

For further information, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has a 32-page brochure available as a PDF: Guidelines for Entrapment Hazards: Making Pools and Spas Safer.