Xfence won't slide .
Clipex Fencing
- Thread starter SilliamWhale
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Mouser
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- Location
- near Belfast
What holds it up?
The wire is under and over the stay how can it move .
Y Fan Wen
Member
- Location
- N W Snowdonia
If you're unhappy with the Clipex strainers you could use conventional ones.
I've just watched a fence being renewed which I saw being put up in 1963.
The strainers were railway sleepers and the new fence is reusing the original ones which on examination feel perfectly sound.
That's 54 years and counting.
I've just watched a fence being renewed which I saw being put up in 1963.
The strainers were railway sleepers and the new fence is reusing the original ones which on examination feel perfectly sound.
That's 54 years and counting.
- Location
- North Wales
Great work on tough ground , why do you not use the T gripples to tie off , looking at that wire , I wouldn't use it , it's not saving money , it doesn't look like its a very high tensile wire , I don't think you could tie Xfence that way .
- Location
- North Wales
Tying off is easy, its actually easier on clipex than wood strainers.
The wire is diamond brand supplied by mc veigh with the clipex and yes its shite, would much rather use Tornado. It didn't save me any money, i was getting paid to instal, but it did save the customer a couple of hundred pound on the job between eco posts and cheap net. Since hes only a tenant, he wanted a cheap fence that would last a reasonable time.
I like a challenge but i recon i could tie xfence like this, the harder the wire the easier to get good knots, just need to know what your doing.
The wire is diamond brand supplied by mc veigh with the clipex and yes its shite, would much rather use Tornado. It didn't save me any money, i was getting paid to instal, but it did save the customer a couple of hundred pound on the job between eco posts and cheap net. Since hes only a tenant, he wanted a cheap fence that would last a reasonable time.
I like a challenge but i recon i could tie xfence like this, the harder the wire the easier to get good knots, just need to know what your doing.
foobar
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- Location
- South Wales
I can't believe they don't have end caps on those strainers now 
. Surely they are more likely to damage when you knock the post in?
. Surely they are more likely to damage when you knock the post in?
They'll fill with water, freeze, burst, and bang goes the fence.I can't believe they don't have end caps on those strainers now
Maybe McVeigh Parker are wanting to sell 30 year guarantee pressure creosote treated strainers instead of metal strainers? Wooden ends are about half the cost of clipex though, so likely to be less profit for them.
Mouser
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- Location
- near Belfast
Really!! You think it's going to burst the steel rather than expand out the top?
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Dont think so, think about it.
We fit plastic caps on them no problem.I can't believe they don't have end caps on those strainers now
foobar
Member
- Location
- South Wales
Where can I get some caps that will fit?
Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
I have had plenty of tubes split that are open topped. Quite often implement stands.
I have them , I get them in my local tool supply centre.Where can I get some caps that will fit?
Y Fan Wen
Member
- Location
- N W Snowdonia
Those of you who are unhappy about using Clipex strainer kits might like to look at this, advert on the inner front cover of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry,
www.hamptonsteel.co.uk
www.hamptonsteel.co.uk
Smudge
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
@james ds @McVeigh Parker & Co Ltd what's the clip spacings on the deer posts please?
The spacings on the deer posts are the same as our Xfence deer fence which are as below, hope this helps;
Any idea on price
Y Fan Wen
Member
- Location
- N W Snowdonia
No info when I followed the link.