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Horse Fencing

Horse Fencing

Horse Fencing vs Traditional

How Is Horse Fencing Different Than Traditional Fencing?

Every horse owner relies on safe, long-lasting and affordable horse fencing to protect their animals and keep them from leaving the property. While horse fences are often made from the same materials as other residential or commercial fences, the requirements to find the perfect match are quite different. What are some of the considerations that horse owners must make when choosing fencing?

 

Horse Fences for Safety

Fences protect your horses from leaving the property, but they have to be safe for the horses. Fences that are too transparent from far away, like some chain link fences, are a bad choice for horses. The fence material you choose should also be highly resilient and not break if a horse runs into it. Don’t choose fences that might shatter or crack and create a hazard in the event that they are rammed. Another big safety consideration for horse fencing is height. All horse fences should be five feet tall, depending on the horses. If your horses might be capable of jumping a five-foot fence, you should explore your options for something higher.

 

Maintenance for Horse Fencing

Various types of fencing can rapidly become unsafe for horses if they are not regularly maintained. Factor maintenance requirements into your horse fencing decision. Excel Fencing and Decking can guide you through maintenance expectations for different fencing materials to find something that meets your needs. Wire fencing designs that might be perfectly fine for normal residential applications can sag over time and become unusable for horses, for example.

 

Property

What does your property look like? If it has many slopes or other elevation changes, certain types of fencing are more appropriate than others. Wood fencing works well with adjusting to sloping on the landscape and can easily be rounded to create pasture areas that don’t have corners if that is a concern.

 

Surrounding Pastures

If you are installing multiple types of horse fencing and horses may socialize across the fence, you should also account for the fence’s surroundings. Wire fencing can become damaged over time due to grazing and socializing over the fence, as horses putting their weight on the fence can move the fence posts and loosen the wire tension. The right horse fencing for your property might be a combination of different fencing styles and heights.

 

Horse Fences from Excel Fencing and Decking

At Excel Fencing and Decking, we are proud to meet the needs of every customer, whether they are searching for new residential wood fencing or repairs to aluminum decking. We are a full-service fencing and decking company working throughout the greater Baltimore area and carrying top brands including Trex, Azek, Shoreline Vinyl Systems and Wolf PVC Decking. To learn more about our services, give us a call at (410) 803-9499.

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