Putting up Welded Wire Fencing

All of the boxes and furniture are moved over from one house to the other, and yesterday he spent most of the day taking down the welded wire fencing at the old house and reinstalling it around the new property. We have an almost completely fenced in area in the front of the house for the dog to run. Beau (the Basset Hound) will be very happy. He will be able to follow his nose wherever it wants to take him until he hits a fence-line.

The thing about welded wire fencing is that it is sturdy enough to keep out almost anything that you don't want in your yard, except the most persistent animals and it wears very well. The fencing that we put up last year is in great shape - no rusting or breakages. Weld wire fencing comes in various heights. We chose the four feet high fence because it suited our needs well - it kept our Basset Hound inside the fence and most of the garden critters out. It also helped to keep the next-door neighbors dogs on their side of the fence. As a secondary precaution we fenced in our vegetable garden as well, last year, so that it would be protected from the dogs, and on a side note, we didn't have any problem with rabbits, or other small animals in the garden. When we installed the garden fence, we left about one foot at the top un-stretched. I had heard that keeping the garden fence loose will help to prevent raccoons from climbing and since we didn't have any problems with raccoons in our garden last year, I guess it helped. Our resident, very large, raccoon simply stuck with throwing things around on the deck and trying to get into the garbage shed.

Learn how to install a weld wire fence. 


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