Railings
Fitting railings around a school or play area: what actually changes
Same heights, same bays, same fixings — the one thing that changes for a school or play area is which panel range you order.
17 September 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
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Fencing advice from the AA Fencing team
Guides, product news and practical installation advice from the people who supply and fit this stuff every day.
Railings
How many railing posts and panels do I need for a run?
Bay spacing is fixed by the post type — 2750mm on the taller RSJ range, 2800mm on the box-post range. Measure the run and the panel count follows.
17 September 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Traffic & vehicle safety
Closing off a yard entrance without a gate
A swing arm barrier closes a 3m to 8m opening with three posts and a padlock. When it beats a gate, and what to measure before you order one.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Traffic & vehicle safety
How much crash barrier do I need?
Work in beams, not metres. Here is how to turn a run length into beams, posts, bolts and terminals without ordering twice.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Traffic & vehicle safety
Protecting racking and plant from vehicles
A forklift into a racking leg is a bad day; into a gas main it is worse. What to put in front of the things on site you cannot afford to have hit.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Sleepers & landscaping
How many sleeper posts do I need?
Two ends, one intermediate per joint, one corner per turn. Here is how to turn a run length and a wall height into an actual order in about two minutes.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Sleepers & landscaping
What railway sleepers are actually good for
Raised beds, terraces, edging, steps and low retaining walls. Where sleepers earn their money, and the two jobs people give them that they are wrong for.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Mesh
Fencing a pitch or play area: why roll top wins
Ball-court fencing gets leaned on, kicked and climbed daily. Roll top mesh removes the cut wire ends, stiffens the panel and gives a clean rebound — three problems, one detail.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Mesh
Mesh fencing for schools: what to actually specify
School boundaries have to do two contradictory things — keep people out after hours and not look like a prison during them. That is why mesh usually wins over palisade.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Palisade
Palisade gates: what to tell us before you order
We make them at our Merseyside yard, so almost anything is possible — but six decisions have to be made before a welder starts. Here they are, in order.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Palisade
How much palisade fencing do I actually need?
Divide the run by 2.75 and round up. That gets you the bay count — the part people get wrong is everything else on the order, particularly the corners and the fixings.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team
Perimeter security
Concertina, flat or tape: picking the right razor wire
Three formats, three jobs. Coil diameter, whether it overhangs a footpath and how much bracket work you fancy will decide it faster than any spec sheet.
4 August 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team