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
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Buying & specifying
Measuring up, quantities, lead times and getting a fencing order right first time.
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
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
Buying & specifying
Five things that hold up a fencing delivery
Nearly every delayed fencing job we see is delayed for one of the same five reasons — and four of them are settled before the order is placed.
29 July 2026 · AA Fencing Technical Team