Heras fencing for log store?

[swinny]

Hi all, Happy new year

 

Looking into a log store this year, and i know there has been lots of previous threads, but i'm specifically asking about heras fencing.

 

Panels come 3.5mtr x 2mtr high, These seem cheap and effective at 25 quid a panel, but was hoping to see what you thought about the sides being so open to the elements with it being mesh, there is nothing to stop water/rain from the sides......

 

Is it still a good idea?

 

Cheers all, Chris

[Stephen Blair]

That's the way I have done it for 2 years.

2 nd hand you will get them for about a tender mate

[swinny]

That's the way I have done it for 2 years.

2 nd hand you will get them for about a tender mate

 

Good good have you had a roof on etc and if so what kind?

 

Hope your getting better

[swinny]

Also do you do anything to partially cover the sides?

[farmer_ben]

Also do you do anything to partially cover the sides?

 

i use heras panels and they work well. just put a tarp over the top, dont do anything else with the sides. seems to work for me

[Pat Ferrett]

I made my log store in a couple of hours from 4 heras panels with one corner open for access and a layer of pallets to keep the logs off the ground, also bought 4 of the tarps to make it look tidier.

 

Heras Fence Fencing Tarps Tarp Sheets | eBay

[swinny]

I made my log store in a couple of hours from 4 heras panels with one corner open for access and a layer of pallets to keep the logs off the ground, also bought 4 of the tarps to make it look tidier.

 

Heras Fence Fencing Tarps Tarp Sheets | eBay

 

ahh, excellent especially when you can see my woodpile from the road

 

excellent, just what i wanted to hear chaps

[nepia]

I made my log store in a couple of hours from 4 heras panels with one corner open for access and a layer of pallets to keep the logs off the ground, also bought 4 of the tarps to make it look tidier.

 

Heras Fence Fencing Tarps Tarp Sheets | eBay

 

 

That's brilliant re the tarps Jam - cheers: I've always struggled to find the size I really want - long and narrow to cover a pallet-based stack - but these are perfect; cheap too.

I'll look into secondhand Heras too; I've used reinforcing mesh panels (11'x6') for my own stack at home. The plus side with them is that you can drag logs out through them - you don't have to make gated access so to speak - but obviously that's no use in a commercial setting.

 

Happy New Year to you, yours and everyone here.

 

Jon

[Able Fella]

I use heras fencing,make sure you don't just rely on the clips to keep corners secure as these will not hold if you have a decent amount of wood stored, I tie the corners up but I have read that ratchet straps work well, nothing worse than leaving your yard pleased with yourself to find the next day one of the sides pushed out, bloody nightmare trying to get back in place.

[Stephen Blair]

I tie the corners up, hit stabs in to re Inforce the side, I just tarped the top and covered with tyres.

I now have a shed but use heras to split up sections.