Fencing in the cold and wet?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I had a conversation with someone today who thought that installing a fence in the winter is a bad idea.

What do you guys think?

 

 

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[wood4thetrees]

Soil can dry out and shrink in summer if driving posts in, but if properly boxed up and driven in well should be fine!

 

Always seems to rain when I'm fencing :-/

[Stubby]

I had a conversation with someone today who thought that installing a fence in the winter is a bad idea.

What do you guys think?

 

 

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Other than possible unpleasant working conditions ( wet/mud) or frozen ground ( difficult to dig ) I cant see why it would be a bad idea in winter ?

[Eddy_t]

I've been fencing on boggy ground today, it has open water, mud, briars and thorns, it's not pleasant but it's doable

 

 

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[Matthew Storrs]

Well, I would be out of business if I didn't fence in the winter. Do you mean stock fencing? When its really cold and you strain up the wires they tend to slacken a bit in the summer in the heat, shouldn't be too bad if using hi tensile wire.

The worse bit about fencing in the winter is the logistics of getting machinery and materials across boggy/wet ground without either getting stuck of churning up the fields.

All good fun!

[theflyingscotsman]

I have fencing jobs all year round and haven't had any complaints....

 

If a fence is put up well....

 

Crack on I see no problem with it if it's done right

 

(Any fence that's put up incorrectly will fall/become loose in a short period of time regardless of season)

 

As the other chaps said it's always the mess in the winter that's the bigger problem

[simonm]

The only problems weve had with fencing in bad weather is the mess you make in peoples gardens. mainly mud if its wet no matter how hard you try it wont clean up nice its spoils a good job.

[bobh]

Had people say this to me before, load of old cobblers in my opinion.

I think the theory was that the soil would contract in the summer and loosen the posts! Probably right if you only put the posts in 2 inches!

[Matthew Storrs]

Had people say this to me before, load of old cobblers in my opinion.

I think the theory was that the soil would contract in the summer and loosen the posts! Probably right if you only put the posts in 2 inches!

 

And it works both ways on that school of thought, I often think if you can strain up a hi tensile good and tight in the winter and the ground is soft, then you won't have a problem in the summer. Summer hard ground can give the false illusion that your posts are in solid only to find in turns into a quagmire in the winter.

Although 8inch dia posts machine hammered 1 meter into the ground rarely move in my experiance:biggrin:

[s.varty]

Personally id rather do fencing in the winter rather than the summer, winters not that bad as long as its not raining, at least your not sweating your nuts off.