Cutting Edge Fencing: Surrounding your Property with Barbed Wire

Posted by Michelle Goodwin on Sat, Jun 20, 2015

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Barbed Wire & Barbed Tape: A Cutting Edge Partnership in Security Fencing

Without a doubt, the primary use for barbed wire and barbed tape ib the US is for perimeter security. This brief will give you a better understanding of the uses and benefits of this highly effective security fence application. Both barb wire and barb tape are almost always used in precarious commercial environments. Properties where large outdoor machinery automobiles, and large property areas that are out of direct eyesight will ensure that these areas are accounted for. The aggressive appearance of the wire is sometimes thought to detract from the visual appeal and diminish a commercial property's value. In actuality, an area secured with the addition of these tried and true fence materials provide a utilitarian security that affords immeasuable fence cost benefits both short and long term use.


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Barb Basics

Barbed wire is a type of fencing wire that has sharp or pointed edges typically around 5 or so inches. It is used as an inexpensive yet effective added security measure for small and large, rural and urban properties alike. Originally for farm fence, it gained urban acclaim in the early 20th Century and expanded to a means of to keep people as well as city critters out of private and restricted areas. 

Barbed wire and barb tape were brought into the mainstream farming community by this guy. Glidden refined Henry Rose's original single-stranded barbed wire design and significantly improved upon it by using two strands of wire twisted together to hold the barbed spur wires firmly in place. Glidden’s wire also soon proved to be well suited to mass production techniques, and by 1880 more than 80 million pounds of inexpensive Glidden-style barbed wire was sold, making it the most popular wire in the nation.

 

 

Small but Mighty

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A person or animal trying to pass through or over a fence will surely have discomfort and obtain possible serious injury from sharp barbs. A qualified and highly skilled fence company can construct or add these commercial fence features quickly and easily. Don't be mislead by the quick turnaround of this sort of fence installation. 

Fence pros have taken the required OSHA safety courses to know how this precarious security fence application should be handled and installed.Some projects may require, five, six and even seven strands of wire may be used to maximize fence height and minimize spacing between wood farm fence installations. The wire is aligned under tension between braced heavy fence posts. The addition of barb wire is widely used in the military security, state and federal prisons, detention houses, data centers, government buildings and other national security facilities. 

One of the biggest commercial uses for fence particularly barbed wire in Virginia is for enclosed farm fencing where animals are often transported, bought or sold.Ask a fence contractor and they'll concur that more often than not, a well-built yet minimally maintained 3 of 4 wirewire fence will suffice in most instances. 

Applications

12 ½ gauge is an industrial gauge that meets military specifications. 15 ½ gauge barb wire is typically used for light commercial grade and temporary fencing. One of the benefits to 15 ½ gauge is that the barbs are sharper. Barb wire comes in galvanized and vinyl coated steel. Vinyl coated  barb can come in green or black and the actual barbs are not coated. Barbwire is made of low carbon steel wire or galvanized wire with the twisting processing by the barbed wire machines.Materials: low carbon steel wire, PVC coated wire, zinc coated wire, iron wire.

Barb Wire Uses

-Land fencing and protection
-Animal cage
-Neighborhood and Business security fencing aid.

          -fencing with chain link fence or welded wire mesh fence.

  • Features:  No stretching required when installing
  • Barbs fixed between wires
  • Adaptable for all fencing needs.  
  • Uniformly zinc coated

Typically, a new roll of barbed wire is 80 rods [1,320 feet (ft.)] in length and consists of double strand galvanized wire with barbs attached  at intervals of about 4 inches.

A lower grade barb wire can be used to prevent animals on farms and refuges, but chain link with 3 to 6 strands on top is used for commercial or military grade fence.Barbwire fencing, hurricane fence, richmond barb wire fence, rva fence, barb wire fencing richmond

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A mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purposeis to prevent passage by humans. The term "razor wire", through long usage, has generally been used to describe wire tape products. While razor wire is much sharper than the standard. Named after its appearance, but is not actually razor sharp. However, the points
are very sharp and made to rip and grab onto clothing and flesh.

-Source: Wikepedia
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Gauge in B.W.G. Approximate Length of wire per Kilo in Meter
Barbs Spacing 3" Barbs Spacing 4" Barbs Spacing 5" Barbs Spacing 6"
12 × 12 6.0617 6.7590 7.2700 7.6376
12 × 14 7.3335 7.9051 8.3015 8.5741
12-1/2 × 12-1/2 6.9223 7.7190 8.3022 8.7221
12-1/2 × 14 8.1096 8.814 9.2242 9.5620
13 × 13 7.9808 8.899 9.5721 10.0553
13 × 14 8.8448 9.6899 10.2923 10.7146
13-1/2 × 14 9.6079 10.6134 11.4705 11.8553
14 × 14 10.4569 11.6590 12.5423 13.1752
14-1/2 × 14-1/2 11.9875 13.3671 14.3781 15.1034
15 × 15 13.8927 15.4942 16.6666 17.5070
15-1/2 × 15-1/2 15.3491 17.1144 18.4060 19.3386
Here is a handy chart to help you start the conversation with your pro fence contractor what works for your property.
Generally accepted razor lengths:
  • short razor wire has barbs from 10 mm to 15 mm long
  • medium razor wire has barbs 20 mm to 25 mm long
  • long razor wire has barbs from 60 to 66 mm long.
  • Razor wire is much sharper than the barbs of barbed wire. The sharp edges of the wire can seriously
    injure any person attempting to pass through.

A Good Starting "Point".

Always contact a local AFA, Blue Ribbon or Osha Certifed Fence Contractor.

Depending on the nature of the fence you hope to install, you should always hire a professional to make sure the job is done correctly in a timely fashion. If your fence project requires design build, an experienced security contractor or commercial fence builder is definitely the way to go. Both professionals have the knowledge and expertise to get your new fence installed safely, and as quickly as possible.