SecureGuard anti-climb fencing from Barkers
The term anti-climb is thrown around a lot when it comes to fencing, but what actually makes a fencing solution anti-climb?
Whether you are after a demarcation solution or a high-security fence the last thing you want is people climbing over your fence. Read on to find out what makes a fence anti-climb and how you can protect the site that you manage…
Your level of security will tell you how determined a person may be to climb the fence.
The first thing to make a fence anti climb is ensuring that there are no footholds that will aid climbing.
For standard demarcation, fencing having no footholds and spiked tops may suffice. When it comes to a high-security environment, it is likely your attacker will be much more determined and calculated. This means the anti-climb measure must also increase.
Anti-climb fence toppings
The second thing to do is to add something to the top of the fence which will deter people from climbing. The best thing for anti-climb is an appropriate security topping, there are numerous available including:
- Barbed wire
- Razor wire
- Rotating spikes
- Anti-climb spinners
- Rota spike
- Electric pulse fence
With these toppings, it makes it very difficult for an intruder to climb and enter your premises, however, these come at an additional cost.
It’s worth considering not all extensions are cranked out towards the front face of the fence, but this will be most difficult to climb.
Another thing you can do is curving your palisade pales or your mesh panel outwards, this is a marginal increase on your product and doesn’t require additional installation time. The outwards curve makes it difficult for a person to climb because of the overhang. The LPCB who provide LPS 1175 considers the curving of the pales/panel a ‘toppings’.
Topping acts as a visual deterrent and a physical barrier to entry.
Installation of anti-climb fences
Certain solutions will be easier to install than others. An example of a difficult installation is a Y extension with razor wires because it needs to be fitted on site which will be time-consuming and require risk assessments to install.
Curved palisade pales/mesh panel is probably the quickest and most economical as it comes with the fencing systems and installers aren’t required to do anything.
By adding curved pales, your fencing solution becomes a deterrent as it becomes even more imposing and difficult to climb.
Mesh security fencing
With small apertures in mesh system, an attacker may be able to lodge tools in mesh fencing to aid climbing.
Mesh security fences don’t typically have spikes on the top, this creates the risk of intruders climbing over to enter the premises. For this reason, it might be worth looking into a security topping in addition to your mesh system.
Palisade security fencing
Palisade fencing already has triple or single point spikes at the top of the pales to deter attackers as there is a risk of getting stuck or impaled.
High-security palisade fences typically have pales closer together, this ensures that there are absolutely no footholds.
Conclusion
Toppings work to ensure a security fence is anti-climb. For the type of anti-climb security fencing for your site, there must be careful consideration to go into the calibre of the attacker and what they will be looking to do.
The most economical ‘topping’ would be curved palisade pales or curved mesh panels. A tested fencing system that curves outwards would act as a visual deterrent as well as proving difficult to climb.
Our tested fencing systems include StronGuard, StronGuard SR2, StronGuard SR3 or SecureGuard SL2 X
Curving of the pale or panel is an economical topping. Therefore we recommend it for SecureGuard 358, Palisade Security Fencing, TwinGuard SL1, SecureGuard SR1, StronGuard, StronGuard SR2, StronGuard SR3, StronGuardRCS, SecurGuard SL2 and SecureGuard SL2 X.
Get in touch to discuss your site requirements for impartial advice from our expert team.
