Industrial fencing
Welded mesh fencing for homes, and for sites ranging from parklands to industrial.
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A factory fence has a long, dull job. It stands along hundreds of metres of boundary, every night, and waits for the one night someone tests it.
Nobody looks at most of that boundary. The fence behind the warehouse, the corner by the skip, the stretch along the empty plot next door.
What is industrial fencing?
Industrial fencing is heavy-duty security fencing for large sites such as factories, warehouses and yards. It's usually steel palisade or high-security mesh, set in concrete and often topped with electric strands. It's built to cover long boundaries, slow down cutting and climbing, and last for years with little upkeep.
We install fencing for warehouses, factories, yards and business parks, built for large perimeters and long hours. Every job starts with a walk around the whole site.
Built for big boundaries
Industrial fencing can be combined with electric fencing, beams and cameras, so a long boundary has more than one layer. If one layer is beaten, the next one is already watching.
We walk the whole perimeter during the site visit, including the stretch behind the skip everyone forgets. That is where weak points hide.
Then we plan the fence around the way the site works: delivery gates, truck routes and the places staff walk at night.
More than one layer
A fence on its own slows someone down, and electric strands on top add a shock and an alarm. Beams along the inside, invisible lines which trigger when someone walks through them, tell you a person is already past the fence.
Cameras show you who it is and where. Joined together, the layers give you warning, time and a picture.
We plan the layers with you, so the money goes where the risk is. A back fence nobody watches may need more than the main gate.
Electric fencing →Gates for trucks and staff
A fence is as strong as its weakest gate. Industrial sites need wide sliding gates for trucks, pedestrian gates for staff, and a boom at the entrance on busy sites.
We make, automate and service gates for industrial entrances. They link to the same access control as the rest of the site.
One tag or fingerprint can open the staff gate, the turnstile and the office door, and nothing else.
Boom gates and turnstiles →Choosing the fence
The site decides the right fence, so we start with three questions: how high it must be, how hard it should be to climb or cut, and whether you need to see through it.
We recommend the type on the site visit. The written quotation sets out the height, the length, the gates and any electric or camera layers.
A see-through fence lets guards and cameras watch the yard from outside. A solid one hides stock and vehicles from the street. A taller, hard-to-climb fence slows a person down for longer, and that extra time is what the alarm and the cameras need.
- Clearview fencing
- Palisade fencing
- Mesh fencing
- Electric fencing on top of any of them
Related services
Fencing
Electric fencing for homes, businesses, agricultural and game farms, on top of a wall or as a freestanding fence. Sophisticated systems can link to an app on your phone and pinpoint the exact zone the moment someone tampers with the fence or cuts it.
Electric fencing
Electric fencing for homes, businesses, agricultural and game farms, on top of a wall or as a freestanding fence. Sophisticated systems can link to an app on your phone and pinpoint the exact zone the moment someone tampers with the fence or cuts it.
We offer service level agreements and finance for your industrial fencing. Each one is a service contract with 24-hour support at night and on weekends.
Planning your security from the start? Read our home and business security guide, covering gates, access control, cameras, alarms and fencing.
Frequently asked questions
Can industrial fencing be electrified?
Yes. We install commercial and industrial electric fence systems on top of new or existing palisade, mesh and walls. The electric strands add a shock and an alarm to the physical barrier, so the fence both slows people down and warns you when someone tries to climb or cut it. A long fence can be split into zones, so an alert tells you which side of the site to check instead of sending a guard to walk the whole perimeter. A GSM module sends the alert to your phone or your security company. The fence can also trigger cameras and floodlights in the affected zone. Electrified fencing needs a certificate of compliance, which we issue for the fences we install. The written quotation sets out the zones, energisers and links.
Do you fence estates as well?
Yes. We fence residential estates, complexes and farms as well as industrial sites. Long residential boundaries have the same problem as a factory: most of the fence is out of sight, behind houses, along open veld or beside a river. An intruder only needs one weak section. We use the same approach on an estate as on a factory site, walking the whole perimeter, then planning the fence, gates and electric strands around the risks on each side. Estates often combine palisade or mesh fencing on open boundaries with electric fencing on top of existing walls. The fence can link to the guardhouse, cameras and access control, so the security team sees everything in one place. Our electric fencing page covers estate and perimeter work in more detail.
How do you plan fencing for a large site?
We start by walking the whole perimeter, including the corners, back fences and sections along open ground nobody visits. We note the ground, the drainage, the neighbours on each side and any weak spots, such as trees, culverts or old gates. Then we plan the fence around how the site works: delivery gates, truck routes, staff entrances and where people walk at night. The type of fence, its height and any electric strands depend on the risk on each side. A boundary along a busy road may need different fencing from one beside an empty plot. The written quotation sets out the height, the length, the materials, the gates and any electric, lighting or camera layers. Large jobs can be planned in stages, starting with the weakest sections.
Can the fence link to cameras and access control?
Yes. Industrial fencing works best as part of one security system. Electric fencing can trigger cameras, floodlights and alarms in the zone where it's touched, so the control room or your phone shows the right footage straight away. The site gates can run on the same access control as the offices, with tags, codes, fingerprints or faces for staff and contractors. One system then tells you who came in through which gate, and which part of the fence was touched and when. This makes investigating an incident far quicker. On the site visit, we check the cameras, alarm, gate motors and access control already in place, and tell you what can be joined up and what needs replacing. The written quotation lists every link and its cost.
Where we work
Our teams work from our Kya Sands workshop, for homes, estates and businesses in Randburg, Fourways, Sandton, Midrand, Waterfall, Centurion, Roodepoort, Krugersdorp, Bedfordview, Edenvale and the West Rand. See all the areas we serve.
Talk to us about your home and business security needs
You shouldn't have to sit at the bottom of your own driveway, wondering whether the gate will close. With Paul's Gates you won't. Send us a message or chat on WhatsApp, and we will come and look.