Temporary fencing and crowd barriers

Weights and braces keep the fences stable in the wind. A vehicle gate goes where vehicles need to pass through the fence line — remember to plan for both deliveries and emergency vehicles.

Useful before you hire

• Minimum rental is one day. Weekend rental runs from Friday 15:00 to Monday 08:00, at a discounted price.
• Insurance and return inspection are charged in addition to the rental — see rental prices.
• Collect it yourself or have it delivered. We deliver throughout Norway — see transport.
• Instruction is included on collection and delivery. See also the rental terms.

Work out how many fence panels you need

Measure the perimeter of the area to be fenced off and divide by 3.5 metres. A site compound of 20 × 15 metres has a 70-metre perimeter, which comes to 20 fence panels. Subtract any stretch already closed off by the building itself or an existing fence.

Remember weights in addition to the fence panels, and tell us where the vehicle gate is to go. Give us the number of metres and where the openings should be, and we'll work out the rest.

Temporary fencing or crowd barrier?

Temporary fencing is for enclosure: around a building site, an excavation, a site compound or a storage area you want to keep unauthorised people away from. It often stays up for weeks or months.

The crowd barrier is 230 cm long and 110 cm high. It guides people, but won't stop anyone who wants to get over. Use it for queues, entrances, closing off pavements and directing people at events. Many use both: temporary fencing around the site and crowd barriers where the public will pass by.

Wind and banners

An open fence panel lets the wind through. If you hang sheeting, a tarpaulin or an advertising banner on it, it catches the wind like a sail. The fence then needs extra securing. Tell us when you book if anything will hang on the fences, and you'll get the right number of weights straight away.

If the fence will stand in an open field, a car park or on high ground, that is also worth mentioning. That's where fences blow over.

Vehicle gate and the rest of the site setup

The Garda Mobile Vehicle Gate Smart is a double gate fitted into the fence line. Think through where the concrete mixer, lorries and deliveries will come in, and where people will get out if something happens.

Fencing often goes with setting up portable cabins, toilets and heating on a site. We can then deliver everything together with our own transport.