Printed Fence Covers

Printed fence covers for Heras panels and crowd barriers

Each cover in the range is made for a particular structure: the mesh panels and crowd barriers of a temporary fencing line, or the face of a scaffold, so the choice starts with what is already standing on site.

Heras fence covers for mesh panels

Heras fence covers, also called harris fencing covers, Heras fence banners or mesh banners, are printed sheets made to fit 3.5m temporary mesh panels. They suit a fence line around a building site, compound or event perimeter that has to carry a brand or project message for weeks or months. The Heras fence covers and the printed mesh fence covers both come in a standard PVC mesh and a premium Airmesh, printed to your artwork, so a long perimeter and a short, prominent frontage can each take the grade that suits it.

Crowd control barrier jackets and covers

Barrier jackets and barrier covers dress the steel crowd control barriers used for queues, event perimeters and pedestrian routes, and they are made for 2.3m and 2.5m barriers. They belong wherever a barrier line faces an audience, since a printed line carries sponsor names and directions while it holds the crowd. The crowd barrier jackets and printed crowd barrier covers are made in four grades, set out in the next section.

Scaffolding marketing sheeting

Marketing sheeting covers the face of a scaffold with one large printed image, which turns the elevation of a building under construction into advertising space for the developer or the scheme. It is made to the requirements of each scaffold, so the team takes the details of the job before quoting. Scaffolding marketing sheeting is the product when the message has to sit well above fence height and be read from the far side of a street.

Barrier jackets or continuous scrim

Individual jackets suit barrier lines that move, and continuous scrim suits a long run that stays where it is put. A jacket dresses one barrier, so each barrier keeps its print when the line is split for an exit, shortened for a smaller queue or rebuilt at the next venue, and a repeating logo reads correctly in whatever order the barriers are set out.

Continuous scrim runs as one length at 900mm high along the barrier line. It carries a single unbroken message, a long sponsor panel or a wide graphic without a break at every barrier joint, and it suits fixed runs such as a stadium concourse, a parade route or a front of stage line that will not be reconfigured during the event. Scrim is available in the Standard, Premium and Elite grades, while the Basic grade is made as individual covers. Where one event needs both, jackets go on the gates and moving sections and scrim goes along the fixed frontage, with the same artwork carried across the two.

Checks before ordering custom fence covers

Three checks on site, made before the artwork is signed off, save covers that do not fit, fences that move in the wind and messages nobody can read.

Panel and barrier sizes

Each cover is made for one panel or barrier size, so measure the panels and barriers on site before ordering, because a fleet built up from several suppliers can hold more than one size. Count the panels in each run, and plan gate panels and any panels removed for access separately from the main order. Where the fencing itself is still to be bought, the Heras fencing range holds the panels the covers are made for.

Wind on a covered fence run

A covered run catches more wind than open mesh, because the cover closes much of the open area that wind would otherwise pass through. On exposed sites, open ground, coastal locations and elevated positions, plan more ballast and bracing than the same fence would need uncovered, with stays set at regular intervals along the run and every foot weighted. Fencing blocks and ballast and the bracing and fixings in temporary fencing accessories cover both, and a covered line is worth walking before forecast high winds.

Artwork that reads along a fence line

A fence line is read from a passing car, from across a road or from the back of a queue, so the artwork has to work at that distance, with a short message, large lettering and strong contrast. Across a run of panels, one design can repeat on every cover so it reads from any point, or a sequence can carry the message along the fence. Keep lettering and logos clear of the panel edges, where couplers sit, and above the height of the feet and ballast blocks.