Heras Fencing

Heras fence panels and sizes

The trade standard is an anti-climb mesh panel 3.5m wide and 2.0m high, and the HERMEQ range adds half height panels for event lines and taller panels for perimeters that need extra height.

Standard anti-climb mesh panels

Most site and event perimeters are built from anti-climb heras fence panels in the standard format. The narrow mesh is hard to grip or get a foot into, which discourages climbing, and the open infill keeps the line see-through so a compound can be watched from outside.

Panels with a centre bar

A horizontal rail across the middle of the frame stiffens the mesh on heras panels with a centre bar. They suit fence lines that are taken down and re-erected often, and busy sites where panels are knocked by barrows, materials and people.

Half height anti-climb panels

Stewards and security staff can see across a crowd over half height anti-climb mesh panels, which still mark a firm boundary. They are the right choice for inner event lines, queue areas and walkways inside a larger perimeter, while the outer boundary that has to keep people out stays at full height.

Tall anti-climb mesh panels

Where a standard line is too low, such as around demolition, infrastructure works or a compound beside a busy footpath, tall heras fence panels raise the boundary with the same anti-climb mesh, rubber feet and clips. They are narrower than the standard panel, so a run of the same length needs more feet and clips.

Powder coated mesh panels

Powder coated mesh panels come in green, black, blue, red, white and yellow, so a line can match a client's or an event's colours and one contractor's panels can be told apart from another's on a shared site.

Used anti-climb fence panels

Panels that have come off previous installations are inspected and sold as used heras fence panels. They have round top corners and reinforced corner brackets, and suit contractors building up their own panel stock.

Heras panels or rigid security fencing

Heras panels are the right choice when the perimeter is short-lived or keeps changing, as at events, on short works and on jobs where the fence line moves with the work, because panels lift out of their feet and re-clip quickly. Rigid security systems suit long programmes where the boundary stays in one position for many months, exposed and coastal boundaries, and sites that store high-value plant, fuel or materials. Many sites use both, with a rigid system around the compound and stores and heras panels around the working areas that change from week to week. For a moving line, start with anti-climb heras fence panels; for a fixed, exposed or high-value boundary, start with rapid deployment security fencing.

Heras fencing feet, ballast and wind loading

The right base depends on the ground under the line and how exposed it is to wind.

Rubber and anti-trip fence feet

Most runs stand in rubber block fence feet, each taking the legs of two adjoining panels. On public walkways and event routes, hi-vis anti-trip fence feet are easier to see, which cuts trips on busy routes.

Stabilisers, block trays and ballast

Angled braces fixed behind the panels hold the line upright against wind. On soil and grass, the fencing stabiliser and base plate is fixed down with ground pins driven through the location holes in its swivel base. On hard standing, where pins cannot go in, fence stabilisers with block trays are loaded with concrete fencing ballast instead. A stabiliser on every other panel is a common starting point, with more on exposed and coastal sites.

Water-filled fence bases

Bases filled with water on site are light to handle empty and heavy once full. The Slot Block water-filled fence base holds a standard panel along its full length, and the Aqua Base water-filled fence stabiliser is a low two-part set that also turns corners. Both suit city centre sites and car parks where nothing can be fixed into the ground.

Locking feet systems for hard and soft ground

A bracket and locking strap hold the base of each panel to the ground in the mesh fence feet locking system, which takes soil, concrete or asphalt fixings. It is compact and anti-trip, it lifts out for reuse at the end of the job, and a stabilised version adds a brace for exposed lines.