Looking for a staple gun for a fencing project, all items I have seen are silly money. Wondering if it is worth hiring a unit for a week or so.
Has anyone used such a device recently and could recommend something that might do the job ?
Hoping to put up a chain link wire fence on wood posts 6ft apart over about 40feet.
That's what I'd have thought. What three strainer wires for a 6' high fence? Two staples per wire per post only about 60 staples inc a few extra at each end to secure them.
jon pretended :
I did 120 feet of chain link here, with galv staple and a hammer. Three or four staples per post and easier than carrying / using a gun.
Use a hammer. Earlier this year I put-up a 90m fence. A post hole borer for the poles (scrounged old telegraph poles that I'd chainsawn into 8' sections). A home-made wacker to compact the soil (first a bar with a lump on it, then a small plate welded onto an old SDS bit and used with the SDS breaker). Straining wire at top, bottom and middle of the posts, then fix the stock or chain-link. You'll need a tensioner; I bought the Draper bar version but one of the cheaper chain tensioners would probably be better.
I forgot to add: don't forget to put barrel tensioners on each section of straining wire.
Not worth buying one for so little work unless you're disabled & using one would avoid you paying a pro. Hire? Never.
If you're new to it just don't forget to tension the wire well.
NT
7/8 posts? Fencing staples & a hammer?
Look the man wants to buy some new tools. Whoever said this had to be a sensible decision.Leave him alone :-0
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