Snow Fence?

[gstrom99]

Last year, I put up 50' of snow fence - the plastic type. I used zip ties to secure it to the posts. It didn't last the season. The plastic webbing busted where the zip ties were. Not happy with the plastic type. I bought the wooden slat style for this year.

It gets taken down after winter, for storage.

My question is this: Should I use zip ties again to attach it, or should I cut short lengths of wire to secure it?

 

[docone]

Use rebar ties.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I never had much luck with plastic snow fence. It would either break or stretch out. I went back to the wooden slats and used these heavy duty zip ties:

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They make a reusable product but they aren't as strong. Cheap enough to just cut & replace.

Eventually, I got tired of putting it up every year an installed a permanent PVC fence with a gate. May not be practical in every situation though.

 

[gstrom99]

Use rebar ties.

I had bought a pack of those - 500(?) when I was planning on doing my own concrete slab for my shop. I ended up hiring it done, and gave the whole pack of ties to the crew...

Zip ties it is. I have 100's.

 

[Thomas]

I found out regular zip ties become brittle during cold months and winter winds don't help...I use wire.

 

[ponytug]

I never had much luck with plastic snow fence. It would either break or stretch out. I went back to the wooden slats and used these heavy duty zip ties:

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Amazon.com

They make a reusable product but they aren't as strong. Cheap enough to just cut & replace.

Eventually, I got tired of putting it up every year an installed a permanent PVC fence with a gate. May not be practical in every situation though.

Where's Paul Hogan when you need him? "That's a Zip-Tie!"

All the best, Peter

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I'm installing my first snow fence this year. Yes, it is orange plastic. My plan is to sandwich it between a 1x1 stake and a 4' section of stockade style fence posts, then that is secured to posts. We'll see how that works out...

 

[gstrom99]

I'm installing my first snow fence this year. Yes, it is orange plastic. My plan is to sandwich it between a 1x1 stake and a 4' section of stockade style fence posts, then that is secured to posts. We'll see how that works out...

"I found out regular zip ties become brittle during cold months and winter winds don't help...I use wire."


Yes, the sandwich plan should work better than what I had - just zip tied to steel T posts. I can't do that.

Now, I'm still debating: zip-tie vs wire... ?

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I understand snow fence is for drifting snow. But what are the use cases? Put it next to the driveway to stop snow from drifting across your drive? Why are you using it specifically?

 

[gstrom99]

I put up a row of bushes along the 300' drive, several years ago, as bare root seedlings. Most all of them have grown good. The deer chewed down about 8 of them and I replanted them last year. This snow fence goes here, so it's not up all year long.