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Accessories
A hurdle fence has one moving part, and it is the fixing. Get that right and the panels sit still for years. Get it wrong and the whole run is shuffling and creaking by the first proper gale.
Which is why we sell one accessory rather than twenty. Stainless steel cable ties — self-locking, with a ball-bearing head that grips harder the more the panel pulls against it, and no coating to wear off.
Fifty to a pack at £11.02, which is six full-height panels fixed properly. Order them with your hazel or willow hurdles and they come on the same delivery.
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How many cable ties do I need?
Every hurdle is fixed at both ends, to the upright at either side of the panel. Four ties per upright on the taller panels, two or three on the short ones — spaced down the post rather than bunched in the middle, so the load is spread across the weave.
| Panel height | Ties per panel | Panels per 50-pack |
|---|---|---|
| 1ft × 6ft | 4 — two per upright | 12 |
| 2ft × 6ft | 6 — three per upright | 8 |
| 3ft × 6ft | 6 — three per upright | 8 |
| 4ft × 6ft | 8 — four per upright | 6 |
| 5ft × 6ft | 8 — four per upright | 6 |
| 6ft × 6ft | 8 — four per upright | 6 |
Order a spare pack. Ties are the cheapest part of the fence and the part holding it up, and there is nothing more annoying than running two short on the last panel of a Sunday afternoon. The spares get used on the yearly check in spring, when you walk the run and nip up anything that has worked loose.
Why cable ties and not wire or screws?
Because a woven panel has to move a little. Hurdles flex in wind — that is how they survive it — and the fixing has to hold the panel to the post while letting the weave breathe.
Screws are the worse of the two mistakes. Driving a screw through the upright splits it along the grain, and it pins the panel rigid so every gust is taken by one point of already-damaged wood. That is how a hurdle gets torn off a post in one piece.
Stainless steel ties
Won't rust, won't stain the timber, and the ball-bearing head locks tighter under load. Pull them up firm against the post, snip the tail, and forget about them. Undo one with snips in seconds if you ever need to lift a panel out.
Galvanised wire
Kinks as you twist it, and every kink is a stress point. The zinc wears at the twist, water sits in it, and it rusts through from the inside — usually two or three winters in, usually on the panel you can't see from the house.
What else they are good for
Most customers order a pack for the fence and find the rest of it gone by August. Stainless ties are genuinely useful around a garden: fixing trellis panels to a wall batten, building and repairing fruit cages, holding netting onto hoops without it tearing free, and tying in climbers — roses, wisteria, espaliered fruit — where a soft tie sags and a wire tie cuts into the stem. They will also hold a beanpole wigwam together far better than string, and they don't rot at the top of a water butt.
Delivery
£14.99 flat on every order, UK mainland. Ties travel with your panels and fence posts, so put the whole fence on one order and pay the delivery once. Fitting instructions are in our hurdle fitting guide.