Chain link fencing
Chain link covers a lot of ground for very little money. It is not a privacy fence, but for containment, boundary marking and long runs it is hard to beat on cost.
Where chain link works well
Long garden boundaries backing onto open land, allotments, tennis courts and sports areas, school and nursery grounds, and industrial yards where visibility through the fence is useful.
It also works as a discreet containment layer behind a hedge, where you want animals contained but do not want to see a fence at all.
Getting the installation right
Chain link is only as good as its straining posts and line wires. Corner and straining posts need proper concrete footings and struts; without them the mesh sags within a season.