Electric fences on Fourways complex and estate perimeters
Fourways is about 13 km north-west of Sandton City. Much of Fourways is complexes and estates, so the fence we work on is usually a long shared perimeter: a boundary wall around a whole scheme, broken up by a guardhouse, a boom and a pedestrian gate, with later phases joined on as the estate grew. When a perimeter like that runs on one or two zones, a single branch or broken strand drops a long stretch of fence and the guard has no idea where to look.
So we split the perimeter into sections that each report on their own, check every join where a later phase was added, and give the entrances most of our attention: an electrified gate has to open without anyone getting a shock, and the energiser and controls must sit out of public reach. Fences fitted when a complex went up are often still on their first energiser and a battery that no longer carries the fence through a power cut, so we test both.
When a unit sells, the electric fence certificate is usually not the seller's to arrange: in a sectional title complex it is issued to the body corporate for the whole perimeter, so the selling agent should ask the managing agent for a copy early. If the scheme has no certificate, or the fence has been extended or given a new energiser since, the body corporate needs a new one. Tyson is registered with the Department of Employment and Labour to issue the certificate; proof of registration is available on request.
Everything we install and repair, and how a job runs from first call to handover, is on our electric fencing page.
Questions from Fourways
Our complex fence trips most nights. Where do you start?
With the zone that trips. We walk that section and test it in parts, looking for vegetation, broken strands, cracked insulators and earth faults, then give the trustees a written note of what we found and what it costs to fix.
Can you take over maintenance from our current installer?
Yes. We start with a full inspection of the perimeter and a written condition report, then quote for any repairs and for ongoing maintenance, so the trustees can compare like with like.
Tell us what you have in Fourways now and what is going wrong, and we will tell you plainly whether it needs a repair, an upgrade or a new electric fence system, then put the quote in writing.