Accessories

Temporary fencing accessories: feet, clips and supports

Feet and clips go into every temporary fencing line, and the rest of the range is added when the site is exposed, the ground is awkward or the fence has to resist interference.

Fence feet and anti-trip bases

Fence feet, known on site as Heras feet or rubber blocks, take the legs of two adjoining panels and form the base of every mesh run. Rubber block fence feet are moulded from recycled PVC. Hi-vis anti-trip fence feet have a lower, brighter profile, and Safe Base anti-trip feet also take pins or bolts and connect to stabiliser and ballast systems.

Fence clips, couplers and hoarding clamps

A fence clip, or coupler, bolts the frames of neighbouring panels together so the run moves as one fence. HERMEQ supplies galvanised fence clips for everyday use and anti-tamper fence clips where panels must not be undone with ordinary tools. Hoarding clamps fasten hoarding or mesh panels to scaffold tube.

Anti-lift brackets and step block struts

Both parts lock the panel into its foot. Anti-lift fence brackets fit with a standard coupler and stop panels being raised out of rubber block feet. Step block struts sit beneath the foot and latch onto the coupler, so the strut, foot and clip all have to be dismantled before the panel moves.

Stabilisers, braces and block trays

A stabiliser, also called a brace, short brace or angled support arm, runs from the top of the panel to the ground behind it and stops the line leaning or blowing over. Fence stabilisers with block trays carry ballast at the foot of the arm, while the stabiliser and base plate has a swivel base with pin holes for uneven ground. Separate block trays add ballast capacity to stabilisers already on site.

Ballast blocks and kentledge

Ballast adds dead weight to trays and bases where feet alone will not hold the line. Concrete ballast blocks drop straight into block trays, and hi-vis Heras ballast blocks are filled with water or concrete and stay visible beside the fence. Anchor block fence ballast stacks for compact storage. Hoarding and signage take heavier counterweight concrete blocks and kentledge blocks for hoarding, and the full heavy range sits under concrete fencing ballast.

Wind resistance and hoarding ballast systems

These kits combine a stabilising arm, ballast trays and a foot into one support for hoarding and long or exposed runs. The Safe Base wind resistance system takes one or two trays to suit the exposure, and the Wates ballast hoarding system uses twin trays. The Safe Hoarding ballast system has a single heavy-duty tray with an anti-lift bracket built in. Water filled Rota Blocks and Slot Block fence bases are freestanding plastic bases that are filled on site and drained to move.

Fence feet locking systems

Locking systems hold panels with a fixing instead of weight: a bracket and strap clamp the feet and are screwed or anchored into the surface below. The mesh fence feet locking system suits standard mesh panels. The stabilised locking system adds a brace for exposed lines, and the V mesh fence locking system is built for V mesh panels.

Ground pins and fencing pins

Steel pins hold fencing to soft ground without drilling or ballast. The range covers short ground pins and two long formats: ribbed fencing pins in high tensile bar and plain forged steel fencing pins.

Securing temporary fencing on grass, concrete and tarmac

The ground under the fence line, and whether fixings are permitted in it, decides how the line is held down.

Grass, soil and soft ground

On grass and soil, ground pins driven through the holes in stabiliser base plates and Safe Base feet stop them sliding, and the locking systems use flanged ground screws that wind into the earth beneath the bracket. Ground pins and fencing pins are easily confused: short ground pins hold base plates and anti-trip feet down, while the long ribbed and plain fencing pins are driven in as posts for orange safety mesh barrier, which hangs from their hooked tops.

Concrete and tarmac you can fix into

Where drilling is permitted, the fence feet locking systems fix into concrete with M12 concrete screws and into tarmac with M12 anchors set in resin.

Hard standing you cannot drill

Live roads, car parks, paving and finished surfaces belonging to a client usually rule out fixings, so the line is held by weight. Ballasted stabilisers and hoarding systems carry the line, and Rota Blocks and Slot Block bases stand freely on the surface.

Lighting, netting and hoarding finishing accessories

Fence and hoarding lights

Battery lights mark a fence line at night where there is no mains supply. Flashing fence lights give an amber warning on mesh runs and switch on by sensor. Bulkhead lights run flashing or constant to light walkways, and battery powered hoarding lights mount on hoarding, mesh panels and scaffold towers.

Reflective strips and debris netting

Reflective fence strips in red and white fix through eyelets to mesh panels and show up the line in headlights and low light. Debris netting ties onto mesh runs to hold back dust and windblown litter around scaffolds and event perimeters.

Hoarding ground skirts, infills and extensions

Hoarding ground skirts close the gap beneath hoarding panels and hoarding infills close the gaps between them. Both come galvanised, painted or powder coated in our own works to match the hoarding colour. Mesh hoarding extensions add height to deter climbing with little extra wind load.