Carpet Gripper On Fence Law

The way i possibly simplisticly see it is that it is not against the law to have carpet gripper or barbed wire atop a fence.

Carpet gripper on fence law.

Traditionally owners have put deterrents to trespassers on their wall or fence and if it is a party wall just on their side. And that makes perfect sense. Will i agree. This bloke s claiming all the disability benefits he can for his bad back yet in the space of a morning managed to whip his fence panels out screw nails screws into each one replace them cut 30ft of hedge mow.

It looks terrifying and i am so scared. Don t use carpet gripper on your fence as it s not designed for such use and would not stop a burglar climbing your fence they simply put a coat over the top of it. If the barbed wire is not adjoining the highway and an injury results you could still be faced with a claim for damages under the occupier liability acts. It therefore follows that you should not put injurious toppings on the inside face of a fence or wall such as carpet gripper or otherwise hide them even if you have put up warning signs.

Sorry to ressurect this again but after a bit of a further disagreement over the weekend my neighbour has now added 2 3 inch screws sticking up out of the top of the carpet gripper. It is largely due to the occupiers liability acts that residents tend to use prickly shrubs to deter fence climbing as these naturally growing defenders are outside the legislation. The term barbed wire means anything with spikes or jagged projections so would also include the wooden carpet gripper strips which have nails sticking up through the wood. However the risk is that if someone injurs themself on it you run the risk of civil action for damages.

A friend of mine got into trouble with the law as he put nails in the top of his fence and a little urchin put his hand through one the argument that if he hadn t put his hand there it wouldn t have happened didn t wash. An example of what wouldn t be allowed is carpet gripper strips fastened to the inside of the wall just where someone might put their fingers to climb over. If you want to stop cats getting into your garden good luck with.