Should Your Hire Or Buy Temporary Fencing?

Depending on the worksite that you have, you may need to install temporary fencing for different purposes like privacy and security enhancement. However, with most clients, the challenge is always deciding between buying and renting temporary fences. If you are stuck here, too, you can consider the following factors to help you decide between buying and hiring.

• For how long do you need the fence?

One of the considerations to make is how long the fence will have to be installed and in use. If you expect to use the fence beyond 12 months, buying would be a viable economic decision. If your project will need a fence for a shorter period, then hiring would be wiser.

• Your budget

The other key consideration is your budget and how far you can push your pockets to fit fence rentals. If you have worked on a budget already, it would be easy to decide as you will have known what it can fit between buying and renting. If your budget can allow you to buy your own fences, you can as well go ahead and do it. However, you had better have additional uses for the fence after meeting the current needs.

• How much fence do you need?

The cost of acquiring a fence is high, depending on the size of the area to be fenced. Therefore, considering how much fence you need can help you decide between renting and buying yours. Also, if the amount of fence that you need for a particular project will be similar to other upcoming projects, you may want to buy, but if the needs are likely to change, renting only when you must would be more advisable.

• What next after the project?

After the current project, do you have a prospective one underway? Would it also need to have a temporary fence? If yes, you can buy a fence for additional uses as long as you have arranged for its transportation, storage, and security logistics.

• Experience setting the fences up

Lastly, setting a fence up needs you to have the requisite skills and experience. If you buy one, you should have the skills and expertise to set, modify, or move it. If you do not or your site workers cannot either, hiring would be better since the company your rent from can set it up for you.

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Michael Faherty Joined: November 27th, 2019