Public Consultation: Horse and Stud Fencing

NSAI has launched a public consultation for the draft I.S. 437:2024 Horse and stud fencing – timber post and rail.

Public consultation period: From Monday 22^nd July 2024 until Friday 30^th August 2024, inclusive.

The scope of the draft:
This Irish Standard specifies materials, test methods, marking, packaging, transport and on-site storage requirements for timber post and rail used for horse and stud fencing. This standard also includes  requirements for electric rope, electric tape and specialised horse fencing wire used in horse and stud fencing. 

Fencing arrangements are defined for:

⎯ Boundary fencing;

⎯ Paddock fencing;

⎯ Lunging & turnout areas. 

Content of the draft:

The draft contains the following sections:  

• Section 1 Scope
• Section 2 Normative References
• Section 3 Terms and definitions
• Section 4 Requirements
• Section 5 Fencing arrangements
• Section 6 Marking
• Section 7 Packaging, transport and on-site storage
• Section 8 Annex A (informative) Decision process for determining timber preservation requirements for timber posts, rails, retaining boards and top boards
• Section 9 Annex B (normative) Timber preservation
• Section 10 Annex C (informative) Fencing arrangements for horses
• Section 11 Bibliography

View the draft and submit comments:
All interested parties are invited to comment on the draft I.S. 437:2024 through the NSAI ‘Your Standards, Your Say’ forum: here

NSAI would like to acknowledge the following committee for their contribution to the development of this draft standard:

• NSAI/TC 08/WG 24

Find out how to use Your Standards, Your Say here.