GAIL (India) Limited

661.4.1 Straining posts shall be provided at all ends and comers of fences, at changes in direction or acutevariations in level and at intervals not exceeding 66mm on straight lengths of fence. Intermediate postsshall be spaced at regular intervals not exceeding 3m.1.4.2 Struts shall be fitted to all straining posts behind the chain link fabric in the direction of the line of fence.1.5 FIXING CHAIN LINK FENCING1.5.1 There shall be four evenly spaced rows of the line wire. The top wire shall be doubled, making five linewires in all. The bottom wire shall be close to the ground.1.5.2 Each line wire shall be strained tightly by means of eyebolt strainers or winders at each straining point.1.5.3 Each line wire shall be secured to each intermediate post by a wire stirrup passed through a holein the posts and secured to the line wire by three complete runs on each side of the post.1.5.4 The chain link fencing shall be strained between each pair of straining posts and secured to each strainingpost by means of stretcher bar. One of the top line wires shall be threaded through the appropriateadjacent rows of mesh, care being taken that no meshes in the rows are by passed by the line wire exceptwhere deviation is necessary at the straining posts. The second top line wire shall be strained in front ofthe fencing. The fencing shall be attached to the top and bottom line wires by wire ties spaced 450mmapart.