Will this fence work if you have a metal roof on your home and metal grain bins and pole barns on your property?
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Dear Vicky, Thank you for your question. The Havahart Wireless 5134G2 Radial-Shape 2 Wireless Fence will absolutely not work with aluminum siding on a structure or in heavily wooded or landscaped areas enclosed within the fence boundaries. Slopes and hills, metal sheds or other smaller metal structures, metal downspouting, metal garage doors, metal poles may present challenges to the fence, as all wireless systems have these challenges. The interference is no different than a building has to a cell phone. From my own experience, the controller absolutely will not work in my neighbor's yard, who has an aluminum sided home. My brother has a brick home, but a metal shed in the yard, and he sets the radius to where the shed is outside the radius, and has no problems. The signal gets weaker, but still strong enough to buzz the dog, who understands the buzz means stop. We found the controller inside the home should never be near an outside meter or air conditioner, as the signal weakens. By moving the inside controller to a wall with no outside items in the way produces a nice clear signal. Some highly intelligent dogs are not affected by weaker signals from metal or dense interference, as they know any buzz, no matter how tiny means stop. Basically, a lot of metal structures and dense trees and landscaping are not going to let the signal come through, but a few smaller things will cause some interference with the signal, but some dogs respond to any strength signal. I hope this answers your question. Maren
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It would depend on the type of fence. Chain link- that would work. You might not be able to attach it securely on other types of fencing.
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Yes, it would definetly work for that situation, and really you wouldn't have to put it into the ground if you didn't want too. It states in the manual that the fence can be applied above ground, but either way you wouldn't have to worry about that doggie getting out anymore. My dogs will go no where near the boundry line.
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Due to the cold weather getting the best of me, I didnt get to install this fence in. I will install it asap so I can train my dogs. You might want to check with either the manufactuer or someone who has used it. Sorry I couldnt help.
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I don't why it will not work with your tin roof. The key is to instal it as high as possible to avoid possible surrounding objects from blocking the signal; the manufacturer suggests 30 feet above ground. It does work, I am in a really bad area ( many channels but my place, an apartment complex), is surrounded but lots of big buildings and I still get channels with an extraordinary good HD image...rain or no rain works. So, if you can install it 30 above the ground and avoid objects-buildings to block your signal, you will get good results. Go for it, it is worth a try...you can always return it if it doesn't work, but it will. Good luck. I don't why it will not work with your tin roof. The key is to instal it as high as possible to avoid possible surrounding objects from blocking the signal; the manufacturer suggests 30 feet above ground. It does work, I am in a really bad area ( many channels but my place, an apartment complex), is surrounded but lots of big buildings and I still get channels with an extraordinary good HD image...rain or no rain works. So, if you can install it 30 above the ground and avoid objects-buildings to block your signal, you will get good results. Go for it, it is worth a try...you can always... » Read More I don't why it will not work with your tin roof. The key is to instal it as high as possible to avoid possible surrounding objects from blocking the signal; the manufacturer suggests 30 feet above ground. It does work, I am in a really bad area ( many channels but my place, an apartment complex), is surrounded but lots of big buildings and I still get channels with an extraordinary good HD image...rain or no rain works. So, if you can install it 30 above the ground and avoid objects-buildings to block your signal, you will get good results. Go for it, it is worth a try...you can always return it if it doesn't work, but it will. Good luck. « Show Less
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I mounted mine on the front of a wood 'Tuff-Shed'. It works great. I added some 2" X 6" wood bracing inside to help take the load. I don't know why it couldn't be mounted on a metal frame shed. Pay attention to the mounting points as there isn't much leeway for the position of the mounting brackets.
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yes,probably so, I mounted mine to a ranch hand brush guard, I didn't want to drill holes in my roof.
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Yes most definitely! I ran several fasteners into some wood to test it out before working on my metal roof and it functioned well. The screws for metal roofing go into wood anyways:-)
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If there are no any obstacles between your home and your barn, It may work. Yout should put the unit on top of your roof and facing to your barn. However, if there are some obstacles containing water -like trees- , or some metal obstacles like electric poles or so; your link quality shall be reduced. If your barn is in clear sight from your roof and your barn's walls do not contain much metallic construction parts or wet wood blocks, then it is likely that it would work from 600 feet. Anyways, just buy one and try, if it doesn't satisfy you, then you may buy another one and build a WDS link between two units. If there are no any obstacles between your home and your barn, It may work. Yout should put the unit on top of your roof and facing to your barn. However, if there are some obstacles containing water -like trees- , or some metal obstacles like electric poles or so; your link quality shall be reduced. If your barn is in clear sight from your roof and your barn's walls do not contain much metallic construction parts or wet wood blocks, then it is likely that it would work from 600 feet. Anyways, just buy one and try, if it doesn't satisfy you, then you may buy another one and build a WDS link... » Read More If there are no any obstacles between your home and your barn, It may work. Yout should put the unit on top of your roof and facing to your barn. However, if there are some obstacles containing water -like trees- , or some metal obstacles like electric poles or so; your link quality shall be reduced. If your barn is in clear sight from your roof and your barn's walls do not contain much metallic construction parts or wet wood blocks, then it is likely that it would work from 600 feet. Anyways, just buy one and try, if it doesn't satisfy you, then you may buy another one and build a WDS link between two units. « Show Less
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I don't know. You might ask the owners. My mailbox is metal. I suspect it would.
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Unless the unit is totally enclosed in a tractor cab, it should work. Key is that it is not indoors or completely surrounded by any kind of metal. My home is the metallic radiant barrier material in all exterior walls and ceiling. It would not work hardly at all with those surroundings.
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If the antenna is outside the tin roof should have absolutely no effect on its operation. I'm fairly certain that it would work inside as well
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No. This is an 18 gauge finish nail gun. Up to 2" nails. Most fences need a much larger nail.
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Probably, as long as you FIRST remove the plastic end caps between each of the fence segments. The caps do come off easily, so no worries on that.
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It connects only to your fence, with good zip ties it should stand up to hevey wind. I returned my purchase decause it only blocks maybe 50% of view thur not the 85% that they claim. I used black silt fence that blocks 95% and also has a wooden stake every 10 feet,and cost only 1/4 the money.
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We have it on a very heavy tube metal gate. Attached to buried railroad ties. Should work for you as well so long as your gate is blanced well. Hope that helps.
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Can't say about the metal barn part, but the 250' is no problem. I have mine about 800' from the receiver inside the house and it works fine. This thing has worked fine for a couple of years now and no false alarms. Cost more than the motion detector type, but much more reliable. Hope this helps.