RE: Road fabric

[Teressa]

This message is from: Teressa tere...@kodiakfishco.com


Road fabric is much more durable than garden weed blockers.  You could
google it and find a supplier - local landscape companies use it to underlay
gravel walks and paths - that's where I got mine.  Teressa

-Original Message-
From: owner-fjordho...@angus.mystery.com
[mailto:owner-fjordho...@angus.mystery.com] On Behalf Of Gail Russell
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:03 PM
To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Subject: RE: Road fabric

This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com


It is different.  I think I got mine from Merafi (???) ...not
directly...through a supplier.  You will have to find a company that
specializes in road building stuff.  You want the heavy duty non-woven
fabric.  Not cheap.  I paid $900 for my last roll of it, and it is probably
more expensive now.  That did cover quite a space.  The only place I have
had it fail is where the horses pay in front of their feeders.   

The edges can be a problem if the horses walk across the edge.  I dig a
trench about a foot deep and then fold a 2 foot piece of the fabric down
into the trench, and put soil on it.  It creates an anchor.

There are landscape pins, but I have been afraid to use them in the vicinity
of horses.  Karenwould you use landscape pins in a horse paddock?
Gail
Gail

 Thanks Teressa and everyone else who has been responding about the  
 paddock. Another person mentioned road fabric or landscape fabric in  
 an e-mail response. I'm familiar with landscape fabric from garden  
 stores (though I cannot imagine it standing up for more than a few  
 minutes without a huge amt of gravel on it). Is road fabric another  
 name for it, or is it a separate product from separate suppliers? I  
 have a feeling it might be an American term; I'll also try  
 contacting road building organizations here.

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RE: Road fabric

[Gail Russell]

This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com


It is different.  I think I got mine from Merafi (???) ...not 
directly...through a supplier.  You will have to find a company that 
specializes in road building stuff.  You want the heavy duty non-woven fabric.  
Not cheap.  I paid $900 for my last roll of it, and it is probably more 
expensive now.  That did cover quite a space.  The only place I have had it 
fail is where the horses pay in front of their feeders.   

The edges can be a problem if the horses walk across the edge.  I dig a trench 
about a foot deep and then fold a 2 foot piece of the fabric down into the 
trench, and put soil on it.  It creates an anchor.

There are landscape pins, but I have been afraid to use them in the vicinity of 
horses.  Karenwould you use landscape pins in a horse paddock?
Gail
Gail

 Thanks Teressa and everyone else who has been responding about the  
 paddock. Another person mentioned road fabric or landscape fabric in  
 an e-mail response. I'm familiar with landscape fabric from garden  
 stores (though I cannot imagine it standing up for more than a few  
 minutes without a huge amt of gravel on it). Is road fabric another  
 name for it, or is it a separate product from separate suppliers? I  
 have a feeling it might be an American term; I'll also try  
 contacting road building organizations here.

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