Roller Barrier has become the safest, non-aggressive yet highly effecting anti climb barrier of choice for all manner of applications. Many schools, for example, have installed Roller Barrier around their perimeters to deter unwanted intruders. Roller Barrier is also used to protect rooftops from unwanted climbers who might cause damage and injure themselves. Roller Barrier is also widely used in prisons to prevent inmates from climbing onto structures where they put themselves and those responsible for their wellbeing, at risk. And Roller Barrier is also extensively used in domestic settings to safely protect gateways, property perimeters and other structures.
Most Roller Barrier installations are carried out by professional installers. But the Roller Barrier anti climb system can often be readily installed by anyone with basic DIY skills. The key requirement for a successful Roller Barrier installation is a little planning and forethought.
Dealing with Corners
Roller Barrier is available from Insight-Security.com, the designers and developers of the system, in linear lengths from 1 metre upwards. The simple system consists of a robustly mounted central shaft supporting a number of side-by-side, rotating Roller Barrier cups. Brackets, to support the Roller Barrier shaft, are available from the store in various designs, to meet most of the commonly encountered installation requirements.
When devising a Roller Barrier installation its important to determine the lengths of the Roller Barrier runs required. Each Roller Barrier run is a linear length of Roller Barrier. So, for example, a simple installation along a linear property boundary, or the edge of a rooftop, would consist of just one Roller Barrier run of the specific length. This length determines the number of brackets required to support the central shaft at regular intervals, along with the number of Roller Barrier cups and termination components.
But many installations involve multiple Roller Barrier runs that meet at corners. And some installations also need to cope with changes in height. The image above, for example, shows Roller Barrier installed along a sports field fence top, coping with a number of corners. The key requirement when devising a Roller Barrier installation is to ensure there are no gaps that would potentially offer the opportunity for an intruder or climber to gain a hand hold. This is achieved by either overlapping Roller Barrier runs or by butting one run closely against the adjacent run.
This simple technique, as described in our video, has been widely used to ensure Roller Barrier provides robust, reliable, totally non-aggressive anti climb protection for a wide range of very challenging installations.