It doesn’t matter cuz she’s drilling in the top

I disagree with this. I work extensively with PVC pipes that are outdoors 24/7 for years. Never had a problem. Also, I would love to see the type of pressure that would "shatter" a pvc pipe. It would certainly be nothing that an animal could do without major tools.

The metal tube just slipped onto the top L bracket. Not actually attached any other way.

NO :(

Inside of fence, near top, making sure no cat size gap between roller and fence, just enough for the pipe to spin. Compare to the bracket thingies on the ossecat system.

Sorry I never saw this comment. They are exactly the same, 3 years later.

Never 👍🏼

The L brackets were just bolted together so that the piece inside the roller is just an upside down L bracket. Then we put the end of the metal conduit over the short piece of L bracket. The bottom L bracket was bolted into the wood. It's still very stable.

Hmmmm.... We went with metal inside so it wouldn't bow between the L brackets. Ours has probably 4 feet between brackets so I think PVC on PVC would definitely not be as stable for that distance, especially with a big dog pulling on it to try to climb over like we had. I hope this helps. It might work if distance is shorter 😊

I do remember seeing some ideas online for wire fence when I was trying to figure out how to install these on our vinyl fence. Good luck!

The idea is that the PVC rolls around the metal pipe. So if the animal is getting in by putting paws on top and pulling over (which was the case for us), the PVC will roll and they will fall off. If the animal is totally clearing the fence, this would probably not do much good.

@@ptsherry1 Ah okay, I understand. Thank you for your response!

Sorry I missed this question! I will double check with my sister who bought everything, but I'm pretty sure it was just 2x4 wood cut into pieces that would fit into the posts and then 2 inch L brackets. They have to be big enough to give clearance foe the pipe to roll.

We totally rigged this whole set up! Your L bracket also has to be of a size that will fit into the conduit. We really didn't think anyone would actually watch this video or we would have been more careful with all the details 😊

So far we haven't had any issues. It hasn't been up that long though. If the dogs are able to completely clear the fence it may not help too much. This worked because he was putting his paws on top and pulling up. Then he'd slip off. I saw a few videos out there on how to attach them to chain link if you decide to go this route. Good luck!

@@ptsherry1 I might add on about 2' of height using post extensions. Then place a roller at the top. Thanks for your feedback. Appreciated!

Please find a way to extend your fence higher and install privacy slats. Any aggressive dog with a little adrenaline going would clear a 4 foot fence no matter what you topped it with. But 6 feet, roller bats on top, and visual stimulation reduced would make it safer.

I think cats will face the same problem getting over the roller bars as dogs do.

A bowl of tuna with antifreeze will keep cats out after one application.

It looks like a German Sheppard. It was not clearing the fence but was gripping the top and pulling over which is why the rollers worked. It is possible for some breeds to get over a 6 ft fence. I checked into this possibility before going through the trouble of building this. Since my dogs have a dog door and are out unsupervised, I decided it wasn't worth the risk.

Sherry Lewis Wow, my nephew has a German Shepherd that’s been getting out his backyard. Didn’t realize they could climb like that. Your job looks great!

I have an amaerican staffy wh0 is only 15 weeks old and she can jump over our fance with a bit of hard work. give it a month or 2 and she will be jumping over in.

We have 3 that can get over 6ft fences! They are a Australian Cattle Dog x, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a little 5kg Schipperke x that is an expert climber. They are currently behind a 2.1m (6.8ft) fence and the staffy hasn't got over yet but is managing to just reach the top of that - we will give these rollers a go to be on the safe side I think!

I had a 90 pound American Bulldog/Pit mix that could jump a 6.5 foot fence no problem in urgent situations. He jumped it once when a neighbors house caught fire and once when someone was kicking our garage door trying to get in... Come to think of it my old neighbor would kick the fence because she didn't like dogs and he jumped over to say hi to her on more than one occasion, he was always friendly to the neighbors unless they had a weedeater. He died of old age never actually running away or hurting anyone as a result of jumping it.

There was a German Sheppard that was jumping up, gripping the top and pulling himself up. He was getting further and further each time. The neighbor was not doing anything about it. My dogs have access to the yard via dog door so they are unsupervised at times. I couldn't risk that he might finally get over. I was seeing more and more of him each time. So it was either this or stop allowing my dogs to use the dog door.

@@ptsherry1 How did I know you were going to say German shepherd? Lol.. My girl is the exact same.. thankfully she's on the shorter side and can't do our new fences.

Bahahahahaha! It's to keep the large German Sheppard from the back neighbor's yard OUT. He was getting closer and closer to getting over. The neighbor was not doing anything to prevent it.

Dan Del Real... This was my sister's idea. I think she was concerned that if we used PVC inside too that it would bend to easily if the dog got it paws up there. There was a good bit of space between posts. The metal is solid.

Yes, pvc bends pretty easily. I have pounded conduit with a hammer. It is very hard unlike pvc. Plus the pvc would bend enough to pop right off those brackets.

@@texasgemtree sorry to just see this, but there is metal conduit from bracket to bracket. Then the PVC is around the metal conduit so it won't bend.

It does roll pretty easily. We haven't had any issues with the dog since we installed them

Palmtack... I was the assistant. My sister did 95% and it was her idea. We couldn't find any videos of a good way to attach to vinyl and didn't want to drill into the vinyl where you would see it if we left and took it down.

Karen Morales... That's a good question. We did it to keep a large dog out, but I would think it would work with any animal that was getting over by gripping the top of the fence.

Sherry Lewis Im sure it should work to keep them out. I did the calculation and you saved $370 by not purchasing the commercial brand ($10 a foot). Savy! Thanks alot for posting this video, can't wait to save some money myself 😊

Wow... I didn't realize how much we saved. We watched a bunch of videos but couldn't find any with vinyl fencing so my sister had to rig it.

Karen Morales Did it work for cats?

@@rafaelmartinez8948... Sorry I never saw this question. We don't have any cats trying to come in or out so I can't really say.

Dean S... So far, yes. It's been several months. I can see some scratches so I think the dog did get his paws on it but wasn't able to himself up and over.