About Us

Last updated: October 28, 2026

Established in 2018, we specialise in construction-grade wire mesh and gabions.

From the start, it was clear that the higher the standard of mesh we supply the happier we made our customers. So, in 2023, we decided to supply only the longest-lasting and highest-quality wire mesh products. That’s why we offer an easy returns guarantee today.

We know from experience that wire mesh can be confusing. There are so many sizes, strengths and types. Don’t worry, we can help you find exactly what you need. Whatever the application, we’ve got you covered.

Meet the Team

John Marlen-Summers

Company Founder

Erno Szabo

Sales Support Specialist

Szilard Mihaly

Web developer

Noemi Katona

Gyopi (Joy) Veres

Customer Support Manager

Orsi Magyari

Home & Garden Content Creator

Timi Schmidt

Campaign & Content Coordinator

Timi Szabo

Technical Illustrator

Our Story

This is our founder John installing a dog fence in his local park. Then trying to convince dog walkers to test the fence on their poor unsuspecting dogs (April 2019)
Inside our first warehouse above a carpet shop in Manchester allowing us to start stocking products for the first time. It wasn’t exactly luxury but it served us well at the beginning. (Jan 2020)
We launched our charity partnership with Dogs 4 Rescue, sending monthly donations to help care for dogs in need. Read more (March 2021)
Our gabions appeared on ITV’s Love Your Garden series hosted by Alan Titchmarsh. Read more (Oct 2021)
One of our regular visits to our manufacturers to make sure we are getting the best deals to pass on to our customers. (May 2022)
This is Gyopi, Orsi and Timi installing a fence, so we could publish accurate ‘assembly instructions’ for our PVC Fence Kit. We insist that all our team members get hands-on experience with our products so they can give better practical advice to our customers. (Oct 2022)
Our first monthly customer project of the month launched. The winner was Aaron Cavil at Cavil Designs. Read more (June 2023)
The team seriously ramped up the creation of helpful product videos for our Hub to help our customers better understand the products we sell. (Aug 2023)
We moved into our shared manufacturing facility in Burton-On-Trent alongside partner company Enviromesh, helping us streamline production, expand stock capacity, and custom-fabricate gabions in-house. (Jan 2024)
Our gabions appeared on ITV’s Love Your Garden for the second time. Read more (Dec 2023)
This is Erno working out how to create CAD drawings to better help our customers visualise Gabion wall configuration and designs (May 2024)
The customer service team (Erno, Gyopi and Orsi) catching up after the Christmas holidays (Jan 2025)
We moved to a larger warehouse in Burton upon Trent. This is John showing our customers around the premises. You can watch the video here. March 2025
The team (from left to right: Timi, Erno, Timi, Szilard and Orsi) behind the chain link fence installation guide. (Apr 2025)
This is our team, including Timi, Erno, Timi, John, Gyopi, Szilard and Orsi. (Dec 2025)
Kicking off ‘Action for Animals’ campaigns, we installed an elaborate display of bird feeders during National Bird Feeding Month to encourage people to feed birds during the winter months. Read more (Feb 2026)

WHY TRUST US?

Excellent Reviews

We try our best and we think we do a decent job but don’t take our word for it, take a look at our customer reviews;

Return Guarantee

We offer a no-quibble return guarantee. If you are not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, return it within 30 days for a full 100% refund, including original shipping fees. Custom-made items can only be returned if they are faulty.

Certified Products

We only sell products made to recognised British and European manufacturing standards, and we publish the evidence so you can check it for yourself.

Gabions: our gabions are independently certified for civil engineering use and fabricated at our quality-certified facility in Burton-on-Trent. You can see every certificate, the standards they are tested against, our stone specifications and the supporting documents on our gabion standards and certification page.
Chain link fencing and wire mesh: our chain link fencing and wire mesh are made to British and European wire standards. You will find the specification on each product page, and if you need test documents for a project, please get in touch.

In the Press

We have appeared on TV, magazines and blogs. Here are some that you may have heard of;

Love Your Garden, ITV (Aug 2021) We supplied Alan Titchmarsh and his team with gabions to help them create a Mediterranean style garden in Dudley for James and his family. Read more	Star Paws Column, Daily Star (Dec 2021) Our charity campaign to help dogs in need appeared in Catherine Wooding’s award-winning column ‘Star Paws’. Read more
Dezeen Awards, Dezeen (Dec 2023) We supplied gabions for the backdrop of Dezeen’s prestigious awards night attended by architects and designers from around the world. Read more	Love Your Garden, ITV (Dec 2023) Once again we supplied Alan Titchmarsh and his team with gabions. This time they landscaped a garden in Bicester for Adam and his family. Read more.
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine (Aug 2024) We featured in the Gardeners’ World Magazine list of cheap fencing ideas alongside other well-known brands such as B&Q and diy.com. Read more.	Fencing News (Apr 2026) Fencing News wrote about some of our recent charitable initiatives, including our product dedicated to Finn. Read more.

Charity

We are a bunch of animal lovers so we try our best to support animal charities as much as we can. Here is some of the work we are doing;

So far we have donated £4,842 to our charity partner Dogs 4 Rescue. Read more
So far we have donated £4,904 to animal charities. Read more
We always discount our products for registered charities. Get in touch

Some of our favourite causes have been (even though it’s very hard to pick just a few):

For as long as we are around, we will continue to support animal charities.

We’re Helpful

Don’t take our word for it.

Contact us using one of the methods below and ask us a question. We bet/hope you won’t be disappointed.
If you need help choosing or installing our products, please find over 100 help videos in our Hub.
Even though some of our products look very similar, we have taken images and demonstration videos of each product so you can see exactly what you are buying
When a customer has a question that is better answered with a video, we make one for them. Please see the latest videos below or visit our YouTube channel

We’re Experienced

We insist that everyone in our team has hands-on experience with the products we sell. This helps us to provide our customers with accurate and practical advice.

For example, our team has installed a chain link fence, cat-proofed a garden, made wreaths and a cloche from chicken wire, created a bug hotel from a gabion and installed a gabion bench.

You will find many more examples of our team’s practical experience on our blog, YouTube channel, and Learning Hub.

You can also find out about the experience of each member of our team on their profile page, such as our Founder, John Marlen-Summers, who spends most of his time making things out of gabions and blogging/vlogging about them.

Contact Us

We’re available 9am-4pm (Mon-Fri) excluding weekends and bank holidays.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0330 124 3556
Live Chat: live chat 9am-4pm (Mon-Fri)

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Disclosures & Info

Wire Fence is a trading name of Super Magic Bean Limited.

We share our Burton-on-Trent facility with our partner company, Enviromesh, which also supplies our BBA-certified gabions. Enviromesh is a separate company and does not own Wire Fence.

Address: Fauld Lane Industrial Park, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9HS
Company Registration No: 11290483
VAT Registered: 344 7643 83
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