Brick fence posts: construction features

Brick pillars for stone, wooden, concrete and brick fences look very aesthetically and respectably. These capital pillars are reliable, powerful, beautiful and withstand the filling of great weight.

By the way, their fast and easy construction is also an indisputable advantage in favor of such supports.

Bricks made of brick for the fence are harmoniously combined with any sections of various configurations.

Features of the device of the fence with columns of brick

• Installation does not require special training, but only attention and effort to do everything correctly, firmly and carefully.
• We can install beautiful and strong brick supports with our own hands. And then we will quickly and easily attach ready-made runs to them.

Sizes of brick columns

• Attractive combined fence with brick pillars made with his own hands, and in its spans - welded fence fence mesh-chain-link. Such a most reliable, impregnable, seemingly weightless cobweb openwork fence visually expands the space of the estate.
• If the laying of brick pillars for the fence quality, the fence will last 50 years.

An unbreakable and refined forged fence with brick pillars.

• Modern brick admires the variety of textured surfaces and colors. Already these qualities of his without high design ideas individualize our fence.
• The masonry is made of a relief brick produced for facing, and from a color brick we put an exclusive mosaic on the posts.

Preparatory work

The scheme of the supporting structure under the fence.

Reinforced concrete pillar foundation

Experts give the answer to the question of how to make a powerful foundation for a fence with brick supports: it needs to be doubled in depth - this will prevent ground swelling and will repeatedly strengthen the base.

Strip Foundation Options

The instruction suggests such a work sequence.

1. Mark the place of the trench on the ground with pegs and cord.
2. Dig a ditch.
3. Under the future pillars we dig wider square pits.
4. We lay a skeleton of metal reinforcement (diameter 12 mm) on 1 row of bricks: 2 cores at the bottom and 2 at the top of the foundation of the fence.
5. Fill with concrete.

Tip! The column will be stronger from the frame, filled with concrete in the foundation. Its ribbed reinforcement with a thickness of 12 mm and a powerful concrete composition - 1 bucket of cement, 2 - sand, and 4 - crushed stone significantly strengthen the entire structure.

Channel in the post

It is not enough just to lay a brick pole for the fence with your own hands on the finished foundation: bricks must be securely tied with reinforcement.

The emptiness inside the structure is also fragile, because the weight of brick supports is great, and for decades it is necessary to keep balance and resist to bad weather.

If inside a column of brick there is a channel concreted directly into the foundation, as shown in the photo, then such a fence will last much longer.

• We can replace the channel with a powerful pipe, metal corners or a bundle of any fittings. It is to them, we attach and brackets lag.
• The frame without electric welding, knitted with wire is used more often, because the place near welding is a weak part of the structure from excessive roasting of the metal.

Such a support will successfully withstand a constant load from a heavy gate.

• A corner of 50 mm connecting the bottom of the channel bars for the gate will strengthen the structure and protect the posts from destruction under the weight of the gate.
• At the site of the fence posts, let us release 4 cm of metal rods over 10 mm in diameter over the concrete. To the formed anchors then we will mount the frame to strengthen the structures.

Tip! Gate hinges are connected to a square tube, previously welded to the channel bar - so the load will be more uniform and it is possible to adjust the height of the gate, repair the hinges.

Now pour the concrete into the trench. The solution is prepared according to the instructions on the bags of cement.

Erection of pillars

Solid construction

Base for fence and pillars

• In summer, the concrete in the trench will harden for 2 days, then we will begin to build the base. Better to use brick clinker.
• The optimal support in two bricks - 510 mm, and the thickness of the blade - in 1 brick, that is, 250 mm. The “American” brick is thin - 80 mm, so we will concrete the cavity.

Corner ligation systems

Poles for fencing

The color and configuration of the basement of our building should be in harmony with the basement of the house. A brick for fence posts is the same as for the house, but with light decorative variations.

Layout of pillars and masonry

• The height of the fence is 2-3 meters, so as not to close the house: the fence is a spectacular frame for the building.
• Masonry brick strengthen small fittings: metal mesh, wire.

Note! In the places of adjoining of the columns to the fence web we place only whole bricks.

Dressing with a 3 mm net is done in 4 rows.

Caps on pillars

• Fix lags and sections can be in 3 weeks.
• Caps on brick columns will protect against rain, destroying concrete.
• The variety of such caps is huge, and the simplest method is a three-row fuzz.

Tip! Columns of construction red brick should be painted with protective impregnation, which will cover the structure with an indelible film that protects against destruction and the appearance of whitish efflorescence.

Conclusion

• Let the foundation of the fence correspond to the foundation of the house - it is more harmonious for the architecture of our manor. And the depth of the supporting structure is almost the same as for the house. The best option is a reinforced concrete strip foundation with a width of 30 cm and a depth of 80 cm.
• Extremely vulnerable structures at the gate, experiencing the greatest load: heavy gates tilt the column to which they are attached. Therefore, the stability of the building depends on these brick columns.
• At the entrance gate we build supports only with channels of 160 mm, welded by a box.
• We will fill all internal emptiness with sound cement mortar. Concrete void in the hollow pole, we will be parts - this support is more durable.

We made sure that you can lay out beautiful and stable bricks for a fence made of bricks with little effort and effort. In order for the columns and the channel not to bend, like brushwood, you need an accurate calculation, durable metal, high-quality brick, a good concrete solution and rigid clamping of the sections. In the presented video in this article you will find additional information on this topic.