Decorative fences - when reliability does not forget about

And let there be not only black and white keys, as in the famous song of Lennon, albeit larger scales and more prosaic tasks, but we are always looking for and striving for harmony in everything. This kind of harmony can provide us with a decorative fence.

Without losing their true purpose - the fence and the protection of the territory, such a fence will also be a real work of art.

If you want to feel what “decorative panels for the fence”, look at the photo. Perhaps this is the pinnacle of the art of decoration, but you can pick up more modest options, but no worse.

This eternal pursuit of harmony

A decorative fence with your own hands is an idea, the embodiment of which will require, however, remarkable craftsmanship and invention.

And the materials are still the same and have long been known:

• Metal. Of course, this material must be put in the first place when it comes to the decorative fence. Decorative metal fence - a long-standing invention. Here and forging and casting.

But we must understand that such fences are quite expensive and they need constant care. Moreover, there is no question to try to build such a structure of metal on their own. This is done only by specialized enterprises with extensive experience in metal work.

• Tree. Also very famous and old material. And if your idea does not include the need to bend wooden beams, then you can try to make such a fence yourself (see also the article Decorative wooden fence: make the best choice and install). Bends are already a matter of professionals and special equipment.

But there is a very important condition when using wood - it must be ideally processed for the possibility of long-term exposure to various natural factors. Without the confidence of such high-quality wood processing is better not to use.

• Cement. The use of cement to create decorative fences - the latest trends and new technologies. Until now, this material has been constantly used to create panels for fences, but these panels did not particularly shine with their decor.

Today, the situation has changed to the exact opposite - there have been such a large number of developments and proposals that the problem of choosing the best of the good will become serious.

But the decoration of fences began with simple forged metal fences, which are still at a great price.

• Plastic. Decorative plastic fence, if you cleverly choose the material itself and the design, will have the best value - quality - design ratio. The main advantage of fences from this material is that they are cheap and can be erected in record time.

Plastic is so well able to imitate a variety of natural materials that only a closer look can distinguish real stone from plastic. It is almost like artificial flowers.

A decorative plastic fence is more and more often found both outside the city and within the city limits - a beautiful appearance and speed of construction, these are the two main trump cards of such fences

Helpful advice! Whatever material for the construction of the fence you choose, you need to understand that in the end everything depends on your taste and sense of proportion. In this regard, do not forget that at your disposal is also profiled - color, if we are talking about the decor, siding panels, stone, French stone, in the end.

Often, fences of these materials are not inferior in their aesthetic qualities to either metal or plastic under the marble.

What's in the box

The desire to create a decorative fence must begin with the drawing up of its design prototype, on which it is necessary to indicate all the necessary elements that are carefully chosen for each other according to the color palette and shape.

Main elements

Actually, most of these elements are familiar:

• First of allThese are pillars or columns, depending on the nature of the fence;
• Secondly, spans between the pillars, which carry the entire design load (although there are no trifles in the design). Conventionally, the spans can be divided into three horizontal levels - the lower, directly installed on the ground, middle and upper.
• Thirdly, all sorts of auxiliary elements in the form of visors, skates and caps that help to arrange the upper surfaces and prevent moisture from accumulating on them.
• Well, and fourthly, then, for the sake of what all the fuss was set up - a huge list of various decorating elements.

Liberate yourself completely, be smart and creative, and then the fence decor with your own hands can turn into such a find, literally "from improvised means" when the category "price" is expressed only in the "cost" of fantasy

Precautions

Whatever the fence was, at its construction it is necessary to observe the following rules:

• Be sure to carefully mark the trajectory and accurately determine both the location of the pillars and the length of the spans.

Fences from a decorative stone, anyway, there is always a small deception - these are concrete fences, but look at how these concrete structures look "stone like"

• Creating a lower concrete parapet is not a mandatory attribute, but it is highly desirable to take care of a more thorough docking of the fence with the ground. Therefore, a concrete parapet around the perimeter, as its base is very desirable.

Well, and, of course, decorative fence posts are a brilliant prerogative not only of Pavlovsk and Petrodvorets. All kinds of pillars and columns - a huge amount

Helpful advice! Carefully drain the installed pillars. In this case, always keep in mind the depth of soil freezing in your area. The pit under the pole should always be 20-30 cm below.

If the soil is prone to the accumulation of moisture, it is necessary in the winter frost will lead to the deformation of the whole structure. The best way out of such a situation would be to completely remove such a ground and install pillars on a combination of sand and fine rubble. Perfect drainage when installing any fence - a pledge of his service for a long time.

Conclusion

Before you decide on building a beautiful fence with indispensable and pronounced elements of decor, be sure to get acquainted with all the options available to you. Any little thing, any instruction in this situation will be very important. The shortcomings, most likely, will not affect your safety, but they will say for sure about the lack of taste and sense of proportion.

But a tree can also enter this glorious family of decorative fences: here the spans are the purest works of the author of the fence, and no “b”, but see how everything is original and just done. You will have only one question - why did this idea not occur to me?

In the presented video in this article you will find additional information on this topic.