Fence from pallets - waste material as a test for sharpness

13-06-2018

Fence

Here in this version, pallets for fencing made by hand, can not just be good, but a real “salvation”.

The ability to put everything into action - is this not a characteristic of the real owner?

Illumination or a thought that suddenly occurred to you does not at all require an apple to “flop” on your head first. Just interestedly look around you, what else can you use with benefit for arranging your home?

Among the whole mass of seemingly unnecessary, waste materials, very useful for arranging fences ordinary pallets. Over time, they come into disrepair and are not required for their intended purpose, but for fences they can still and very much serve.

In the photo the pallet in its "original", clean, form. Maybe this helps him - we are accustomed mostly to the already used and badly beaten pallets.

You need to have really good ingenuity so that in this structure, known as a pallet (or flight), you can find an element for the design of the fence. However, it is.

First, let's understand the terminology and the type and size of pallets. We are interested, of course, only wood.

Although it must be borne in mind that the "master of the wizard", it happens, use plastic pallets, which are unlikely to fit for fences.

All pallets are manufactured according to certain standards, each standard is assigned its own marking:

P2 - has the size (width x length x thickness, in mm) 800x1000x150 or 800x1200x150, the so-called single-paste two-way - the working surface is one, the holes for gripping are located only on two opposite sides;
P4 - 800x1000x150 or 800x1200x150, single-threaded four-way - the holes for gripping are located on all four sides;
2P4 - the dimensions are the same, 800x1000x150 or 800x1200x150, for double-shear four-way;
2PO4 - also, 800x1000x150 or 800x1200x150, also double-sheeted four-way, but has windows in the lower flooring;
2PO4 - all the same 800x1000x150 or 800x1200x150, double-sheeted four-way, with protrusions;
2PV2 - here the sizes are already larger - 1200x1600x180 and even 1200x1800x150, double-sheeting, two-way, and also with protrusions.

To begin with, this is the construction, because the pallets are ideally suited to each other.

Since all sizes are strictly zagostirovan, you can be sure that it is such that you will have at your disposal to construct a fence. GOST even determines the size deviation.

It is:

5 mm for all sizes up to 1200 mm, and
10 mm for all sizes greater than 1200 mm.

Helpful advice! Of course, you are not going to test your fence on the load that the entire pallet experienced during its “working life”. But, nevertheless, it does not prevent to know that the maximum load on which this container is made is 1000 kg. In any case, you should not exceed it, especially if we take into account that you will most likely receive the used pallets.

Construction of a fence from pallets

When using "pribludivshihsya" pallets for the construction of the fence, in fact, guided by all the same well-known construction techniques. Unless, bearing in mind that the whole structure will be wooden - you will also prepare the wooden columns, the metal will not work here.

Progress

Knowing the dimensions of your pallets, carefully mark the entire trajectory of the fence and mark the placement of the holes for the pillars (see also the article The correct calculation of the pillars for the fence is a guarantee of structural strength).
Spend these same earthworks and prepare the pits. Given the specificity of the structures of the fence spans chosen - straight “ruble” edges - and the pillars should be rectangular in cross section. Moreover, the “gentle” columns of 5 to 5 cm will not work. Choose more powerful ones - at least 10 by 10 cm in cross section, they must withstand the weight of the pallet.
Install bollards and concrete them in the pits (see also the article How to install and protect wooden poles for decay from rotting). It is needless to say here that the vertical position should be ensured as ideal. In addition to a shovel and pickaxe, a more “intellectual” level will be one of the main tools.
Let the concrete harden and proceed to the mounting of pallets. Usually powerful screws and the corresponding screwdriver are quite suitable here. Calculate only exactly how you will mount the pallets - on one side or two, in a staggered manner. If with one, then it is necessary to take care of the double width of the pillar from the side of the pallet fastening, so that everyone needs at least 10 cm.

You can then experiment by using the pallets simply as a temporary fencing, even without columns.

Some warnings

When installing the pillars, keep in mind the following points:

The pit should be dug 30-40 cm deeper than the level of soil freezing in your area;
If the soil is prone to collecting moisture, the so-called heaving soil (one of the typical examples of such soil is clay), then be sure to carry out a thorough drainage of the prepared pit. In simple terms, the soil will need to be replaced with a layer of fine gravel.

Well, in the end, having noticed as a more capital fence, it is possible that the pallets will have to be slightly disassembled, reducing the thickness

Drainage is very important to hold on the surface of the soil. Remove the soil in a radius of 20-30 cm from the pillar to a depth of 15 cm and carefully tamp the stacked gravel.
If you are using hollow poles for the fence, then in no case do not allow moisture to get inside, which means immediately prepare the covers to close the poles on top. The ice inside after the first frost will just tear your tree from the inside.

Helpful advice! Of course, we are talking about wooden poles for pallets. The reason is simple - the need to attach this container. But let's not forget that some designs of pallets have large through holes.

These holes are great for easy mounting pallets on poles. In this situation, be sure to only provide for such a size of the cross-section of the pillars that it fits under the holes. It is clear that such a construction is more loyal to the size of the cross section of the column, as well as to the material from which it is made - the metal is also quite suitable.

Conclusion

Such a document as an instruction on the installation of pallets as fences, design idea has not yet created, and could not create. In this case, everyone is his own designer and no worse than Faraday. Be smart, be prepared for non-standard solutions, and then, that bargain price for which you used the pallets, will be even less - you will get a good reliable fence.

We are accustomed to large pallets, but such small, and even in such numbers and located horizontally! There is something to think about to someone who aspires to creativity

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