Installation of fences in the private sector

Many residents who live in the city, outside the city limits or have a summer cottage there, wonder how to install the fence and what material to use for this? In addition, it is also necessary to coordinate the border with the neighbors according to your existing plan and to observe the “red line” from the street.

Installation of sheeting with their own hands

The legal side of the issue

Decorative concrete

• In the Russian Federation there are laws regulating construction, but many simply do not know them, therefore, sometimes they fall into difficult legal situations. Thus, the installation of fences and fences in urban and rural areas differs in legal terms. For the village, it is enough to have a document on land ownership, and you can fence it without additional permits, but everything is different in the city.
• On the basis of clause 1 of Article 62 of the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation, you must obtain permission to install a fence, which is considered an object of external improvement. On the basis of paragraph 2 of the same article, you need to provide project documentation, estimates for construction, approved by state control bodies, as well as a sketch with drawings. After coordination with the bodies of town planning, architecture and state control and supervision on the basis of clause 5 of Article 62, a document is issued for the right to build.
• According to clause 8 of this article, the permit has a limited period of validity - 3 years or less, if such an order was taken when it was issued. In addition to this permission, you will have to agree on this issue with the local authorities, that is, register there a document received earlier (clause 4 of Article 62).
• If a citizen neglects these provisions, he may not have any rights to possession of constructed objects, moreover, in accordance with clause 2 of part 2 of article 222, he is obliged to demolish the structure at his own expense. In addition, such actions may entail the imposition of an administrative penalty in the form of a fine in the amount of 3 to 5 times the minimum wage.

Installation of fences

You can enter into a contract for the installation of a fence with a construction company or an individual by downloading the form on the Internet and assuring it to the appropriate authorities. But you can also do all the work yourself or by taking helpers for this. Moreover, you will now learn how to do this by reading the material below and watching the video in this article.

Preparing to install the fence

Marking with nylon thread

• So, if you have all the documents in order, and you ignore the contract for the installation of the fence, that is, you are going to do it yourself, first of all you need to clear the site and make the markup. Cleaning implies that the “red line”, the relevant documents on the property, you cut off all the shrubs, trees and plan the soil.
• After that, at the corners of the perimeter defining the borders of the estate, you need to drive in the pegs, stretch a kapron thread between them and mark places for drilling holes under the posts. Do not forget that at this moment the symmetry of the lines of the whole structure is determined, especially if it consists of sections. The distance between the supports on the same line should be the same.

Drilling a well with a gas drill

• Holes are best done with a gas drill or similar device without an automatic drive, that is, manually. The depth of the pits can vary from 0.6 to 1.0 m, depending on the condition of the soil and on the future presence or absence of a pillar foundation.

Council There are situations when it is impossible to work with a drill - this happens when there is an abundance of powerful root system from old trees or a strong contamination of the site (before that there could be a dump). In such cases, use a crowbar, an ax, and a bayonet spade. Due to the soil subsidence from moisture, the installation of the fence is not carried out in winter.

Installation of supports for fencing

Wooden round timber

• For the protection can be used wooden supports made of round timber or thick timber. Such pillars are installed either by the injection method (then the butt should be done in the form of a stake), either by dropping into the hole, followed by tamping, or by bottling or cementing. Due to the low resistance of wood to the effects of moisture and oxygen, such columns cannot have a long operational life, so they are best used for the installation of temporary fences.

Council To increase the service life of wooden supports, they should be ground in resin or treated with antiseptics and lubricated with solid automotive lubricant.

Metal bollards

• More reliable and having a long service life are metal poles for fences. Usually they are made of a rectangular, square or round profile and brackets for lag are welded on or screwed to them immediately, as seen in the top photo.

Council To increase the duration of operation of the metal column, it must be sealed on both sides to protect against the ingress of moisture. And if the upper part of the profile is usually closed, then the butt can simply blow the mounting foam before installation.

Concrete columns of a different configuration

• Probably the most unpretentious can be called fence posts made of concrete, since they do not react to changes in temperature and humidity, moreover, based on the characteristics of concrete, such a support can last up to 100 years. The lag brackets either form part of the reinforcement cage of the post, or there are metal inserts on the sides of the post for attaching them.

Mounting brick support

• The strongest and, perhaps, the most beautiful installation of gates and fences is carried out on columns of silicate or decorative brick. The core for them is a pre-mounted metal or concrete profile, or simply a framework of reinforcement and wire. It is recommended to cover the upper part of such supports with a decorative metal or concrete cap to protect them from direct precipitation.

Installation methods for collecting posts

1. Installation of supports for fences and fences directly into the ground is designed for a short time and is used as a temporary measure. Sinking of the soil under the influence of precipitation will lead to a roll of the pillar and, as a result, the whole structure. Such fences are usually put on construction sites, where it should last no more than 2-3 years.
2. Filling the top of the hole creates stability, but the bottom of the hole remains unprotected from groundwater. Therefore, this method is very good for concrete, but less suitable for wood and metal.
3. Stonewalling gravel, rubble or solid construction debris also creates good stability, but does not protect the butt from groundwater. In this regard, the installation recommendations are similar to the second method.
4. The most reliable method for the supports of any material - is concreting butt. Of course, the price of the structure will increase, but at the same time its strength and durability will increase.

Sections or girders

Wrought iron fence

• After installing the pillars, you need to either install logs (girders) for mounting a picket fence, corrugated board or polycarbonate on them, or fix ready-made sections of the grid type Rabitz, forged and welded structures, brick and decorative stone between the supports (see also become a Rabitz grid fence: types and features of the installation).

Installation of the fence on the slope

• If a fence is being installed on a slope, then the columns should be positioned so that it is possible to correctly fix the sections. That is, the span should not be higher than the lower support, as shown in the upper figure, and the gaps in the ground are not calculated in this case.

Installation of a professional flooring

• Lags are made of metal profiles or wooden beams and are mounted on the console supports, as you can install a fence made of sheet materials or shtaketin only in this way.

Installation of a plastic fence

• For the assembly of plastic fences, the manufacturer provides installation instructions. But the basic principles, such as the creation of the stability of the structure (see also the article “Columns for the fence: types and methods of installation) or preparation of the site for installation remain unchanged.

Conclusion

Have you entered into a contract for the installation of a fence with a contractor or are you going to do it yourself, in any case, the installation should be made legally. Otherwise, it may be necessary to dismantle the fence at your own expense.