Railing and fencing - pleasing to the eye, ensure safety

When you hear something about railings and fences, various associations can arise in your head. The variety of methods of application and styles of execution of these products is infinite. These designs can be the simplest and skillfully made works of art, which only cost railings and fences of wood.

Such fences are quite common.

Railing, as part of the main structure

The very name of these structures suggests their use. It may be:

• Railing bridges.
• Railing sidewalks and lawns.
• Railing stairs, balconies, roofs, etc.

Bridges

Bridges - серьезные сооружения, поэтому  их строительство нужно доверять только профессионалам и строго соблюдать ГОСТ на перильные ограждения и другие конструкции. Также есть СНиП на монтажные работы, несоблюдение которого ведет к неблагоприятным последствиям.

Bridges могут быть и декоративными

Sidewalks and lawns

It's all a little easier. The railing here is more of a decorative load. Therefore, the main work is done by "designers".

Note! An exception is the railing of sidewalks along streets with a large flow of vehicles.

Ladders, balconies, roofs

If we are talking about multi-storey residential buildings, industrial and office, they use railings according to GOST. In private houses, cottages there is a field for fantasy regarding the decoration of fences of stairs and balconies. The limitation are only cash and availability of finishing materials.

What could be the railing?

We already know that railings and fences can be very diverse (including aluminum). Now let's consider their classification according to certain criteria.

By design

Railing for stairs are divided into:

• Simple, made of improvised means, in most cases are made at home.
• Difficult. This view cannot be performed without the use of a special tool.

It is important to remember that what barriers would not be, GOST for railings should be respected in any situation.

By performance material

• Wood.
• Metallic.
• Combined.

Glass can also be used, only very durable and indoors.

Railing structure

Wood stair railings consist of the following elements:

• A handrail is a horizontal (at any angle) plank on the stairs, for which you must hold your hand.
• Balusters are chiseled posts or carved planks of railings, fences.
• The curbstone is a pole that is installed at the beginning or end of a stair railing.

Metal railing widely used in construction

Usually it is a railings according to GOST of reinforced concrete stairs, platforms, balconies with PVC or wooden handrail. Bridges, sidewalks, lawns, as a rule, are protected by metal.

Cunning move, when it is necessary to arrange a high fence and not to increase the cost of construction. Then the lower part of the railing is made of metal completely, then, for example, plastic nets for sports grounds fencing are attached.

Note! Possible ways of improving the bridges due to the use of elements from polymer composite materials are analyzed. The main "for" - the price of composite railing, more simple installation.

There is a whole industry of manufacturing all kinds of railings and stair railings of various materials. In the exhibition galleries and catalogs you can admire the railings, masterpieces of metalworkers with intricate drawings. Who likes strict minimalistic metalwork made of stainless steel, the only decoration of which is glass inserts.

Do not forget about the form of fencing, they will please the eye geometrically - with a strict or intricate carving. You can purchase any of these products for your home, but you are unlikely to set up to build your own hands, even if detailed instructions are attached to it. But the device of a rail fence made of wood of a simple structure on the porch of the house is within the power of every man to do.

Installation of a wooden porch railing

 Necessary tool

• Sawing.
• Hammer.
• Screwdrivers.
• Square.
•  Stameska.
• Chisel.
• Building level.
• Fine-grained emery paper.
• Stuslo.

The body can be made by yourself, for this the main thing is to set the exact notches of the corners.

• Bechevka.

From power tools:

•  Drill with a set of drills for drilling in wood.
•  Hobbies
•  Screwdriver.

Phased installation

We get to work, provided that the house and the porch is already there. We perform works in the following sequence:

• Installing thumbs on the stairs.
• We tie a string to them. You should have a stretched string, without the slightest slack.
• We note the place of installation of balusters on the steps.
• We trim the upper ends of the balusters at the required angle, the lower ends are cut off in a straight line. Edges should be treated with sandpaper.
• Draw a pencil centerline on the centers of balusters.
• Fastened balusters with screws and a screwdriver.

Tip! The easiest way to fix products with nails, but no one will give you a guarantee that this design will last a long time. That is why it is better to fix the railing with screws. Although there is another way - the installation of wooden dowels. This will require a special glue for wood.

For wooden steps suitable shkant in combination with glue

• We mount the handrail using hidden fasteners or metal corners.

The photo shows how best to screw the screw - at an angle, so it is better to fix the handrail

• We process wood with flame retardant, impregnation from pests, paint or varnish according to your desire.

Conclusion

As you can see, it is not so difficult to fasten wood fences and railings, having the necessary tools at hand. In any case, you were able to make sure that you should not overpay for what you can do on your own. And for the construction of the whole house do not forget to use the service - rent fencing for construction sites.

In the presented video in this article you will find additional information on this topic (see also the article “Parapet fencing and its variations”).