We build a fence from a professional flooring with their own
The photo shows a typical example of a quality fence made of corrugated flooring.
The fact that profiled - universal material construction industry experts have noticed for a long time. Although it was designed to cover the roof, as it turned out, the scope of this material is much wider. We will not list what can be made of profiled sheeting, but dwell on the construction of the fence construction.
It is this method of application of these convenient metal sheets that have been chosen by a huge number of summer residents. Well, if you also want to build yourself such a fence, but do not know how, then the leadership is building a fence of corrugated flooring for you.
Weigh the pros and cons
This material has enough advantages, which is why we want to evaluate the convenience of profiled flooring in front of other materials (see also the article What is the best flooring for a fence - expert advice).
It is these arguments that give our material an advantage over other similar elements of fencing designs.
The successful combination: brick pillars and spans of corrugated board
- Cost is a very important factor, which sometimes affects our choice. In fact, the retail price of the sheet is not so great, even if we compare it with ordinary slate.
- Low weight, thanks to which, after installation, you get a lightweight design, which practically does not shrink. This means that your fence will not and does not fall apart.
- Easy installation, today in the network of building stores you can buy absolutely everything to install such a fence. The important point is that commercially available elements of the supporting structure, columns. They are sold ready-made and you do not need to think about where to order them or how to do it yourself.
- Simplicity of operation - the sheet of a professional flooring, unpretentious in service, does not demand special leaving. Usually factory coating is designed for many years of operation. But if you see that the coating has lost its color, you can paint it with special paint, thus updating the appearance of your fence.
There is, of course, the other side of the coin, these are flaws, but they will not affect our choice. For example, a sheet of corrugated is not hard enough, of course, if you make an effort, you can just wrinkle it. But even in this case, replacing the new is not difficult, thanks to the ease of installation.
We start the installation, we make the foundation
If we build fences of corrugated flooring, then first of all we need a good foundation for our construction (see also the article The Foundation for the Fence from a Professional Sheet - Recommendations and Reality). It is there that all components of our fence will hold.
You need to start with the layout of the future structure, immediately take into account where the fence posts will be. Now you can dig a hole for the foundation, we think that you will easily cope with this task.
In the photo is an example of the foundation: formwork is installed and concrete is poured
Once the pit is ready, along the entire length, you can proceed to pouring the foundation with concrete and installing support pillars. To do this, you first need to put all the pillars in place, always along the guide line. So you set them smoothly, and if one of the pillars collapses and loses an even vertical direction, you will immediately see it.
After well fasten the pillars in the pit, you can use a boot, or make struts. This should be done so that when pouring ready concrete, it does not disrupt the direction of the supporting structure.
Important! It is worth noting that before installing and casting pillars, you must know exactly the width of the span. It is best to make the width of the span on the size of the sheet, or two. So you do not have to cut the sheets, and they will become intact.
When you have measured all seven times, you can cut it once, more precisely, to say to pour the foundation with concrete. After the concrete must be allowed to settle, the technology requires to maintain the foundation for two weeks.
But if you do not have time to wait so much, then you can continue to install the fence in two days. But it will be necessary to work carefully, and not to damage still fresh concrete.
On a solid basis, lame lame
We already have poles, and now we need to fix the horizontal fastening lags in place. It is on them, we will install sheets of corrugated.
That's what we need for the device guides. Since we are building a fence of corrugated flooring for the first time, it is possible that some materials in your household may not be available. Therefore, they must be purchased at any hardware store.
- Wooden beam - you can use the size of forty to forty, although here too, the cost plays a role. But a smaller tree is not recommended.
- Electric jigsaw or hacksaw.
- Electric screwdriver or power drill.
- Fasteners, self-tapping screws are best suited for sheeting. They have a wide cap and have a good fixation, both in wood and metal.
Ready racks for the fence
When you are ready, you can start installing the log on the fence racks. If you bought ready-made racks in a hardware store, then they should have ready-made ears for attaching a wooden beam. If any, then mount the end of the beam to the ear, fastening it with a screw.
Here is another important point that you need to take into account when installing a log of a wooden bar. As a rule, the length of the beam is usually two meters, so the lags must in any case be joined to each other. And this should be done correctly, since rigidity of the fence construction is important for us.
Here is a manual that will tell you how to dock the ends of a wooden beam. In general, we need to create a lock, for this we incise one end of the beam, exactly half its size.
On the element that will be attached, we also act in the same way. Now the two ends should enter one into one, thus, we, as it were, extend the existing timber.
The correct joint of a wooden bar
After this lock is tightened with screws on the tree, and we get a strong butt joint. Such installation ensures maximum rigidity of the entire construction of the fence. Carpenters professionals call such a compound "half-tree."
It is necessary to fix the lags indented from the ground and from the top of the pillar, but since our posts are ready, we have already done all the markings for us. But if you have to mark the attachment points of the lag yourself, remember that the distance from the ground and from the top of the post should be twenty, thirty centimeters.
The final stage, we fasten the sheets
Installation of sheets on the finished fencing
Not often we build fences of corrugated board, but since today we had to deal with this, then we need to do the work qualitatively, because we make a fence not for someone, but for ourselves (see also the article Building a fence from a metal profile: how to make his own).
The most difficult and time-consuming stages are over, it remains to install corrugated sheets into their rightful places, and the work is done. Well, fasten the first sheet, immediately exposing it in height and observing the horizontal level.
Tip! Do not attach the sheet to the frame, so that the bottom of the sheet was on the ground. As practice shows, the spans thus established begin to rot soon. Although the profiled flooring is a fairly durable material, but the constant moisture from the damp earth just eats it after a while.
The sheet that you have set up is fastened with the help of self-tapping screws for corrugated board; by installing the following sheet, be sure to press the edge onto the sheet that has already been installed. Secure it overlap.
To fix the screws we recommend after twenty, twenty-five centimeters, it will give strength to the structure and ensure the rigidity of the finished fence.
Also, your attention is invited to the informative video, a short video tells about how to build such a fence with your own hands.