Types of fences for cottages: wooden fence pros and cons, metal fences, pros and cons, brick fences, pluses and minuses, concrete fences pluses and minuses. Fence from a hedge.

Back in ancient times, the man realized that to protect his home, property and his own life, you can create a fence around the home. Over the centuries, hedges invented by primitive people have undergone perfection, methods of their manufacture and materials have changed, in the end today the fence has ceased to be a purely functional attribute of the suburban area - it serves as its decoration and its presentable appearance emphasizes the status of the owner. For the construction of a fence it is customary to use a wide variety of materials, such as traditional (brick, flat slate, grid mesh, etc.), and the most modern.

Fence in the suburban area - the principles of the correct choice of material for its construction

The technology of fencing around the site has not suffered any special changes in recent years. First, pillars are installed along the perimeter of the fence, then a small parapet is made, the space between the posts is closed using sections of a wide variety of materials.

As columns it is accepted to use a brick or pipes from metal. To ensure their stability, they are erected on a foundation or installed in pits and poured with concrete. For the arrangement of the parapet, brickwork is applied or concrete is cast. But if the brickwork looks attractive and does not require finishing, then the concrete surface of the parapet will have to be decorated with facing tiles or natural stones, for example - granite rubble of a large fraction can be used.

Fence from natural wood

One of the preserved materials for construction is still natural wood. Although its cost is such that consumers initially intend to abandon the option of its use, but in the calculation it turns out that the metal fence value is not less.

The construction of a wooden fence consists of a beautiful assembly of board materials, several types of wooden fences can be distinguished.

Fence  - represents boards nailed to lags in a vertical direction; it may be deaf or have gaps between the boards.

Its appearance is sufficiently aesthetic. A more complex kind of fence - chess is performed by installing a fence in two rows with offset, providing an attractive appearance and reliable protection of the private yard from the passers-by.

Fence in the style of a ranch  stands from the fixed in the horizontal position bars or dostochkok, called railing. This is an open fence used to control access and delimitation of the territory.

For the construction fence "ladder"  Use a planed board, place it horizontally, overlap. It looks very attractive, and when laying boards with wooden pads, you can get a transparent perimeter with oblique horizontal gaps, which, at the same time, do not allow passers-by to survey the territory of the site.

When constructing a fence "Wooden shingles"  also applies the horizontal arrangement of fragments, only used in its construction are not solid boards, but made of wood tiles. Gont is also often used as an ecological roof for residential buildings or auxiliary structures.

The most picturesque hedge from materials of wood origin is tyun or net. For her, you will need specially prepared rods of vines. Since the material can be acquired completely free of charge, and the process of weaving is not difficult to master, a wattle fence created by one's own hands can well be used as a fence between summer cottages.

The construction of the picturesque tuna will give the site a unique rural flavor, especially when creating a landscape in the ethno style.

The most serious and reliable fencing made of wood can be considered   stockade, which is a vertically fixed log with a pointed upper edge. The view of the palisade is unapproachable and majestic, palisade is often used in the construction of combined fences: pillars-pillars are erected from bricks, as a filler a round log is used.

It looks easy and original in the fences wooden grid  assembled on load-bearing frames. Rivers are placed criss-crosswise, without interlacing or with it, they can form a straight or slanting lattice. For the production of gratings, expensive wood is used, such as ash, oak, larch. It is possible to achieve high decorativeness of the lattice by changing the gaps between the laths.

To give a more noble appearance to the fence, built by paving from logs cut along the axis, various methods of assembly are used: at an angle, horizontal and vertical, squares or herringbone.

The most expensive and artistically executed fences are constructed from profiled board  with rounded or bevelled edges. For planken use valuable timber of tequila, teak, larch, bilinga.

Recently gaining popularity fences made of wood-polymer composite  - they look very attractive, tidy, serve for a long time, are not afraid of the impact of rain, frost, sun rays.

With its decorative, which is undoubtedly a positive quality of wooden fencing, it requires constant care: antiseptic treatment, varnishing or painting. In addition, even high-quality wood in open-air operation will have a service life less than brick, metal or concrete.

It should not be forgotten that the high fence height in the suburban area and its dense canvas can lead to the formation of a dense shadow falling on the beds. Such a phenomenon is extremely undesirable - in shaded places cultural crops and lawn grass feel bad.

Among the advantages of a wooden fence are:

• its good functionality - such a fence will not prevent the penetration of uninvited visitors to the site, protect passers-by from curiosity;
• it is not difficult to install a fence, you can get some savings by doing the installation yourself;
• repair work can also be done on their own.

Types of metal fences and their advantages

Since metal in the concept of a person is associated with something more than solid and reliable, then the fences built from it are unapproachable and presentable. Today, several types of metal fencing are used:

• by forging,
• from lace materials,
• from the metal profile.

The manufacture of any of the types of metal fence is made according to the same scheme:

• first, from the corner, the frame is sealed with a corresponding sized opening,
• sew the frame with the selected material
• fully assembled sections are mounted on pillars-supports.

openwork fences

Openwork fences made of metal look attractive enough, they buy a net for them in ready-made form, but a truly refined fence is obtained from a welded net made on a personal order. In the manufacture of the openwork fence, a profile pipe and a galvanized metal are also used. The cost of an openwork fence includes the cost of materials, their assembly, priming and painting.

forged fences

Forged fence can be called without exaggeration a real work of art, it is made by hand and, as a rule, in a single copy. It has a high cost, because requires a lot of time and effort. The lower cost is of a similar fence manufactured in an industrial way.

As an additional decoration for the design of such fences use the elements of hand forging. When constructing a forged fence, brick masonry or natural stone is used as a supplement to it. The high-quality steel from which the grates are made provides high strength characteristics of the fence. The basis of the sections of such a fence is a profile pipe, to which decorative forged and cast fragments are attached.

the advantages of fences made of metal

The popularity of the fence from the metal profile is facilitated by the simplicity and high speed of its assembly, relatively low cost, satisfactory performance characteristics and a neat appearance. The installation of the fence around the site usually takes up to three days.

In the installation of fences in the suburban area you can use galvanized corrugated sheet or with a polymer coating, this is what distinguishes the service life of up to half a century and a wide range of shades.

rabitz

In the suburban construction they also practice the construction of fences from the grid-rabitsy. The easiest way - in the ground drive the pillars from the pipe, between them pull the net. The reliability and durability of this fence is doubtful, but it is quite possible to use it as a temporary fence indicating the border of the territory.

Types of brick fences used in dacha construction

The decision to build a brick fence arises in those who have enough time and money and wants to protect their site from unnecessary attention of outsiders and encroachments of summer cottages. In fact, such a fencing is associated with the fortress, and the period of its operation will be one decade. A positive point - a brick fence does not require special care, treatment with chemical reagents or painting, it is not affected by weather factors and temperature changes.

It is not rational to build a brick fence over a dacha section over 2.3-3 m. Spans of a brick fence can have a length of 5 to 10 m, between them are installed columns of pipes. On the front side of the fence, they are not visible - they are placed inside, overlay with a brick.

The upper part of the fence is decorated with forged metal fragments with sharp tops, they decorate the fence and enhance its protective function.

different types of brick fences

First of all, brick fences can be divided into types according to the material used in their construction: red, silicate or clinker. Masonry made of red brick will require further plastering and staining. Clinker brick is decorative enough, it has different shades, it can serve for many years in harsh outdoor conditions.

we distinguish brick fences by the type of masonry brick

Solid, requiring a large consumption of material, assuming the location of the bricks close to each other.
Combined, in the construction of which decorative inserts from other materials are used. As a result, the decorativeness is increased and the cost price is somewhat reduced.
Figured Masonry  at which between the bricks in the row there are gaps leads to a simplification of the structure, a reduction in its cost.

Serious financial costs, a long process of construction and a large weight of the fence, however, do not have a big impact on the high demand for it from site owners.

Types of concrete fences and options for upgrading them

The construction of a fence made of cast concrete can look like a desire to express its distrust to the whole world. But, given the strength and reliability of concrete structures, the construction industry began to produce the so-called. euros - light, having a rather interesting look. But adding to the attractiveness of such a fence somewhat lost in quality - the maintenance in the concrete of special additives led to the fragility of the construction, a strong impact on the surface can cause its serious damage.

features of eurobasket

The installation of concrete eurosection is carried out on the same principles: in accordance with the dimensions of the pits, pits are dug out, support pylons are installed in them and they are poured with concrete. After complete hardening of the concrete in the intervals between the posts, fence sections are mounted. They require a rigid attachment - otherwise a strong wind pressure can lead to their movement, which will cause unpleasant creaking. First, the installed fragments are wedged with bars, the remaining space is poured with a cement-sand mortar. To give the concrete fence a more interesting look it should be painted.

advantages

Concrete fences are valued for their affordable cost and ease of installation, good appearance, the ability to provide reliable protection of a private area. Positive moment - there is a wide range of different models available for sale, differing in shape, hue, and dimensions. The variety of molds for casting reinforced concrete sections allows the creation of a surface imitating the texture of stone, shell rock, and bricks. Also sometimes resort to facing with decorative materials: ceramics, marble or granite. Euroset is suitable for fencing a site designed in both classical and country style.

The positive property of the concrete fence can be called its ability to protect the yard from dust, wind and loud noise from the street, it does not require special care, treatment for fungal infections, it is not afraid of scorching sun, rain or snow.

Hedge

Popularity all the above-described types of fences have acquired in recent years, before the installation of fences in the country was often reduced to the creation of a dense hedgerows. The planting of grapes, a climbing rose or a dog rose was used.

Much to talk about the decorative properties of this fence is not required: flowering roses or dog rose give the landscape garden a unique romantic look, pleasing the eyes with bright greenery and luxuriant flowering, preserving the attraction until late autumn. The bushes of grapes, in addition, will please a fragrant harvest. And to wade through thorny thickets of roses to malefactors is unlikely to want.