Often a fence is the first structure that is built in the country. At the present time, the fence in the summer cottage is an urgent need. The fence is able to protect the site from unwanted guests, separate the territory and create a feeling of a cozy closed space. The fence can be built from almost any building material: wood, brick, concrete, stone, metal mesh.
In addition to protective functions, gates and fences can also perform decorative functions. They can be decorated with fresh flowers, painted in any color or paint. A unique fence will make your site recognizable and bright. As separators for various zones of the site, you can use beautiful hedges from plants.
Modern technologies allow you to build almost any gates and with your own hands, but this process is quite laborious. First you need to clearly decide which fence you need, choose the right material, calculate the budget, buy the necessary tool for construction. The most inexpensive material for the construction of fences is a tree. A wooden fence can be of any shape, height and color, but it is short -lived and requires care. A more expensive and practical option is a brick fence, while it is more complicated in manufacturing, a brick fence requires a foundation. Inexpensive and strong fence can be built from corrugated board. This option can last more than 30 years, but it has a very unpresentable appearance. A metal grid fence is light, durable and durable, but it will not hide what is happening on your site from the views of curious passers -by. The most expensive and reliable option is a fence of concrete panels, but it is impossible to build it with your own hands without special equipment.
Danim gates and wood fences are the most common option. However, there are many variations even here. You can build a fence of ordinary boards, from a picket fence, from a picket fence or build a real masterpiece with an original decorative carvings. The choice depends on your creative imagination, budget and needs. Small wooden hedges can be separated by one section of the cottage from another. For example, divide vegetables and other landings, separate the beds with flowers, etc. D. Such partitions can be decorative fences of thin rods, since it makes no sense to build high and dense fences inside the site.
How to build a wooden fence with your own hands? In fact, there is nothing complicated here. The construction of a wooden fence occurs in 4 stages. First, install the supporting pillars in drilled holes with a depth of 100-150 cm. However, the deeper the dug pit, the stronger the supporting pillars will be. The distance between the pillars should be approximately 2.5 meters. Next, prepare a wooden lattice, on the installed pillars from below and on top we fasten a beam with a width of 50-100 mm using self-tapping screws. Putting the pillar into the pit, we fall asleep with crushed stone or dense wet sand the remaining space. If the fence is high and consist of continuous heavy boards, the pit must be concrete. In order for the fence not to rot from below and water does not fall into the site under it, you need to make a concrete foundation. To do this, first dig a trench and install a wooden formwork. In the finished trench we fall asleep in layer sand and crushed stone. The thickness of each layer of centimeters 10-15. Next, a concrete mixture is poured. For greater strength of the fence to metal supporting pillars, you can weld the corners.
After the foundation and supporting pillars are ready, and the concrete is completely dry, we install wooden crossbars, to which the fence boards will be nailed directly. Choose boards with a height of 80-150 cm and beat the boards. Near the boards is preferable to overlap. Another option is to fix them at a short distance from each other. The last stage of the construction of a wooden fence is painting. Before painting the board, you need to treat the protective composition. To do this, dilute the paint with white spirit and apply in one layer. The second layer is applied already undiluted paint. It is difficult to paint a wooden fence, the paint is quickly absorbed and requires re -application. If you do not have time and effort for this, then you can invite professionals with special equipment, which in just a couple of hours and rather little money will cover your fence with a dense layer of paint.
Much faster and easier to build a fence and corrugated board. First we install the supporting pillars in specially drilled pits. We fill up 20 cm of gravel in the pits, install the pillars at a distance of 2.5 m from each other. We align the pillars and we and the pits with a mixture of sand with concrete. Then weld 2-3 lags from a profiled pipe. We fasten the sheets of corrugated board with a self -tapping screw to them.
