A person who is faced with the need to protect his own site or any territory is faced with the choice of a suitable material. In case of a limited budget, options such as brick, stone, gabions, etc. fall away. Then there is no choice but to use professional sheets.
Of course, this may seem too commonplace and boring to many. In order to add some variety, I will tell you how to make an unusual fence out of ordinary professional sheets. In addition, I will teach you how to save on materials.
First, immediately take care of the lock on the gate, which will suffer from precipitation. Make a small visor for him above the gate. For these purposes, a professional sheet is also suitable.
Another life hack: if you put a crossbar between two pillars, between which there is a wicket, then the pillars will not deform over time. And the same visor will help to hide the crossbar.
What do we use to fix the material?
Self-tapping screws come to mind first. I advise you to fasten the profiled sheets with rivets, the main thing is to choose them in the color of the material. We carry out the work with a hand gun and sheet punching pliers. I note that the fence, fixed with screws, can be easily disassembled. This thing won't work with rivets.
Plus, the rivets are not striking, and they look prettier.
Trying to save on building materials
As a rule, people prefer to make a fence not lower than 2 meters. I advise you to stop at 1.7 or 1.8 meters. So you will save about 15% of professional sheets. It is better to buy materials in winter, since their prices are significantly lower than in the warm season.
Profile pipes have a standard size of 60x60x2.5 millimeters. To save money, you can purchase thinner supports: 40X40X1.5 mm. It is even cheaper to use old tubing. Remember to paint them first, otherwise they will start to rust.
True, it is more difficult to find plugs for non-standard supports, but this is not a problem either. They are easy to make with your own hands. You need to cut the plugs from the metal sheet, and then weld them to the posts. You can fill the post with newspapers, and then blow it out with polyurethane foam. Some densely fill the supports with sand, and pour cement on top.
How to make an unusual fence
To make the fence look original, you can install the profiled sheets horizontally. In this case, all actions are similar with the installation of sheets vertically. Such a fence will look exactly like everyone else's.
I hope that this article and the idea I suggested will be useful to you!
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