A fence from a professional sheet: how to make it 2 times cheaper and more beautiful (not like everyone else)
When you need to fence a plot or other territory, we think about the choice of material. If there is not enough money for a fence made of gabions, stone, brick, forged, concrete, etc., then you can make a fence made of profiled sheet.
Now we will tell you how to make an ordinary fence from a professional sheet effective. We will share tips and tricks on how you can save on fence posts and work in general. Hope ideas are helpful. Subscribe to the RepairDom channel and like it. Thank you for being with us.
To protect the lock on the gate from rain and other precipitation, make a visor of the same profiled sheet above the gate.
If you make a crossbar between 2 pillars (where the gate is), you can avoid deformation of the pillars. This is especially true when the gate is adjacent to the wicket. This visor hides the bar.
How to fix the material?
Use self-tapping screws or other fasteners? It is better to fasten the profiled sheet with rivets in the color of the material. Work is carried out using a hand gun. You may also need pliers for punching corrugated board so as not to drill. The fence is easy to disassemble on self-tapping screws, but not on rivets.
Moreover, rivets look prettier and less noticeable.
If you missed and drilled past the log, then you can correct the mistake: insert a rivet into that place in the color of the material.
How to save on materials?
Many people make a fence 2 meters high. What if a little less (1.7 or 1.8 m)? Ample height. Saving on sheets 10-15%. Another option to reduce the cost of work: buy sheets in winter. Sellers at this time make promotions, discounts on the measuring sheet.
Standard size supports (prof. pipe) 60x60x2.5 mm. But you can save money if you want a cheap no-frills fence. Buy supports 40x40x1.5 mm in size. Used tubing will be 2 times cheaper. Just paint it before installation so that it does not rust.
Better to paint with reddish-brown paint. If there is rust here and there, it will not be visible. It is better not to save money on painting and cover the pillars by 2 times.
Pole caps. If you have not found plugs for the pipe size on sale, then you can make them yourself. Simply cut the metal sheet to size and weld. Some people fill the post with newspaper and then use polyurethane foam. Many people do this. They clog the pipes with sand and make a plug from the cement mortar on top.
How to make a fence made of a professional sheet is more beautiful, not like everyone else? Install a fence made of corrugated board not vertically, but horizontally (sheets). Everything is done as usual (frame), and then sheets rotated horizontally are fixed to the lags for rivets or self-tapping screws.
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