What is the fence you choose?
How to be a fence? Each of you know - a reliable, beautiful and forbidding. But how can this be achieved? And what kind of fence you choose?
Concrete fences
Virtually the easiest and safest way to protect against intruders - a fence of standard reinforced concrete slabs.
First on the ground establish bases in the form of a truncated pyramid. In the upper part of the "glass" (the so-called professionals that pyramid) is a four-sided hole. It is mounted supporting pillars, flanked by (left and right) have two slots. There is inserted into the main part of the fence - concrete slab. Grounds just set on the ground - more secure, or dig in their unnecessary. Under the "glass" is enough to pour the sand. Move this construction only by a bulldozer.
Slabs of concrete were not deprived of the attention of designers. Plates come in and smooth, and even in the "square", "dot", "circle" ... However, even such a highly-colored concrete fence is hardly elite.
Although the monumentality and strength he certainly can not refuse.
Brick wall
Much nicer and more impressive look of the brick fence.
The first - the foundation: breaks the trench to a depth of freezing and equipped with the shuttering. Then filled with concrete. After the concrete hardens, the formwork is removed and split, and the ground leveled flush with the concrete. Along the entire length of the future of the fence turns rigid reliance on it, in fact, lay bricks.
To increase strength in the trench before pouring the concrete mounted metal or concrete poles. Future columns will not spoil the beauty: they obkladyvaetsya brick and become "invisible." If the soil is too loose, the trench under the foundation necessary to dig at that depth, where it starts to "solid ground". Sometimes, but it could be 2 meters, and 3. Otherwise, the fence "float" or even collapse.
Thus, the preparatory work had been completed. Now begins the erection of a fence made of brick. Put it as an ordinary brick wall, "tying" the usual brick mortar - cement-sand-water (3 hours of sand for 1 hour cement). The mixture should be smooth, medium viscosity, without clots. And another thing. In the concrete is poured into the formwork, except cement, sand, gravel and water is added.
Laying the bricks have the options: either horizontally or vertically, or close intervals. Brick, laid end to end, make a fence completely "opaque". No review will be neither outside nor inside. You can put a brick at intervals. Obtain robust and reliable brick lattice. It will allow and be seen, and be seen.
Now about these features.
First, the brick fence - heavy construction, and therefore it needs a very strong foundation.
Secondly, modern bricks crumble and crack. Even experts admit to be honest: this wall will not stand "breath of centuries." Yes, that century! Alas, just a few years later a brick fence lose its chic look.
Thirdly, such a fence - not a cheap. When the time comes to reckoning in the bill will mean the following figures. Brick fence, wall, for example, 10 acres, will cost between $ 12000-15000 (price depends on the quality of the bricks, the height of the fence, the distance of your home, holiday homes, cottages from Moscow and, of course, personal interests and ambitions zaborostroiteley). Fence on brick pillars, but with a wooden filling (the part that lies between the posts), would require less expensive - between $ 8000-8500. The same, but with a metal (forged) filling - from $ 9500-9800.
Another life concrete fence
The most common phenomenon today - a fence of concrete pillars of the original form "with wood fill." What is it? The fence would look like: beautiful concrete poles, and between them - a wooden "foundation".
Moreover, concrete is the customer's request can be painted in any color. Or you can order poles imitating the "wild" unwrought stone (rustic). The wooden part of the fence usually done from softwood (pine, spruce, etc.). Here, too, thought of everything. First, the fir "piece of wood" is much cheaper than, say, oak boards. Secondly, they are well kept paint. And, thirdly, as it turned out, compared with other types of wood Century "pine" of the fence much longer.
It is clear that the fence is not rotted, it should be treated. Treated with primer, then a protective impregnation. According to statistics, treated so sampling "live" 15-20 years.
Do not want wood? There is another option. You can make a "basis" of the fence of the decorative metal grates (the pillars are still made of concrete). True, the cost is more fun, but it looks very nice.
Variants
But that's not all! Experts advised the "elite" fence-type metal structure on brick piers. His set is almost like a brick: the same foundation (but it does not make its entire length, but only by supporting columns), the same supporting columns made of metal or concrete, the same brick "lining" pillars.
When you are ready, you'll see a building: brick columns between them - metal bars, welded at the factory. So just these same lattice can be very intricate designs and shapes - what you want!
There is another option. Taken as a basis smooth, without drawing board. And then on top of them from the front side facing imposed cement blocks measuring 70 × 40 cm They are sold in finished form. I must say, the unit looks like a stone. These blocks can exist quite independently: they are used as building material, for example, supports the fence. Allegedly obtained by stone pillars. If desired, you can combine cement blocks or bricks with metal structures.