About the pros and cons

Fences for the site can be very different, which option to choose depends only on your preferences and wishes. There are people who like structures made of lightweight materials, but most prefer wrought iron fences. The popularity of the latter is easy to explain if you know all their advantages:

Ensuring the security of the territory. With the function — protection of the site — the structures do an excellent job, the personal property of the owners who installed metal fences is safe.

Good performance. High-strength products made of high-quality metal can serve their owners for centuries. In order to extend the service life as much as possible, an anti-corrosion coating is applied to the parts.

Aesthetics. Forged fences are not inferior to analogues from other materials in terms of attractiveness of appearance. Experienced craftsmen produce massive structures that combine high technical characteristics and unique design.

Simple care. It is not difficult to take care of a fence with gates, they need to be painted once every 5 years, and the defects that have appeared can be easily eliminated without completely replacing the fence.

Rich assortment. Modern manufacturers offer customers a large selection of ready-made designs; you can also make products to order on an individual project.

Metal fences also have disadvantages, but there are not so many of them compared to the advantages:

• Products made by craftsmen are quite expensive by hand, and not everyone can afford such an acquisition. You can give preference to ready-made models from large Russian manufacturers, which are sold on the market at a reasonable price.
• Some do not dare to install carved fences, because they are «transparent», and passers-by can freely observe what is happening in the yard. Those for whom seclusion with privacy is important should pay attention to the hopeless metal structures.

Useful advice! If you make a high foundation for a wrought iron fence, you can protect the owners of private property from prying eyes.

How steel structures are made

Forged fences are made by craftsmen using several technologies, the choice of which determines the cost of the product and its design. There are the following types of metal structures:

welded models. These are budget options, where the connection of individual elements is carried out by welding. Products do not belong to the unique creations of art, but they have proven themselves as a reliable and durable fence for summer cottages.

Traditional forging designs. Artistic forging is a labor-intensive manual work, such products cannot be cheap. Each element is made separately by the master, he first heats the metal red-hot, then knocks out the “necessary” shape with a heavy hammer, and finally heats the individual parts to connect them together.

Useful advice! It takes a master a lot of time to make a fence, as a result, the customer receives a unique design that emphasizes his social status. For exclusive work will have to pay dearly, but it’s worth it.

Forged and welded models. Fences from this category are considered the most popular, the designs combine the advantages of the two methods described above.

A beautiful fence for a private house is assembled from ready-made rods, strips and corners, first the elements are given the desired shape, and then they are connected. Thanks to the use of the described technique, the production process is accelerated, but the appearance of the structure loses.

What can be the design of a metal fence?

The workshop offers different sketches of forged fences, their choice is simply huge, but if the desired model is not here, you can always place an individual order. When you have your own ideas and sketches, they need to be shared with the master to whom you are going to entrust the execution of artistic forging.

Forged fences, taking into account their design and purpose, are divided into the following varieties:

Protective structures. Decorative elements are practically not used, it is important that the strength of the products is high enough. The price of such a fence is affordable, it is considered a budget option with an elegant appearance.

decorative patterns. Low products perfectly cope with the decorative function, they can be used to fence off the garden from the adjacent territory, and structures are not used to protect private property.

Combined options. Forged fences for the house are a reliable protection of private property and an original design. Such models are mainly chosen by owners of country houses who spend a lot of time in the country.

Installation of a metal fence

Forged products can only be made by a real master with extensive experience, so you should not learn forging just because you want to protect your site with a unique design. It is better to buy ready-made elements with sections, but almost anyone can put them together and install them. The sequence of installation steps:

Foundation preparation. The marking of the territory that is planned to be fenced is carried out, the places where the supporting pillars will be located are marked, calculations are made of exactly how many sections will be needed. This stage involves drawing an accurate plan of the future structure, so that later it will be easy to attach the sections to the supports.

Installation of supports and laying the foundation. In accordance with the drawn plan, supports are installed, the task of which is to «hold» the metal structure.

At this stage, the foundation is poured, the pillars are fixed with the help of a mortgage or formwork, as well as without it. The installed poles are fixed with special fasteners to provide additional strength to the metal structures.

Installing sections. At this stage, a fence is assembled from the finished sections, they are “hung” on fasteners, the sections can be welded to the supports.

Finishing. Look at the photo of the wrought iron fence upon completion of all types of finishing work. After installation, the joints of the sections are treated with a primer, and the support pillars are equipped with caps so that atmospheric precipitation does not accumulate inside.

Metal parts are degreased with a solvent and treated with a special agent that prevents corrosion. After that, painting is carried out, this task can be done in a matter of hours if you use an airbrush.

Photo of forged fences