Fence made of polycarbonate

Than to fence a site? Brick, stone, wood, mesh and many other materials - there are plenty to choose from. At the same time, new, interesting and technological solutions appear regularly on the market. For example, today, developers are increasingly opting for polycarbonate fences.

This material has excellent characteristics and performance properties. An additional advantage of polycarbonate is the absence of the need for its finish finish. The material is sold in a variety of colors, which allows you to initially select sheets that perfectly fit into the surrounding picture.

You can erect such a fence on its own, without even having the skills to carry out such events. You just need to be able to handle basic tools such as shovels, level, drills, etc.

General technology of fence construction

The procedure for erecting a fence of polycarbonate is extremely simple. It looks like this:

• marks are executed;
• prepared grooves for the installation of supports;
• racks are installed in pits and concreted;
• to the supports are attached the transverse elements of the frame;
• polycarbonate, if necessary, is cut and fixed to the frame.
  

  Cellular polycarbonate

Before proceeding to work, we pay due attention to the choice of polycarbonate itself, as well as materials for the arrangement of racks and frame.

Choose the material

With many of its clear advantages, polycarbonate has one very big drawback - high cost. Therefore, before going to a specialized store for the purchase of material for fencing, we perform the most accurate calculation. To do this, measure the perimeter of our site and determine the required length of the fence.

Next, choose the optimal thickness of the fabric. The fence is best constructed from thick sheets. So, for a summer cage perfectly suited cellular polymer. It is characterized by the maximum thickness, has high strength and sound insulation, stably tolerates a variety of loads and serves as long as possible. Fence for a private house is better done from a monolithic polycarbonate - it is more reliable.

For the manufacture of support poles, we purchase the required quantity of profiled pipe 6x6 cm. For the arrangement of horizontal jumpers, a more budgetary material - proftrub 2x4 cm.

We install the supports

Table. Maximum distance between the bearing beams( mm) for different thicknesses of polycarbonate

0,8	1	1,2	1,5
975	1050	1125	1225
850	925	975	1050
775	850	900	950
725	775	825	900
675	725	775	850
625	650	700	750
575	625	650	700
525	575	625	675
500	550	575	625

We will concreate the vertical supports. For pouring professionals recommend using a mixture of brand not lower than M200.We buy it or do it ourselves.

The first step. We perform the markup of the territory. Any stable pegs and strong cord will help us in this. First we find the starting point - the first corner of our fence. We expose the remaining angles. In each of them we drive on a peg. We also put pegs around the perimeter of the future fence. We adhere to a step of 1-1.5 m. We separately note the places of installation of intermediate supports. We connect the crocheted landmarks with a rope.

The second step. We begin to install angular and intermediate supports. The recommended step between the pillars is 3 m. At the planned sites, dig or drill pits with a depth of 70-80 cm, fill them with a layer of crushed rock( 10-15 cm is enough), treat the buried part of each support with bituminous waterproofing material, wrap it with a roofing material and install it into the well.

Third step. Align each support. We fix the posts by props( can be made of boards, bricks or other suitable material) and fill the wells with concrete. Leave the supports until the concrete dries completely( up to 4 weeks).

Making skeleton

We begin to make a skeleton. To do this, we use a profiled pipe or a metal corner. Also a profile suitable for fixing gypsum board is quite suitable.

The frame has an extremely simple design. To make it, we do the following:

• we mark on the vertical racks the points for fixing the horizontal crossbeams. We maintain the same step within the range of 60-100 cm;
• we weld the crossbeams to the posts or we fasten them using self-tapping screws;
• carefully clean the welds, and after priming and paint the metal elements that are prone to corrosion.

Frame is ready.

Fastening polycarbonate

The first step. Cut the sheet material into the desired size. For cutting, a jigsaw is good. We establish a cloth with middle teeth, designed for working with wood.

Important! We leave the factory film on polycarbonate sheets until the work is completed. It will protect the material from accidental scratches and other damages.

The second step. We put on the ends of the sheets special stubs in the form of the letter P.

The third step. We fasten the paneling to the frame using self-tapping screws.

Important! To prevent the material from cracking during installation, pre-drill the fixing holes in it. The diameter of the holes should be 2-3 mm higher than the analogous value of the screw. The gap will be blocked by a sealing nut.

Fixing is performed with a 30-40-centimeter step. Screws do not fully screw. Otherwise, polycarbonate may crack under temperature deformation. Also a small gap( up to 3-5 mm) is left between the sheets and other structural elements. In the future, the gaps can be masked with H-shaped bars.

In this order polycarbonate the whole frame, not forgetting to leave openings for gates, wickets, etc.

Fourth step. Remove the protective film and, if desired, we supplement the material with any decorative elements at our discretion.

The fence is ready! Do not forget to look after your fence. All care is reduced to polycarbonate washing as it gets dirty.

Good work!

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