Fence from pallets own hands

If the suburban area is designed in folklore style or eco-friendly elements are actively used, it will be appropriate to protect such possessions with a wooden fence. One of the simplest and budgetary options is a fence of pallets. Pallets often remain after the delivery of bricks and are lying around idle. But this is an excellent material for zoning the site and for installing a perimeter fence.

Why pallets?

The main advantage of this material is the ability to quickly build a fence of pallets with your own hands. You do not need to be a professional carpenter. After processing the wood is not required. Do not use expensive tools in work. The minimum set of improvised tools, a small experience in fasteners and inexpensive pallets. Even if you buy pallets, then, given the quality of the material, the cost is very low. After all, it is whole-processed wood, residual deformations are excluded here. It is this high quality that gives the pallets the following advantages:

• reliability;
• strength;
• continuous operation.

Of course, wood is prone to rot, so treatment is needed to protect against negative effects.

Preparatory stage

Before the construction of the fence from the pallets, as in the photo, you need to find everything you need for installation:

• pallets in the right amount;
• support poles( it will be easier to fasten to a wooden base, so it's better to find strong wooden supports);
• components for the preparation of concrete mix + crushed stone( to fix the support posts, provide drainage);
• level;
• self tapping screws.

Sequence of work

Following are step-by-step recommendations on how to make a fence of pallets.

1. Marking of a site, determination of a place for installation of support columns.
2. Preparation of grooves for poles. Standard depth is 30 cm more than ground freezes.
3. Installation of poles. Crushed stone is poured into the grooves, the lower part of the poles is wrapped with a ruberoid. The support is fixed exactly in the pit with a level, filled with concrete solution.
4. Fastening of poles. When the concrete solidifies, pour rubble.
5. Mounting of pallets. Usually they are worn on supports from above and additionally fasten individual elements to each other.
6. Wood processing, optional painting.
7. Installation on support poles of moisture protection from above.

Correctly conduct all the stages will help the presented photo and video.

Features of fences from pallets

As the fence of double-ply pallets at the dacha looks rather rough, it will be organic when decorating space in the old style, in the style of the Russian village. In other cases, it is better to disassemble the pallets before starting the work and use the resulting parts to construct the fence.

In order to quickly separate the pallets, it is necessary to know that the elements fastening the 2 parts are easily broken. The fact is that they are perpendicularly pierced with a large nail. Therefore, this is the weakest part of the whole construction. Having broken it, it is possible to receive 2 elements for construction of a section of a fence from pallets. The subsequent works are similar to those that are carried out with solid pallets.

Decoration

To give the structure a finished look, they are engaged in special decoration. This part of the work is an opportunity to realize your potential. You can go in several directions:

• Coloring;
• Painting;
• Boxes with flowers.

It will be interesting to look at the composition of such fencing and garden furniture, also built of pallets. Especially if all the design in the same style, for example, paint the same paint.

If a fence made of pallets is constructed to equip an animal enclosure, it is better not to make any additional decorations, so as not to provoke the eating of harmful decorative elements by the animals. Here it adds another advantage: the ability to quickly dismantle the fence and install it elsewhere. So you can quickly organize a safe grazing your cattle.

Photo of fences from pallets