One of the most economical options to protect your private area from strangers is to erect a fence of slate.
This universal building material is mainly used to cover the roofs of houses, but found application in the manufacture of fences.
Despite the fact that in our time there is a huge selection of materials designed specifically for erecting fences around the house, not everyone has surplus finances.
And it is the use of old slate helps to improve the surrounding area.
In addition, the technology of constructing a fence of wave or flat slate is so simple that everyone can realize it by hand.
For the construction of such a fence there is no need to buy expensive components, it is enough to dig in the bins and use what is at hand at the moment.
There are different versions of such fences, which make it possible to beautifully surround your territory with minimal financial costs.
To build a fence of slate with your own hands is better in the warm season, when nothing will not be distracting from work.
Some variants of such original fences can be seen in the photo placed below.
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Contents:
- Slate features
- Preparatory stage
- Assembly stages
- Maintenance and care
Slate features
As practice shows, the fence from slate sheets is the most simple and optimal solution to protect your territory from strangers.
Such a fence will give the house a neat look not only in the village or at the dacha, but also in the city.
As you know, slate is made from a mixture of asbestos-cement, and this material can not boast of its strength.
In general, slate is designed for laying on the roof, and therefore its manufacturers do not think much about its fragility.
If you install it as a fence on a noisy street, then at some point a small stone that has flown out from under the wheel of a passing car can simply split a sheet of this material.
Specialists recommend to take a fence of slate coating in the inner space of the courtyard, or on the borders of the neighboring territory, where there will be no risk of mechanical damage.
In favor of the slate can be attributed its comparative cheapness and high fire resistance.
In addition to this universal material is easy to operate and easy to process. For example, it lends itself well to painting and at any time a fence of slate can be painted in the desired color.
Slate can not boast of its high ecological compatibility, however for fences this is not the main quality.
Its shortcomings also include a relatively short service life, especially in cold regions, and the ability to explode under the influence of high temperatures.
There are two types of classic slate from asbestos cement, namely, wave and flat.
Both these sheets of slate can be used to protect the surrounding area, and the principle of their installation is almost the same.
The video below tells in detail how to make a fence of slate.
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Preparatory stage
In order to make a fence of slate sheets with your own hands, you do not need to have special knowledge and have a professional tool at your fingertips.
For work you can use any improvised material.
Before starting work, it is necessary to determine the area that is planned to be enclosed by a fence.
It must be carefully marked out and cleaned of debris and large stones, which can interfere with the work.
Next, you need to make accurate calculations of all necessary material, see what is available, and what you have to buy.
As a rule, in order to independently install a fence of slate, it is necessary to have slate sheets in sufficient quantity, metal pipes and corners under the frame of the fence, which will later have to be fastened with sheets of material.
In addition, you need to purchase a variety of nuts, bolts and screws.
You should also prepare all the necessary tools. For the construction of this type of fencing necessarily need a Bulgarian with appropriate abrasive wheels and a drill with a set of drills.
It is better to have a welding machine at hand, with which you can quickly assemble the frame. In addition, it will be necessary to find a set of spanners, screwdrivers and a hammer.
At your fingertips, you should have a plumb line, cord and building level to help control the smoothness of the fence being built.
Specialists recommend the foundation of this fence to make concrete, and in this case, cement, sand and crushed stone in a certain amount.
Also, in order to paint the fence at the final stage, you should buy the paint.
Assembly stages
The slate is manually constructed from the slate with an initial mark, which should be scheduled even at the preliminary stage of the work.
To begin with, with the help of a hand drill or a bayonet shovel, holes are made under the poles along the entire planned boundary of the territory.
They should be evenly spaced about three meters apart, and their recommended depth is not more than fifty centimeters.
Next, you need to set the appropriate bars. For these purposes, you can use both ordinary metal corners and pipes.
These bars should be set as precisely as possible, using a plumb and level for this purpose.
After this, the posts are fixed in the pits with cement mortar and until the concrete is seized, the work is stopped.
After all the posts have been exposed and firmly strengthened, you can start assembling the fence frame.
For these purposes, either metal corners or wooden beams are used. If the material is taken from wooden beams, then they are attached to posts by means of screws.
In turn, the metal corner is easiest to fix with welding. After the entire frame along the perimeter of the fence is assembled and fixed, it is covered with a protective layer of mastic.
Further it is necessary to equip the foundation of the future fence with brick or concrete formwork.
Of course, the foundation for this type of fence is easiest to create from a brick, but it will be more practical to equip a concrete one.
At the final stage it is necessary to fasten the slate sheets to the erected frame, and it is necessary to control their maximum evenness.
Fence from flat slate is built in a similar way.
Specialists recommend that this type of fencing should be painted to protect against external influences.
More details on how to build a fence from slate sheets yourself, you can see on the video posted above.
Maintenance and care
Fencing from slate is not only easy and economical to build, but behind such a fence and very easy to care for in the future.
Despite this, there are some subtleties and nuances that should be observed in order for this fencing to last as long as possible.
Many experts do not recommend the installation of sheets of slate material directly on the ground.
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It is necessary to make a small gap, through which natural ventilation will be carried out.
The best option is to build a small foundation on the ground, which will give even greater rigidity to the fence.
To paint this fence, it is recommended to use different types of acrylic paints for outdoor work.
These paints help protect the surface of the slate from burnout and fading during use.
Also you can not plant large varieties of trees directly near the slate fence. In the case of a strong wind they will simply damage the fence.
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The fence made of slate sheets, although it is quite simple and does not require any extra efforts at erection, requires a careful attitude.
Any mechanical influences can damage it or completely destroy individual sections of the enclosure.
Despite the apparent simplicity in the construction of such a fencing, the work should be approached with full responsibility.
To protect the inner territory of a country house, such a fence is an optimal solution and allows you to create a fairly original structure at a minimal cost.
