Fences for giving from slate. Slate fence: design features. Required materials, tools

Currently, the market presents an incredible amount of various building materials. To build a fence there you can find hundreds of variations. Each of them has its advantages and their cons. Some options are beautiful, but expensive, some difficult are mounted, any material mimic. Top for the construction of fences with their own hands is slate. Here's it, we will consider in more detail.

Sounds of slate sheets (table)

Name	Description			Photo
Slate from Asbestocert	Often the fence from this material is used to create animal feed. Select flat and wave. In the composition of both options are almost identical. The differences consist only in different thickness and size. 10% asbestos add to 85% of concrete. Everything is kneaded with water and some modifying components. After that, the mixture comes under the press and goes into the drying of a certain mode. Advantages: an acceptable price, the material is quite durable, the high service life, non-combustible, is not subject to corrosion, the ultraviolet rays are not fascinated, it is frostable. Disadvantages: not environmental, it is forbidden to inhale dust if you work with a grinder, etc.; When contacting with high temperatures may explode; heavy weight requiring the reliable basis under it, if you build a fence from it; fragile to directional mechanical damage	Wave	Asbesto-concrete sheet with waves. The main advantages are non-combustible, it is not afraid of moisture, the surface of the ultraviolet sun rays is not heated, it is not subject to deformation, it can be carried out to measure a strong load and the price of it can be considered acceptable. Weighs from 22 to 26 kilogram	Classic wave slate
		Flat	Thicker and slightly stronger wave, it is more convenient to mount it, so it is more often used to create a fence. Weigh from 78 to 350 kilograms	Sheets of flat slate
Slate from metal	In essence, it is a professional flooring, which contains galvanized steel with a thickness of 0.4-1 millimeter. The steel sheet is treated with an anti-corrosion agent, ground and coated with a polymer. Thus, the material is unsturbed corrosion. It is used as roofing material, with its help, fences are erected, and it is also used as a finishing material for facades. Advantages: Easy mounted; low weight up to five kilograms, which makes it possible to do not build a foundation at all; refractory; much stronger to mechanical damage, in comparison with asbestos; Oxide and polymer coating protect metal from carrolosia; wide color gamut; acceptable price; durability; Ecology. Disadvantages: as such drawbacks for a metal slate fence not marked.	FROM	The best option for erecting the fence. It is called still wall. Slate waves from 8 millimeters to 4.5 centimeters	Metal slate
		N.	This species is used to cover the roofs. Equipped with grooves for which the flow of water is running. Waves from 5.7 Sanitmeters up to 11.5 centimeters
		SN	Universal option. They also put Zobora and put on the roof. Wave height from 3.5 to 4.5 centimeters

Instruments

For normal intimidate work on the installation of the fence, you need to get a grinder, a drill, a welding machine, a set of wrench keys, a construction level, a plumbing, a building hammer and a cord.

Materials Barely take care of the presence of the desired type of slate, steel corners of 5x8,5 centimeters, steel pipes from which there will be columns, wooden bars 5x13 centimeters, wooden round logs, bolts, nuts, fasteners, hexagon, tanks, concrete, oil paint, bitumen and anti-corrosion compositions.

Base of fence

Plastic installation scheme

Allocate two types of base under the fence from slate:

Columnar. Publishes are installed with a doom with some distance from each other. They are not combined with each other.
Ribbon base. This is the basis that concrete is done on the entire perimeter of the future fence and the pillars are wounded into it.

To choose the right base, you need to clearly understand which of them for what type of most suitable. For example, to build a fence using a metal slate, it will be more economical to use a bar base. For this light design, a powerful basis is not needed. But asbesto-concrete fence requires a tape foundation. Moreover, if the fence is made of a flat slate, then in addition to a concrete base, each of the sheets usually conclude into metal frames.

Sometimes asbestos-cement fence is installed without a powerful concrete foundation, but then the supporting structures should be massive and well shuffled. And it happens that the flat plates of the fence are buried directly into the ground and fasten between themselves all the same support pillars.

Ribbon base

Ribbon foundation with support pillars

This is a reinforced concrete band, some of which goes into the ground, and the part towers above its surface. The more severe design you collect to hoist on the ground, the one should be wider and deep.

Marking of the territory: schemes and drawings

Scheme Marking of the territory

In order to properly place the territory, you need to carefully examine the plan of the site in the cadastral passport.
Start posting from any angle using pegs and rings.
Install 2 kolas, at the distance of the base width and connect them with a wooden rail.
Measure the distance for the fence and put more pegs connected by the rail.
Thus, mark all the angles.
Tension rings between waists. Thus, the markup of the future foundation is obtained.

From how far the markup will be made, the evenness of the entire design in the future depends. No need to chealing at this stage.

Copy trench

Trench in which a sand-chick pillow fall asleep

Fill the foundation

Installation of columnar foundation

Installation of support pillars

Install the pillars that will play the role of the frame - this is the first thing to be done when you start working on the erection of light on the weight of the slate from slate. To do this, dig the pits around the perimeter of the future fence in a step of 300 centimeters. The depth of the holes should be approximately 500 millimeters. In these pans, insert pipes having the same length. In advance in these pipes, you need to drill several holes where the fasteners will be inserted. Metal lags are attached to these elements, and they are already steel slate. A portion of the pipe flowing into the ground is processed by an anti-corrosion agent and molten bitumen, which was added a little solvent.

Ready support pillars

Put pipes into the dumped recesses and fill in the pits concrete. In order for the solution evenly filled the space of the deepening and the emptiness did not appear, switch to a sharp rod several times in different places the flooded cement. Building levels Check strictly vertically stand pillars. If everything is in order, fix them with temporary backups. After drying the concrete, the backups can be removed. Between the support pillars, build 2-3 vertical lags.

Frame frame with support pillars and lags

Installation of fence from slate with your own hands

Here is ready for our foundation. An hour came to mount slate sheets, which you chose. If these are metal sheets, then work with them is the easiest. They are recorded by special self-drawing with press-washers and rubber gaskets. The heads of such self-tapping screws are painted in different colors, so they can be selected in the color of slate.

Self-tapping screws, which are attached to the obsesska metallic slate

The slate from the metal is screwed to the lags with these self-pressing in the lower parts of the wave.

Metal slate mounting scheme

Asbesto-concrete wave slate is fixed in the upper part of the wave with slate nails or self-pressing, which is necessary to make holes with a special drill in advance. When the fasteners are driven or screwed into slate, they wear special rubber pads on them.

Asbestos-cement wave slate mounting scheme

The first row of slate is controlled by the level. It must be strictly vertical, since it gives the direction of the whole wall of the fence.

Flat slate in the frame

For reliable fastening of a flat slate, it is not necessary to build vertical logs between the support pillars. As mentioned earlier, they can be fixed in a metal frame. It is made on the size of slate sheets from metal corners. First make this frame, then it is welded to the supporting structures and the flat sheet of slate is installed in it. So that slate kept in place, special metal stoppers are welded to the back of the frame.

Flat slate can be mounted on the principle of previous species, to lags. But then it will be necessary to make additional holes for fasteners, which will strongly weaken it before mechanical effects.

Finishing and decoration of slate from slate + examples in photo

To the fence of a metal profile for a complete common type, you can add special accessories, for example, to add the corners of various sizes, P-shaped straps, etc. They are different colors. You can buy them in the color of the slate or make contrast.

Furniture elements on metallic fence

For the transformation of a flat slate, you need to take paint brushes. Of course, you can paint it into one color. And you can connect fantasy and depict some masterpiece on it.

Painting on a flat fence

By the way, the staining of the asbesto concrete slate has not only a decorative function. The paint prevents moisture from entering the porous structure of the material, which can be frozen and deformed in the cold.
The slate fence, as it becomes clear is a simple building process that does not require large financial costs and a lot of time. He can cope with his immediate tasks and give the plot of a complete neat appearance. If you choose the fence from slate, then the above instruction to help you. Good luck!

Set around the house fence from slate with your own hands for each homeowner. This is one of the easiest installation and economical option to fencing the site. The slate fence will look good both in the country area and in the urban streets.

Varieties of material

When planning to put on its site a slate fence, it is necessary to take into account that this material is quite fragile and is afraid of mechanical damage. In addition, it should be understood that such a fence is not a very reliable means of protection against unauthorized penetration.

When the wave slate is installed, the compound is made by 1-2 waves, so that each subsequent sheet looks like a continuation of the previous one. To cut sheets, a Bulgarian and a disc on concrete is used. If a flat slate is used, then each sheet can be "dressed" into the frame from metal corners. This will significantly strengthen the entire design and give the finished fence more aesthetic appearance.

Despite the fragility of the material, the fence can be served for a long time, because the sector is not afraid of atmospheric precipitation, hot sun rays and sharp fluctuations in temperature. It does not burn, it is not deformed, corrosion and severe loads are not terrible. For a fence from slate, you do not need to equip a solid foundation.

For the construction of the fence, you can use a wave or flat slate. The choice will depend on the desire of the owner of the site. For strength, they do not differ from each other. Only with flat sheets is easier to work during the installation of fence.

Even a small pebble, flying out from under the wheel of the passing machine, can disrupt the integrity of the material and harm the appearance. Therefore, slate fences are better to put on those streets where there is no intensive movement, or to use them to distinguish the territory of the site, for example, between the economic courtyard and the garden.

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Stages of the construction of the fence

To build a fence from slate with your own hands, you need some time, simple tools and simple materials that can be found on any plot.
At the next stage of construction, it is necessary to make the frame of the future fence. To do this, horizontally support plars of timber or profiled pipes. Screws on a tree are used as a row for a bar, and for pipes - electric welding or bolts.

For work will be needed:

Slate species: 1 - Natural slate, 2 - flat slate, 3 - slate wavy of an ordinary profile, 4 - rubber slate, 5 - Ondulin, 6 - NUIN, 7 - Gutta, 8 - EuroSurifer Ondura.

Bulgarian.

Drill and drill to her.

Welding machine.

Set of wrenches.

Construction level and plumb.

A hammer.

Cord.

Slate (wavy or flat sheets).

Metal corners.

Metal pipes for supports.

Bruks from wood.

Fasteners (bolts, nuts and self-tapping screws with a hexagonal head).

Bitumen.

Anticorrosion composition.

Concrete.

Work begins with mounting supports. To do this, there are thoughts of about 50 cm deep in the ground. This is quite enough for reliable fixation of pillars. If the farm has a manual bur, then with this task it will be possible to cope much faster. The optimal distance between the supports is 2.5 m.

The roles of the supports can perform metal pipes, a channel or corners that are cut into segments. Their length will depend on the planned height of the fence and its size.

Supports are installed in the recess and fill with concrete. Previously, it is necessary to treat metal supports with anti-corrosion compositions or to cover the oil paint into several layers. Initially, supports are installed in the corners of the site and the cord is stretched between them. Then the rest with the cord benchmark are put. The verticality of the installation is checked with a plumb. For further work, you can only start after complete drying of the concrete.

Observation elements from slate: 1 - Slate, 2 - Column, 3 - Concrete, 4 - Concrete Pillow, 5 - Running, 6 - Fastening, 7 - Bolt, 8 - Nut, 9 - Bracket, 10 - plug.

The finished frame must be covered with anti-corrosion composition. This will protect it from environmental impact and will prolong the service life.

Next, it should be prepared by the basis that will hold slate sheets and will not let them break into the places of fasteners. It can be a border, a stone or a brick, laid around the pillars. The main thing is that the base surface is smooth.

Next, you can proceed to the installation of slate sheets. The first is established especially carefully. Since he will ask the direction to everyone else. When it is installed, it is necessary to use the level. Fastening sheets to the frame is carried out by self-drawing or slate nails. To mount the most accurate, it is necessary to pull the thread from the first sheet to the angular support. This will provide an opportunity to control the assembly and perform the mount exactly.

First, measurements should be made, which will help accurately calculate the amount of the required material. A diagram of the future fence should also be drawn up, in accordance with which the territory marking will be carried out. During the perimeter of the limited area, pegs are installed, fittings or other suitable material and stretched thin twine. Along it will be installed all the elements of the future fence. During the markup, it should be noted the installation locations.

Flat slate in everyday life is called sheet asbestoscert. Such products have been known for a long time and is used to build various structures, including enclosing. The fence from such material is considered one of the cheapest. In order not to doubt the feasibility of using these products, we will shortly focus on the benefits of such fences.

Features of slate fences

Not required to arrange the foundation, as for brickwork.
A small cost of construction. If you focus on the averaged data (for each region they are different), then, for example, the leaf size of 3.5 x 1.5 (with a thickness of 10 mm) will have to give about 720 rubles. The same sample of 12 mm will be held within 1,000 rubles. And if we consider that any special equipment or technique, services of professionals, then there is an efficiency of such an embarrassment of the enclusive design.
During operation, the flat slate does not need regular care. Who came across the fences of the wood, knows how much time and strength has to spend on the processing of the material with various specialists - antipirens, antiseptics. Asbestos cement is enough to paint, although some owners do not and that. By the way, if you consider how many works are the paintnik paintnik, then the plane slate "plus" is obvious.
Maintainability. It makes no sense to even compare, which is easier - to replace slate sheet in the fence or railway plate. And the process of restoring the integrity of brick masonry is even more difficult.
Those who do not like the curious views of the neighbors towards their plot, such a fence will ensure reliable protection in this regard.

Flat slate collection technology

We will not stop on the preparation process of the track - how and how to clean it, how to make markup. Each host has its own plot of land, and he will determine the amount of work. Therefore, we consider only the main stages of construction. The wedding owner and himself thinks that and how to improve.

As such, it is more convenient (from the point of view of fastening asbestoscement sheets) use metal pipes. The places for the wells are determined on the basis of the size of products, as the more their weight, the more often the poles should be put. But at the same time it is necessary to take into account the length of the profile used.

The process of installing pipes is very simple. At the bottom of the pits, a small layer of fine crushed stone (gravel) is ahead with coarse-grained sand. Such a "subfolder" is well compacted. After that, the whole support is installed in the well, aligned vertically, and a fold of the same crushed stone is filled. Moreover, it is necessary to "download" it in small parts, simultaneously shedding cement + sand (pre-trambye another portion of rubble).

By the way, it is not necessary to do it. As a rule, its installation is made in the event that it is planned to lay out the plot with tiles. But this work is also pretty simple. There is a shallow trench between the columns and is made exactly the same "subfolder" as in the wells. The elements of the flawbrift are stacked on top and fixed along the same technique.

Since the slate fence is in the open air, it is better to use "galvanized". The blanks are fixed on the pillars with such a calculation so that the framework of asbestos cement will be strengthened. In essence, it is 2 horizontal guides, coming from support to the support. As an option - at the bottom additionally set the corner to which sheets will be relying. This is also protecting the lower sections of the slate from mechanical damage.

For greater reliability of such a "skeleton", it is advisable between profiles (at a certain distance) to establish both vertical racks from segments of this material.

So-called pharmaceutical screws are used as fasteners.

Pre-in the material are placed and holes for fasteners are drilled. Specialists advise to fix the slate with roofing screws. The only thing that is useful from the special tool is a screwdriver. Given the massiveness of the sheets, the work is performed with the assistant.

Its feature is that, firstly, it is necessary to work only with well-fed products. Otherwise, after drying, the gap between the samples will become even more, turning into a decent gap. Secondly, it is not worth it for too tightly, since during wetting slate slightly increases its dimensions. And the specific interval between sheets is determined by the host itself, taking into account these recommendations.

Surface treatment
It is necessary to think about how to "disguise" sticking from the back of the fence from slate the tips of the fasteners. Most likely, there will be a layer of paint.
Exterior finish of sheets.

Sheet asbestos cement has a porous structure. And since any fence is a design, placed outside the buildings, in the open air, experts recommend flat slate necessarily painting. Most of all the paints are acrylic, as they have good water repellent properties. In addition, their elasticity ensures that in the process of operation, the coating layer will not cover cracks and will not begin to "shame". There are even special compositions for sale, designed specifically for painting slate fences.
There are recommendations to plunge the lower sections of sheets, then do not have to do the decreased device. Of course, each owner itself decides the feasibility of such a slate installation, but one should not forget that the material is able to absorb moisture. Therefore, the usefulness of this Council causes certain doubts. Including in terms of maintainability of such a fence. It is better to mount sheets so that a small gap remains between them and the soil.
Determining the depth of the holes, it is necessary to focus on the load that supports will be experienced. This is not only the weight of the sheets, but also, for example, gust winds. Also, will the lighting devices be attached on the posts? There are a lot of nuances.
To connect the fence with other structures (for example, the building), the corner is attached to their surface (vertically).
Wooden timber (instead of profile) is not recommended for fixing sheets, as any wood life is limited.

Flat slate fence with their own hands

How to make a fence from slate with your own hands

Slate is not very durable material, its direct purpose is to install on the roofing device.

Slate fences are most often elevated for temporary platform fence or enclosures for pets for pets.

Preparation for the installation of slate slate

Required material for the construction of a slate fence:

Slate, wave or flat. Flat easier to mount to the frame, unlike slate with the waves.
Steel pipe for racks, diameter up to 100 mm. It is not worth using a larger diameter, it is possible, although it will be to the detriment of the strength of the structure.
A wooden timber, a size of 100 by 50 mm, to which slate sheets will be attached.
Metal corner, size 85 by 50 mm, it will serve as a frame for fastening a wooden bar.
Fastening elements - studs, screws.
Cement, sand, crushed stone for the preparation of concrete solution and installation of columns.

Installing columns from slate

Recalling the contours of the future fence, you need to install corner poles. Pop pans for columns, their depth should be no less than two bayonet shovels.

Then you can immediately cook concrete to fill the first columns. Next - a pipe that will act as columns, cut into identical pieces. The length of pieces depends on the height of which you planned, plus the size that will go into the pit.

Then we proceed to the installation of columns: omit them into the pits and cut them with boot. Immediately try to align the Stakes vertically by the construction level. When the column is installed, you can pour the pit with concrete.

By installing all the angular support structures, pull the twine between them and prepare the pits for the following supports.

Confirm corner and timber for future fence

Concrete, poured into the pit, should grasp well, usually enough for the week.

After this time, you need to cut the corner on the equal parts. Part size should be equal to the diameter of the pipe used or a little more.

After drilled holes in the pipe under the diameter of your studs. The holes are drilled on top and bottom of the pipe and, accordingly, in the center of the segment of the corner.

Stiletto fasten the corner to the support in such a way that the shelf was obtained, in which the timber was lying. This method of fastening makes slate fences with durable and rigid.

There are two options for installing timber. When you first, when you cep the corner to the support with a pin, the bar also should be drilled under the diameter of the hairpin and immediately pull the stud design. The timber will be kept directly on the support, post.

With the second option, secure the corner with the hairpin, tighten well. After that, in the shelf, the corner, which adjacent to the post, drill holes, and pull the bar through these holes to the corner.

Fix slate sheets

When the frame is ready, you can start installing slate sheets. Self-tapping screws are suitable for fastening.

With the help of the nozzle under the head of the self-press, the drill or screwdriver fasten the sheets to Brus. If you have a flat sheet, then join the ends and drill a sheet through the bar. If slate wave, make a mustache one or two waves.

If you need to fed the sheet, use the grinder and the disc on concrete. For the accuracy of the fastening of sheets, it is recommended to pull from the first installed sheet to the angular pole of the thread. This will control the assembly of the fence and mount the sheets smoothly.

The fence from the slate is worth painting, it will protect the sheets from the penetration of moisture and the settlement there is fungus.

Fence from slate with your own hands in one day (video), do it yourself - how to make yourself

How to make a fence from slate with your own hands slate not very durable material, directly

How do you build a fence from slate

Build a fence from an inexpensive and reliable material simply. It is enough to deal with fasteners, markup and future buildings. For example, the slate fence will serve longer than from the untreated board. And in the private farm, they try to use even the old roofing material - from it you can make a fence of the back of the site. It turns out that the new one will come to work, and the slate has already been used.

Features of the use of slate for the construction of the fence

Slate is one of the simplest and inexpensive materials for the manufacture of fence. And any side of the fence will look neat. Modern slate will suit both rural areas and houses within the city.

Slate is made of asbestos cement, so you do not have to wait for maximum strength. It is easy to guess that even the most subtle iron is stable. However, there are developments in the use of slate. The front part of the fence is desirable to place away from the road so that the random garbage from under the wheels did not damage sheets. And the usual barriers between neighboring sites from the slate is the easiest way, even one person will cope with such work.

This material is known for a long time. Get it by mixing portland cement, asbestos and water. Uniformly distributed asbestos fibers form a solid grid that increases the shock viscosity and reliability of the material during tension.

Advantages and disadvantages of use of slate for fence

low cost;
average fire resistance;
the possibility of decorative processing of any paint;
simple installation.

asbestos - it is not an environmentally clean material;
when influencing explodes;
the service life depends on the specific place. And the lower the temperature in winter, the faster the cracks will appear. If you protect acrylic (paint), then the service life will increase;
in working with slate is required to protect. You need to wear construction respirators so that the dust does not get into the respiratory tract.

Slate species used for fences

Wave sheets created from asbestos cement have a curly shape. The material has the following advantages:

Flat slate sheets have the same composition, the difference is only in shape.

Both types of slate have shortcomings that can be smoothed. The appearance of the material over the years is somewhat spoiled, flickering, blinking. However, if you cover it with special substances, it can be warned.

Flat or wave slate for a fence is weak, more precisely, fragile on bending material. Do not forget about the weight of such a construction unit, it is high enough compared to the same metal sheet.

If you decide to buy slate, and not to use the old with the roof of the house or the economic building, then it should be borne in mind that the flat sheets are mounted and ship.

Installation of fence from slate with your own hands

Make a fence from slate is easy. At a not very large plot, this work can be performed in a few days.

Preparation for the construction: territory marking

There is no important feature in the markup of a slate fence. This working time is the same type with a layout for any type of fence. To begin with, it is worth clearing that part of the territory where construction will be conducted. Next, you need to pull the thread and install it in such a way that it repeats the line of the future fence over the entire length. Marking is usually fixed on pegs, columns, steel reinforcement or any other residue of the building material. Accuracy in size and location of the thread along the entire length of the future fence from slate is the main requirement for the markup.

When calculating the building material, the required number of columns on the entire fence is found. In the process of marking, it is necessary to accurately put a landmark in their place. There is a specific distance between each pillar, with a negligence attitude to this stage, further work will only become more complicated. After all, all slate sheets have the same size. It is for him that the posts of the pillars are planning.

When buying a new material for the fence, many prefer flexible slate. It certainly does not break through the strong wind. Such a building material has a rectangular shape, its surface is either flat or wave-like. The minus is as follows: the declared life of only 15 years, and each 5 years it is necessary to replace the protective layer. The inside of the flexible slate is susceptible to burning.

The standard wave slate sizes are 1750 to 1135 millimeters.

The long side of the sheet is usually attached horizontally. The wave material is necessarily mounted on the fence of the brass, for which there is a stock of 125 mm. It is easier to consider the length of the fence. It is easy to guess that one sheet of the construction will be needed for 1 meter, the wave is horizontally.

What is interesting, it is when working with a wave slate should not be afraid of the wrong markup, because sheets can hide all the errors between the columns.

Flat material produced in four sizes:

Length 3 meters, width 1.5 meters.
Length 2 meters, width 1.5 meters.
Length 1.75 meters, width 1.13 meters.
Length is 1.5 meters, width 1 meter.

Most often try to buy the third option, paying attention to the thickness. This parameter must be equal to 10 mm, then the leaf itself will weigh 40 kg. For comparison: the thickness of 8 mm is already lighter - 30 kg.

Calculate the amount of material is very simple: you need to measure the overall length of the fence and divide on one sheet. More precisely, the magnitude that remains without a flaw. Having obtained the right number of units, it is necessary to purchase with a margin of 2 or 3 pieces.

An example of calculating the number of wave slate sheets

Suppose that the total length of the perimeter is equal to 40 meters. A wave slate 1750 is in operation in the amount of 40 units (the operating surface of one sheet is 1 m). Not 40 sheets are purchased with a margin, but 42-43, because marriage and errors in construction are inevitable.

When installing on its own work it is better to work in a pair, but without the next set of the tool, do not cope:

bulgarian or screwdriver with a nozzle for cutting;
drill;
welding machine;
spanners;
levels;
plumb;
building hammers;
fastening bolts.

Step-by-step guide for the production of slate

Work is performed by such a sequence:

Hand brown around the perimeter of markup organize holes for pillars. When there is no such tool, they take a regular shovel to work and carefully dig deep, but not wide pit. They try to make it so that the further fill with the solution was economical. Pits make one third of the length of the poles.

Finishing and decoration of fence from slate

Protect, decorate and maintain such a type of fence. It is enough to perform some devoted rules:

The slate sheet is not attached to the surface of the earth. Withstand a distance of 10-15 centimeters from the bottom point, arranging a special backfill at the bottom. Thus, the material will remain in dryness.

Any mechanical damage for slate is thought out in advance, otherwise its service life is reduced several times.

Slate is invented for the roof, create reliable fences or barriers from it not always. Stand on this material only if there is a large balance after construction or there is no suitable modern material in the store. Although on the backyard of the countryside, where the likelihood of the theft of good material is too high, to nail the old slate on the ride will be the optimal solution.

How to make a fence from slate with your own hands - step-by-step instructions, facilities and decorations with photos and videos

How to choose a slate for a fence. How to make measurements and calculations. Step-by-step instructions for installing a slate from slate with your own hands.

How to make a fence from slate with your own hands: options and features of the installation

Asbicated slate for the land fence is used not often. Poor advertising he served the habit of using the "residual principle." Many dacha owners put on fences Old roofing slate, covered with moss and holes from nails. Their neighbors, looking at his non-primary species, choose other options for fences.

If we compete competently, not trying to save on the fence at the expense of the roof of the roof, then slate can successfully compete with other types of sheet materials.

We set the purpose of this article to consider the benefits, features and examples of slate fences. We hope that after acquaintance with them, many readers will change their attitude towards this material.

Slate fence. Advantages more than flaws

So, what is the fence built from a flat or wavy slate?

First, such a fence is durable and unpretentious in care. The service life of high-quality slate is measured by decades. At the same time, it does not rot, not rust, does not destroy under the action of frost and heat.
Secondly, the price of slate fence is small.
Thirdly, the installation of this material is quite simple and does not take much time.
Fourth, with a creative approach, the appearance of slate fencing is not inferior to more expensive materials (stone, wood, polycarbonate, metal).

The only serious lack of asbotic slate is relative fragility. From a strong point impact it bursts. You can restore the damaged sheet or by using steel plates-lining (flat slate) or replacement (wavy).

The choice of options asbetic slate for the fence is not too large. The one who wants to save, buys standard material with a sheet size of 1.75x1,125 m (8 waves) or 1.75x0.98 (7 waves).

In the nomenclature of the flat slate used for fences, lists of 1.0x1.5 m in the greatest demand; 2.0x1.5 m; and 3.0x1.5 m.

Examples of slate fences

Solving, from which slate is better to build a fence, you need to get acquainted with the existing options for its installation and decoration.

Wavy slate most often put on horizontal runs from the profile pipe, wooden bar or combination "steel corner + wooden rail." The runs are fixed on steel (less ash-cemental) columns concreted in ground or tape base. For fastening of runs (lag), metal studs, tapping screws or welding are used.

Flat slate is mounted in two ways:

On horizontal runs from the profile pipe.
As part of the steel corner.

The first way to install is no different from the installation of the wave slate.

Fastening option in the frame is more reliable. The corner creates a framing that protects the edges of the sheet from chips. The use of the frame allows you to abandon drilling in slate holes weakening sheet. Frame on welding is attached to the column. After that, the sheet is inserted into it and is fixed from the loss of short steel plates, welded to the corner.

In this photo we see another embefer mounting option. There is no frame from the corner here. Sheets with spills are attached directly to the columns. From the bottom and on the upper cut of the fence is a corner. Sheet joints are covered with a steel strip welded to a corner.

It should be noted another, not the most successful, method of installing a flat slate on the fence - the use of fastening plates-lyrine. Holes in the edges of the sheet and installing heavy slate for 4 points increase the risk of chips.

With installation, everything is clear, and where is the promised beauty? - The reader will ask. Indeed, it's time to move from the technical side to aesthetic. Make a fence from the wave slate attractive and uncomfortable. To do this, it is enough to buy color material.

A monophonic fencing is not like everyone. Therefore, we recommend buying a slate of different colors and consolidate it on the fence, like on the artist's palette.

A good option is to paint slate with special paints. They can be used not only for solid composure. It looks very beautifully a fence, on the sections of which the ornament or landscape is drawn.

If there are small children in the family, a pure fence can be painted by drawing fairy-tale characters. Such a decoration will certainly delight the kids and create a cozy atmosphere.

Slate is well combined with a stone. You can find original types of fences in which these two material are successfully combined.

In addition to asbetic, plastic and metal slate is actively used for fences. Plastic allows you to build a light light fencing.

Metal slate - everyone is well familiar professional flooring. Unlike asbotic sheets, it is not limited to a measured standard. This makes it possible to build fences of any height from it. Methods for fastening plastic and metal on the fence similar to the technologies for mounting slate from asbestos.

Features of the independent setting of slate

As we said at the beginning of the article, make a slate fence with their own hands.

Preparatory operations include:

Copk or drilling holes under the columns. Their depth depends on the height of the fence, the type of soil, the strength of the dominant in this locality of the wind and can be from 60 cm to 1 meter. The size of the holes in the plan should be 20-30 cm more of the cross section of the columns for high-quality concrete seal.
Concreting racks in the pits. Start this work from the installation of angular columns. Carefully aligning them in terms of level and plumb, poured a concrete mix. After grappling between the racks, the cord is stretched and ordinary columns are put on it.
The next stage is the installation of runs. They can be fixed to the outer plane of the columns or let it flush with it. The mount is performed by self-drawing or using welding.

How should I not put slate?

Despite the ease of installation, there are many mistakes and curious situations in practice. Several of them we will look at. Ramo for the installation of heavy slate must be rigid and durable. Despite this requirement, some part owners manage to use a thin drywall profile for these purposes.

Believing that profile weakness can be compensated for by a large number of mounting holes, they weaken sheet strength.

The second typical error - the slate fastening is not in the upper rigid part of the "waves", but in the bottom, the bromace. For clarity, we bring the scheme to the right fastening of the sheet to the fence frame. It is taken from the installation of roofs.

From the figure it is clear that the self-tapping screw or a nail to which slate is attracted to the run must have a rubber gasket to eliminate the hard spot pressure of the metal on a fragile sheet.

How to make a fence from slate with your own hands: options and features of the installation

What is good fence from slate? Examples of slate fences and their features, the features of the installation of such a fence with their own hands.

The fence from slate - the design, which is recently not too often.

Such a budget version of the fence was suppressed by more durable, reliable and aesthetic options.

However, in some cases slate becomes unique, then the optimal choice for the construction of the fence.

Most often to make a fence from slate (Calculator of expenses can be easily found on the Internet), use the material dismantled with the old roof, so the appearance and qualitative characteristics of such a fence leave to be desired.

The cost of a new slate sheet is quite accessible to the ordinary consumer, and the fence will have the following undeniable advantages:

sufficient durability. The average service life of a properly performed slate fence is measured by several decades;
available cost compared to many other, more modern construction and finishing materials;
unpretentious care. The peculiarity of the material is the incompleteness of rotting and corrosion changes, as well as high resistance to temperature differences;
easy and speed independent installation, as well as the lack of need to attract specialists or use expensive professional equipment and tools.

The creative approach allows you to get a fence that is distinguished by the presentable and very original appearance. The most tangible disadvantage of slate fence is its increased fragility. Spot, strong enough blow, is able to cause cracking.

The fence from a flat slate is distinguished by maintainability, so the damaged area can be renovated with steel plates, and the leaf of the construction and finishing material of the wave type is only a complete replacement.

Examples of fences

A significant mass of the slate leaf implies the construction of sufficiently strong supporting structures, so when choosing a type and external decoration, the fence must be focused on such a feature.

It is also necessary to take into account several main factors:

flat slate sheets are more expensive, but allow fences with the most aesthetic appearance;
one of the popular varieties of flat sheets is a pressed slate, which is characterized by high weight and ability to withstand a sufficiently serious level of load;
flat sheet slate is recommended to lay in support structures represented by a metal corner-based framework, which makes it possible to increase the durability of the fence, and also significantly improves the appearance;
the fencing based on the wave slate foliage is mounted very simply, and the material is stacked by the brass, with a neat combination of waves.

Slate fence: photo options combination with stone

Among other things, slate sheets are perfectly combined with other materials, including brick, metal, wood and stone. Therefore, with the right approach to the selection of structures, you can independently build a very original and stylish, inexpensive fence.

In addition to sheets based on asbetic, the slate of metal and plastic type is often used for installation of fences. The second option is more preferable, due to the ability to build the most lightweight and transmitted fence.

For those who do not want, like everyone else - a large and interesting material and their design features.

And when I want not to be angry from the neighbors, and decorative fences come to the rescue. Several curious ideas for decoration will find in.

Useful video

The video shows the entire process of installing a new slate from slate, except for concreting pillars for the fence:

At the final stage, the decoration of the erected fencing by applying acrylic or alkyd-acrylic painting composition is performed. Also on slate sheets can be applied with a decorative plastering coating, which will allow to obtain not only economical and practical, but also a very attractive version of the fence.

If we compete competently, not trying to save on the fence at the expense of the roof of the roof, then slate can successfully compete with other types of sheet materials.

Slate fence. Advantages more than flaws

So, what is the fence built from a flat or wavy slate?

First, such a fence is durable and unpretentious in care. The service life of high-quality slate is measured by decades. At the same time, it does not rot, not rust, does not destroy under the action of frost and heat.
Secondly, the price of slate fence is small.
Thirdly, the installation of this material is quite simple and does not take much time.
Fourth, with a creative approach, the appearance of slate fencing is not inferior to more expensive materials (stone, wood, polycarbonate, metal).

The choice of options asbetic slate for the fence is not too large. The one who wants to save, buys standard material with a sheet size of 1.75x1,125 m (8 waves) or 1.75x0.98 (7 waves).

In the nomenclature of the flat slate used for fences, lists of 1.0x1.5 m in the greatest demand; 2.0x1.5 m; and 3.0x1.5 m.

Examples of slate fences

Solving, from which slate is better to build a fence, you need to get acquainted with the existing options for its installation and decoration.

The easiest option is a fence from a wave slate, fixed on a wooden board to metallic pipes

To install a wave slate, you can use steel water pipes, strengthened them to columns from asbetic pipes.

Flat slate is mounted in two ways:

On horizontal runs from the profile pipe.
As part of the steel corner.

The first way to install is no different from the installation of the wave slate.

Flat slate is fixed on horizontal runs. At the bottom of the fence, the clearance is left for ventilation, closed with steel grid

Fastening flat slate plate on reverse side frame

Appearance of the fence of a flat slate with a frame from a corner and strips

Mounting slate on the eye - Unreliable option

Colored wave slate - the easiest way to decorate the fence