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Forged fences (railings) for private houses - choose your style

The fencing of the personal plot must be reliable, durable, vandal-resistant, and even beautiful. There are few materials that meet all of these requirements. One of them is metal. Metal fences are perhaps the most common, and the most beautiful of them are forged fences and gates. And they are certainly both reliable and durable.

The content of the article

1 Forged or welded
2 Types of forged fences
3 Schemes and sketches for welded and forged fences and railings
4 Photos of beautiful and unusual wrought iron fences

Forged or welded

Welded and forged fences and gates are made of the same material, but they use different technologies. In both cases, the elasticity of the metal is used. But it is used in different ways, in different conditions and processes. In the forging process, a metal blank (a rod is usually used for fences) is heated, brought to a certain temperature, and molded into the desired shape by pressing. The variety of shapes is great: the heated metal becomes many times more plastic, which allows forging openwork and twisted elements from it.

Having typed a certain number of forged blanks, they are combined into sections, which are then mounted on support pillars. Due to the fact that the work is carried out with softened metal, it is possible to combine the elements of the fence into a single whole with almost no seams. Due to this, the forged fence looks very neat.

Classic forging is a long and expensive process, but the fence turns out to be unique

When creating welded fences, the elasticity of the metal is also used, but in a cold state. Twisted and curved elements are also made from a rod - the process is called "cold forging". To obtain elements of a welded fence of different shapes, there is special devicesallowing to change the shape of workpieces without heating. But, in a cold state, the ductility of the metal is less, less and possible variations.

When creating welded fences, the elements are combined by welding. This leads to the presence of welded seams. This - in less artistic value and in the presence of seams - is the main difference between welded and forged fences. Otherwise (in functionality, durability) they are the same. What's the other difference? In the price and production time. Forged fences and gates take much longer to manufacture and cost more, as the process requires special skills and high qualifications. Welded ones are faster and easier to do, and therefore the price is lower.

Forged-welded fences are not so expensive and look interesting

There is also an intermediate type - forged-welded fences. In them, the elements are made by forging, and in the section they are assembled and fastened to each other by welding. Such fences look no less presentable than forged ones, but they are cheaper, since the manufacturing process is less laborious.

Types of forged fences

It will be about the combination with which materials make forged fences and gates. It's no secret that metal lace is too transparent and serves only as a physical barrier, and even if the sections are of solid height. To close the courtyard from views, it is necessary to place an opaque material behind the forged weave. About what to combine a forged fence with and will be discussed.

Another example of a classic forging fence

Posts for forged and welded fences

Forged or welded sections of a metal fence can be mounted on metal or brick (stone) pillars... These are the two types of support that are used in most cases.If you are going to make a combined-type fence (an opaque material is installed behind the forged section), the best option is with brick posts. The sail of the combined fence is high, and such a foundation will be reliable and withstand any wind.

There is another common option - a stone foundation, into which metal pillars are mounted. This option for the fence can be considered optimal: it is not as heavy as with stone pillars, but, at the same time, it is reliable.

With metal or profiled sheet

Quite often you can find a combination of a forged fence section, behind which a painted metal sheet is installed. Alternatively, a roofing profiled sheet can be used. It is factory painted to withstand the weather. In this case, the forged elements are painted black, and the color of the metal behind it is matched to the color of the roof of the house or cottage.

But the profiled sheet has a formed relief, which not everyone likes in combination with forging. In this case, a sheet of metal is used. But it must be carefully treated with anti-corrosion compounds, covered with a primer and only after that with paint. In this case, the appearance of the metal will remain for a long time. This option is good because you can choose any color you like: bronze, silver, some unusual shade.

The combination of a forged fence with a metal sheet gives a very reliable fence. The strength of the metal sheet is reinforced by a forged wire lattice. In addition, it turns out organically and beautifully. Openwork forging bindings on a colored background look bright and impressive.

With polycarbonate

Often a forged fence and gates are complemented with polycarbonate. This material is not only cellular, but also sheet. The sheet is more durable and able to withstand even a stone blow, and some models are bulletproof and used in cans. Although special strength is not needed behind the weaving of the fence rods, such material can be a salvation from vandals.

Polycarbonate can be painted in different colors. The most commonly used is matte white or with a light shade, and brown and bronze are also popular. Even colored in mass, they are translucent. Behind such a fence, movement is guessed, and the details and details cannot be considered.

Polycarbonate of any type is easy to cut, so it can be used to decorate only some parts of the fence, for example, you can make colored inserts.

With tree

The wood itself is decorative and strong enough to create fencing. Wooden fences and gates - a large group, but in combination with forged elements it turns out even more beautiful.

There are two options for wrought or welded timber fences. The first is a forged metal frame with sparsely placed metal elements. This frame is filled with densely spaced boards. It is difficult to say which of the materials is the main one. If we take it by quantity, then it is wood, but the frame is made of metal, which unites everything, although the metal part itself cannot be a fence: the weave is too rare. Sometimes it's just a perimeter frame and top / bottom patterns. Interesting, by the way, fences turn out. Many are fabulous - they will go well with a wooden house.

The second type - sections of a full-fledged forged fence, from the back (from the side of the yard) covered with boards. In rare cases, boards are inserted into metal frames. The main difference is that the metal frame can be a fence without boards, they are just an addition.

Schemes and sketches for welded and forged fences and fences

Having your own home makes you gain knowledge in various fields - even if you will not do everything yourself, it is very desirable to supervise the work of hired workers. Then the result is guaranteed to be at least not below average. And the style, design and other individual things, in general, you have to choose yourself, otherwise the designers will do what they think is fashionable or beautiful.

For inspiration, we have collected a number of sketches and diagrams of forged fences. Some of them are simpler, some are very individual. For the first, it is not difficult to find performers, but if you want to order a fence from those that are "more complicated", you will have to look. And it's better to see at least a couple of samples with your own eyes.

It can be traditional and cold forging

Sketches of forged hedges

More complex options

This is already traditional forging, and delicate work

The main focus on the upper

More geometric option

Forged polycarbonate gate project

Straight palace style

Only for a pompous mansion

Photos of beautiful and unusual wrought iron fences

It is not for nothing that sculptures are created from metal. The material is very flexible, durable, allowing you to embody any fantasies and ideas. Looking at the photos of some forged fences and gates, you often wonder: is it just a fence, or is it an object of artistic value?