How To Build A Decorative Fence For A Garden And Other Needs With Your Own Hands - Step By Step Instructions With A Photo

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

DIY decorative fence

A plot near a country house or summer cottage should look not only interesting and attractive, but also individually. Of course, you can use the services of a designer and order a project, but it will still be a set of certain template modules. And individually made elements will be quite expensive. The most economical option is to try to do everything yourself. If the site is small, you do not need to spend money on a massive fence for the fence. Use decorative. It will only outline the boundaries of your site, and will not hide it from prying eyes.

Content

• 1 Function and application of a decorative fence

  1.1 Gallery of fences with different purposes

• 2 Types of fences

  • 2.1 Gallery of products from scrap materials
  • 2.2 Types of fences made of different materials in the photo
• 3 Preparation for construction: determining the type, location, size

• 4 Choice of material, advice on selection

  4.1 Options for building materials in the photo

• 5 Calculations
• 6 Making wattle fence with your own hands
• 7 Sectional small fence made of wooden picket fences
• 8 Tips for finishing

Functions and application of decorative fence

An abundance of flowers, well-groomed lawns, smooth paths, a decorative pond - it seems that everything is already there. But over time, you always want to change something, add something. In this case, with the help of decorative fences, the site can be divided into several zones. Indeed, in city apartments, each room is decorated in its own way, for each family member. The same principle can be used in the garden area. Zoning can be done using various types of decorative fences. Bright and colorful pickets will separate the children's area, fence-fence will outline the area in a rustic style, strict, made of log components - will mark the male territory or the guest area.

Gallery of fences with different purposes

A fence made of willow twigs will decorate any site

Multicolored

A pencil fence will decorate the children's area

The wattle fence separates the recreation area

A decorative fence will first of all give a complete look to the flower bed and emphasize the beauty of flowers. In addition to the aesthetic function, it also has a number of practical ones:

• Flowers will grow only within the boundaries set for them and will not grow throughout the territory.
• The fence will protect the plants from strong winds and accidental damage - the flowers will not be trampled down and there will be no broken branches.
• Flower care will be greatly simplified and the problem of accidentally cut plants will disappear.
• If there are a lot of different types of flowers on the site, then thanks to the installed fences and mini-fences, the problem of finding "where which flower was sitting" in early spring will disappear. It is enough to look at the photos taken last summer, and everything becomes clear. Especially true for perennials that fade by mid-summer.
• Thanks to zoning, it will be possible to separately plant flowers that need a certain type of soil and a certain degree of moisture.
• For each type of flowers, you can choose a fence of a certain height.

Types of fences

Today you can buy fences of a wide variety of types and sizes, made of plastic, wood, metal. But I would not like to meet the same at a neighbor. There must be individuality in everything. Therefore, it is more interesting and easier to design and make a fence yourself, using available tools. It does not have to be large - sometimes one or two spans are enough to give a plot or flower bed a certain charm.

Gallery of products from scrap materials

Wicker corina-fence and at the same time a flower bed for different types of plants

Fence from tall plastic bottles

Fence-flower bed made of car tires

Traditional Ukrainian wattle

You can combine different types of fences on one site

For the manufacture of a fence, you can use a wide variety of materials: wire, stone, plastic or glass bottles, PVC pipe, old car tires, reeds. Also, various elements made of wood are suitable: branches of a vine, hazel, willow twig, picket fence, saw cuts, wooden chocks, etc. Almost everything that is on the farm.

More and more often you can find wicker fences. These are traditional wattle fence, which is easy to make from pre-cut and harvested willow twigs, vine branches, hazel, raspberry, cherry branches, reeds. Easy to make, they go well with almost any plant. With certain skills, you can build a basket fence for a flower bed. Weaving can be horizontal or vertical. For beginners, it's best to start with vertical weaving to understand how it works. If a wattle fence is made from untreated willow branches in the spring, you get a hedge, since the willow takes root well and quickly.

Types of fences from different materials in the photo

Slab fence

Simple fence for zoning

Wattle blends well with hedges

You can arrange a flower bed with such a fence.

Original fence made of glass bottles

Willow hedge

The vertical wicker can be very thick

The original fence made of willow twigs

Stone fence for decorating a flower bed with undersized flowers

Gabion - a fence made of mesh filled with stone

Preparation for construction: determining the type, location, size

Before you start building, carefully plan where the fence will be installed. Make a preliminary sketch according to which you will work. Take the time to draw in detail what types of plants will be planted and the future fence in color. It is better if there are several sketches with reference to existing buildings. So you can choose a more interesting option. For example, if the main fence around the site is made of stone, it is good to combine it with various types of wooden fences - wattle fence, picket fence, wooden posts.

Marking for the future fence

The fence is installed before planting, so take into account the approximate height of the flowers in the sketch - the data is indicated on the seed packages. It is important to pay attention to the side of the world. If you plan to plant shade-loving plants, the fence should be installed so as to create shade as much as possible during the day and be high enough. For sun-loving plants, the fence should be of a minimum height and not shade the plants.

A decorative fence made of snags does not reach the ground

The fence is installed close to the ground

A decorative fence can be installed deepening into the ground if it is planned to plant plants that reproduce by root stepchildren, and raising it a short distance above the ground if the plants are tall or curly. As a rule, the fence has a height of 40 cm and more.

Choice of material, advice on selection

Since the fence is a decorative element, it means that we do not make it for "the rest of our lives." It should serve us for at least 5-7 years, and then you will still want to change something, because new design ideas or new flowers will appear. You need to choose the material with which it will be convenient for you to work. Let's dwell on the most common ones.

Wood is the most environmentally friendly and affordable material. Simple enough to work with. With proper preparation, it can last up to 10 years.

Plastic and glass bottles are the easiest materials to work with. Of the minuses, plastic is not an environmentally friendly material and can release toxins into the soil. Glass bottles are easy to break and cause injury in the future.

Options for building materials in the photo

The original fence made of thin PVC pipes

A funny fence made of colored plastic bottles

Glass bottles are not just for storing liquor

The easiest picket fence to use

Fence-fortress made of car tires

Car tires - will last a long time, but like plastic, they release toxins. They look pretty rough.

PVC pipe - will last a long time. If there is a special soldering iron, it is enough to simply make an original fence from it.

Calculations

If the fence is installed around the entire perimeter of the site, you must first determine its corner points, drive pegs into them and pull the cord. Once you have established the exact perimeter of the fence, you can move on to planning spans. To do this, divide the length of the fence by the span. As a rule, for high decorative fences it is 1–1.5 m. Low fences can be made with smaller spans, this will make them more stable.

For example, our section has dimensions of 4x5.5 m. We plan to make a span of 1 m. 2 widths of the section will consist of 8 spans. When dividing the length, 5.5 m does not give an integer. In this case, you need to increase the length of each span by 10 cm. We get 10 spans of 1.1 m each. The increase is insignificant, but we will avoid two fragments of 0.5 m each, which will disturb the completed view of the fence.

If the fence will be installed in a small fragment (for example, one span of a wattle fence), draw its exact dimensions and think over the installation method. It should have a stronger attachment, since there is no binding to other parts. It will be secured only by the main pegs and will be more susceptible to strong wind and rain.

Having calculated the required number of spans, you can start calculating the material. Draw a span on paper, count the required number of pickets (posts, branches, planks, etc.), and then multiply by the number of spans. So you can accurately calculate the required amount of material.

DIY wattle making

Materials and tools required for work:

• Posts for side supports - 2 pcs. for each span
• Cross bars - 3 pcs. for each span
• Weaving rods - workpieces of the same height
• Garden pruner
• Ax
• Nails
• Building level
• Shovel
• Hand protection gloves

Wicker fence is the easiest type of fence to make. It can be made from both thin branches and thicker poles.

Fence with vertical braiding

Using a shovel and a building level, we install side pegs. We deepen them by a third of the height. Previously, the part that will be in the ground is best treated with resin or sealed with fire so that it does not rot so quickly.

Using a screwdriver and self-tapping screws or a hammer and nails at an equal distance, we fasten the crossbars to the posts.

Crossbars and posts should be connected either with self-tapping screws or with nails.

We harvest branches of the same length. We use a sharp knife or pruner for this. To do this, use a template - a thicker branch of the desired length. The wattle is usually not made higher than 1.7 m.

You need to harvest a lot of branches

We start weaving from the side that will be less visible. The branches bend around the crossbars with alternation: if the first is braided from the outside, then the next is from the inside. Press the branches tightly to each other.

We weave branches, alternately bending around the crossbars

We alternate weaving twigs

We continue weaving until it is completely filled with rods. At the end of weaving, using a pruning shears, trim the sharp corners of the rods, if any.

Sectional small fence made of wooden picket fences

Even a woman can make such a fence from the simplest blanks that remain from construction work. The work is quite simple and easy, and will give pleasure with its result.

Materials and tools required for work

Cross bars - 2 pcs. for each span

Side posts - 2 pcs. for each span

Curve for keeping the distance between pickets - 1 pc.

Pattern for keeping the distance between the slats - 1 pc.

Picket fences, pre-treated with sandpaper - 9 pcs per span

Screwdriver

Self-tapping screws

Sandpaper

The peculiarity of installing such a fence is that if the side posts are made with pointed lower ends, it will be easy to install it by pressing it into the ground. This does not require the use of a shovel. The corners are easy to connect with self-tapping screws or nails.

A simple picket fence is very easy to make

We lay the transverse strips on the ground. Between them we lay a special pattern (a piece of shtaketin), which will determine the distance between the crossbars.

We assemble a simple picket fence using templates

We attach the first bar to the beginning of each of the crossbars using a screwdriver and self-tapping screws. We put an additional pattern close to it, and the next bar. We also fix it with self-tapping screws. We attach side posts along the edges.

Between the pickets we lay a pattern equal to the gap between the pickets

When the first section of the fence is ready, proceed to the assembly of the next one in a similar way.

We lay the pickets close to each other and attach with a screwdriver and self-tapping screws

In this way we prepare several sections, paint or varnish. Our fence is ready to be installed.

We prepare several sections at the same time

Tips for finishing

If the fence was made of wood - picket, chocks, saw cuts - pre-treatment with an antiseptic is required. This will protect against damage by fungus, various pest beetles. After that, if necessary, you can treat with a stain and varnish, if you need a natural beautiful color. If the design involves some interesting colors, then you can paint in a variety of colors using paints for outdoor use. They withstand temperature changes well and protect the tree from moisture, which means that the fence will last long enough.

If the fence was woven from willow, cherry, hazel branches, the prepared twigs are best covered with varnish or paint before weaving. This ensures both the protection of the material and the complete staining of the wattle fence.

Almost any decorative fence is easy to make yourself at home. As you can see, it does not take much time and does not require specific skills. It makes imagination work and turn your cozy plot into a pantry of ideas. Having made one small fence according to your own sketch, you can gradually learn how to make more complex and interesting designs. The main thing is to start.