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FENCING & GATES
• A fence is a free standing structure
designed to restrict or prevent
movement across a boundary.
FENCING & GATES • Other purposes of fences are:
– Security, privacy, noise reduction and
boundary marking.
– A well designed and installed fence is a
stylish addition to building landscape.
Fence are constructed for
Type of Fence
several purposes:
• Open fencing
1. Agricultural fencing to keep livestock in – Chain link fence
or predators out.
– Metal bar fence
2. To provide privacy – Post and wire fence
3. To provide security where to prevent – Post and rail fence
trespassing of theft or to keep children – Cleft pale fencing
and pets – Palisade fencing
4. To enhance the appearance of a property, • Closed fencing
garden or other landscaping – Brick fence
5. To demarcate a boundary – Concrete fence
6. To provide safety and security where – Corrugated metal sheet fence
temporary access is required – Timber board fence
CHAIN LINK FENCING CHAIN-LINK FENCING
• Allow the lighting and movement of air Straining wire
• Available in rolls for height ranging
between 0.9 – 3.6 m
• Finish to the interlinked steel wire is by
galvanising or plastic(PVC) coating Diamond mesh
• Post – concrete, hollow or angle steel post Straining wire
• Horizontal wire strand
• Extra security – provided with cranked
arm posts supporting two or three barbed Post
wire
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CHAIN LINK FENCING Chain-link Fencing
Straining Post
Regular Post
Strut
Fencing
(infilling)
Reinforcing wire
Concrete filling
In hole
METAL BAR FENCING METAL BAR FENCING
• Flat, round or square shape steel bar for
top and bottom rail
• Round and square vertical bars at 115 to
150mm spacing
• Fence height – 1.20m to 2.10m
• Posts spacing – 2.75m (max)
• Posts are anchored to the ground by
concrete base
• Stay plates (straining post) bolted to the
posts at position two third
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POST AND WIRE FENCING POST AND RAIL FENCING
POST AND RAIL FENCING CHESTNUT PALE FENCING
• One to three horizontal rails of 100 x 38mm • Chestnut pale / spile
• Connection between posts and rails are nailed • Supplied in rolls, wired together with two or
• The timber post size 150 x 75mm three lines of galvanised wire
• The spacing should not exceed 1.80m spacing • Height from 900 to 1800mm and receive
support from 75 mm round post at 1-2m spacing
• In alternative way, it can be spaced up to
• Post should be driven at least 500mm into the
2.80m ground or set in concrete
• Rails should nail to the longest face of the • Spiles are fixed at approximately 150mm
post spacing and connected with two lines of
• Wider post spacing may be used with mortice galvanised wire twisted clockwise and
anticlockwise
and tenon joint provide the longest post face
is used for the joint
CHESTNUT PALE FENCING PALISADE FENCING
• The horizontal rails need to be at least
50 mm thick
• 125 x 19 mm paling nailed to the rail
• The space between palings 100 – 150 mm
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PALISADE FENCING CLOSE BOARDED FENCING
• Height ranges from 1.50 – 2.50m
• Posts are timber of 100 – 150mm square
section or reinforced concrete
• Two or three rectangular shaped mortices to
received tenoned
CLOSE BOARDED FENCING BUILT – UP CONCRETE FENCING
CORRUGATED FENCING Gate - types
• Open / closed type
• Single / double leaf
• Swinging / folding / sliding
• Wicket gate
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Metal Gate Timber gate
WICKET GATE
Ironmongery for gate
A – Band & Gudgeon hinges,
B – Padbolt
C – Ringlatch
D – Standard dropbolt
E – Cabin hook
GATE-CATCHES
Tower bolt
Gate latch
Pin hinge
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Fence Construction Method Special Post
1. Setting out • End post
2. Excavating holes for posts, struts, special
posts & other supports
3. Installing post / support structures (driving
to the ground or concrete base)
4. Installing infill material (fence)
5. Gate
Angle / Corner Post Integral Gate Post
• Integral Gate Post
Angle post
Struts & other
support
Straining Post
