Fenced off and forgotten

Nikolai Ovchinnikov It is in our blood - from his ancestors. If you have a house, then around it should be a fence. Or fence. Or a small fence. Certainly! We love to fence their little world, thus demonstrating the independence, individuality and separateness from the surrounding reality - this is going on since the days of princely feuds, when hope was often only on saving the fence erected by a carpenter's team of around settlements. None of the archaic, the more pernicious in the phenomenon of "zaborostroeniya" No, on the contrary, a fence - an indispensable attribute of country estates, without which the house - not a house at all, and so the four walls of the roof ... But enough of the lyrics, it's time to talk seriously about such seems simple and clear to all designs, like a fence. Rise palisade or entwine feather scarf the fence being built around the modern town houses, many functions as a purely practical and aesthetic. First of all, the fence marks the boundary of the site and serves as a barrier to the penetration of foreign territory. It protects the plants from the infield sharp gusts of wind, and the inhabitants of the house - not just from intruders but also from prying eyes. And a fence - an integral part of landscape design, he must not only fully comply with the architectural concept of the house itself, but also organically fit into the environment. Character of the house owner, his idea of ??suburban leisure, his image and life style - is also, oddly enough at first glance, is embodied in the fence! Club settlement with two or three elite houses, which occupies several hectares, usually enclosed with a solid, five-meter high fences equipped with video surveillance systems, sensors, locking unauthorized entry and protection of the perimeter, inside or outside - nobody and nothing should disturb the peace of its inhabitants. Although a large area of ??this massive fence and not visible in-all, it seemed not exist. Another thing - a cottage in the corporate village, with the site, which worked on the master landscape design. There's rock garden, flower garden, a shady pond, overgrown with ivy pergola ... Why hide such beauty? And from whom? Light, painted green metal mesh only mark the property line, exposing all that the landlord has the right to be proud of. An entirely different level of solving the problem, if a house, garden and fence are conceptually a single whole: if the fence is not just a functional structures, and product architecture! Such variants can be found, for example, in Lahti, on the shores of the Gulf - home, surrounded by a boil-and-white face brick, with the same snow-white wall, slowly chokes him like a downy scarf, with hand ... it seems a giant swan, just come out of the water ! What this the conclusion? Fence, as well as the house itself and the garden, shall be designed, agreed. This architect working on the project at home, be sure to take an interest predilections owners, their ideas of recreation for the city, the level of security that they would like to have, ask which plants they intend to plant at the site (one light is needed, others are afraid of the wind). As a result, he will propose to erect in one case, a deaf high fence in the other - a hedge, in the third - a light wall, linking design solution with the general concept of home. The fence around the site can be combined: on the part of a possible threat erected a high brick wall with the front side - delicate wrought-iron fence on a low stone foundation, and the neighbors can be fenced off grid or a light fence, which will not cast a shadow on the plants. It is worth noting that some of the wishes of the owners of a country house in the device enclosure may contradict each other. For example, a person really wants to plant around the house a hedge, but at the same time it needs to install sensors unauthorized entry. So, we must choose: either to abandon a flourishing of the fence in favor of a different design, or forget about sensors. The same applies to video surveillance systems. In some cases, you can find a compromise. Say, to build a strong fence is not necessary, we can confine and metal mesh, but not very much that anyone who passes by, staring at what is happening on the site. Then, put mesh, and along it are planted vines, which serve as good protection from prying eyes. What is totally unacceptable - because it is building a fence on the "leftovers", guided by the mistaken perception that it does not matter, than to fence the site - only to ponadezhnee. We then get a "masterpiece", makes a mockery of - something like a small hut with a six hectare plot surrounded by a very tall fences. This fence is completely shut-term residents of the house, and from the sky leaving only a small piece of - get some kind of suburban notorious St. Petersburg yards, wells, where it will be uncomfortable and very uncomfortable. Animating the fence from which to erect a fence? A well-deserved popular wood, brick, concrete, stone, metal mesh. Often fences are building not one, but several building materials: wood plus stone, wood, plus brick, brick plus a cast-iron, concrete blocks, plus a tree - may be making very much! Consider the most common options. Fences made of stone or brick as safe and inaccessible - it is proven for centuries. And the ease of this massive structures can be given through the arches and niches for the vases. As a decorative, stone and brick fit perfectly into the landscape and will serve for decades without requiring maintenance: painting, oiling, wiping is not necessary. What a brick to get? It's up to the designer, together with the landlord. Possible - normal, red. And you can face. And then the choice is truly unlimited, for facing bricks come in different colors and shades, with different surfaces - from a perfectly flat to rough. Designers love to work with face brick, which is completely justified. If using brick-colored salad with a rough surface, the impression that the fence as it grew from the earth. A brick-colored glow of coal will make the fence a "living" as if the material has just been in the kiln With regard to natural stone, the most commonly used shell rock, rock, limestone, sandstone. Natural stone gives a special, expensive type of all construction. And, of course, he's not cheap. These connoisseurs of suburban housing prefer something original, such as a fence of tuff. The stone is placed without mortar, he clings to the force of friction - turns out very nicely! Monotonous brickwork diversify pillars, which are also attached to design extra durability: pillars bury in the ground to the level of frost penetration and to increase strength are reinforced. Need for a fence and strip foundations. However, you can save a little, if as a basis for laying between the pillars lay the channel. Reinforced concrete slabs - that's the easiest and most reliable material for the fence! They are durable, strong, with 10-15% cheaper than brick. A fence made of boards mounted quickly and easily - only required crane to lift heavy slabs. But whether the design will fit dull gray plate? Until recently, it constrains the use of reinforced concrete, not helped even an abundance of front exterior paints, by which mouse-gray surface could paint all the colors of the rainbow. But that's appeared on the market decorative concrete - and everything changed. Concrete made from such plates in color and texture did not differ from natural stone, old brick, and even ... a tree! Such concrete "fakes" are not afraid of weather woes, and look very solid, especially if the poles are made of brick. If desired, you can order one-sided plates (figure outside, smooth inside wall), or bilateral. Metal fencing - welded grating, grating art casting or forging - another excellent solution to the problem. Metal fences are good for areas with large, dense plantings of trees and shrubs, which protect from prying eyes. In terms of landscape design, this type of fencing most convenient, since it is completely "dissolved" in the environment. Merits of such barriers are many: they are durable and resistant to mechanical damage, they require only minimal maintenance, which consists of periodic painting. Metal fences always look stylish and neat and respectable. Special mention should be forged on the fence. They allow you to implement any ideas - even to the point that to make the fence of his country home "based on" the legendary Summer of lattices or of the Mikhailovsky Garden. Or order Master Blacksmithing exclusive, such as a lattice of artful interweaving forged vine. And here, as in any other case, the winning combination of looks materials: Forged lattice between the pillars of stone or face brick - it is purely Petersburg style, lightweight, refined, not subject to the influence of time! Of course, cost a similar pleasure in a round sum. A fence made of metal mesh - the most simple, affordable and versatile. On sale you can find different grid - width and length, with large and small cells, black galvanized, vinyl-coated ... The most practical stainless steel wire mesh with galvanized zinc coating: it does not need painting every year, it loses its decoration. But non-galvanized wire-netting in any case can not be used for fences - from corrosion will not protect her, no paint, a couple of years, the fence prorzhaveet through. The grid is stretched on poles, stands, in a role which often act asbestos cement, metal pipes or steel bath. Depending on the soil columns may have to "fill" into the concrete. Wooden fences are not in vain behalf of another classic - they were used in Russia since ancient times. In the West, a wooden fence - a sign of affluence. We have, it can be like a work of art and faceless stockade, it all depends on the owner of the site and, of course, his wealth. In appearance and design of wooden fences are divided into fence (slats, nailed to a horizontal crossbar), the fence (a fence of woven saplings and sprouts of bushes), palisade (stakes, driven into the ground close to each other) and a wooden case (a fence with openings of boards nailed to the vertical supporting columns or horizontal crossbar). A fence made of wood impregnated with antiseptic, and you can paint it any color, designed for outdoor use. Solid capital fence causing a sharp rise in air flow and an equally sharp drop him on the other side of the fence, creating a devastating downdrafts. Mesh metal fences do not protect from the wind at all. A wooden fence, if it is not continuous, substantially reducing wind velocity, dissipates its energy. Hedges not only stunningly beautiful, but also serve as an excellent guard territory. Lush vegetation could become more formidable obstacle than an ordinary wooden fence! Unless, of course, this fence is grown correctly. To round the house came a flowering fence needed seedlings rather tall shrubs - because usually the height of this fence is not less than two or three meters. For the green walls are ideal willow, maple, honeysuckle, pine, golden currant, and some other plant species. For high barbed fences are good hawthorn and barberry. And to get entirely dull fence, willow branches or hawthorn as they grow intertwined.