Steel Fencing

[puffernutter]

At the moment in the front garden, where it faces the pavement I have a low stone wall with a stone pillar at each end and shrubs in between.

I've been asked if I can secure it for our Clumber Spaniels and as it is facing the street (and Clumbers will chew their way through wood!) I'm contemplating a metal structure!

Looking at the various types in other people's gardens on the way back from the station tonight , there seems to be a number of options:

1. Simple square bar welded top and bottom to a steel strip.
2 .Round bar hooped. So you need to drill the top strip and you have a hoop that passes through and back the top strip, welded there and at the bottom.
3. Variations of that theme with scrolls or finials.

I have a hydraulic bender, a vertical drill and a welder. I guess the square bar is the easiest, but the "hooped" version looks nicer.

So can I bend that with my hydraulic bender? Do you do it hot or cold?

I can buy finials or scrolls (not cheap) but cheaper than buying all the kit I'll need for just the one job!

Thoughts please?

Cheers

Peter

 

[hotponyshoes]

I think a load of horseshoes welded together

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

can buy finials or scrolls (not cheap) but cheaper than buying all the kit I'll need for just the one job!

Go to Devizes steel, they normally have a good selection in.

 

[Tigman]

You can buy the holed bar cheap enough ! easier than drilling all them holes

 

[hotponyshoes]

Or if you need to blend in with the neighbours..
://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/groups/05__Wrought_Iron_Components?gclid=Cj0KCQjw_ZrXBRDXARIsAA8KauQy3ao5ykAKyI5vqMx3JPTQhGDJLLfMXmwKB2ci-yaIqhqKkC9XPtsaAojIEALw_wcB

One of places for decent quality for the price. Takes ages if you start making it all by hand.

6mm round bar will bend easy enough by hand, looks ok if you double -hoop it.

If going to 8mm or bigger then you want a roller or heat on it

 

[gaz1]

ive used a hand bender to form circles in 10mm round bar for a forum member

 

[hotponyshoes]

That sort of thing is ideal.
If you only want one size of hoop it's pretty easy to make the tool for it from scraps.

By hand, I ment 6mm you can just grab and wrap around a bit of tube etc. No tools needed.

 

[puffernutter]

Go to Devizes steel, they normally have a good selection in.

Yes, I'm quite a regular visitor there - they have a really good stock of all sorts of stuff these days!

Just like the For Sale forum - all these things I never knew I needed :-)

Cheers

Peter

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yes, I'm quite a regular visitor there - they have a really good stock of all sorts of stuff these days!

Just like the For Sale forum - all these things I never knew I needed :-)

cheers

Peter

I know, it is also on my way home.

 

[puffernutter]

I think a load of horseshoes welded together
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My wife agrees, so if you have a few (or rather a lot!) can we come to some arrangement? I'll have to work out how many I need per foot long and foot high of fence!


Cheers

Peter

 

[HughF]

Chainlink ..... no, wait, you're in the nice part of Trow...

 

[puffernutter]

Not that nice with the pi55heads coming back from town at 3.00am out of their heads shouting at each other! Maybe I should electrify it!!!

My daughter used to live in a flat in town and had her front window smashed by a load o drunks on their way home. The Police response - well you are on a route back from the town pubs - that was it!!!

Cheers

Peter

 

[Cobbler]

Have a look at DC Iron, www.dciron.co.uk. I bought some rail heads off them through eBay, & they have just sent me a catalogue. It got loads of bits & pieces for making railings, fences, gates & that sort of stuff that I never thought existed. Their phone number is 0191 488 1112 if you want a catalogue.

 

[toddy]

I would second DC iron
I've been ordering quite a bit from them recently.
Very good service. Next day delivery and they also do Saturday delivery


And I did see some where that they will try and match any like for like prices.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Chainlink ..... no, wait, you're in the nice part of Trow...

..

There is a nice part of Trowbridge?


But better than Frome I bet.

 

[HughF]

..

There is a nice part of Trowbridge?


But better than Frome I bet.

I'm in Plymouth all week, everything appears rosy compared with this place

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I'm in Plymouth all week, everything appears rosy compared with this place

Good old GUZZ, many a good times was had there, few bad times as well.

But it is all good.

 

[puffernutter]

I used to live in Ivybridge and work at Estover Close in Plymouth!

Cheers

Peter