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FENCING & GATES

A fence is a free standing structure

designed to restrict or prevent

FENCING & GATES movement across a boundary. There are

many reasons for building a fence.
Security, noise reduction and boundary
marking. A well designed and installed
fence is a stylish addition to building
landscape.

Fence are constructed for According to SMM2 fencing can be

several purposes: categorized into:
1. Open Type Fencing
1. Agricultural fencing to keep livestocks or • Post and wire fencing
predators out. • Post and rail fencing
2. To provide privacy • Chain link fencing
3. To provide security where to prevent • Cleft pale fencing
trespassing of theft or to keep childrens • Palisade fencing
and pets • Metal bar fencing
4. To enhance the appearance of a property,
garden or other landscaping 2. Close Type Fencing
5. To demarcate a boundary • Close-boarded fencing
• Built up concrete/ brick fencing
6. To provide safety and security where • Corrugated fencing
temporary access is required
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POST AND RAIL

FENCING

POST AND RAIL FENCING

• One to three horizontal rails of 100 x 38mm
• Connection between posts and rails are nailed

CHAIN LINK
• The timber post size 150 x 75mm
• The spacing should not exceed 1.80m spacing
• In alternative way, it can be spaced up to
2.80m FENCING
• Rails should nail to the longest face of the
post
• Wider post spacing may be used with mortise
and tenon joint provide the longest post face
is used for the joint
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CHAIN LINK FENCING CHAIN LINK FENCING

• Useful for enclosing sport grounds to allow

the lighting and movement of air
• It arrives on site in rolls for height
ranging between 0.9 – 3.6 m
• Finish to the interlinked steel wire is by
galvanizing or plastic coating
• Post – concrete, hollow or angle steel post
• Horizontal wire strand
• Extra security – provided with cranked
arm posts supporting two or three barbed
wire

CHESNUT PALE FENCING

CHESNUT PALE
FENCING
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CHESNUT PALE FENCING

• Chesnut pale and spile
• Supplied in rolls, wired together with two
or three lines of galvanised wire
• Height from 900 to 1800mm and receive
support from 75 mm round poles at 1-2m
spacing
PALISADE FENCING
• Post should be driven at least 500mm into
the ground or set in concrete
• Spiles are fixed at approximately 150mm
spacing and connected with two lines of
galvanised wire twisted clockwise and
anticlockwise

PALISADE 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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METAL BAR FENCING

METAL BAR
FENCING

METAL BAR FENCING

• This type of fence has a flat, round or square top
and bottom rail
• Round and square vertical bars at 115 to 150mm
spacing
• Fence height ranges between 1.20m to 2.10m CLOSE BOARDED
FENCING
• Posts at maximum 2.75m
• Post should penetrate into the ground by concrete
• Stay plates bolted to the posts at position two
third
• Both stays and posts should be concreted in the
ground
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CLOSE BOARDED 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 tenoted