If you still dream about having that picket fence around your home, the great news is that today there are so many different options available for you to get a great fence, and it’s no longer limited to just wood pickets. Today one of the fastest growing trends is using steel picket fences instead of more traditional materials. Wasatch Steel has fencing materials in a wide variety of styles, and can help you choose the perfect design to fit your home and your life.
Low Maintenance
One of the biggest benefits of
working with steel picket fences is that they are much lower maintenance that
traditional wood fences, which must be stained or painted regularly (often
every season), and you also have to be cautious about what comes in contact
with your wood fence, keeping soil, water, leaves, and other outdoor things
away from the posts in order to preserve their structural integrity.
Fortunately steel pickets fences do not require this type of regular
maintenance, staying virtually the same every year for decades to come with
minimal work.
Strength
Another reason many homeowners
today are moving toward steel picket fencing, which materials can be bought from Wasatch Steel, is its
strength. Wood can rot or break, plastics like vinyl can be easily broken by
baseballs, toys, or animals, and stones or bricks can get cracked fairly
easily—plus replacing one cracked brick in the middle of a fence or wall can be
very difficult and costly, especially if you don’t have the right spare bricks
or stones to match your structure. Metal provides a strong alternative, with steel
being one of the strongest materials on earth (behind just diamonds and rubies
on the Mohs scale of hardness), so it probably won’t break.
Cost-Effective
Since it’s exceptionally strong,
it looks beautiful, and it is resistant to corrosion and rust, steel is one of
the most cost-effective materials for building a fence at your home or
business. Metal has moved far beyond only being used in chain-link fences, now
offering the ability to create custom designs to complement your personal style
and the look of your home. Steel can also be painted, giving you options for
what color you want your fence to be, instead of just boring black, wood, or
white. Since it will last for years to come, you won’t have to spend a fortune
on stain or other maintenance tools to keep your fence looking good every year,
and you likely won’t have to replace it for many years.
The final reason many people
today are choosing steel picket fences from is the ease of
installation. You can pour concrete like you would for wooden posts, but in
some cases you won’t even need that, since the steel won’t rot when it’s in
contact with the soil, and it’s strong enough to withstand forces from the
ground and the elements outdoors. Plus if something happens to part of your
fence, getting new parts and installing them is much easier (and often less
expensive) than with vinyl or wood.
While the initial cost of installing
a metal fence may not be that different from installing a more natural wood, or
a man-made vinyl fence, the long-term costs of owning that fence and keeping it
up will be much lower for steel than any of the comparative materials.
Picket fences are one of the most popular types homeowners install. They are made with individual slats that have gaps between the pickets and are a couple of inches apart and prevent the fence from blocking the view while looking the same from either side.
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