As you walk around your estate, you may have noticed a new fence technique where concrete slabs are stacked on top of each other.
Unlike the normal fences where home users settled for bricks and cement, new homeowners are opting for Precast Concrete Fences (PCS). The new technology can also be referred to as Precast Click Fence.
In this technology, contractors first install a concrete post - H frame - usually with spaces in between to allow for the slap to slide in between.
Just like the wood in chain link fences, the H frames are installed in intervals before the concrete slabs are fitted in between.
Advantages
It Can withstand corrosion
Unlike other types of fencing, concrete slabs are resistant to a number of corrosion that occur due to excess water. Therefore, they are long-lasting.
In most cases, many manufacturers of slabs make them smooth. This makes it difficult to be damaged during the rainy season.
On the other hand, they are strong and wind-resistant, further, making new homeowners prefer them.
Requires less maintenance
Once installed, homeowners also spent less time looking after the fences because they require little maintenance.
On most occasions, some prefer not to paint the fences and that makes the costs for repainting removed from the budget.
Being that the H frames are also concrete, it is also difficult for them to be damaged by termites that occasionally force homeowners using wood to change theirs.
Easy and fast to install
Another reason why people are increasingly preferring the new technology is that the concrete slabs can easily be installed and also takes a shorter time than the construction of a stone or brick walled fence.
"A PCF system means we only have to place the fence rather than build it from the ground up! Once the posts are set, each panel section is easily stacked and leveled," Hilltop - expertise in the technology stated on their website.
Experts estimate that setting up the fence takes half the time normal fences would take to be set up.
Reusable
Unlike other fences, this technology allows a homeowner to separate the concrete slabs easily without ruining them and using them on another site.
This makes it cost-effective for people with plans to make adjustments to their fences.
Can be moulded in any shape and size.
Depending on the homeowner's preferences, the slubs can be made depending on the shape and size of the owner's liking.
Disadvantages
PCFs are more costly compared to wood and bamboo fences given that the slabs also require a lot of cement and other construction items during the manufacture.
New technology is new and there are very few people who know how to install them. Being that the technicians with expertise are also few, they tend to charge slightly higher than the expected cost.
