Bamboo fencing is perfect for your outdoor decorative needs. You may be surprised to learn that it can also be used indoors. Rolled bamboo fencing can be used outdoors to create stunning looks around patio or garden. Indoors it can be used to create walls, room dividers and more as well as of course, as a window dressing.
A rolled bamboo fence is strong and durable. In fact, the heavier rolled bamboo is as strong as cedar. Bamboo can last upwards of twenty years if maintained properly. It should be treated like wood products to prevent cracking and drying.
For outdoor fencing, rolled bamboo needs to be supported on a rigid structure or frame. It can either be applied to an existing fence or as part of a new fence.
If it is being applied to a fence that is already in place, the roll needs to be attached. The easiest way to attach it to a wooden fence is with stainless steel or galvanized heavy duty staples using a staple gun. These types of staples won’t rust and mark up your fencing. Be sure to apply the staples over the existing wire that holds the rolled fencing together, in order to hide the staples.
For chain link fences the rolled material can be wired to the chain linking. Use galvanized wire applied four or five inches apart at top, bottom, and in the middle. Attaching this wire to the wire running through the roll will hide the appearance of the galvanized wire and will make the whole structure firmer.
If you are using rolled bamboo for a new fencing project, first make a frame to support the bamboo. You will need to use wood posts to put in the ground. Add the top and the bottom rails and run some smaller wooden boards horizontally as well. This is what you will attach the bamboo material to. You can attach it in the same way as you would for an existing wooden fence.
Once attached to a frame you may notice that the bamboo fencing rolls overlap. It can and should be trimmed to fit, using pruning sheers or a miter saw. Bamboo is a grass, not a type of wood, so it will break down if it comes in direct contact with the ground. That’s the purpose for the frame and for using wooden posts in the ground.
With so many styles and types of rolled bamboo fencing available, the hardest part of building a fence may be in deciding which bamboo fencing to use. So what is it going to be – solid, split or woven bamboo?
A bamboo garden fence is an easy way to fence in your backyard garden patch and keep unwanted visitors out. Bamboo fence panels are long lasting and will do the same job as more expensive fencing materials.
