In the afterglow of last weekend’s Super Bowl, it just seemed timely to share a Clydesdale video for our “Friday Funny”. This one, entitled “Fences” is from 2010. Enjoy!
And, should your farm animals take inspiration from this video and do some busting out of their own, remember, we carry replacement rails!
Contact Info: Fence City, 619 Bethlehem Pike (Route 309), Montgomeryville PA 18936 * 215-362-8200 * www.fencecity.com
The entrance we’re talking about is not one on a theatrical stage, or on a celebrity red carpet, or of a gorgeous movie starlet strolling down a gigantic staircase. No, this is something much closer to home … in fact, it’s your driveway!
Why wouldn’t you want the entrance to your home to be grand? Whether that grandness is via an ornate double aluminum gate or a rustic wooden picket fence, you can rest assured that Fence City has the materials you need to accomplish the look you want. And, you have the option of purchasing product for self installation, your own contractor pickup and install, or truly professional installation via our experienced crew.
However, don’t think that grand entrances are strictly limited to the homestead! Many businesses, agricultural farms, and industrial plants have the need for a gated driveway. The choices in style, color, and ornamental adornments abound — so the entrance to your business site doesn’t have to be boring!
If you have questions about installing a driveway gate at your home or business (with or without the surrounding fence), feel free to give us a call or visit. We will gladly give you as much help and advice as we can! 215-362-8200, 619 Bethlehem Pike, Montgomeryville PA
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noun: can·ti·le·ver \ pronounced: ˈkan-tə-ˌlē-vər
1. a projecting beam or other horizontal member supported at one or more points but not at both ends. 2. any rigid construction extending horizontally well beyond its vertical support, used as a structural element of a bridge, building foundation, gate, etc.
“Any beam built into a wall with a projecting free end forms a cantilever. Cantilevering can be used for constructions as simple as bookshelves or as complicated as bridges.”
noun: 1. a movable barrier, usually hinged, for closing an opening in a wall, fence, etc. 2. an opening to allow passage into or out of an enclosed place.
Cantilever gates are counter-balanced, sliding gates that do not require a track along the length of the opening, and are supported by rollers which slide in a tubular track fitted to the bottom of the gate. It’s quite ingenious actually, and the perfect answer to spanning a large opening in perimeter fences or retaining walls.
If you’re interested in knowing more about cantilever gates, we invite you to visit our showroom and outdoor display areas at 619 Bethlehem Pike (Route 309) in Montgomeryville PA. A very lengthy, ornate, black aluminum cantilever gate closes off our driveway each night. Stop by and check it out in person! Or for pricing and other information, visit our online store or give us a call at (215) 362-8200.
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You have a beautiful front lawn, or maybe a fantastic back yard with trees . . . and you need to add a fence, but are afraid it will detract from the scenery. Of course, it will all depend on what style and color fence you choose, but we are here to tell you that the right fence can actually ADD beauty to your property.
Take an aluminum fence, for example. You have color choices of white, black, bronze, beige, khaki, and forest green — and more styles than can be mentioned in a quick post. From simple two-rail,straight picket fences with flat-top standard gates to three-rail, spear top picket fences with decorative circles and arched gates — there’s a style that is sure to suit your tastes, dress up the view, and add value to your property.
Our website, www.fencecity.com, provides you with images of all of our aluminum fence choices to better help you make a decision on style, size, color, and accessories. For now, we’ve included a couple of sample photos with this post to show you what we’re talking about. Feel free to give us a call if you have any questions! (215) 362-8200
White flat-top aluminum fence with butterfly pattern and arched gate.
Same pool, shown with white flat-top aluminum fence — but this time with alternating spear tops and standard picket spacing.
Do you have a really W-I-D-E driveway at your home or business that could benefit from being “gated”?
Most folks think of fence gates as the little 4- or 6-foot wide, hinged gates you see on a quaint white picket fence. But if your dreams of a gated driveway involve spanning several feet of property, have we got news for you!
Now you can span wide spaces, such as for stately drives, business and delivery entrances, municipal properties, parks, etc., with a single swing, double swing, track, or cantilevered gate. With today’s advanced technology in hinges, counter weights, cantilever mechanisms, and improved materials (think STRONG) — your dreams of an impressive gate can now become reality!
What is a cantilever gate (shown here) and how does it work? A cantilever gate is a counter-balanced sliding gate that does not require a track along the length of the opening. The gate is supported by rollers which slide in a tubular track fitted to the bottom of the gate.
Want to see a cantilevered gate in action? Stop by our newly remodeled location at 619 Bethlehm Pike (Route 309) in Montgomeryville PA — our driveway / parking lot showcases a beautiful example of one in black aluminum with gold finnials.
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Visit our online store for pricing and more information on gate and fence selections.
Are you one of those folks who’s “living large”? You dream BIG . . . “average” just doesn’t work for you. You don’t have a yard, you have a lawn. And not just a pool with a fence around it; you want a statement that surrounds the perimeter. Well then, we have a gate befitting your dreams! (Cue “Dallas” theme song …)
Driveway gates are not only impressive looking, but also quite functional in protecting your property. Choose from single gates, double gates, swing gates, and cantilevered gates. For today, we will focus on the singles and doubles, which are available in a variety of styles and colors, with as many or as little embellishments as you want. Your driveway gate can be part of a continuous line of fence, or incorporated into a brick, stone, or landscaped wall.
If you’re interested in knowing more about entrance gates, we invite you to visit our online store or give us a call at (215) 362-8200. We are FENCE CITY, a privately owned fence and gate supplier and installation company since 1961. Located at 619 Bethlehem Pike (Route 309), in Montgomeryville PA.
Fences don’t have to be just functional, you know. They can also be quite glamorous. (Glamorous? Really?) Yes, really!
Add a little bling to your fence project, especially if you’re looking at aluminum fencing. Choose from a whole list of options such as ball caps on the posts, circles or butterflies along the top rails, ornate scrolls on the gates, flat top or arched gates, and finnials or spear tips on the pickets.
There are also several varieties of spear tip options to choose from: alternating pickets, traditionally straight (level across top of fence section), or concave/convex. And did we mention colors? (not yet, but we are now.)
Aluminum fences aren’t just black and white anymore. Now you can also choose from Beige, Satin Khaki, Forest Green, Black, Satin Black, Bronze, Satin Bronze, White, and Satin White.
To see what each type of fence, decorative item, and color will look like, try our Design Studio app — have fun mixing and matching ’till you find the perfect combination that suits you. (You can upload an actual photo of your own home, or use one provided in the app.)
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If you’re looking for a little indoor bling, visit our sister company’s blog — Closet City — for some incredible home interior inspiration!
Surrounded by an elegant aluminum fence, your pool can look beautiful in any season!
Most folks think that the spring and summer seasons are the only time you can install fencing here on the East Coast — wrong! As long as the ground is not frozen, fence can be installed well into the wintertime. In fact, the months of October and November are the perfect time to get new fencing installed, as that tends to be a less busy time for most fence installation companies. Late season rainfall helps keep soil softer and makes digging post holes easier — especially compared to the packed-hard, dry, cracked dirt of July!
So if you have been contemplating getting a new fence on your property — don’t wait till spring — get an estimate now! The folks here at Fence City would be glad to help — give us a call at (215) 362-8200, stop in our office/showroom at 619 Bethlehem Pike in Montgomeryville PA, or visit our website.
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Wow, we found even more information that relates to the history of “fences” — if you missed our earlier posts in this series, check out “A Bit of History“.
Today’s history lesson is all about early fencing laws — how things were done “waaaaay back when”, before the modern-day regulations were established to keep local communities safe when it comes to fencing in your yard or pool. Read on history buffs!
History of Fence Laws: In the United States, the earliest settlers claimed land by simply fencing it in. Later, as the American government formed, unsettled land became technically owned by the government. Programs to register land ownership developed, usually making raw land available for low prices or for free, if the owner improved the property, including the construction of fences.
Distinctly different land ownership and fencing patterns arose in the eastern and western United States. Original fence laws on the east coast were based on the British common law system, and rapidly increasing population quickly resulted in laws requiring livestock to be fenced in. In the west, land ownership patterns and policies reflected a strong influence of Spanish law and tradition, plus the vast land area involved made extensive fencing impractical until mandated by a growing population and conflicts between landowners.
The “open range” tradition of requiring landowners to fence out unwanted livestock was dominant in most of the rural west until very late in the 20th century, and even today, a few isolated regions of the west still have open range statutes on the books. Today, across the nation, each state is free to develop its own laws regarding fences. In most cases for both rural and urban property owners, the laws are designed to require adjacent landowners to share the responsibility for maintaining a common boundary fenceline, and the fence is generally constructed on the surveyed property line as precisely as possible.
Our staff is knowledgeable in today’s fencing laws, otherwise known as local township codes, and can help direct you to the proper authorities to ensure your fence project is OK. (You’ll want to double check with your township BEFORE installing fence.)
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As we mentioned in earlier posts, we found an obscure blog site featuring the “history” of fences. Part One was “A Bit of History“; Part Two was “Even More History” which featured a humorous look at the many meanings of the word “Fence”. Now it’s time to share a bit more of that information … this portion focuses on the early American settlers. Interesting!
Private property. An English observer of farming once said “Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden. Give him a nine years’ lease of a garden and he will convert it into a desert.” Ownership is different from leasing, and such thinking has, in many ways, defined several societies.
Further, in 7th century England, the King of Wessex added a new function for the fence … the business of protecting crops from cattle, and the land-owner’s responsibilities. He proclaimed that a homestead must be fenced winter and summer. If it is not fenced and his neighbor’s cattle get in through his own gap, he has no right to anything from that cattle; he is to drive it out and suffer the damage.
Now, getting back to America, several interesting historical notes. First, visitors to Jamestown, Virginia in the early 1600s were amazed to see a style fence they had never seen before… a worm fence… logs just laid atop others at an angle eliminating the need for posts of any kind. It was, of course, something to do with the spare logs yielded when clearing the land, but it was unique. And then, John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, justified his enclosure policy saying: “That which lies common, and hath never beene replenished or subdued, is free to any that possess and improve it.”
That idea (though hardly uniquely American) — if it’s unoccupied, it’s free to anyone who will improve it — had enormous implications in the settling of the American west. In the 1880s, a war of fences flared as settlers arrived in 11 western states between the 100th meridian and the Rockies, only to find that rangers had fenced off huge pasture terrains. They, the settlers, discovered they could not buy and farm the land, even if it was suitable (water, soil) for farming. It also affected the migrating Indians who followed the buffalo, the cattle drives of the Texans driving their steers to Kansas markets, sheep vs. cattle people as it influenced water, railroaders whose tracks crossed the cattle ranging, and other settlers in the west. These “range wars,” roughly from 1875 to 1895 or so, define the Hollywood movie genre of “the western.”
The conflict between the rangers, the cattle drivers, the farmers and the Indians coincided with the boom of barbed wire, invented in 1873 and thriving as a cheap and efficient tool for enclosure. The range wars were often cited as “fence-cutters war” and it greatly affected the development of those 11 states.
If you missed either of our previous posts on the “History of Fence”, be sure to check out the links provided here and get caught up!
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