Composite Fencing Materials

Composite fencing – If you’ve ever seen a fence made of plastic based materials, which has experienced the compound fencing, in which a thin wood pulp is mixed with a plastic binder to create pressed boards or boards that come in a wide range of colors. Positive features such as light weight balance to disadvantage of this newly developed material fencing.

Composite fencing works over other fencing materials in almost all applications, and working in some areas where wood is not a good option. Composites will not rot or swell like wood unsealed when exposed to moisture, and are completely resistant to termites and carpenter ants damage if its plastic content is over 70 percent, according to Rick Custom Fencing Terrazas. A wood pulp percentage of more than 30 percent causes the finished product, less durable against environmental stresses.

The type of plastic binder used in the composite fencing material changes fenced environmental impact of the finished product. For example, recycled plastic boards work well in fencing and give the product a lower carbon footprint, according to the American Fence Association. The color and pattern of wood grain product does not affect its strength. Plastics such as polyethylene tend to be stronger than the PVC or vinyl binders that soften and hangs in hot weather.