Learn the importance of adding a deck to your home, including the deck fence.
Look no further than a beautiful deck if you’re searching for a way to transform your yard into a relaxing, inviting oasis. Adding a deck to your yard is one of the best ways to add outdoor living space. Which you can use for entertainment and outdoor dining, relaxation, or hobbies like bird watching. If you’re planning to add a deck, you should also consider a deck fence’s value. Keep reading to learn the importance of adding a deck to your home, including the deck fence.
Value Of Adding a Deck
The biggest reasons people add decks to their homes are to improve the usability of their outdoor space or (or perhaps) to improve their home value. If you’re looking to increase your useable outdoor space, a well-designed deck should provide space for sitting and entertaining and storage of tools, like your grill. Plus, the deck needs to be well-built and well-maintained to reap the benefits of an enhanced home value. It must complement the rest of the house, be aesthetically pleasing, increase your useable square footage, and be safe. A professionally installed deck should check all of these boxes without incident.
Deck Safety
The primary purpose of adding a deck fence (deck railing) is to improve the deck’s safety; in many cases, it is mandatory. If your deck is built close to the ground, more like a patio, the railing is often optional, but if it is elevated, not having a deck fence is a safety hazard. The railing or deck fence you choose should follow the standards for other railings, including minimum height and minimum spacing for pickets. The purpose of the deck fence is to keep people from accidentally falling or stumbling off, especially if you don’t have good deck lighting. Therefore, the railing needs to be very sturdy.
Aesthetic Considerations
A good deck railing should also add to the aesthetically pleasing nature of your deck. The materials should either match or complement other things in your yard. You are not limited to traditional, utilitarian railings either. Your deck fence can be beautiful, intricate, and decorative, as long as it is a safety feature that will keep people from falling off the deck (and won’t allow children to climb through or get partially through and get stuck). Consider fewer common railings, like architectural cable railings or wrought iron, as long as they complement the style of your home.
Have Questions? Ask Hercules Custom Iron
If you are ready to install your massive duty iron fence and add iron railings or you still have some more questions, we here at Hercules Custom Iron are here to help. We have many years of experience and will ensure that your chain link, wrought iron, or aluminum fence will serve you and your family for years. Visit us online or call us at 1-800-331-2590. For advice, updates, and to see what we are up to, be sure to follow us on social media on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest.