There is rarely such a thing as a simple fencing project – all of our orders begin with a thorough order review where we re-ascertain the customer’s needs on a project and create tailored CAD drawings to manufacture a fence specific to the needs of the project. Generally all of our posts, panels and gates are made to order – which means that special features and gate sizes can usually be accommodated. You can rest assured that our fencing will be designed to meet the requirements of BS1722, the British Standard for fencing. We are particularly careful with high fencing which is designed to meet the Standard’s criteria for wind loading and stresses on the posts.

Once drawn, our factory will manufacture the fence with quality in mind. All of our fabricators are highly skilled and experienced and this shows through in the finish of our fabrications.

Zaun’s panels are manufactured on computer-controlled machines that give the ability to change mesh patterns at the touch of a button. These machines manufacture an accurate panel every time but also let us create panels that are exclusive to Zaun.

Hot dip galvanising guarantees maximum protection against corrosion. It is a dipping process in which fluid zinc alloys to the steel surface. The zinc will penetrate all recesses and open hollow surfaces. In order to achieve this with hollow tubes like posts and gate frames, they are ‘vented’ which means that the zinc can flow inside the tube – hence a protective zinc coating is not only applied to the outside of the steel work but to the inside as well.

Prior to dipping, the steel work goes through 8 stages of pre-treatment. Firstly this involves 6 acid tanks of increasing strength, which degrease the surface and remove impurities. The steel is then rinsed in an iron free water before being initially heated to 75Þ in the flux tank, which will evaporate all water from the steel.

The steel is then dipped in the zinc tank, during which a flux solution is sprayed on to help the zinc flow over the metal and reduce the risk of ‘spikes’ of zinc forming on the metal. The galvanised metal is then carefully removed from the tank at a specific angle, to help the excess zinc flow off. The metalwork is then cooled in water prior to fettling if required. Fettling is the manual process whereby sharps and irregularities are filed off the steelwork to produce a smooth, safe finish.

Zaun’s powder coatings meet the requirements of BS 6497 which include subjecting the galvanised steel to a multi-stage pre-treatment prior to the organic powder coating being applied. This pre-treatment ensures that our coatings offer the highest level of performance on the market.