{"id":773,"date":"2018-10-19T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2018-10-19T16:59:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:59:30","slug":"caring-for-your-aluminum-fence-in-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/?p=773","title":{"rendered":"Caring for Your Aluminum Fence in the Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s evident that winter is coming.\u00a0 The temperatures have dropped from the high seventies to the low fifties in just a week.\u00a0 Colder temperatures along with the extreme weather that winters here in Michigan bring can do some serious damage to the maintenance of your home and property, including the aluminum fence<\/strong><\/a> that encloses the perimeter of your home.\u00a0 During winter, perception is known to come down in multiple forms including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.\u00a0 We have been known to have a complete thaw one day and freezing ice and snow the next.\u00a0 Winters in Michigan can do some serious damage to your fence.\u00a0 To avoid this there are a number of precautions that can be taken to prevent damage to the fence come spring.<\/p>\n

Landscaping around the fence is one of the best things that you can do for your fence.\u00a0 Proper landscaping prevents the full weight of the snow from leaning up against the panels.<\/strong>\u00a0 It is also important that trees that overhang the fence are properly trimmed back.\u00a0 This helps to prevent tree limbs from falling on the aluminum fence.\u00a0 Snow and ice are heavy and can potentially fall on the fence and damage the panels.\u00a0 Properly trimming trees prevents this from occurring.<\/p>\n

Snow should never be allowed to pile up around the fence.\u00a0 One way to help prevent this is by removing the build up of leaves and debris from around the fencing panels in the fall.\u00a0 Without the leaves sitting up against the fence collecting moisture, going through the freeze thaw process, the fence should stay in good condition.\u00a0 Leaves lock in moisture which causes fence damage, warping, and rust.<\/p>\n

Maintenance<\/strong> throughout the winter is always necessary as snow should always be moved away from the fence using a rake or shovel.\u00a0 Without the snow built up around the fence it can evenly melt and allow the fence to uniformly dry out.<\/p>\n

Maintenance is a key element in keeping your home in top shape.\u00a0 The same is true of your aluminum fence.<\/a>\u00a0 If you begin to notice small damage to the fence be sure it is quickly taken care to prevent further, bigger issues down the road.\u00a0 If there is damage to the posts they can quickly become weakened and may not withstand the shrinking and expansion that comes with the freeze and melt of the winter weather.\u00a0 Repairs and maintenance need to be kept up on to prevent small repairs from becoming major problems down the road.<\/p>\n

iFenceUSA is an online distributor of wholesale aluminum fences and gates for residential, resort, commercial, and industrial installation. \u00a0As an industry leader in maintenance-free aluminum fencing products we have all your aluminum fence and gate needs covered.\u00a0 More information can be found online at https:\/\/ifenceusa.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s evident that winter is coming.\u00a0 The temperatures have dropped from the high seventies to the low fifties in just a week.\u00a0 Colder temperatures along with the extreme weather that winters here in Michigan bring can do some serious damage to the maintenance of your home and property, including the aluminum fence that encloses the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42,4,66,69,46],"tags":[70,74,54,71,73,72,29,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifenceusa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}