Infill bars for gates.
These are current based on 5 simple parts. These parts can be combined to form decorative bars. Or used on there own.
A Square bar with a simple twist. minimum length for a twist is 100mm, but usually are around 200-250mm long.
Adding a twist in a bar cost £3 per twist
A 100mm ring weld into a plain bar.
Adding a ring into a bar costs £4
Basket or cage welded into a bar
Adding a cage into a bar costs £4
A pair of C scrolls welded to a bar
Adding a C scroll into a bar cost £5
2 pairs of S scrolls welded to a bar. Scrolls are very variable and you will notice as you read on further.
Adding a pair of S scrolls into a bar costs £6, there are two pairs in this bar
On there own none of these bars are outstanding, although if looking to keep things simple and the price down these are great if well position in a gate. If you start combing the bars you can get some interesting bar designs, that can really add some interest to a gate.
A note on S scrolls. They need to be a minimum of 250mm long, but the wider the scroll the longer it needs to be. This can be an issue on the double bar frames as the upright bar is shorter.
Here we have used the twist in the centre but with the addition of two rings top and bottom.
For this the twist is still central but now it is a basket top and bottom.
C scrolls top and bottom of a central twist.
S scroll top and bottom of twist
This is a variation of an S scroll
A relatively simple combination of two parts in the same bar, now creates a more interesting bar. There are quite a few permutations to this and i will try and run through them all.
Basket with double ring
Cage with double twist.
Cage with double C scroll
Cage with S scrolls
Cage with large double S scroll
C scroll as a centre decoration.
Using a ring as a centre piece
Keeping the centre plain. only 2 parts per bar
Stretching the S scrolls to full length of the bar
As before but just flipped vertically
Here you should have noticed its possible to stretch an S scroll a little to make it fit the full length of the bar. But you can see by flipping an S scroll vertically you change the look. Its all down to personal preference which way you have them there is no right and wrong.
The 3 part piece that include S scrolls really need to be in a bar ideally longer that 700mm. This might be an issue if you are using the double bar frame and keeping the height down to a 3ft tall gate. At that height you are looking at a bar height of 600mm.
This sort of thing is sometimes possible depending on size of the bar
Another weird possibility, of course you could flip the scrolls vertically on this to get yet another alternative
A thought to bear in mind. a twist and a ring. Then when put into a gate the adjacent bar is welded upside down.
When using a single item, they don’t have to be in the centre of the bar. You can off set.
As you can see with just 5 parts, there are a lot of combinations that can be achieved. I have cover perhaps the most common.
There are more in there if you want to discover them yourself.
I did say there was more combinations in there. but this one is just to explain the price system.
You have two twists at £3 each, with one basket at £4. With 2 pairs of S scrolls at £6 per pair. So the price of this bar would be £22.
If this was your only decoration in the gate then it would be an additional £22, If the gate also contain 4 ring bars at £4 each that would add another £16. Making the total £38 above the base price. It takes a little working out but is a simple system, allowing a price to be obtained for each design.