Recycling wrought iron helps conserve natural resources and reduces the environmental impact associated with mining and processing new materials. By choosing to recycle, you contribute to environmental sustainability and help reduce landfill waste​​.

Gate construction is a big one to watch out for too.  Unlike a fence panel that is fixed in place and does not move, the gates need to be able to support the weight of the entire leaf as well as any leverage force pressures exerted on them.  This is where a proper gate frame comes into play.  Many companies will simply weld two posts to the end of a fence section and call it a gate.  Functional, but not really all that strong.  You will sometimes see cross-bracing on wider gates as a band-aid to poor construction as well.  The correct way to make a gate is with a fully boxed and welded gate frame like our Stronghold Iron line.  That makes a solid, 3-sided frame that will withstand way more pressure and weight without cracking or deforming.  Here is an image showing the U-frame on one of our gates.

Differences In Iron

Restoration. If you’re improving or restoring a fence from the Victorian era, you’ll need wrought iron. Steel came into modern fence building during the industrial revolution. Fences and architecture created before that time relied on iron as their choice of steel.

The only real drawback is that this is not a suitable material for a privacy fence, but that is the case with nearly all metal fences.

Aluminum is ideal for contemporary windows and doors framing since the material is strong and bears a substantially large amount of weight.