Can the Alumashield Fence handle extremely cold or hot temperatures?
Yes. The Alumashield Fence is an all metal product and each fence section is thermally independent of the next. There is adequate clearance between the rails and posts within each fastened connector to accommodate any slight thermal expansion and contraction that may occur. The fence components will not turn brittle in the cold or sag in extreme heat. In competing welded or hard fastened metal fencing systems, the sections are not thermally independent. Consequently, thermal expansion and contraction forces accumulate down the fence line and eventually cause posts to heave, paint to crack and fasteners to loosen. In vinyl fence systems, the amount of thermal contraction on a cold day can shrink the rails enough to cause them to fall out of the posts, and on a hot day expand enough to take up their clearance and bow wildly. With the Alumashield Fence, the negative effects of expansion or contraction are eliminated entirely with the thermally independent fence sections and adequate clear
