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Montage® ProFusion™ Welded Steel Versus Aluminum with Tek Screws

Montage®
ProFusion™ Welded Steel

Aluminum
With Tek Screws

Strength of Panels
The Montage™ panel is is designed to withstand abuse from climbing and other typical downward loads.   Ultra-light aluminum panels are for looks only, too fragile for contact.

Montage Strength of Panels: 363 pounds

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RELAX
This is a fence you can depend on

  Not This

CAUTION!!!
This is a fence you better not climb

Aluminum Strength of Panels: 152 pounds

Strength of Posts
Attractive Boulevard™ brackets mate to all post edges, passing the load to adjacent panels.  Fence panels and posts act as a single line, flexing only slightly under load.   Punched posts, already weakened by losing a fourth of the circumference, cause a severe concentration of load at the post-to-rail junction.  The panel, held only by a small screw, bows away from the post, threatening to break free.

Montage Profusion Welded Steel: Distributed Load, Slight Flex in Fence Line

 

Aluminum with Tek Screws: Severe Bow; Possible Separation

Montage Profusion Welded Steel: Rails Held Firmly - Cannot Pull Out This

Rails Held Firmly - Cannot Pull Out

Montage Profusion Welded Steel Post

   Not This

Weakened Post Breaks Under Concentrated Stress

Aluminum with Tek Screws Post

Aluminum with Tek Screws: Weakened Post Breaks Under Concentrated Stress