Modern espalier from ropes with Clematis viticella, project of "FassadenGrün" 2004
Vine on a high-espalier with horizontal wires, Freyburg/Saxonia-Anhalt
Vine-espalier with wire rope after assembly, project of "FassadenGrün" 2001
vine-trellis like above in the growed condition spring 2004
Common grape vine at the wire rope, spring-drove out
Pergola robinie wood/wire rope, project of "FassadenGrün" 2004
Climbing net for vines on a balcony, project of "FassadenGrün" 2003
Climbing assistance for climbing roses in wire rope, project of "FassadenGrün" 2004
Horizontal climbing field, project of "FassadenGrün" 2004
wire-frame for blackberry with robinia wood and high-grade steel wire, project of "FassadenGrün" 2004
Pre-assembly of a wire rope climbing net, project of "FassadenGrün" 2003
Point of distributon of the same climbing net after assembly
Construction with wires rope
Wires rope can withdraw in the facade planting completely and the actual, the respective plant into that Center move. That makes it so interesting for objects with an already expression-strong front, which stand no wuchtige climbing assistance, e.g. for building thinking mark.
With High-grade steel-hurry can in addition, fastidious wall organizations be created, which do not formatively only withdraw. The arrangement that rope can take place both strictly screened and in free technical and network configurations. Thus close climbing fields can be created with little holding. Already before that final growing become the in such a way decorated walls a "star", those airily glittered rope lead to surprising effects. The connection of climbing plants with mechanics and noble metal causes a tensionful with one another from technology and nature, which increases the attraction of a front.
It spends plants, those with their sumptuousness in the summer each wire rope espalier completely cover ( Common grape vines ), or also which, as grazile roll the given rope lines follow and with the high-grade steel hurrying wattlework form.
In addition comes: With climbing assistance from wire rope climbing plants grow only there, where they are desired. Contrary to self climbing plants eaves defects and closed up windows are avoided.
Wire rope or wire?
Already during the baroque time espalier fruit was pulled on wires. They were loadable and more long-lived than textile cords. In this time probably also the designation "schnurbaum" developed for wall fruit. The climbing wire was manufactured at that time still relating to crafts in with water power operated hammer works and wire forges.
As climbing material wire experienced the break-through against 1900, when with assumption of the in such a way named "Rhine-hessian education" millions square meters in vineyards of wood support were changed over to wire frames.
Already at the beginning of the 19. century was developed also the wire rope by upper mountain advice Albert von Clausthal and used for shaft ropes in the mining industry. It connected the durable firmness of the wire with softness and pliancy textiler rope. For climbing rope it was probably only used however to considerable extent starting from approx. 1970.
In the facade planting many larger diameters can be processed than with wire with soft wire rope, since the loop formation, which simpler stretching and "straight line pulling" are to be handled than with the rigid wire. In addition it comes that climbing plants can hold on to the grooved surface of wire rope better than to the wire.
Unfortunately wire rope is clearly more expensive than wire. Where the climbing assistance have a subordinated meaning, also today wire can be used, so at free standing espaliers for raspberries, roses, at less representative walls for wall fruit and so one. At walls of houses however wire rope is to be preferred.
Cold metal?
Still the statement holds itself that wire and wires rope are "cold" and lead with climbing plants to frost damages. Already more than 100 years ago it was reported that for instance Branches of peach at espaliers of wire at the contact points frost damages suffer.
Physically to explain these reports do not leave themselves. Probably you the acceptance is the basis that plants have internal self-warmth without "isolation" a kind, and that in the winter with the gripping at the cold metal this warmth is taken to them. Actually however the plant and the metal of the climbing assistance have a temperature of evenly 10 degrees minus with 10 degrees minus air temperature both, so that no heat exchange takes place. The plant does not protect its cellwater against freezing by a thermal insulation, but as similarly with the car antifreeze is mixed to the coolant in form of natural sugar.
With the millions square meters of common grape vines, which outlast problem-free winters for winters at climbing wires, the problem of "frost damages is unknown by cooling bridges". Safe this fact is to be taken more seriously than some historical report.
In the summer climbing assistance from reflecting, bright (noble -) steel heat themselves many less than darkly painted wood and plastic lattices. Nevertheless if temperature differences develop due to uneven shadow, these become fast balanced over the high heat conductivity of the metal.
An additional plastic or textile casing of steel cables may be interesting for the enlargement of the diameter, not however for the cooling problem.
Wall owner for climbing assistance
Which coins/shapes for many decades a front, should be well planned: Plant choice, kind of the climbing assistance, screen line dimensions and attachment - much is to be considered. On that the wall also in the winter for being astonished energize! Crucially the choice of the correct wall owners is natural and their arrangement . They must be stable and sit firmly in the underground. Such are particularly sophisticated with adjustable supporting plate. This is strutted at the wall, lends stability and reduces the bending radius. Between supporting plates and wall: A pressed seal. It takes the borehole off and protects against humidity, for example with driving rain.
In order to keep the price low, "FassadenGrün" often works at wire rope with short wall distances, i.e., the wall owners look only few out and high-grade steel-hurry run close of the wall along.
Also on expensive chucking devices is done without, where it only goes. If then still the number of the wall owners can be reduced together with drillings, again one saves. Therefore "FassadenGrün" sets for wire rope gladly creative net solutions, which get along with little holding.
Strong-roll at the wire rope
For not bolting climbing plants such as Clematis, common grape vines, climbing roses etc. are rope in the best way suitably. For blue rains, Knoeterich and Baumwuerger however then only if regular care with back cut, a special construction rope (course reconciliation with clamping feather/spring) and constant control of the climbing assistance are ensured to that. With its violent master formation strong-rolls easily to spanning that leads rope and to damage to the wall attachment. The trunks should, if at all possible, parallel to the rope are led, as the annual master increase is completed and attached from the outside then to the rope without looping.
All that applies in weakened form also to other climbers, depending upon location and stature inclination. In the case of doubt staff-like climbing assistance are more suitable. Please use if necessary the information to the particulars climbers .
Sources of supply
Wire rope and climbing wire belong in the meantime to the standard assortment of building and garden markets. "FassadenGrün " sold and processes excluding wires rope and wire made of high-grade steel. Please visit that shop or ask for an offer! Are sold besides wall owners, rope tensioning devices and fastening parts in high-grade steel. With orders for complete the elements are professionally installed in Germany. The moreover there are detailed product descriptions and guidances for the assembly.
Historical wire trellis with vines, Old Forge Bad Sulza/Thuringia
wire-frame in the vineyard
Vine-climb to high-grade steel-hurry
Wall owner with crosshead
Simple wall eye made of high-grade steel
Owner for bushing montage
Cheap compromises with galvanized wall eyes are not usually worthwhile themselves....
different high-grade steel owners
Owner with supporting disk from weatherproof robinie
Wall owner at the lower edge of a windshield frame section
Climbing rope for Clematis
Wall eye in solid wood
cross point front
cross point back
