Bollards Everywhere

Bollards are seen everywhere around the world, often to keep traffic from pedestrian areas but also to determine clear routes for vehicles, to prevent vehicle access to some areas and to provide security.  Bollards come in a variety of styles: from decorative street furniture (styled to match the surroundings) to strictly functional.  Bollards can be fixed, bendy or telescopic.

Bollards can be elegant solutions for bike parking, direction, protection and definition in construction and streetscape projects.  As well as rigid bollards there are also Bendy rubber bollards are made up from 50% recycled rubber and 50% new rubber and has the same flexible properties as a tyre.

Bollards for Your Home

As well as their use in the street and in public areas, bollards can be used to protect your home.  They can protect areas (such as lawns) from any vehicle access.  They can also protect a driveway from unauthorised parking or protect vehicles (such as caravans) on a driveway.  Such bollards can be styled to match the tone of the property they are protecting.

Types of Bollards

Standard bollards are great if you want to protect an area which will never need vehicle access.  If you want to protect areas that will need vehicle access then you should use telescopic bollards which can be retracted into the ground when access is needed (otherwise they remain securely locked above ground protecting your property).  The ultimate solution is an automatic bollard which will retract or rise automatically from a remote control which can be located in the house, garage or vehicle.

Where to Get Bollards

It’s important that you choose and install your bollards carefully.  You need to select the right strength (you don’t want a protective bollard easily smashed by an intruder).  Also, you need proper installation because even a strong bollard can be knocked over if its foundations aren’t good enough.  If you want telescopic or automatic bollards then correct installation is vital.  An example of a good supplier and installer of bollards is Bollards 2 U of Hungerford in Berkshire who have years of experience and many, many satisfied customers.