Bollard Ideas

[jives]

Looking for thoughts on stylistic, creative, or multi-use bollards to protect the corners of the garage door openings. It would be easy enough to sink a 6 x 6 wood post or metal pipe, and even top if off with a light. The internet has plenty of ideas of bollards looking like lighthouses and mini Washington monuments. Concrete planters, big concrete spheres, the list is long.

I'm looking for something not so industrial, perhaps has multi-use, perhaps something re-purposed, like an old milk can. Certainly the garage design and surrounding features will play a role, but give us your thoughts.

 

[mv213]

A stoplight and a walk/wait light? A railroad wig-wag? Both would need power of course.

 

[lis2323]

A simple 6” pipe filled with concrete is always tasteful and functional. Other than a heavy planter anything else would look too “busy” in a residential setting. JMO of course.

Of course this is YOUR garage. Do whatever looks pleasing to YOU. [emoji3]

 

[nadogail]

Discarded welding gas cylinders make fine bollards.

 

[driftpin]

Dunno if you have kids or grandkids who are young, the 6" pipe painted like some of the Minions. Or Bart and Homer.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...hUKEwiiitWBiuzrAhUDKawKHYi8DhAQ4dUDCAc&uact=5

 

[tthornto]

A large piece of pipe sunk in the ground. Cap both ends before sinking it into the ground and plumb it into your air compressor, it can be an extra air reservoir, attach a quick connect to it and you have a convenient outdoor place to connect a hose for airing up tires.


I hear PVC pipe works well....

 

[Shiftless]

Your dogs might appreciate using fire hydrants in those locations.

 

[TEXACMAN]

A guy I know in town has pieces of railroad iron, been there about 50 years !

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

What are you in to? As far as multi-purpose what about a gantry crane (too industrial?), or support poles for an awning? Antenna mast?

 

[6sally6]

Large clay planters with flowers?! Adds a little class.......and gets air-heads attention!
6sally6

 

[wssix99]

Bollards are expensive. If you need them, they are going to get hit. If you are going to make them pretty and fragile, then they aren't really bollards.

I like the welding cylinder idea (although they need to be sunk deep) and the railroad rail idea.

I just painted mine purple - it makes it easy to see when I have a new customer (they leave a new color from their car/truck) and I have to review the security footage.

 

[Red 17]

Large diameter PVC, capped, painted decorated whatever. Filled with dry sand.

Sturdy enough to protect in most cases, but not so much as to tear up a vehicle too bad. Cheap to replace.

Either that or cast iron.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I had some out in the driveway to deter people like semi or box trucks from turning around.

They were nothing more than 6" green sewer pipe full of concrete with a reflector stuck in the top. A 1/2 bar came out the bottom about 8". That sat in a piece of pvc pipe driven into the driveway and kept them standing up until hit. It also allowed me to take them out and move them if I needed them out of the way.

 

[johnnyradiant]

Our gas company uses 4" pipe around their meters if in a driveway on a residential property, they like them higher than I would place 'em but that keeps 'em more visable for the driver. Being 4" it isn't overpowering and after it has been around for awhile you don't really notice it like when it is first installed.

 

[dffay]

Check Craigslist for well casing. Might be a cheap way in and once sunk, they are easily filled with concrete.

 

[gahrajmahal]

At the park they have two concrete sockets in the ground with 8 x 8 cedar posts dropped in. They pull them out when they want to drive their trucks around the path for maintenance.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Keep in mind this is a 4 year old thread brought up by a now banned spammer.