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Closeboard, panel, picket, metal and uPVC, plus made-to-measure timber gates that hang square and still shut properly next winter.
Fences come down in the wind for one of two reasons: the posts were not deep enough, or the posts rotted at ground level. Everything above ground is the part you look at; the part that decides whether it lasts is the 600mm you cannot see.
So posts go in deep, in concrete, with the ground level detail done properly. On exposed runs — and anywhere catching the wind off the Solent qualifies — we will talk to you about concrete posts with timber panels, which gives you the look of a timber fence and takes the rot problem away entirely.
Everything is built on site to the run you have actually got, so a fence that has to step down a slope steps down neatly rather than leaving triangular gaps at the bottom for the dog to find.
In detail
Feather-edge boards fixed to arris rails, built on site rather than dropped in as pre-made panels. The strongest and most private of the timber options, it copes with wind far better than a lap panel, and because it is built in place it follows a sloping or uneven boundary without gaps.
Lap, waney-edge and decorative panels between timber or concrete posts. Quick to install and the most economical option, and with concrete posts and a gravel board underneath the panels stay clear of wet ground, which is what usually finishes them off.
Front gardens, boundary walls and anywhere you want to mark the line without walling yourself in. Painted or stained to whatever colour you want, and set to a consistent height along the run even where the wall underneath is not level.
Railings and metal fencing for security and a more formal look. uPVC where you want no maintenance at all and are happy with the appearance. Chain link for boundaries, paddocks and commercial sites where cost per metre matters and you do not want the view blocked.
Made to measure for the opening you have, not trimmed down from a stock size. Hung on proper ironmongery so they do not drop on the hinge side, with the clearance set for the way your ground falls. Side gates, driveway double gates and field gates.
Often a fence that looks finished only needs three posts doing. If the panels and rails are still sound we will replace what has failed rather than sell you a whole new run, and we will say so when we quote.
Straight answer
Length and height set the baseline. What changes it: what is coming out first and where it goes, whether the ground is diggable or full of old concrete and tree roots, whether the run is level or stepping down a slope, and the post choice. Concrete posts cost more upfront and normally work out cheaper over the life of the fence, because they are the part that would otherwise rot and take the whole thing down with them.
Get it priced properlyFencing questions
There is no reliable rule of thumb, whatever you have been told about the posts always being on the owner's side. It is set out in your title deeds or the transfer plan, usually as a T-mark on the boundary pointing into the responsible property. Worth checking before you start, because replacing a fence that turns out to be theirs — or moving the line even slightly — is how boundary disputes begin.
Two metres in a rear garden, and one metre where it fronts a road or footpath. Above those you need planning permission, and it is lower again for a listed building. If your boundary is already a wall, the fence height counts from the ground, not from the top of the wall.
Concrete, if the run is exposed or you do not want to think about it again — the post is the component that fails and concrete removes that failure mode. Timber looks better and suits a front garden or a shorter sheltered run. On a long back-garden boundary catching the prevailing wind we will usually recommend concrete posts with timber panels: it looks like a timber fence and lasts like a concrete one.
Yes, included. Old panels, rotten posts, concrete footings and the lot leave on our van the day we finish.
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