What our fencing work covers
A fence does a lot of quiet work. It marks your boundary, gives you privacy, keeps children and pets in and frames the whole garden. When it starts to lean, rot or lose panels in the wind, the garden quickly looks neglected, however well the rest of it is kept.
Affordable Gardens & Landscapes takes on fencing jobs large and small, from replacing a couple of blown panels to putting up a completely new fence along a boundary. That can mean new posts, new panels or boards, gravel boards along the bottom, and taking down and clearing the old fence first.
There are several styles of fence to choose from, and the right one depends on the garden. Some common options you can talk through with us:
- Panel fencing, quick to put up and easy to replace a panel at a time.
- Closeboard or featheredge fencing, with vertical boards fixed to rails, often chosen for strength and privacy on a long boundary.
- Slatted or horizontal board fencing, for a cleaner, more contemporary look.
- Low picket fencing, to mark a front boundary without blocking the view.
- Trellis toppers, adding a little height and somewhere for climbers to grow.
Posts can be timber or concrete, and a gravel board along the base keeps panels and boards off the soil, which helps them last longer.
Signs your fence needs repairing or replacing
- Posts are leaning, or the whole fence moves when you push it.
- The timber is soft, split or rotting, especially at ground level.
- Panels have blown out in high winds or keep working loose.
- There are gaps where pets can escape or the neighbours can see straight in.
- The fence has been patched so many times that nothing quite lines up.
- You are planning a garden makeover and the old fence will let it down.
How a fencing job runs
- Talk it through. Call 07347 572509 with the length of the fence, what is there now and what you would like.
- A look at the boundary. We measure up, check the ground, levels and access, and talk through styles and heights.
- A quote. You get a quote for the work agreed.
- Preparing the line. Plants, shrubs or overgrowth along the fence line are cut back so there is room to work.
- Taking down the old fence. Old panels, boards and posts are removed.
- Setting the posts. New posts are set firmly in the ground and lined up, because a fence is only as straight and strong as its posts.
- Fitting panels or boards. Gravel boards, panels or rails and boards go in, following the slope of the ground where needed.
- Tidying up. The area along the fence is cleared and left tidy.
Before you start: boundaries, neighbours and height
It is worth checking who a fence belongs to before replacing it. Your deeds or title plan may show it, and if the fence is shared or the boundary is unclear, a quick conversation with your neighbour first saves problems later.
On height, the Planning Portal says you do not normally need planning permission for a new fence up to two metres high, or up to one metre where it runs next to a road used by vehicles or the footpath alongside it. There are exceptions, for example at or next to listed buildings, or where permitted development rights have been removed, and in a conservation area you might need permission even to take a fence down. If you are unsure, check with your local council before work starts.
When to put up a new fence
Fencing can go up for most of the year. Many people replace fences after autumn and winter gales have done their damage, which also gets the boundary sorted before the garden is in full growth. Spring and summer suit fencing as part of a bigger garden project, as long as any birds nesting in hedges or climbers along the boundary are left undisturbed. Very waterlogged or frozen ground can delay setting new posts.
If a storm has blown panels out, it is worth getting them dealt with sooner rather than later. A gap in one bay lets the wind put extra strain on the posts either side, and a small repair can turn into a bigger one after the next gale.
What affects the scope of a fencing job
- the length and height of the fence
- the style of fence and the materials you choose
- whether there is an old fence to take down and clear
- the ground, including slopes, roots, old concrete and buried rubble
- access to the fence line from your side and the neighbour's side
- plants, climbers or overgrowth that need cutting back first
A family run, fully insured team, and where we work
Affordable Gardens & Landscapes is a local family run business based in Knottingley, and we are fully insured. Because we also take on landscaping and garden makeovers, a new fence can be planned as part of a wider project, and if the fence line is buried under overgrowth, a garden clearance can clear the way first.
We put up fences across Normanton, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Featherstone, Knottingley, Outwood, Altofts, Stanley, Rothwell, Ossett and Horbury. Call 07347 572509, Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm, or send us a message with photos of your fence, and we will send you a quote.
