Fencing

Six kinds of fencing, one yard.

Back-garden boundaries, gates, rotten posts, storm damage, paddocks and the bit of patio that is overlooked. Each page says how we build it and what it costs.

A fencer in work gloves nailing a featheredge board onto the rails of a half-built closeboard fence

All six

Bay 01

Closeboard and panel fencing

Garden and boundary fences built bay by bay: featheredge on arris rails, or heavy panels in concrete posts.

Back gardens and boundaries, four to six feet, from £58 a metre

Bay 02

Gates, timber and metal

Side gates made in the yard to the opening, and driveway gates in timber or galvanised steel, hung to stay level.

Side gates from £385 hung, driveway pairs from £1,450

Bay 03

Concrete posts and gravel boards

Swap rotten timber posts for slotted concrete ones and keep the panels, or start again on a base that lasts.

Post replacement from £68 a post, ten-year guarantee

Bay 04

Storm repairs

Fences blown down or leaning after a gale: made safe within two days, repaired properly within the week.

Make-safe visit £65, taken off the repair

Bay 05

Agricultural fencing

Stock fencing, post and rail and field gates for smallholdings, paddocks and farms on the valley sides.

Stock netting from £14 a metre, post and rail from £34

Bay 06

Trellis and screening

Trellis toppers, slatted screens and privacy panels for patios, bin stores and the bit of garden overlooked.

Trellis toppers from £22 a bay, slatted screens from £140 a metre

How a job runs

Four posts on the string line.

  1. Survey

    Lowri walks the line with a wheel and a probe, checks the boundary and the ground, and takes photographs. Free, about forty minutes.

  2. Fixed price

    A written price within two working days, with the style, height, posts, gates, removal and start week. It does not change.

  3. Posts in

    Day one: the old fence comes out, a string line goes up and the posts go into concrete. Concrete needs a night before rails or panels.

  4. Boards on, cleared away

    Rails, boards or panels, gates hung, and every offcut and old board loaded onto the truck. You get photographs of the finished line.

Book a free survey and get a fixed price in writing.

Lowri measures the line, probes the ground and checks the boundary, and the written price follows within two working days. It does not change once you have signed it.