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Garden Fences

Which Garden Fences to choose

  • Planning a garden fence
  • Which garden fences are best? How Which Fence advise about all types of garden fencing  within the fencing pages.
  • Which posts are best? Recommendationts are given which fence posts to use on the posts page
  • Which panels are best? A selection of best types of fence panels and life expentency are detailed on the panels page.
  • Which garden fence will last the longest? stainless steel or aluminium fencing will last the longest as a fence.
  • Which fence height can I have? Rear garden is upto 2 metres in height before planning is needed
  • Which fencing is best for a garden fence? the best garden fence achieves privacy, has wind tollerance and doesnt rot.
  • Which garden fences are wind tolerant? Types of wind tollerant fencing are picket, hit & miss, chain link
  • Which garden fences have partial wind tolerant? Partial wind tollerance fences are woven fences, hit & miss privacy fencing 
  • Which garden fences are privacy fences? Privacy fences do not allow neighbours to see into the garden when standing at the same level.
  • How much do garden fences cost? Garden fences vary in cost which is why costs are detailed by suppiers
  • How long will a fence last? The life expectancy of a fence is detailed throughout are fencing pages of posts & panels
  • Which garden fences are best? With a large selection of fence panels and construction materials the decision is which one is best for the garden.
 

Which Garden Fences are best

  • Which garden fence is best for windy areas?
  • Which garden fences are cheapest
  • Which garden fences will last the longest?
  • Which garden fence height can I have?
  • Which fencing is best for a garden fence?
  • Which garden fences are wind tolerant?
  • Which garden fences are privacy fences?
  • How much do garden fences cost? 
  • How long will garden fence last?
  • Which garden fences are best?
  • Which posts are best for garden fences?
  • Which garden fences panels are best for?

How high can garden fences be?

  • Front garden fences height varies on residential areas & location of the property at roadside. 
  • Open plan residential areas have very low height restrictions for boundary structures.
  • Best advice is to contact your local council to recieve the correct information.
  • A garden fence guide would be to look at the neighbouring gardens for the fence height guidance.
 

Rights of ownership

Can I make my Neighbour fix his fence?

  • If you own a fence or boundary, you are duty bound to maintain it and keep neighbours or passers by safe from halm. This applies to any boundary which includes walls, trees and shrubs.
  • You have the right to ask someone to fix, maintain their boundary if it is intruding past the boundary line, risk of causing harm to others or encroaching on to the public highway.
Which fence is best

Which fence is best?

  • The best fence will have posts with the greatest longevity. Timber posts have the shortest lifespan, yet some timber posts come with a guarantee due to the process the post has gone through, the species of wood used, the correct pressure treatment process and the type of preservatives that are used. Concrete posts, galvanised and aluminium posts all have a very good lifespan
  • The fence is best constructed with either cant rails or Arris rails. These rails have a machine cut slop which will allow water to quickly disperse off the rails which reduces saturation. Panels are only made with square cut rails. Only bespoke fencing is made using Arris rail or Cant rail and is more costly than pre-made panels.
  • A garden fence should have a gravel board at ground level which absorbs the worst of the weathering condition. 
  • For a fence to have the greatest longevity all timber components should be kept away from saturated conditions. Even a wooden fence panel with a 25 year guarantee will rot if it is embedded in the soil in saturated conditions.
A Garden fence

How to choose a garden fence.

Composite fencing

  • Which composite fencing is best?
  • Which composite posts are best?

Wooden fencing

  • Which wooden fencing is best?
  • Which wooden posts are best?

Concrete fencing

  • Which concrete fencing is best?
  • Which concrete posts are best

Metal fencing

  • Which metal fencing is best?
  • Which metal posts are best?


 
Fencing Company

Which fencing company is best

What do fencing companies offer?

  • Which fencing company is best
  • Which fencing companies guaranty fencing?
  • Which fencing company advise the types of fencing?
  • Which fencing company will do the best job?
  • Which fencing company knows their products?
  • Which fencing company advise professionally?
  • Which fencing company knows wood?
  • Which fencing company know concrete products?
Garden Fence suppliers

Which garden fencing suppliers are best.

  • Garden fencing suppliers in Suffolk
  • The best fencing suppliers give fencing guaranties for their products. 
  • Best garden fencing suppliers
  • Which garden fence rail suppliers are best
  • Which garden fence panel suppliers are best
  • Which garden fence post suppliers are best
  • Which garden fencing suppliers give a full new fence 10 years fencing guarranty  

Fence Guarantee

How long is a wood fence warranty?

  • How Which Fence give a recommended option which is guarrantied for 10 years.
  • A fence warranty is not valid unless a proof of purchase is available. Businesses will only keep their receipts for 7 years for tax purposes. After 7 years receipts are destroyed and is a good reason to buy your own fencing materials, and keeping safe a proof of purchase receipt, unless a company guaranties the work.
  • It is likely that 50% of fence posts fail within a 10 year warranty. Keep your receipt.
  • A fence warranty can be from 25 years to no warranty depending on the supplier’s confidence & cost of the products.
  • However, timber is a natural product and is expected to fail. There is varying porosity throughout a single length of wood which means the preservative will penetrate unevenly throughout the length during the pressure treatment process.  This is the reason Incised wooden posts are made, achieving an even depth of presservative.
  • Posts and panels with a warranty will inevitably cost more, but, if these products have to be replaced labour & waste costs are not taken into account by suppliers which a customer has to pay, unless the installer guaranties the work.
  • Some supplier’s guarantee is only warranted if the installation procedures are strictly followed, which may also include some maintenance.
  • A warranty will vary for fence posts & panels depending on the process undertaken during manufacturing and materials used. If a panel is pressure treated it will be more durable to the weather elements, but organic preservative will slowly wash out of the timber over a few years of rain. It is recommended to paint a fence within 6 months of erection, or better still, paint with fence preservatives before erecting.

How long should fencing last?

  • Wooden fence post will be the first component to fail with everyday natural weathering. If the aesthetical chosen look is timber a secondary option would be to have a timber post bolted on to a concrete spur which should last 30-40+ years, using a post sleeve or a post mounted to keep away from saturated conditions.
  • Some wooden posts may only last 2 years. Failure of a wooden post could be due to type of wood used, wood knots, presservatives used, pressure treatment process or just varying perosity throughout the wood length. 
  • Concrete fences should have a duration of 40-50+ years, unless poor quality posts are used. Wooden panels should last 20-30 years.

How long should fence nails be?

  • Fence nail length for fixing rails to a timber post = thickness of rail + 50mm
  • To fix the fence boards securely to the rails, the nail length needed is the thickness of the Palisade board or the 2 overlapping boards + 25mm.
  • If fixing an overlap board to a rail, add the measurement at the overlap point to give the 2 board thickness.

How do you use a nail gun?

  • A nail gun should be set correctly so the nails do not fire into the board to deep.
  • The nail head should be slightly proud of the timber surface and not be bury into the timber component.
  • Occasionally a nail may penetrate deeper into the wood deeper than required but this is due to a varying density throughout the natural timber structure. The depth of which the nail can be fired in can be adjusted on a nail gun.
  • Nail guns should be set with slightly less pressure, so the nail head is slightly proud of the fence board.
  • If a nail is fired in to deep into the wood, the nail head will create a pocket in the timber for water to build up and inevitably speed up the rotting process.

Bolts

  • Bolt length = the combined thickness of the two sections which are to be clamped together + the nut and washer thickness.
  • Hot dipped Galvanised bolts or stainless-steel fixings should only be used for the best long-term look and strength of the fence. These fixings retain the strength & asthetical, looking much longer than zinc plated or electronically coated fixings long term durability and look.

Screws

The best screws to use are stainless steel. Zinc plated and powder coated screws have a much shorter lifespan, cheaper and will corrode and stain the timber.

Hot dipped galvanised gate fixings

  • Hot dipped galvanised gate fixings should be used near coastal areas due to salt content in the air as the link shows. galvanizing.org.uk/check-your-corrosion/
  • Best advice is 'Do not use powder coated hinges and locks'. They rust and the paint flakes within a few years.
How-Which-Fence-Ipswich

Fencing Contractors company in Ipswich, A garden Fences suppliers expert companies Services & constructions builders, unparalleled fence repairs of panels, rails & posts for 23 years

Established in 2002 as M.A.C.C.S Landscapes & experimenting with materials for 10 years to find the best practises & materials to understand why some concrete & many wooden posts fail a 15 year warranty if it has a guarantee. Understanding a product gives the customer the best service which is why we dissect structural materials and supply the findings for people to make informed decisions.


 
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