Fence suggestions for exposed windy garden

Lil_Dee_2

draker wrote:

Please could you let me know where you sourced this image, so that I can get an idea of price.

Draker, if you take your mouse pointer, and hover it over the original image posted by lorian, then use the right mouse button, and click once, and select the option 'Properties'. You will find an information box appears, and the URL Address line contains the following :

http://www.robbinsoutdoors.com/image/608144_Copy44.jpg

Copy and paste this line (as shown above) into the address line of your internet explorer window (or whatever you're using) and hit enter. You should find all the information you're looking for. HTH

GreenNotM

Have you considered a deciduous hedge ? Provides privacy in summer and allows extra light in the winter. http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1000/hedge_selection.asp

culpepper

One of my gardening books mentions a fedge which is a wire fence with a hedge growing beside it.The wire keeps out animals and intruders and the hedge reduces the wind and keeps it private.

Lorian

The image is from an american company, but you should be able to order similar from most garden centers/timber merchants. It's also pretty straight forward for a handyman to make from appropriate treated planks and rails. Screw not nail!

Craig_A

draker wrote:

Thank you for your reply. I have thought about concrete posts, but was unsure as to whether the replacenment panels would rattle in between the posts.

If you were thinking about slotted posts then I have found the panels simply flex and blow out of the gaps when the wind is strong enough. It's not as bad as it sounds as the panels rarely get damaged and you simply slide them back into the slots. But if you have a greenhouse or something like that then you'll not really appreciate panels floating round your garden at 60mph either...

Nile

Hello draker

I'll move your thread to the 'Greenfingered' board.

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Snaggles

Hello! We have a similar 'windy' problem in our garden (our entire fence has blown down this week), and we are looking for a solution.

We have a low brick wall that runs along the front of our garden, and we are wondering about the possibility of building brick pillars at regular intervals on top of the wall, with fence panels in between. Does anyone have this type of fence as I would be interested in opinions.

Also, would I need any kind of planning permission to do this, and who would I ask to do it - do I need a builder, or a fencer (I'm sure that's not the right word!).

Sorry if this is a silly question, but I'm a novice.

Edit - the brick pillars/fence doesn't need to be very high, but without a fence at all (ie with just a low wall), the garden is very exposed and we seem to be on a direct route between the pub and the club on a Friday night (judging by the amount of teenagers walking past and chucking stuff into our garden), so need a bit more privacy.

Idiophreak

Lorian wrote:

I was going to suggest this, only with horizontal panels, as that's what my uncle has and it's always been pretty solid (posts are well concreted in...)

Vertical panels will, however, be much harder to climb, so I reckon this is a good solution.

chrissie55

we replaced horrible black-painted solid wood panels with woven willow 'hurdles' & Ty-Rapped them to existing concrete/4x4" uprights & wire horizontals, then planted some bushes that grow up more than outwards. It looks much better & we can see out tho' it's hard for people to see in.Cost c. £200- for 6 off 6'x6' panels a couple of years ago. At the last gaff we used plain square trellis & privet, honeysuckle, fuchsia & buddleia, all plants bought @ garden fetes & car boot sales, & brought our favourite plants with us when we moved.

ScratchandSniff-->[X]

"Something like a shadow box panel:"

Agreed, it's the best route.

It's also a row of decent pallets on their end, nicely treated, on decent posts :rotfl: