New Garden Fence

JP08

If you do go down the DIY route, buy yourself a post hole digger

eg http://www.diy.com/departments/verve-post-hole-digger/38721_BQ.prd

Makes the digging SO much easier ...

generationgav

I've got 5 fence panels that need replacing, and am shocked by the price of them, even at my local builders yard they seem expensive!

Any Money Saving tips on buying a cheap fence? I want something that will last reasonably though.

wrightk

generationgav wrote: »

I've got 5 fence panels that need replacing, and am shocked by the price of them, even at my local builders yard they seem expensive!

Any Money Saving tips on buying a cheap fence? I want something that will last reasonably though.

yes dont buy fence panels.

go to your local timbers merchants/sawmill. the price difference of making your own featheredge fence for example vs panels isnt as large as you think. Plus you will be getting far better quality tanalised timber that will outlast the panels by many years. thats moneysaving

Davesnave

wrightk wrote: »

yes dont buy fence panels.

It's possible to get tanalised fence panels, though probably not from the DIY sheds.

They're expensive....in the short term. The Jacksons panels I installed around 1990 are still going strong. They were guaranteed for 25 years.

In the longer term, they were cheaper than the Homebase equivalents, which fell to bits inside about 8 years.

generationgav

wrightk wrote: »

go to your local timbers merchants/sawmill. the price difference of making your own featheredge fence for example vs panels isnt as large as you think.

That presumes that I know what I'm doing, what I build would probably last about a week.

Looking at feather edged fences my only concern is that it's a boundary fence with my neighbours, and it looks like one side isn't so nice. Also not sure how this will fit into concrete posts?

wrightk

depending on what your concrete posts look like its always possible to integrate a diy fence into concrete posts. most have a groove cut out of the post or holes so you can fix your rails using a fixing kit (essentially just a metal bracket which fixes to the rail and then the post).
featheredge is your cheapest diy option. as you said there will be one 'ugly' side (which is usually your side). other options are a hit and miss type fencing with a double layer of timber vertically or horizontally either side of the boundary which gives you the airflow and privacy but it is more expensive

advantages over panels are if you get any rot/problems its far easier to pry a few f/e boards away, make a repair and put them back on rather than lose a whole pre made panel

In some respects i think diy'ing your own fence is far easier. wood is very forgiving, ive done a few long runs of fencing now (60-70ft), i really enjoy it and the fences have withstood 75mph winds and been up for years