Fencing quote

Drachenfach

Just wondering if anyone can chip in with experience on the costs of fencing.


We've had a quote for about 12 panels to cover one side of the garden - concrete posts and gravel boards, drop in fence panels, and a wooden gate. There is a tree growing on boundary line which will apparently need some tricky cutting to accommodate


The quote came to £2200, which seems a bit steep, and only varies by about £150 for different qualities of drop in panel. We're in the midlands, for reference.


I was waiting on another company to also quote, but they've failed to turn up on 2 occasions, so I don't expect to hear from them.


Anyone able to share their costs and quote for similar jobs?

bmthmark

Well I am in a similar situation. I have 10 fences to replace. I have recently purchased 10 panels, concrete posts and also concrete gravel boards. I spent £410 delivered for all of this.
I am going to have a go at fitting them myself (with help). I reckon I can get it done in a weekend.

So with concrete etc it roughly costs £500 for all parts/materials. So if parts costs the same where you are from then they are making £1700 in labour.

Personally I think £2200 is a bit high.

Drachenfach

Thanks Mark.


That was my gut feeling as well. I might seek some other quotes and see what we can come up with.


I'd consider tackling it ourselves, but we have a long list of other jobs to do, so were hoping to farm this one out!

bmthmark

Drachenfach wrote: »

Thanks Mark.


That was my gut feeling as well. I might seek some other quotes and see what we can come up with.


I'd consider tackling it ourselves, but we have a long list of other jobs to do, so were hoping to farm this one out!

I know what you mean regarding long list of jobs to do!

It would probably be wise to get another quote as you never know you maybe able to save yourself some money.

bretts

Just to put my views as well here, I am also going to do this and I am a little apprehensive of whether I will be able to do it on my own or not. But you can see a lot of videos on youtube and it will tell you exactly how to do it, still there are things that could go wrong and with postcrete you only have 5 minutes to rectify it unfortunately. Once set it will not be easy to redo it for sure. But if they are charging 1700 pounds for labour I might as well give it a shot, I am in london and I am sure they will charge me a more here.

bmthmark

bretts wrote: »

Just to put my views as well here, I am also going to do this and I am a little apprehensive of whether I will be able to do it on my own or not. But you can see a lot of videos on youtube and it will tell you exactly how to do it, still there are things that could go wrong and with postcrete you only have 5 minutes to rectify it unfortunately. Once set it will not be easy to redo it for sure. But if they are charging 1700 pounds for labour I might as well give it a shot, I am in london and I am sure they will charge me a more here.

I've done the same looking at video's on youtube. It makes it look really easy, but in reality I think its hard labour but perfectly fine to do. I know you say you only have 5 minutes but if it isn't right you just dig it up and do it again.
You will definitely need a friend to help as it is heavy work.
Good luck with it :beer:

bretts

bmthmark wrote: »

I've done the same looking at video's on youtube. It makes it look really easy, but in reality I think its hard labour but perfectly fine to do. I know you say you only have 5 minutes but if it isn't right you just dig it up and do it again.
You will definitely need a friend to help as it is heavy work.
Good luck with it :beer:

This definitely means I am taking on a big task then I am alone and no one to help me, just out of curiosity why would you need two people, dig the hole, the the post, put it in and fill it up, yes some one would need to support the post till i am putting the postcrete and water but apart from that where else would I need someone else.
I am doing it for first time so I could be thinking its easier said than done but I am just digging the garden up and have a skip full of soil dug and thrown into a wheel barrow and then into the skip so not really afraid of manual labour but would it be harder than this?

bmthmark

You could do it on your own but I've just had the posts delivered and they are fairly heavy (especially corner posts). So it would help to have someone support the post whilst the cement is poured in.
Also the actual fence panels will need to be lifted and slid in then you will need to push the next post up tight against it. It probably is posible on your own but an extra pair of hands would be useful.

Its a shame I wasn't closer as I could of helped you (i'm in Bournemouth)

xyz123

Find a decent handyman and get panels, posts from a local call fencing contractor. Even at £200 a day it will be about 3 days of work in my opinion. we just had 6 of closeboard type fence with wooden posts put down. There was a lot of vegetation to remove (so much that I may need a skip to remove it). This was done in a day and half including painting these panels and other existing panels.

no1catman

The problem is - fencing panels don't last. They degrade quickly, every winter with high wind storms, a panel or two will come down.


I had an eight and a half panel run put in way back in 2007, over the years several over the posts have been replaced, and over half of the panels, some more than once!


After Storm Imogen did its worst, had it replaced by featheredge boards - cost £1500 - looks good - and the posts were put in with deeper foundations.

bretts

no1catman wrote: »

The problem is - fencing panels don't last. They degrade quickly, every winter with high wind storms, a panel or two will come down.


I had an eight and a half panel run put in way back in 2007, over the years several over the posts have been replaced, and over half of the panels, some more than once!


After Storm Imogen did its worst, had it replaced by featheredge boards - cost £1500 - looks good - and the posts were put in with deeper foundations.

I am going for concrete posts with pressure treated panels and hoping it will last longer, otherwise last option I will put decking wood over there that would certainly last :):):)