Damaged railings

MSaxp

Thank you all. Was quoted £600 to replace them, which i think i will pass on.

will try the lever / mallet approach , maybe even plant some privet

pmartin86

Looking at that photo it's clear that the word "mangled" is VERY subjective...


Is there something that specifies you must keep the fence? Id be tempted to get rid of it completly as personaly i think it looks rather ugly, maybe replace with a nice hedge as previously mentioned.

MSaxp

I agree, it looks pretty ugly anyway. I dont know why the developers put them there really, the whole estate has them. Maybe to deter people from parking? Who knows.

Will think about taking a few panels out, obviously it might look odd, given the rest of the front patch has it.

Hedge is definitely a good idea as well. This is a bit of a longer story as we had a beech hedge that we chopped off. Didnt like the brown leaves for half of the year. Although now we have the issue of about 60 stumps that need taken out. Presumably before anything else can be planted

theonlywayisup

MSaxp wrote: »

Hedge is definitely a good idea as well. This is a bit of a longer story as we had a beech hedge that we chopped off. Didnt like the brown leaves for half of the year. Although now we have the issue of about 60 stumps that need taken out. Presumably before anything else can be planted

You need to go for an evergreen if you don't like the deciduous types like Beech.

Head over to the gardening board - I think it's called Green Fingered MSEing - I would recommend something like Elaeagnus Ebbingei - without knowing where you are - it's a soft but pretty hedge plant which is easy to look after and isn't ferocious in it's growth.

MSaxp

thank you. i am in the South west. I assume it will grow ok, as long as it doesnt mind clay soil.

I guess i have missed my chance for this year, will keep it in mind for the spring. And I need to get rid of the beech stumps. they are a pain to dig out

theonlywayisup

kingo2k2 wrote: »

I used Traditional Estate Fencing .co.uk to fix my fence, they had fencing panels from £14 a metre, I was going to use their installation service but noticed they also sold the panels for self install, I had a friend install them for me as it was fairly straight forward for him! hope it helps.

I bet you did. Reported :spam: