Fence installation in Nieuwegein

When you have a fence put up, you look at the panels first. That is the part that decides least whether it is still standing in ten years. What happens underground and how the old fence comes out weigh more. The work in the rest of the garden, from ground to paving and trees, is on the page about garden landscaping and paving.

Putting up a new fence or replacing the old one

A new fence on an empty boundary is the simplest case. I set out the line, place the posts in concrete and fit the panels between them. If there is already a fence, the job starts with taking it out: the panels, the posts and whatever of them sits in the ground come out and are taken away. Only then does the new one go in, on the same line or a better one.

What a garden looks like afterwards you can see in the back garden with a new fence, a shed and a tiled path. There the panels are horizontal boards and hydrangeas stand against the fence. In another garden an old timber fence came out and a new timber fence with a gate went in. At a third fence I levelled the garden after the posts were in.

Repair or replace

A fence that leans seldom has bad panels. The problem is in the posts, where the wood meets the ground. Push a screwdriver into the post just above the ground. If it goes through the wood without effort, the post has gone.

If it is a few posts and the panels are still good, I can replace the posts and leave the panels. So repairing parts is possible. If the panels are weathered as well, or most of the posts are soft, a new fence is better. New panels on old posts is money spent at the wrong end. I will tell you which of the two I would do once I have seen it.

Putting up a composite fence

Composite is the wood look without painting, sanding or replacing. I fit it on aluminium or timber posts, in anthracite, grey or wood tones, and I set the posts in concrete so the fence is still straight after a storm. It is heavier than timber and it expands in the sun.

You choose timber if you like the material and a bit of upkeep does not bother you. Hardwood lasts considerably longer than pine. You choose composite if you do not want to think about it once it is up. Neither is better. It depends on how much work you want to have later.

A gate, shed or summerhouse as well

A gate hangs from one post, and that post takes the strain for years. That is why we decide on the gate before the posts go in, not after. If you want a gate that differs from a standard size, that is custom carpentry.

I put up sheds and summerhouses too. If you do that at the same time as the fence, the fence connects straight to the spot where the summerhouse will stand.

Before I come to measure

Where the boundary really runs, how high you may go and what you agree with your neighbours is covered in the article on what a fence costs and what to settle beforehand. Read it before you make an appointment. Then you know what to find out, and why I do not quote a price per metre.

How it works

Send me a few photos of the garden and the current fence. I come and look, walk the line and dig a trial hole to see what is in the ground. After that you get one price for the whole job, with a note of what is not in it.

If a border is going in along the new fence, we look at a planting plan together, so the plants suit the sun it will get. If it is a single loose panel or a hinge that is broken, that is a small job and not a new fence. That falls under handyman and maintenance.

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