Choosing The Right Fence

There are many different types of fences, here is a small guide to help you decide what type of fence you are going to want.

Things to consider: budget, purpose of the fence, long-term maintenance requirements & height requirements/restrictions.

Feather Edge Fencing

Feather edge fencing is one of the most common fencing styles in the UK as its uses and applications are versatile. This fencing is strong and solidly constructed with overlapping vertical feather-edged wooden boards nailed onto a timber railed frame which is screwed or bolted to either timber or concrete posts.

Feather-edged fencing is commonly used in residential gardens – this garden fencing is a medium budget option, neat and attractive, offering good privacy and providing some good shelter from winds and weather to your garden .

This option can be built with both timber and concrete posts. Concrete posts offer customers an even longer life span to your fence, as this option will not suffer from wood rot!

Feather edged fencing is available in either a panel style or a continuous style of fencing, our feather edge fencing panels come in a variety of different options: concave topped, convened topped and flat topped.

Pros:

Ideal fencing for gardens
Robust and long-lasting fencing
Height ranges from 2-10ft tall
Fencing provides good privacy
Provides good security and deters intruders
Good for pet owners
Available in either concrete or wooden posts
Helps manage uneven ground
Easily painted & treated
Low maintenance
Versatile
Strong
Will keep your family and pets safe

Cons

This style may catch the wind
Needs painting
Blocks out sunlight

Agricultural fencing

Agricultural Fenicng is traditionally found in remote contryside areas (farmlands) although can be used in residential gardens to house a variety of pets.

Agricultural fencing comes in a number of different styles depending on its purpose: electric/high tensile, barbed wire and netting. Each style has a slightly different purpose depending on what animal you are trying to contain.

Electric Fenicng

Electric fencing is normally used to house cattle or horses, this can be constructed with timber posts and either high tensile wire or electric tape. Both of these options will carry an electric current throughout the fence line.

Pros

Quick installation
Versatile
Cheap
Excellent security for large animals

Cons:

Dangerous in the wrong location
Need a source of electricity
Small pets may not be contained
May need regular attention & checks to ensure electricity is passing through the fence line

Barbed wire

Like electric fencing, barbed wire fencing is also commonly used to contain large animals in a rural environment, this fencing also provides a solid barrier on a budget.

Pros

Versatile
Cheap
Excellent security
Quick installation

Cons

Can be dangerous for horses
Small pets may escape

Netting

Netting systems are also commonly found in farmlands and rural areas, although netting systems are the best option of the 3 to use in residential areas to fence off gardens to contain both large and small pets.

Pros

Can contain small pets
Cheap option
Can be installed in residential areas/versatile
Excellent security
Quick installation
Provides a physical barrier

Cons

May not be as attractive as some fencing options in residential areas

Picket fencing

If you want a look that’s traditional and decorative, you might consider timber palisade fencing, more commonly known as picket fencing.

Picket fences are mostly seen in front gardens, where they give a home traditional kerb appeal.

The style of fencing is usually quite low in height. With its spacing between the timbers, is less prone to wind damage. picket fencing is available with rounded tops or pointed tops depending on the appearance you’re looking for.

This traditional fencing is usually built with timber posts but is also available with concrete posts for a longer lasting fence line. Another positive is that because picket fencing is constructed with gaps between the pickets this allows a lot of light through the fence line encouraging wildlife to flourish.

Pros:

A good option for front gardens
Ideal to protect ponds or swimming pools
Provides a good boundary marker
Traditional attractive look
Will allow light through / doesn’t block your view
Less prone to wind damage

Cons:

Doesn’t provide privacy
Doesn’t provide much security
Would not contain some small pets
Some maintenance required to protect timber

Slatted Fencing

Slatted fencing, sometimes called Venetian fencing or hit and miss is a contemporary fence style often used as a decorative option. This fencing is made up of horizontal slats with small gaps between with a supportive Frame between each board.

Slatted fencing offers fantastic privacy along with a decorative touch to any garden urban or rural.

One of the main attractions to this style of fencing is that it provides good privacy whilst letting wind blow through and allowing light to pass through your fence line both increasing the lifespan of the fence line especially in windy locations and providing good privacy.

This design comes in 2 options; single sided or double sided. our single sided panels offer less privacy but allow more wind and light through whereas the double sided offers far more privacy but will let far less light and wind through.

Pros:

Available in a range of heights and styles
Sleek, modern appearance
Horizontal slats can make your garden appear longer
Gaps between slats allow wind through, reducing resistance and improving longevity

Cons:

Does not offer complete privacy on a boundary
Can let weeds grow through
A more expensive option

Post and rail fencing

Post and rail fencing is a traditional British fence that is both attractive and functional. A versatile and strong fencing option comprised of solid timber posts and 2 or more rails. Post and rail is on of the simpler fencing systems and for this reason is often used in Agricultural and equestrian fields.

This rustic option comes with either half round or squared rails and comes in a variety of heights depending on the function of the fence.

Pros:

Doesn’t block out sunlight
Allows wind to pass through
Has a long life expectancy
Looks great in rural environments

Cons:

Doesn’t offer complete privacy
Weeds may grow through
May not contain small pets

Palisade Security Fencing

Metal palisade fencing comprises of robust vertical steel pales secured to horizontal rails to form panels that mount on steel RSJ support posts.

This type of fencing is a popular type of perimeter security fencing offering a very strong fence in a range of heights. Barbed wire/ razor wire is also a very easily installed extra to ensure extra security to the top of the fence line.

Examples of palisade fencing uses are road side, railways, commercial and industrial sites, airports, schools and sports grounds.

Pros:

Strong
Life expectancy
Deters intruders
Available in a range of sizes

Cons:

Doesn’t offer complete privacy
A very industrial style fence

V Mesh Security Fencing

V Mesh fencing is one of the easiest ways to ensure that your property is kept secure. Combining a rigid V mesh style panel with a box section post with integrated fixings creates a simple, yet effective, mesh fencing system that is light weight and easy to install.

One benefit to v mesh fencing over other security style fencing is that it comes in a range of colours and can be used not only on road side, railways, commercial and industrial sites, airports, schools and play grounds but also in both rural and urban gardens as it has a softer sleeker look.