Fencing in County Antrim

Although its value as an element of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is a vital part of both the aesthetics and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more solid timber fencing commonly being used in the rear garden, while the front of the property generally employs smaller and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Also, it is often painted to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly used for privacy and to protect the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep domestic pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Due to this, these sorts of fences are around 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the additional height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each section to provide strength preventing the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather. Garden fencing sections are generally made of wood. The posts in between the panels are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.