Fencing in Kirkby Stephen

While its significance as an element of garden design is often ignored, fencing is an essential part of both the aesthetics and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing will likely 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 home generally employs more compact and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Additionally, it is often stained to enhance its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to maintain the borders of a garden, as well as to keep domestic pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these styles of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Because of the additional height, these fences typically have concrete footings laid in between each section to offer security and prevent the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in bad weather. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are made from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.