Fencing in Lancashire

While its significance as an element of garden design is often neglected, fencing is an essential part of both the aesthetics and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more tough wooden fencing frequently being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house often utilises smaller sized and more ornamental 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 ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to preserve the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these types of fences are approximately 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Because of the additional height, these fences typically have concrete footings laid between each panel to offer strength preventing the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in poor weather. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be made of heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.