Fencing in Letchworth Garden City

While its significance as an aspect of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more solid wood fencing typically being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the property usually utilises smaller and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to maintain 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 varieties of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Due to the additional height, these fences often have concrete footings laid in between each panel to provide stability which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being damaged in poor weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are manufactured from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.