Fencing in Merriott

Although its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes disregarded, fencing is a vital part of both the aesthetics and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more strong wooden fencing usually being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home usually utilises more compact and more ornamental 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 painted to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly used for privacy and to maintain the borders of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these sorts of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the added height, these fences often have concrete footings laid in between each panel to provide strength which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being broken in high winds. Garden fencing sections are generally made of wood. The posts in between the panels are made from either timber, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.