Fencing in Okehampton

Although its significance as an aspect of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the aesthetics and useability of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more sturdy wooden fencing typically being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house typically utilises more compact and more decorative fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to improve 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. Because of this, these types of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Because of the additional height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each panel to offer stability and stopping the fence from blowing over or being ruined in poor weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made of heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.