Fencing in Rosewell

While its significance as an element of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is an integral part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more sturdy wooden fencing commonly being installed 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. It is also often painted to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly 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 around 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Because of the extra height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid between each section to offer stability preventing the fence from blowing over or being damaged in poor weather. Garden fencing sections are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.