Fencing in Scarborough

While its importance as an element of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more strong timber fencing generally being used in the rear garden, while the front of the house typically utilises 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. Also, it is often painted to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently 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. Because of this, these styles of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the additional height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid in between each section to offer stability preventing the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are made from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.