Fencing in Selkirkshire

While its value as an aspect of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is an integral part of both the appearance and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more strong wood fencing typically being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually employs smaller sized 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 decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is often used for privacy and to protect 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 styles of fences are approximately 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the increased height, these fences commonly have concrete footings laid between each section to provide strength preventing the fence from blowing over or being ruined in poor weather. Garden fencing panels 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 eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.