Fencing in Shefford

While its importance 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 is likely to differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more solid timber fencing frequently being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the property generally 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. Additionally, it is often stained to enhance its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly used for privacy and to preserve the borders of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these kinds of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Due to the increased height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide strength which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in poor 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 of heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.