Fencing in Aberbeeg
Close board fencing
Close board is a good match for the steep bank behind many Aberbeeg homes, because it is built on site and its rails can follow an irregular slope that panels would struggle with.
Aberbeeg is a small village squeezed into the narrow valley bottom where the Ebbw Fach and Ebbw Fawr meet. The terraces and older cottages sit on tight plots, with the hillside rising steeply behind many of them and damp, low-lying ground in front. For a fence, that means two quite different problems in one small garden: a boundary that climbs a bank at the back, and posts that spend much of the year in wet soil near the house.
Tony and the team come over from Pontypool to put up fencing and gates in Aberbeeg, and to straighten or replace fences that the damp and the slope have got the better of. Quotes and advice are free. Our landscaping page for Aberbeeg covers drainage, walls and the rest of the garden, or send us a note and we will come and look.
The six kinds of fencing work we do, weighed against soft ground, steep banks and small cottage plots in the valley bottom.
Close board is a good match for the steep bank behind many Aberbeeg homes, because it is built on site and its rails can follow an irregular slope that panels would struggle with.
Panels on concrete posts suit the flatter, damper part of an Aberbeeg garden near the house, where concrete will not rot however long the ground stays wet.
On a small Aberbeeg cottage plot, picket or trellis fencing marks a front garden or a border without making a tiny space feel boxed in.
Gates in Aberbeeg often open onto steps, a path or a slope, and in soft ground the hanging post needs a deeper, wider footing so the gate does not drop and drag.
Longer runs are rarer in the village, but some Aberbeeg properties have boundaries along a bank or a strip of woodland where a simple post and rail line is more fitting than a solid screen.
Leaning fences are a common sight in Aberbeeg where posts have rotted in wet soil, and if only a few have gone we can replace those and refit the existing boards or panels.
Water drains down the steep valley sides towards Aberbeeg, and the low ground near the rivers can stay soft for long spells. Timber rots fastest where it is wet but gets air, which is exactly the band just below the soil surface around a fence post. That is why so many fences in the village rock at the base while the boards above still look fine.
In damp ground we often suggest concrete posts, or heavy treated timber set in concrete with the top shaped to throw water off. Gravel boards keep the boards clear of the soil, and where water sits along the fence line it can be worth dealing with the drainage too. Dealing with damp ground in an Aberbeeg garden explains the options, and concrete posts or timber posts compares the two.
Behind many Aberbeeg homes the garden runs straight into a bank. Fencing across or up that bank is slow, careful work: post holes dug into stony or rooty ground, materials carried up by hand and a line that has to follow uneven levels. Raked close board usually suits it better than panels, and on very steep sections we may suggest a lower fence or a hedge instead.
Where the bank is being held back by an old wall, we check the wall before putting any fence on or near it. Brickwork in Aberbeeg covers retaining walls, and if trees or scrub on the bank are in the way, tree surgery in Aberbeeg can clear a path for the new fence line.
We plan every Aberbeeg fence around wet ground and steep banks from the start.
Concrete or heavy treated posts, set deep with shaped footings, so the base of the fence is not the first thing to go.
We plan how to set out and build a fence on steep, stony ground, and say so if a hedge or lower fence would suit better.
Old panels, posts and concrete are taken away and the ground is left clean along the new line.
Many gardens in the village are small, so the fence is a large part of what you see from the window. A tall, solid boundary on every side can make an Aberbeeg garden feel dark, especially in a narrow valley where the sun is already behind the hill for part of the day. Mixing a solid fence where privacy matters with lighter slatted or trellis sections elsewhere keeps it feeling open.
Our local guide to fencing options for Aberbeeg gardens looks at these choices, and close board, panel or slatted fencing compares the main styles in general. If a fence is failing, fence repair or replacement will help you judge what it needs.
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Usually because the posts have rotted just below ground level, where wet soil and air meet. Replacing them with concrete posts or well-set treated timber, and keeping soil off the fence, normally solves it.
In most cases, yes. We dig posts into the slope and usually build close board that follows the ground. On very steep or unstable banks we will look at the ground first and may suggest another approach.
Concrete posts will not rot, which makes them a strong choice for wet ground. Timber posts can last well if they are good quality, set properly and kept clear of standing water. We will suggest whichever suits your garden.
The length and height, the posts and style, how wet or steep the ground is, access for carrying materials, any gates and removing the old fence. We visit and quote for free.
Tell us which boundary needs work, whether the ground is wet or steep and if you need a gate. We will arrange a visit.