Fencing in Abertillery
Close board fencing
Close board can be raked to follow the fall of the ground, which makes it the neatest way to run a long side fence down an Abertillery garden without a staircase of steps along the top.
Abertillery's long terraces are stacked up the sides of the Ebbw Fach valley, and the gardens behind them are long, narrow and usually steep. That shape changes what fencing means. A garden a few yards wide but many yards deep has two very long side fences and a short back one, and both side fences climb or drop with the hill. In many Abertillery gardens the side boundaries are the biggest fencing job, and the hardest to get looking straight.
Tony and the team travel over from Pontypool to put up fences and gates on Abertillery's slopes, and to fix sections that have leaned or blown out. Quotes and advice are free. For steps, levels and the rest of a terrace garden, see our landscaping page for Abertillery, or get in touch and describe the slope.
Our six kinds of fencing work, looked at through long side boundaries, steep ground and gardens reached from the lane behind.
Close board can be raked to follow the fall of the ground, which makes it the neatest way to run a long side fence down an Abertillery garden without a staircase of steps along the top.
Panels suit the flatter yard nearest the house, and further down an Abertillery garden they can be stepped in stages, as long as the gaps underneath are filled with cut gravel boards.
In a garden only a few yards wide, a slatted or trellis-topped screen along part of the side keeps an Abertillery terrace from feeling like a corridor between two solid walls of timber.
The gate at the top or bottom of an Abertillery garden often opens onto the rear lane, so it needs to be sturdy, lockable and hung to swing clear of steps and sloping ground.
Long boundary runs are the norm on Abertillery terraces, even on small houses, because the garden stretches so far up or down the valley side from the back door.
When a long side fence in Abertillery fails, it usually goes one or two posts at a time, and replacing those sections can keep a sound run going for longer.
There are two ways to take a fence down a slope. Stepped fencing keeps each panel level and drops it in stages from post to post, which leaves a wedge-shaped gap under the low end of every panel that needs filling. Raked fencing tilts the rails to follow the ground and keeps the boards upright, so the top line runs parallel with the hill and there is nothing to fill.
On a gentle slope stepped panels look fine. On the steep gardens common in Abertillery, the steps get large and awkward, and raked close board usually looks tidier and keeps pets in more easily. Our local guide, fencing a sloping boundary in Abertillery, shows how each option looks on the ground.
Many Abertillery terraces have a lane behind them, which is a help: materials can come in through the back gate rather than through the house. Lanes can be narrow, unmade or steep, though, and a lorry rarely gets close, so posts, rails, boards and bags of concrete are often carried the last stretch by hand. Close board helps here, because it arrives as loose lengths rather than wide, heavy panels.
The old fence leaves the same way, along with the broken posts and their old concrete. If the lane end of the garden is overgrown, garden clearance in Abertillery can open it up first. Getting materials into an Abertillery back garden explains how we plan access.
Long, steep terrace gardens are what we work in week in, week out.
We set out the line and the fall carefully, so a long side fence looks right from the house and from the top of the garden.
Lane or house, we plan how posts and boards come in and how the old fence goes out before we quote.
If a fence sits on a tired wall, we tell you, rather than bolting new timber to a problem.
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Where one Abertillery garden is higher than the next, the boundary is often a retaining wall with a fence on top. A fence adds leverage to the wall every time the wind blows, and an old wall that is already bulging may not take it. We look at the wall before planning the fence and, where possible, set the new posts so the fence stands on its own.
If the wall is failing, it is better rebuilt first. Our brickwork in Abertillery covers garden and retaining walls, and replacing a collapsing garden wall in Abertillery lists the warning signs. For advice on posts, see concrete posts or timber posts for a garden fence.
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Yes. Steep side boundaries are the most common fencing job we see in Abertillery. We usually suggest raked close board on the steepest parts and level panels near the house, and we will explain both on site.
That depends on who owns each boundary, which your deeds may show, and on what you agree with next door. We are not solicitors, but we are happy to explain the work to your neighbours so everyone knows what is planned.
Yes. We hang lane gates on strong posts with a lock or bolt, set to clear the ground on a slope. Choosing and fitting a garden gate covers styles and fittings.
Mostly the length and height of the run, how steep the ground is, the style and posts, any gates, whether there is a wall to deal with, how far materials are carried along the lane and taking the old fence away. We give free quotes after a visit.
That depends on the timber, how well the posts are set, how wet the ground is and how the fence is looked after. How to make a garden fence last longer has simple tips.
Tell us which sides need fencing, roughly how long the garden is and whether you have lane access. Tony will be in touch.