Fencing in Cwmbran
Close board fencing
Close board is the sturdy choice for a Cwmbran back garden that backs onto a footpath, a road or a play area, where you want a solid, private boundary that is hard to see through or climb.
Cwmbran was planned and built as a new town after the Second World War, and a lot of its back gardens were fenced at the same moment the houses went up. Those first fences have long since gone, but many of their replacements were put in around the same time as the neighbours' ones too, from the same kind of panels on the same kind of posts. When one side of a Cwmbran garden starts to lean, the other two are often not far behind.
T J Landscapes is based a short drive away in Pontypool. Tony and the team replace estate fences, hang gates and carry out repairs across Cwmbran, and put up new fencing and gates built to outlast the ones they replace. Quotes and advice are free. For the rest of the garden, see our landscaping page for Cwmbran, or get in touch to arrange a visit.
Our six kinds of fencing work, and where each tends to fit in a new town of family gardens, corner plots and older village houses.
Close board is the sturdy choice for a Cwmbran back garden that backs onto a footpath, a road or a play area, where you want a solid, private boundary that is hard to see through or climb.
Panel fencing is what most Cwmbran estates were given, and heavier framed panels on concrete posts are a straightforward upgrade that lets you swap a single damaged panel in future.
Slatted and hit and miss screens are popular on the newer patios and decks going into Cwmbran semis, giving the back garden a more modern look than the original estate panels.
Side gates matter on a Cwmbran semi, because the path down the side of the house is how bins, bikes and children come and go, so the gate needs a solid post and a latch that still closes years later.
Longer boundary runs come up on corner plots and on the older village properties the new town grew around, where a garden can be bigger and a straight run of close board or post and rail makes sense.
Where only one Cwmbran neighbour's side has failed, or a single storm-damaged panel needs refitting, a repair can keep the rest of a sound fence going for longer.
On an estate built in one go, the fences were usually put up by the same people with the same materials, and the soil and the weather have treated them all alike since. So when a back fence in Cwmbran starts rocking, it is worth checking the sides as well. Posts rot at ground level first, just where you cannot see them, and a fence can look fine from the patio while the timber below the soil is almost gone.
Replacing the whole garden boundary together is often the tidier answer. The fence ends up the same height and style all the way round, the posts line up, and there is only one lot of disruption. Our local guide, replacing tired fences on a Cwmbran estate, explains how to spot which runs are near the end.
A Cwmbran back garden can touch three or four other properties, and sometimes a council or housing association fence as well. Who owns which side is not always obvious, and the deeds do not always say. It is worth a friendly word with each neighbour before a shared fence comes down, and agreeing the height and which way the smooth face will look.
Fences next to a road, a footpath or an open-plan front garden need more care, because height limits and planning rules can apply there. Check with Torfaen council before putting up anything tall at the front or side of a Cwmbran house. We can talk you through the options and build to whatever height is appropriate.
We are just up the road in Pontypool and know the Cwmbran estates well.
We look at every side of the boundary, not just the one that blew down, and tell you honestly which runs have life left.
Deep holes, concrete footings shaped to shed rain and gravel boards to keep timber off the soil, or concrete posts if you prefer.
Panels, posts and old concrete leave with us, so you are not left with a pile at the side of the house.
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Many of the fences we put up in Cwmbran are there to keep something in. A dog that has learned to push under a gravel board, a toddler who has found the gap by the gate, a ball that keeps going over into next door. We fit gravel boards tight to the ground, set gate posts firmly so the latch lines up, and can add a bolt at adult height on a side gate.
A new fence often goes in alongside other changes to a family garden. We regularly pair it with garden decking in Cwmbran or a new patio, and child-friendly garden layouts for Cwmbran homes has ideas for the space inside the boundary. For choosing the gate itself, see choosing and fitting a garden gate.
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Local and practical guides to help you plan the work.
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Sometimes. If one or two posts have snapped and the rest are sound, we can replace those and refit the panels. If the posts are rotten all along, a new fence is usually the better use of your money. Fence repair or replacement explains how to tell.
Heavy-duty panels or close board on concrete posts, with a gravel board along the bottom, will usually outlast the thin panels many estates started with. Keeping soil and shrubs off the timber helps too. See how to make a garden fence last longer.
Often, yes, but front boundaries near a road or footpath can have height limits, and some estates have their own covenants. Check with Torfaen council and your deeds first. A low fence or wall is often all that is needed.
How many sides of the garden need doing, the length and height, the style, timber or concrete posts, any gates, access down the side of the house and taking the old fence away. We measure up and give you a free quote.
Let us know which sides of the garden need attention and whether you need a gate. Tony will be in touch to arrange a visit.