Buying a single fence panel

stealthwolf · 12 Oct 2020

I’ve cleared the back of the garden and there’s a gap about 4ft wide that was once occupied by a fence panel. Overgrowth of nearby bushes destroyed the fence panel.

I’m after a standard waney panel, 4ft high, preferably with some sort of gravel board. Costs are high because it’s a single panel and delivery can be more than the panel itself. Small hatchback car so a standard panel won’t fit.

Any ideas where I can get a reasonably priced panel with delivery from?

sircerebus666 · 12 Oct 2020

Offer a mate a few beers to sling it in the back of their car? Cheaper than delivery!

JohnD · 12 Oct 2020

if you haven't got a roofrack, but have got a saw, consider infilling with decking boards. I've been using them, they are sturdy and fairly cheap. If you have concrete slotted posts you can cut them to size and slide them down the slots. If you have wooden posts, you can (I used coach screws) screw them into place. It's a softwood so if using your drill, consider a washer under the heads.

If you've got a gap about 6ft high by about 4ft wide, you would need about ten boards. Cheap ones will do because you are not going to be walking on then. It will be very much stronger than any panel

have a horizontal one at the bottom so you can replace it when it rots.

use your fence-stain or preservative after cutting but before assembly.

Remember to allow a Hedgehog Highway.

stealthwolf · 12 Oct 2020

sircerebus666 said:
Offer a mate a few beers to sling it in the back of their car? Cheaper than delivery!

Don’t know anyone with a vehicle large enough.

JohnD said:
concrete slotted posts you can cut them to size and slide them down the slots.

Sadly only one side is slotted. But good idea with decking boards. Have a circular saw so can use that.
The gap is less than 4ft wide and the remaining panels are 4ft high not including gravel boards.

JohnD · 12 Oct 2020

if you can manage to carry 2400mm boards, you would have less wastage when you cut them.

sircerebus666 · 12 Oct 2020

If the board is only 4 ft wide , get it home on the bus or use a taxi

stealthwolf · 27 Oct 2020

Didn’t know whether to post a new thread or continue here. Wickes did a delivery for £7.

I need to affix a 100x100mm wooden post to a neighbour’s (newly installed) concrete fence post. I can then attach brackets for the gravel board and fence panel to the timber post and slot in the fence.

I saw some concrete screws on the screwfix website. Would that work?

JohnD · 27 Oct 2020

may crack the concrete. Lots of work digging out a damaged post, and embarrassing if it's your neighbours.

there were some metal post clamping clips mentioned recently on a fencepost thread.

Has your neighbour given you permission?

JohnD · 27 Oct 2020

here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Postfix-Slotted-Concrete-Fence-Brackets/dp/B00AD8EVEU

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/garden-gate-problem.555394/

stealthwolf · 28 Oct 2020

JohnD said:
Has your neighbour given you permission?

Nope. But then again they didn’t ask for permission when they removed my timber fence post (and didn’t replace it) when they had their fence installed. New neighbours are diagonal ie one house behind and one house to the side. The houses behind us are staggered to one side by about 1m.

Those clips look like a good idea but how do I affix the timber post to them? The neighbour’s concrete post is a corner post with the fence panels pointing away from my fence. I’ll try and stick up a diagram.

JohnD · 28 Oct 2020

stealthwolf said:
how do I affix the timber post to them?

I haven't used them, but I think perhaps screw one side only to the post, then hold the post against the concrete and tighten the clamp.

Probably use three or four clamps, and put the screw(s) through left side/right side/left side to avoid twisting

stealthwolf · 15 Nov 2020

So to update:

Wickes were able to deliver a fence panel and gravel board for £5.
I picked up an H-slot wooden fence post
Trimmed off two arms of the post to make an end-post (ie U shaped instead of H shaped)
Fixed the wooden post to the concrete post by means of concrete screws
The concrete post was rotated by about 15° in the horizontal plane
Cut the gravel board to size and made two boards with a 15° edge. Slotted in beautifully.
I was able to reuse the fence panel’s end batons to make a shorter baton
Everything up until this point was easy
I used my circular saw to trim off the slats
Offered up the fence panel and it wouldn’t fit due to a tree branch in the way
Cut off tree branch but couldn’t remove it fully because the tips were wedged amongst the other branches
Trimmed the edge of the panel to 15° and it was fine at the bottom. Half inch gap at the top.
Added a small cut off as a wedge. Screwed panel through wedge to wooden post

Ball-aching bodge-job work finish.

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