Garden and side gates made to match the fence and hung so they still shut in five years, plus repairs to runs that are not ready for replacing. Snapped posts, blown panels, sagging gates and storm damage. Sometimes the answer is a repair and sometimes it is a new run, and you will get told which one it is.
A gate that drops is nearly always a post problem rather than a gate problem. Gate posts get set deeper and in more concrete than a run post, because they carry a swinging load every day.
A gate built from the same featheredge or panel as the fence it sits in, so the boundary reads as one thing rather than a fence with a different gate dropped into it.
Hinges, latches and drop bolts chosen to survive salt air rather than the cheapest set in the box. On this coast the fittings usually fail before the timber does.
Snapped posts, panels out of their slots and rails off after a gale. We will make it safe quickly and then price the proper fix rather than talking you into a whole new fence on the spot.
Usually yes. Featheredge and closeboard gates are made to suit the opening, so matching the boards and the height of an existing run is straightforward. Matching a decorative panel that has been in for ten years is harder because the timber has weathered, so a new gate will look newer for the first season before it tones in.
Nearly always. The usual cause is the hanging post moving, either because it was not set deep enough or because it has rotted at ground level, and the fix is a new post properly concreted rather than packing the hinges. Sometimes the gate itself has racked and needs a brace putting back in. Either way it is a small job compared to a new gate.
It depends on the posts. If the posts are sound and it is boards, rails or a couple of panels that have gone, repairing is good value and we would say so. If the posts are rotten at the base, anything you fix to them is temporary, and money spent patching is money you spend twice. We will walk the run with you and tell you which one you are looking at.
We will do what we can. After a bad blow the phone does not stop, so the fair thing is that anything unsafe, a fence down across a path or a gate hanging off, gets looked at first. Send a photo on WhatsApp and it helps us work out what is urgent and what can wait a few days.
Yes, timber double gates for a drive or a yard. The things that decide it are the width of the opening, whether the ground falls away as the gates swing, and how much weight the posts have to carry, which on a wide pair is a lot. Wide openings sometimes want a post set in a bigger footing than a normal fence post, and that gets priced in rather than found out later.
Closeboard built board by board on site: concrete posts set in, rock-faced gravel boards along the bottom, featheredge nailed to arris rails and a capping rail over the top.
ServiceLap, bow-top, arched and decorative panels fitted between concrete or timber posts, set to a level line with the tops running true.
ServiceGarden hedges cut back to a line and shaped, from a beech boundary to an overgrown leylandii that has got away.
ServiceRegular grass cutting through the growing season, edges done, clippings taken off and the paths blown down before we leave.
ServiceOne-off clearances for gardens that have got on top of people.
Ring us, WhatsApp a photo of the job, or use the form and we will get back to you quickly.