How to build Garden Fences in
your Garden
Garden
fences and the local council laws
If
you own your garden you may think that you can
do what you like in it. That is not the case.
There are restrictions both private and statutory
e.g. your deeds might say that you must keep the
front garden open plan and not erect boundaries
of any kind be they garden fences, hedges or walls.
Local Authority Council Planning laws may say
that you cannot use the garden for particular
purposes; you may have an obligation even towards
trespassers, let alone lawful visitors. A tree
in your garden may the subject of a Tree Preservation
Order preventing you from even gardening as you
might wish. So, before you start your garden fences,
please contact your local Authority for an update
on their local rules for Garden Fences.
What
side of garden fences is mine?
If
the fence in your garden is what is called a "party"
fence, then you will own it jointly with your
neighbour.
More
precisely, try and imagine a vertical line severing
the fence in half down the middle — you
will own the half which is on your side of the
imaginary division and your neighbour will own
the half on his/her side.
On
the other hand, your garden fences may belong
exclusively to you or exclusively to your neighbour.
In
this case, the whole fence will belong to whichever
of the two of you owns it.
The
title deeds to your home will usually indicate
who owns any garden fences.
How
to erect garden fences
If you are fitting ready made panels, measure
the internal distance between each post or support
to match the external width of each fence. You
will need to set the posts into concrete or better
still, set metal supports in first then bolt the
posts onto the support when set.
Types
of Garden fences
Wood
of any sort should be treated timber. This is
usually done at the timber factory and is a process
of forcing wood treatment liquid into the timber
under pressure and heat. You can hand treat timber
by painting or spraying, but it is cleaner to
buy pre treated timber from the start.
Metal
garden fences are more difficult to erect unless
you have some experience of tech screwing and
have a helper on hand to steady the solid panels.
Also, wear gloves as they can easily cut your
hand.
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