Fencing and fence repairs in Fishponds
Fishponds is typically terraced Victorian housing on the Frome valley floor. It is not a conservation area, but part of it does sit under an Article 4 Direction that names walls, gates and fences directly, and almost nobody locally mentions it.
About Fishponds
The housing is largely Victorian terraces with later estate building around them, on broadly flat ground in the Frome valley. Much of east Bristol sits over Pennant Sandstone, which is a very different digging job to the clay further south and something we would rather find out about from the first post hole than from a quote we have to revise. Gardens tend to be longer than in Bedminster and access is often better, which usually makes a full run here cheaper per metre than the same run in a terrace with no side gate.
What you are allowed to put up in Fishponds
Fishponds as a whole is not a conservation area, so for most addresses the national rule is the one to work to: up to 2 metres, and no more than 1 metre where the boundary borders a highway used by vehicles or its footpath. There is one important exception. The Grove Wood, Blackberry Hill Article 4 Direction, in force since 9 November 2009, covers alterations, constructions and extensions to walls, gates, fences and other means of enclosure, and it is anchored to the Blackberry Hill Hospital site on Manor Road in Fishponds. Inside that direction, work that would normally be permitted development needs permission from Bristol City Council. It is a small area and an easy one to be caught by, so we check the address against the council's Article 4 mapping before we price.
The boundaries round here
Long Victorian rear gardens with timber on both sides and a shared line at the end, plus estate fencing where later building went in. A lot of the repair work here is a run that has gone at one or two posts while the rest of it is perfectly sound, which is exactly the case where replacing the whole boundary is the wrong recommendation and we will say so.
Wind, ground and what actually fails
Valley floor and broadly flat, so this is the sheltered end of our patch for wind. We have not verified a precise elevation figure for Fishponds and we are not going to invent one. What we can say from the ground is that the Frome valley holds damp, so post rot at ground level does more damage here than wind does, and that puts gravel boards and post choice ahead of extra bracing on the list of things worth paying for.
Fishponds postcodes we cover
BS16.
Which council covers Fishponds
Fishponds is Bristol City Council ground, and that is the authority whose rules we work to on your address. It matters more here than most people expect: our patch straddles a council boundary, so a rule that applies on one street can have no force at all a mile away. We check the right authority's conservation area map and its Article 4 Directions against your postcode before we price anything, and we tell you what we found. The full picture is in our guide to fence height and planning permission in Bristol.
What we do in Fishponds
- Boundary checked before we quote Whose fence it is, and what the council allows on that street, settled first.
- Fixed written quotes Measured length, height, materials, waste and price on one sheet.
- No cold calling, ever We never knock doors after a storm and we never leaflet a price.
- Insured installers Public liability cover on every job. Ask and we send the certificate.
Get a price in Fishponds
Free visit, a proper measure, the boundary checked, then a fixed price in writing.