What we do
Seven jobs, from one blown-over panel to a full boundary run with the council position checked first. Garden and boundary fencing across Bristol, nothing else bolted on.
- 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.
Two of these share top billing, on purpose
Fence repairs and new fencing sit level with each other on this site, and we would rather explain that than let you work it out. Repairs are the job most people ring about. A blown-over panel, a post that has gone at ground level, a run leaning after a south-westerly. A full replacement is the bigger job, and it is where our money is.
Put those two facts together and you have the oldest trick in this trade: the firm that turns up to look at one broken panel and leaves having sold a whole new boundary. We will always tell you which one your fence actually needs, including the times when the answer is three posts and an afternoon rather than forty metres of new closeboard. If we think the run has another five years in it, we say so, and we would rather you rang us again in five years than paid us twice as much today.
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Fence Repairs and Storm Damage
Leaning runs, snapped posts, panels out on the lawn after a south-westerly. We tell you straight away whether it is a repair or a replacement, and we do not talk anybody into the bigger job.
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New Fencing Installed
Full boundary runs in closeboard, feather edge or hit and miss, built on site rather than dropped in as a kit. Line pegged, levels taken off the high end, posts set before a board goes on.
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Fence Panels Replaced
One panel, three panels or the whole side, swapped like for like where the posts are still sound. The quickest job we do, and usually the cheapest way to close a gap in a boundary.
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Posts, Concrete and Gravel Boards
Concrete or timber posts set properly in the ground, with gravel boards keeping the panel up out of the wet. When a fence goes over here it is nearly always the post that went, not the panel.
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Garden Gates and Driveway Gates
Side gates, pedestrian gates and made to measure driveway gates, hung on posts that can carry the weight. Frames squared to the opening you actually have, not to a catalogue size.
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Composite Fencing
Recycled wood and plastic boards in aluminium or composite posts. Costs more up front than timber and never needs treating, so it pays its difference back slowly rather than quickly.
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Planning, Article 4 and Boundary Checks
Height limits, conservation areas, the streets where taking an old fence or wall down needs permission, and whose boundary it is in the first place. Checked before we price the work.
What actually decides a fencing price in Bristol
Five things move the number, and only one of them is the one people ask about on the phone.
- Length. The obvious one, and the least interesting. Measured on the ground, not paced or read off a plan.
- Height. Taller costs more in materials and it costs more in the ground, because a taller panel catches more wind and the posts have to answer for it.
- The ground. Clay, made ground, old concrete, rubble from a demolished wall, or Pennant Sandstone a spade's depth down in east Bristol. What the post holes go into changes the day's work more than the timber does.
- Access. The number that catches people out. A long thin Victorian garden with no side gate means every post, panel and bag of ballast goes through the house, and every barrow of old fence comes back out the same way. In Bedminster, Southville and the Bishopston terraces that is normal, and it belongs in the price rather than in a surprise on the day.
- Whether the run steps down a slope. A level run is straightforward. A boundary falling away down a hill has to be stepped or raked, which means more posts, more cutting, and gravel boards doing different work at each end. On Bristol ground that is common rather than unusual.
We measure all five on site before anything is priced, and the written quote lists them separately so you can see what you are paying for. Where a boundary needs a council check first, that happens before the price, not after.
What is not on this list
We do not do paving, turfing, patios or general garden maintenance. Fencing and gates is the whole of it. If you need the rest done, we would rather point you at somebody who does it properly than pretend to cover everything.
Not sure which one you need?
Send a photo and the rough length. We will tell you whether it is a repair or a replacement, and price it in writing.