Stock, picket or other fencing?

[PeasInApod]

Hello 👋

 

I stumbled across your forum and was hoping for a bit of advice?

 

We just moved to a rural rented property where we plan to stay for around 5 years.

We need to fence an area of the garden at the front (approx 30 metres, easy access, one corner, soft ground) due to a road as we have dogs. 

Our landlord is happy for us to do whatever but may well want us to remove the fence at the end of the tenancy, I guess depending on how nice it looks, not sure on the criteria!

We need it to be about 3ft high, not spoil the views and keep the dogs in, though they are not really escape artists but one is quite small, so no huge gaps. Need to be able strim the grass easily too.

Would stock fencing or picket fencing be the best option? Or is there something else?

Have to consider price a bit as its only 'semi permentant' so to speak and ease of removal if required. No concreting etc. We already have stock fencing around some of the property, so that would seem fitting. But would picket fencing be cheaper/easier/look nicer? What sort of price would I be looking at?

Any ideas and suggestions welcome.

Thanks for reading if you made it this far 😀

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

I stuck this up quick when it became clear our dog would dig over the vegetables, it's just on metpost spikes banged in. Looks nicer than stock, quick, will last 5 years, and removable.

 

That's what I'd go for, don't know what supply is like now but at the time it was difficult to get hold of so ended up ripping down some old planks.

 

[scbk]

5 hours ago, PeasInApod said:

. But would picket fencing be cheaper/easier/look nicer?

Picket fencing will look nicer, but defiantly won't be cheaper or easier (faster) to erect.

 

It's a shame the landlord doesn't want to invest in a nice fence for their house.

 

 

For a cheap semi-temporary fence, get the cheapest fenceposts you can, knock them in every couple of metres, then get a roll of mesh and staple that to the posts.

 

The mesh could be stock netting, weld mesh, chicken wire etc. If you were lucky you might get some second hand locally!

For 30m, might cost £50-£200?

[woody paul]

Chestnut pales, very strong and easy to take down and roll up when you move on. Not cheap but you can reuse. 

[Stere]

plastic pea net or  chicken wire plus some bamboo tree canes would be cheapest option

 

3ft is low are the sasauge dogs?

[Squaredy]

19 minutes ago, Stere said:

3ft is low are the sasauge dogs?

Now if they are sausage dogs some lolipop sticks stuck in the ground should be plenty high enough...

[Will C]

8 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

I stuck this up quick when it became clear our dog would dig over the vegetables, it's just on metpost spikes banged in. Looks nicer than stock, quick, will last 5 years, and removable.

 

That's what I'd go for, don't know what supply is like now but at the time it was difficult to get hold of so ended up ripping down some old planks.

 

You can put gravel board under the pickets so it is far easier to strim if needed, other than that I reckon Dan has got it right. 

[trigger_andy]

Keep in mind you’ve got to look at the fence for the next five years or so. I’d be putting in a picket style fence myself. Or at least posts, rails and 4-6” slats. After 5 years it will be half rotten anyway.