Branching out

[Warren1]

Quercus mate goes well with all my stihl kit , looks rather fetching next to my gb axes and silkys , much to wife's disgust all equipment on boards in house in full view . The 121 is great drives the big bits with ease got a brake on it so no dead leg on a jam ,great for planting ,great for digging stuff out best of all its a stihl .

[Shane]

Luckily the front fence had to be below 1.5 mtrs anyway to minimise cutting back the cherry-plum which is v close to the boundary - luckily we knew a tree surgeon who did a sympathetic reduction.

[Fenland]

You may find the below interesting reading- copied from the Planning Portal

 

Planning Permission

 

You will need to apply for planning permission if you wish to erect or add to a fence, wall or gate and:

 

it would be over 1 metre high and next to a highway used by vehicles (or the footpath of such a highway); or over 2 metres high elsewhere; or

 

your right to put up or alter fences, walls and gates is removed by an article 4 direction or a planning condition; or

 

your house is a listed building or in the curtilage of a listed building.

the fence, wall or gate, or any other boundary involved, forms a boundary with a neighbouring listed building or its curtilage.

[welsh wood]

Nice job Shane and keep up the good work,but and I know I'm going to get slaged for this if any other trades other than the arb boys buys a chainsaw and charges a customer, say to lop down a tree they are up in arms wanting to ban sales of chainsaws to other trades,there's a thread on here somewhere.

 

Now I will keep my head down,honest Shane this is no personal reflection on you.

[dig-dug-dan]

There should be gravel boards, the arriss rails have been attached using repair brackets, should of used morticed posts, and for some reason you have used concrete repair spurs to attach to. It looks good, but not the correct construction

[Shane]

Thanks dig-dug-dan.

Good to know how it should ideally be done.

How strong are the morticed joints? Whenver I see them they look a bit flimsy.

 

I used concrete spurs to keep the posts above ground (rot a lot more slowly).

 

I will try a 'properly constructed' fence in the back garden and see how it goes.

 

Thanks again for the info.

Shane

[Matthew Storrs]

There should be gravel boards, the arriss rails have been attached using repair brackets, should of used morticed posts, and for some reason you have used concrete repair spurs to attach to. It looks good, but not the correct construction

 

Not necessarily, gravel boards primary function is to prevent strimmer damage and prevent rot when the pales come in to contact with the ground, seeing as the fence is set above concrete there will be no strimmers and the pales won't be touching the ground.

There is no one way of putting up any fence and as long as you use common sense and it ends up looking good you won't go far wrong,

If its your first fence I'd say you,ve done a cracking job and you will find diffent and perhaps better ways of doing things the more fences you put up.

[Matthew Storrs]

Another tip to bear in mind, its worth putting capping strips on top, keeps the rot of the top of the pales and maintains a straight top otherwise the sun can warp the tops and In a few years it can look a little squiffy!

[s.varty]

 

I used concrete spurs to keep the posts above ground (rot a lot more slowly).

 

As fencing is part of my income i wouldnt advise putting spurs on as i dont want the posts to last 30 odd years, but for youself youve done the best thing, as said for your 1st fencing job, its a good un:thumbup1:

[dig-dug-dan]

Morticed or even vnotch posts are very strong. The trouble with those spurs is that someone ends up them on their land. Incidentally, it looks like the fence is round the wrong way. The owner should be looking at the backing rails, the neighbour sees the "good side". Something to bear in mind, as I have been in the middle of legal disputes about this in the past.