Professional Kent fence builders installing an extensive selection of fencing and gate options.

With a wide range of services including domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, equestrian, sports and play area fencing installation. Sourcing the best quality materials, choices for different applications include tanalised softwood, various hardwood timbers, steel, concrete and composite.

Providing a full site clearance service where required and comprehensive range of options for extensive repair, replacement or completely new fencing installation.

Local services, fencing contractors to fix or replace the garden fence and gate in Ashford and surrounding Kent areas.

Please call 01233 740389 or email for more information.

Some of the most popular choices for fencing include closeboard, waney overlap panels, palisade, post and rail plus trellis.

A brief overview of these types of fencing using tanalised softwood class 4 timber with some examples:

Close board offers good privacy, wind protection and reasonable security. Available in morticed form or panels. Strongest when installed as a traditional morticed type. Recommended for fencing contractors to not exceed 2.7m in bay length for reduced wind flex. Posts that are 125mm x 100mm are superior to the standard 100mm x 100mm option, especially useful if the fence is in a windy place.

Close board at 2.4m height

Waney panels are a cheaper option compared to closeboard. Heavier duty 4" x 4" posts are preferred over 3" x 3", giving considerably less movement. Not all panels are equal, the colour, treatment process and thickness of timber should be taken into consideration.

Waney overlap

Palisade fence with round or pointed tops tends to be a lower height decorative fence that works well with character properties. Used where security is not a particular concern. A cost effective choice that always looks charming, also known as picket fencing.

Palisade

Post and rail, a selection from morticed posts to on the face rails, riven rail or driven stakes. This one is good for keeping a safe barrier for children, pets and livestock when accompanied with wire such as chainlink, stockwire or rabbit wire. It is best practice when fencers ram back the posts with soil, stones and rocks as opposed to concreting them, where conditions permit. This gives improved drainage for the posts. Regardless of fencing type it is usually possible to ram the top 1/3 of the hole with non concrete infill.

Post and rail

Trellis fence custom made or off the shelf, can give the perfect garden screening adding another dimension to the area. More decorative examples can be fairly expensive for the materials, although the stunning finish provided is usually considered to be more than worth the cost.

Square trellis

Which ever type of fencing you lean towards, be rest assured that any fence or gate installation carried out by Rob McGee & Son will be to the highest standard and completed for a fair price. Quotes provided with full details and no hidden extras. With decades of experience all customers are in safe hands and guaranteed to receive a high quality professional fence.

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Timber fence post repairs: To have the contractor replace the post completely or fit a spur? If there is reasonable space, a concrete spur can be an effective long term repair, outlasting timber replacement options. In addition to this, the cost is approx fifty percent of a full replacement for a morticed close boarded fence post.

For a home grown sustainable timber, chestnut coppice when distributed locally is the perfect carbon neutral choice. The main products have historically and traditionally been spiles, stakes, posts and rails. Adventurous manufacturers have chosen to build an extensive range of custom lattice trellis and gates. The best quality timber is sourced from slow growing regions where the ground conditions are harder and the temperatures are slightly lower. Instead of 12 to 15 year growth cycles the crop duration will be 18 yrs plus. One company that own local Kent woodlands and produce chestnut products in a sustainable way is Torry Hill

A one off simple outdoor chestnut side table, that we created from a small part of an 80 year old maiden sweet chestnut tree:

Chestnut rings

Kent locations: Previously installing fencing in Ashford, Faversham, Canterbury, Sandwich, Folkestone, Lydd, Tenterden, Sevenoaks, Maidstone and Rochester, including nearby villages.

Rob McGee & Son, Challock, Ashford, Kent. Tel 01233740389

26-09-2024