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Fence Treatment work

Hi all

I'm just starting out in my gardening/handyman business. Yesterday I did a hedge cut job for a new client (recommend via someone I know).

Client asked me to quote on staining the fences. It's quite a longish run, most 6ft high and around 120ft i

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Fence Aftercare

Hi all

 

just wondering what after care people suggest/offer customers for closeboard and panel fences, along the lines of staining/treating the timber to prolong life?

 

Josh

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Curved Fencing

Hi All

 

I have a client asking for a curved fence which sounds easy but has proven to be a challenge. I am trying to do it as a close board fence but obviously they go in straight lines. I have contacted a company that make bespoke curved fence panels

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Dreamers, Fence install pricing

Hi all

would be great full of some help with this

i went to quote a 30ft fence and gate install that needs to be in place before rspca let the client have the dog.

told the lady it would be £300 plus as an estimate as she was asking. I am new to this so

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Fence in Hampshire - looking for a someone to build one

Hi ,

One of our customer interested in our fence panels ( Giant Back bamboo) and need someone to instal it. It comes with a wooden frame that needs to be fixed to a structure.
any one interested ?

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Fence panel styles per region

Hi guys, I run the buying at Tradelocker and I am looking for a tad bit of help, as a nationwide supplier i am finding it harder and harder to pin point product preferences per geographic area

Example and area in need of Help!

We are about to launch a

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Fencing clips, do you dont you?!

I dont do a lot of fencing, but when using panels i always use these clips from Wickes

http://beta.wickes.co.uk/Fence-Fixing-Clip/p/541399

Not exactly cheap when using loads, i normally use 6 per panel if its a 6 footer, 4 for others.

Easy to use, nice

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Quality Trellis, Screens & Fencing - Worth Your Reputation?

Are quality products worth investing in?

Do you buy the cheapest products for your landscaping projects?
If so, is saving a few pounds here and there worth damaging your reputation?

If you go to local high street or business park companies - mentioning

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Chain Link Fence

Little job for those of you who are snowed in... Anyone know where I can get hold of one 12.5m or 25m roll of BLACK PVC coated chainlink fencing 900mm high? After a lot of hours of fruitless internet searching and many phonecalls to wire and fencing

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Venetian style fence panels

Anyone have any experience (aesthetically or quality wise) on these style of panels and/or good suppliers?. I have a need to integrate some screening into a site we are soon to work upon and need something similar ( client request ) to separate an ar

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Attaching a fence post to a wall.

Today we were erecting up a 4' high feather edge fence, one of the posts had to be placed at the end of an old garden wall.

 

We attached it to the wall using m10 studding in Kem-fix about 200mm deep, then bolted the post to this after it had cured, ma

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100mm Planed Post & Stainless Steel Wire "Fence"

We are putting in an 'informal' fence where will use 100mm Planed/smooth 'European' style posts with 3 or 4 strands of stainless wire running along the length of the fence.

 

Anyone any experience on whether it's best to go 'thru' the posts with the

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On the Gurdian, Saddle planters, best4garden

Just saw it now, online. On Friday I was told that the Guardian wrote about the saddle planters that I sell for railings, fences and gates.  but now I saw it cool. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/05/new-york-style-balcony-flower-pots

 

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Fence Panels, What colours?

Its been a while since I made any comments on here, that's purely because we are very busy manufacturing wpc decking and developing new products.
We are about to launch a new fencing system (Fence-in-a-Box). Basically a self-assembly fence panel that

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Nick Milne Garden Services is now part of The Fence Doctor

Dear AllNick Milne Garden services is pleased to be a part of the Fence Doctor (http://www.thefencedoctor.co.uk/) and is delighted to cater for your all of your fencing needs.NMGS would like to extend thanks to Karl Harrison of Harrison Gardens (www.

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Fencing - 2 slotted concrete posts, 6 " gravel board and one 5 x 6 panel

Ive been asked to install the above in a garden, the posts will need holes dug out. I have done fencing before but never for someone else so i know all whats involved. Im thinking this will take two people three hours so that will work out £90 labour

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Treating fence panels

HiAfter having to treat well over 150 panels on Friday and the prospect of another 200 to do on Monday in minus 2 temps doesn't fill me with a lot of Christmas cheer.We treat them all by hand and was just wondering if anyone uses any spray method, if

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