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  John Baker January 25, 2013 at 8:28pm

  Am I alone in always having disliked intensely those concrete slotted posts. Understand the durability advantage they give but they are ugly and particularly unforgiving if someone knocks them and they do break.
  No harm to OP, looks like a neat job.
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  phil smith yewtreelandscapes.com January 25, 2013 at 8:40pm

  
  
  John Baker said:

  Am I alone in always having disliked intensely those concrete slotted posts. Understand the durability advantage they give but they are ugly and particularly unforgiving if someone knocks them and they do break.
  No harm to OP, looks like a neat job.

  totaly agree, i hate using concrete posts of any kind but that is what the customer wanted even after i explained that they can break, like you say the slightest knock and they can snap and then after the wind keeps blowing against the fence then the crack will open up over time, i wouldnt want to be the person that has to replace one of these posts, i know how much concrete is holding them in
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  Andrew Evans January 25, 2013 at 10:36pm

  Nice work Fair play! I also agree on the concrete post issue, I always try and convince customers to go for timber posts.
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  Chris Auld January 26, 2013 at 12:09pm

  The wall looks great but i think it would have looked better with a nice hedge, perhaps Portugese Laurel, rather than the fence.
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  John Baker January 26, 2013 at 2:42pm

  Are there not rules/regulations concerning the height of fences and hedges next to a pavement?
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  phil smith yewtreelandscapes.com January 26, 2013 at 2:51pm

  
  
  John Baker said:

  Are there not rules/regulations concerning the height of fences and hedges next to a pavement?

  the customer had to get planning to have this built, but it was only replacing what was there originaly anyway, their garden height is the same level as the top of the wall, so when inside of their garden all you can see is a 6ft fence
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  Kieran Ray January 26, 2013 at 3:54pm

  How comes they had to get planning if just replacing like for like?

  looks good by the way!
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  phil smith yewtreelandscapes.com January 26, 2013 at 6:36pm

  
  
  Kieran Ray said:

  How comes they had to get planning if just replacing like for like?

  looks good by the way!

  they had to get planning as the existing wall and fence was 1 metre away from the path but the verge that was there belonged to the customer, they just wanted to take advantage of what was theirs and just wanted to move the wall and fence over to gain the extra space in their rear garden, they went to the council to ask if it ok to do the work and first thing was you will need planning, £150 please
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  Kieran Ray January 26, 2013 at 6:40pm

  Oh right, not so straight forward as I thought, its the same around here if you want to do the same thing. I thought it was literally a new for old replacement.