Hi all,
I'm looking for ideas and suggestions how to erect a new fence beside our neighbours patio.
There was an old panel fence but it's gradually fallen apart over the years and one of the posts which was beside the patio (roughly where the camera is in the first photo below) rotted at ground level.
You can also see where a couple of the blocks are leaning. This is historical and probably occurred when the patio was laid about 10 years ago.
Looking back from the opposite direction shows the leaning blocks and you can just about see that the slabs at the far end are loose.
My dilemma is this:
I want to erect a new close board fence, with the posts, rails and gravel boards on my side, and the boards on the neighbour's side. All is well apart from when I get to this patio area.
I know that if I put the boards on my side I could fit a gravel board and bring the boards down to meet it, hiding the blocks, but that's not what I want to do. I think the extra moisture generated at this point will just rot the boards away in a relatively short space of time (as it did the post that was there). Also, the owners of the property aren't living there and are renting it out as an HMO, so I want the majority of the fence's structure on my side so that I can maintain it more effectively.
My thought was to use Post Saver sleeves on the posts to minimise the risk of rotting (http://www.postsaver.com/Postsaver/Postsaver-Uses/Fencing/Garden-Fencing.html), not have a gravel board at this point, and bring the boards down to stop an inch or so above the level of their patio, but that will leave a foot or so of ugly block work visible on my side.
Any ideas how to conceal this eyesore and minimise the risk of rot in the future?
All ideas gratefully received
Tony.
I'm looking for ideas and suggestions how to erect a new fence beside our neighbours patio.
There was an old panel fence but it's gradually fallen apart over the years and one of the posts which was beside the patio (roughly where the camera is in the first photo below) rotted at ground level.
My dilemma is this:
I want to erect a new close board fence, with the posts, rails and gravel boards on my side, and the boards on the neighbour's side. All is well apart from when I get to this patio area.
I know that if I put the boards on my side I could fit a gravel board and bring the boards down to meet it, hiding the blocks, but that's not what I want to do. I think the extra moisture generated at this point will just rot the boards away in a relatively short space of time (as it did the post that was there). Also, the owners of the property aren't living there and are renting it out as an HMO, so I want the majority of the fence's structure on my side so that I can maintain it more effectively.
My thought was to use Post Saver sleeves on the posts to minimise the risk of rotting (http://www.postsaver.com/Postsaver/Postsaver-Uses/Fencing/Garden-Fencing.html), not have a gravel board at this point, and bring the boards down to stop an inch or so above the level of their patio, but that will leave a foot or so of ugly block work visible on my side.
Any ideas how to conceal this eyesore and minimise the risk of rot in the future?
All ideas gratefully received
Tony.