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>, 3d&6d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "TheScullster" <phil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > Hi all
> >
> > Desperation stakes here!
> > Looking for attractive fence panels to border the side of our back
garden
> > onto a public street.
> > SWMBO won't accept the old "larch lap" or feather edge, mainly because
> > this is what everyone has.
> > Have looked at the "woven" european style which (although pretty) have
> > gaps that allow view-through from certain angles.
> > Close boarded fences, panels or hand made are rather industrial.
> > Ideally we are looking for a panel that will fit into slotted posts
> > (although this is not essential) which is pleasing to the eye from
both
> > sides (subjective I know). It must not allow nosy sorts to see in and
> > must be fairly rhobust as it will be alongside a public footpath.
> >
> > Any suggestions gratefully received.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
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> Concrete Block and rendered with a Square mesh trellis on your side with
> something growing on it.
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> Feather edge boarding for the outside with the above square mesh trellis
> inside
>
> Low winded, but grow a natural hedge on the boundary. We have Holly,
Bay,
> and other things, but it will take a time to grow and trim
>
> Posts and cross timbers in the normal way with vertical 3 x 1 placed
> alternately inside and outside. Makes an attractive fence which would
appear
> see though by the 'gaps' on one side, but there is another slat on the
other
> side if you see what I mean
>
> Just a few
>
> Mike
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Have to agree on the wall idea, if you use the blocks on their sides any
muppet can build a reasonably straight upright wall and its cheaper than
good quality panels with concrete posts (and you never have to
paint/replace it)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
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