From a loose garden wall to a picket fence with handrail
This Isle of Wight garden was boxed in by an old decorative wall that had worked loose and was no longer safe to lean on. The brief was straightforward: take the wall down, keep the planting, and put back a timber boundary that looked right — with a proper handrail along the paved path.
We broke out the failing wall and set new timber posts along the existing low plinth. Each post was bolted in with threaded bar and resin so the line would stay solid, not rock in the Island weather. Rails went on next, then a rounded picket fence to close the garden side, finished with post caps.
Along the path we fitted a galvanised handrail so the route is easier and safer to use. The result is a clean picket boundary, a firm fixing you cannot get from a crumbling wall, and a walkway that works for accessibility — without losing the shrubs and levels already in the garden.
Old loose wall removed and replaced with a timber picket fence. Posts fixed with threaded bar and resin; galvanised handrail added along the path for accessibility.
Work included
- Take down the loose decorative wall
- Set timber posts on the existing plinth
- Threaded bar and resin post fixings
- Picket fence, rails and post caps
- Galvanised handrail along the paved path
Leylandii and rusted railings out, close board fence in
This garden had given up a lot of space to a line of 12ft leylandii and a rusted metal fence on the roadside wall. The hedge blocked light, the old railings were finished, and the ground behind them was uneven — not a layout you could use easily.
We took the leylandii out, cleared the failed metal fence and wire, and dug out the old soil so the boundary could sit on the existing brick wall and still steal back as much garden as possible. New timber posts and rails went in first, then a full close board fence along the pavement and around the corner, with gravel boards to keep the panels off the ground.
The shed was moved as part of the same job so the cleared ground could work as one open, level space. What the customer wanted — and is happy for us to say — is a practical area for wheelchair access. The new fence gives privacy from the road; the garden behind it is usable again.
12ft leylandii and rusted metal railings removed. New closeboard fence on the brick wall, ground levelled, and the garden opened up as a practical area for wheelchair access.
Work included
- Remove 12ft leylandii
- Take out the rusted metal fence and wire
- Dig out old soil and level the garden
- Closeboard timber fence on the existing brick wall
- Relocate the shed
- Open up a practical area for wheelchair access