The Best Way to Keep Panel Fencing looking Good for Longer

We have all secretly commented on our neighbours or even our own families poorly maintained or missing panel fencing and many of us have turned a blind eye when our own fencing becomes unsightly and old.

Timber is currently and probably always will be the number one material used as fencing for both residential homes and commercial premises in the United Kingdom, the fencing industry is big business in the UK with replacement fence panels being stocked by all major DIY chains and garden centres across the country. There are also a growing number of independent fencing companies all eager to get your businesses knowing that when exposed to the elements wooden fencing will not last forever and will eventually need replacing.

But who should you choose for your replacement fence panels? The well known DIY chain? The garden centre? or the independent fencing company? Well, If you’re replacing your fencing simply to sell your home then go for the budget panels sold by DIY chains and garden centres, these budget panels are cheaply made, poorly manufactured and un-treated but will look great for few months whilst you sell your home, if, however you want your new fencing to last for many years always use an independent professional fencing company.

The problem with the cheap, budget panels is that they are made for cost using cheap, soft, low grade timber, they are poorly put together with budget nails and if treated at all they are treated after assembly with a low grade preservative making them rot from the inside after just a few months, especially if installed during the damp winter months. A budget panel will also be thinner so will rattle and have a inclination to even blow out during high winds. The wood used in Heavy duty vertical boarded fencing is of a much higher quality and usually pressure treated with a high quality preservative such as 'Tanatone’ before assemble making the panel last longer, these high grade panels are also much thicker so don’t rattle in the wind or blow out during storms. If you treat a high grade fence panel each spring with a good quality preservative then they can last up to ten year which in the long run makes them less expensive than their budget counterpart.

Finding a professional fencing company may not be as easy as it might first sound and answering a small classified ad in the local press or responding to a leaflet that has been pushed through your door could result in you paying for so called high quality fencing panels and getting budget panels that the cowboy fencer has simple purchased from the nearest DIY chain. A professional fencing company will always have its own premises with a real address where its fencing in manufactured and assembled, they will have a real working landline telephone number and not just a mobile and in most cases will even have an up to date website where you can view their products, learn their manufacturing techniques and view a gallery of their recent work. So remember even when having replacement fencing, be vigilant and do your research to make sure that you are in fact using a professional company, a great place to start nowadays is the internet where searching for ' professional fencing Liverpool ' for example should return a good number of local companies for you to vet and research, and don’t be afraid to ask for an address of a recent customer so you can see their quality of work for yourself and visit their premises to see their manufacturing techniques first hand.