Paisley, Renfrewshire
Fencing and decking in Paisley
Paisley gardens run from long, narrow strips behind Victorian terraces to open-plan rear gardens on the newer estates, and the fencing question is different in each. The narrow ones are usually about privacy and access; the open ones are usually about defining a boundary that was never properly marked.
Long narrow gardens
Behind a terrace you often have two long boundaries and a garden three or four metres wide. Fence height matters here more than anywhere, because a tall fence down both sides of a narrow garden makes a corridor. Sometimes the better answer is a lower fence with planting, and we will say so even though it is a smaller job for us.
Access is the practical problem
A rear garden reached only through the house changes how a fencing job runs. Everything comes through your hallway, including the old fence on the way out. We sheet the route and work in a way that keeps that to as few trips as possible, but it does add time and it is better priced in than discovered.
Permitted heights
As a rule of thumb, a fence at the back can go higher than one facing a road, and anything above two metres generally needs consent. Where a boundary fronts a footpath or road the permitted height is lower. We work within it rather than putting up something you get asked to take down.
Decking on a sloping garden
Plenty of Paisley gardens slope away from the house. Decking is often the cheapest way to get a level, usable area out of that, and a raised deck gives you storage underneath as a bonus. Once a deck is more than 600mm above ground it may need consent, which we will flag before building rather than after.
Before & after
Replacing a Collapsing Boundary Fence
A rotted painted panel fence, held up mostly by the ivy growing through it, replaced with close-board timber on properly set posts.