Fencing in Gamston

Fencing and Gates in Gamston

Gamston is a modern estate on the Rushcliffe side of the river, built out from the 1980s onward with later phases toward Bassingfield. Gardens are neatly laid out and mostly modest in size, which has one consequence people notice straight away: the fence is the biggest thing you look at from the back of the house. In a small garden a boundary is not background, it is the view.

The other consequence is timing. Developer fencing goes in across a whole phase at once, usually as lap panels on timber posts, and it therefore fails across a whole phase at once. If your neighbours are all replacing theirs, that is why.

We work supplied and fitted or supply only. Most Gamston replacements go back as composite or closeboard on concrete posts with gravel boards — the timber posts that came with the house are usually the reason the fence failed in the first place.

What We Install in Gamston

Why Developer Fencing Fails, and What to Put Back

Almost every Gamston fence we replace failed in the same two places, and neither of them is the panel.

• Timber posts at ground level. A timber post rots where it meets the soil, whatever the panel above it is doing. Once one post goes, the panels either side start to move and the whole run follows within a couple of years. Concrete posts remove the problem entirely.
• Panels sitting on the ground. With no gravel board, the bottom of the panel wicks water out of the soil continuously. Concrete gravel boards lift the timber clear and also let you take the panel out later without digging.

On the panel itself, the honest comparison for a small Gamston garden:

Composite costs more up front, needs no treatment, holds its colour well past ten years and looks deliberate rather than default — which matters when it is the dominant surface in a small garden. Anthracite grey is far and away the most requested. Closeboard timber is cheaper, lasts well on concrete posts and gravel boards, and can be sprayed or brushed in a colour if you want it darker. Lap panels — the developer default — are the cheapest and the shortest-lived, and we would generally steer you away from putting them back.

If you go composite and want a matching gate, order both together. Composite gates made later from a different batch rarely match exactly.

Getting Rid of an Old Fence in Gamston

Gamston is in Rushcliffe Borough. The garden waste subscription here is among the more expensive in the county at around £47 for the first bin and £37 for a second, collected fortnightly with no collections over the Christmas and New Year period.

It will not take fence panels regardless — treated timber is not garden waste, and composite certainly is not.

Your tip is Rugby Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7HA, run by Nottinghamshire County Council. You must register your vehicle in advance, up to two per household, and a van or trailer needs a permit arranged at least 24 hours ahead. It is one of the busier sites in the county, so a weekday is easier than a Saturday.

Fence Heights, Permission and Estate Covenants

Permitted development generally allows 2 metres at a rear or side boundary and 1 metre where the boundary fronts a highway, which includes a pavement beside a road. Anything added on top, trellis included, counts toward the total.

On a modern estate there is a second layer that catches people more often than planning law does: covenants in the deeds. Some Gamston phases restrict what can be put up at the front, or require boundaries to be maintained in a particular form. That is a private contractual matter, not a planning one, so the council cannot tell you about it — it is in your title documents. Worth a look before you commit to a front boundary.

For the planning side, Rushcliffe Borough Council's planning team will confirm your position at no cost. We are not planning consultants.

Why Choose Nottingham Fencing

We are a local, family-run firm run by founders Adam and Stephen, based on Beechdale Road with over 15 years' experience across Nottingham and the county. We fit a lot of composite in Gamston and Edwalton, so if you want to see how a colour actually looks at length rather than on a sample board, ask at the survey.

• The old fence goes with us. Registered waste carrier, licence CBDU474286 — removal and disposal handled properly, nothing left on your drive.
• Measured before it is priced. The free survey is where we check post centres, ground levels and whether existing bases can be reused — which is what stops a price changing halfway through.
• Made to measure, not cut down. Gates are built to your opening rather than trimmed from a stock size, so they still swing properly a year later.
• Supply only if you want it. Happy to just sell you panels, posts, gravel boards and trellis if you are fitting it yourself.
• Insured and guaranteed. Public liability insurance in place and a 12 month guarantee on our work.*
• Reviewed by the people we have worked for. 4.9 out of 5 from over 160 Google reviews.

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Areas We Cover Near Gamston

We cover Gamston and the surrounding Rushcliffe area:

Fencing in Gamston — Common Questions