Our Work
Photographs of jobs we have finished across Nottingham and the surrounding towns, with the materials, colours and finishes used on each one. Everything here is our own work, photographed on site.
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Composite Fencing
Composite is the most requested upgrade we fit. No treating, no silvering, and it holds its colour well past ten years. Every run below is on concrete posts with gravel boards — the part underneath is what decides how long the part you see lasts.
Posts and boards in first
Black-painted concrete posts and rock-faced gravel boards set out before a single panel goes in. Getting this stage right is what the finished run depends on.
The finished run
Grey composite boards in a black frame with cathedral design screening above, alongside a resin driveway.
Close up of the detail
The board profile, the black frame and the rock-faced gravel board at the base. Composite fencing in Bulwell, using concrete posts and rock-faced gravel boards with cathedral design composite screening.
Silver grey with decorative toppers
A front boundary in Mansfield. The lighter silver grey reads very differently from anthracite in daylight.
Front boundary, Mansfield
Same job from the road. Front boundaries are generally limited to 1 metre where they front a pavement.
Fitted into concrete posts
Composite panels drop into standard concrete posts, so an existing post line can often be reused.
Wall-top screening, Long Eaton
Cathedral design composite screening fixed along an existing brick wall — height and privacy without rebuilding the wall.
Front garden fencing and gate, Hucknall
A low front boundary with matching gate. Ordering the gate with the panels is what keeps the colour consistent.
Anthracite in a black frame
The two-tone effect of grey boards in a black frame, fitted into concrete posts alongside a driveway.
Rear garden boundary
A full rear boundary in anthracite grey. On a long run, never having to treat it is the whole argument for composite.
Front garden, Sutton in Ashfield
Composite on concrete posts along a front garden, with the ground still to be made good.
Chilwell
Panels between concrete posts with gravel boards — the specification we fit most often.
Alleyway boundary
Cathedral screening above a solid run along an alleyway. Concrete posts matter more where you do not control the far side.
Behind a planted border
Composite behind established planting. Nothing needs brushing or treating behind a border you cannot reach.
Mounted on an old brick wall
Fitted above sound Victorian brickwork rather than replacing it — far cheaper, and the wall outlasts any fence.
Silver grey with cathedral screen
The same screen design in silver grey. Worth seeing a colour along a full run rather than on a sample board.
Palm leaf topper
A different screen profile on the same board. The topper is where most of the character comes from.
Horizontal bar screen
A plainer bar screen for a more contemporary finish, on concrete posts and rock-faced gravel boards.
Between brick pillars
Panels made to fit each opening between existing pillars, which is where made-to-measure earns its money.
The same job from the lawn
Every bay is a slightly different width. Stock panels do not fit an opening like this; made-to-measure ones do.
With a matching gate
Fence and gate ordered together so the colour and board profile match — a gate made later rarely does.
Walnut with a slatted screen
Not everything has to be grey. Walnut boards with a slatted composite screen above, on concrete posts and rock-faced gravel boards. Composite comes in brown, cream and green as well as the greys — worth asking to see a colour along a real run before deciding.
Composite Driveway Gates
Every gate here was made to the opening rather than cut down from a stock size — a driveway entrance is almost never square, and it shows immediately when a gate is forced to fit one. Composite boards in an aluminium frame, hung on adjustable hinges and finished to match the fencing where there is any.
Flat top double gates
Solid vertical composite boards in a black aluminium frame, made to fill the opening between two walls. Nothing to treat and nothing to warp.
Anthracite grey, part open
Hung on adjustable hinges so the leaves can be trued up on site — an opening between two buildings is rarely square.
Gates with matching fencing
Gates and flanking panels ordered together so the board profile and colour match. Made separately they rarely do.
Arched top with ball finials
An arched head lifts the centre of the opening. The ball finials are a small detail that changes how the whole entrance reads.
Arched to fit an arch, Arnold
Made to follow the brick arch above it. A stock gate cut down would have left a gap the shape of the arch — this one was built to the curve.
Arched, grey woodgrain
A deeper woodgrain emboss on the same board. Composite holds this texture without the splitting timber develops.
Fleur de lis on a flat head
Cast finials set along a straight head. Metal detail on a composite gate gives the look of wrought iron with none of the upkeep.
The same detail in a passage
Fleur de lis on a narrower opening between house and boundary. The finials sit above the frame, so they add height without adding weight to the leaf.
Fleur de lis frieze, Long Eaton
A lighter natural board with an ornamental frieze and finials above — the fullest version of the three, and the one that changes the entrance most.
Walnut with cathedral top
The cathedral screen used on the fencing, carried onto the gate. It lets light through the head of the opening without losing privacy at eye level.
A full entrance with postbox
Double driveway gates with a matching pedestrian gate alongside, and a postbox built into the leaf so the postman never needs the gate opened.
The same entrance from inside
From the drive. The postbox is emptied from this side, and the frames, drop bolts and hinges are all sized for the weight of a composite leaf.
Composite Pedestrian & Side Gates
Side and garden gates get used every day, which is why the frame and hinges matter more than the boards do. Every one here is made to its opening — passages between houses are rarely square, rarely plumb, and almost never a standard width.
Cathedral screen top
A solid leaf with a cathedral screen above it. Light and a sight line at the top, privacy where it matters.
The same, on a wider opening
A wider single leaf. Past a certain width a gate needs heavier hinges and a deeper frame, which is decided at the survey rather than after.
Arched with fleur de lis
An arched head with cast finials above. The arch is cut into the frame, not the boards, so the leaf stays square and true.
Pink floral detail
Powder coating is not limited to black. A decorative panel finished to a colour the customer chose, on a standard grey leaf.
Silver finials, front garden
A low front gate with silver finials rather than black — a small change that lifts a plain leaf considerably.
The same detail, from inside
Worth seeing the back of a gate. The frame, bracing rails and hinge bolts are what carry the leaf — the boards are just the face.
White frame to match the windows
The frame does not have to be black. Here it was finished white to match the window frames either side of the passage.
Walnut in an anthracite frame
Warm board against a cool frame. Choosing the two separately is where a made-to-order gate beats a stock one.
Gate with a matching infill panel
Where an opening is wider than a sensible single leaf, a fixed panel takes up the difference rather than the gate carrying it.
With an integrated post box
The post box set into the fixed panel rather than the moving leaf, so nothing hangs off the hinge side.
Hung between matching fencing
Gate and panels from the same batch, hung between existing concrete posts. Ordered together, the colour and grain match.
Horizontal boards
Boards run horizontally rather than vertically. Same materials, noticeably more contemporary, and it reads wider than it is.
Metal Driveway Gates
Made in our own workshop in steel, cut, welded and powder coated before they come anywhere near your drive. Bar gates for light and visibility, sheet steel where privacy matters — and the decorative work, finials, rings and gilding, all added individually rather than bought in as a panel.
Arched with spear finials
Vertical bar gates with an arched head and cast spear finials. The arch is formed in the frame, so the bars stay vertical and the head still reads level from the road.
Arnold, from inside
Powder coated anthracite rather than black. Photographed from the drive, where the gate is seen from every day — the side most people forget to think about.
Double gold fleur de lis
Two banks of gilded fleur de lis, one at the head and one across the mid rail. Gold on black is the most requested decorative finish we make.
Ball tops
A softer alternative to a spear. Ball tops suit a boundary where the gate faces a footpath and a spike would be unfriendly.
Gold fleur de lis on a flat head
The same gilding on a straight head rather than an arch. Less work in the frame, so a noticeably cheaper way to get the same detail.
Ring detail and finials
A band of rings across the head with finials above. Every ring is formed and welded in individually, which is where the hours go on a gate like this.
Offset leaves
The leaves are deliberately unequal. Where a drive is not centred on its opening, two matching halves would leave the join in the wrong place — offsetting them puts it where it belongs.
Solid steel, Sherwood
Sheet steel rather than bar, with the design cut and welded into the face. Full privacy and a very different look — closer to a door than a railing.