Fencing, Wooden Fence Panels, Garden Fencing Nottingham

Wooden Fence panels are still by far the most popular choice for garden fencing - especially in back gardens.
As a result there is also the widest variety of choices, styles and price variance.
This will always be your cheapest option but as mentioned on our home page, cheapest may turn out to be more expensive in the long term.
Typically a new wooden fence panel should be treated. There a two common methods used in the UK to help preserve your garden fence and provide some form of initial protection from the elements

Pressure-treated
Dip-treated

So what's the difference between the two?

Pressure-treated
The timber's first process is to be depressurised - effectively creating a vacuum in tank or chamber, which removes the timber of air.
Then, under pressure, wood preservative is introduced into the tank, which due to the pressure forces the chemicals throughout the wood. The chemicals used in the preserve are designed to protect the wood from insects and rot.

Dip-Treated
As the name suggests here the wood is simply placed 'dipped' into a tank containing wood preserve. As a result the preserve acts more as a surface treatment as it as not been forced deep into the core of the timber.

As there is a big difference in time and equipment used in the two processes pressure-treated panels are considerably more expensive than dip-treated. However, they should stay looking good for 10+ years with relatively little maintenance.
If initial cost and budget are a key consideration then dip-treated is likely to be your option BUT this will require annual treatment with a good quality wood preserve. The plus side is that you will have a good looking garden fence for a period of time each year, which allows you some flexibility in changing the colour if your fence should you chose to do so.

Pressure-treated fences can be treated in the same way too.