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Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 2:57 pm    Post subject: Fencing price Reply with quote
    

37 foot/13m fence to be replaced.

Remove old fence and replace. 6 panels, 7 posts, including concrete posts and gravel boards. 6 foot panels, waney edge style panels.

Essentially take the old fence out, and put a new one in.

Does �600 sound a reasonable price?

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yes

 
sean
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yep. Seems in line with what I paid last year.

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ta. It seemed right but wanted to check.

Bloody tenants. Letting the weather wear things out.

 
Behemoth



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

As a bastard landlord can't you keep their deposit and spit at them or something?

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Behemoth wrote:
As a bastard landlord can't you keep their deposit and spit at them or something?


Sadly, no. I try to be mean, but generally end up mending stuff, and keeping their rent low.

 
onemanband



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yep that's about right, if not cheap (around these parts)
With 8 foot posts, 6 inch gravel boards, on a flat, straightforward job with easy access, I would be quoting �100-�110 per section supply, fit and disposal.
Upto �140-�150 a section for a more involved or higher spec job.

I would recommend using closeboarded panels. The slats are twice the thickness of those on overlap panels (waney edge) as are the batons. Closeboarded will last many more years.
And if they using 12inch gravel boards because of gradient, make sure they use 9 foot posts.

 
dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

what they said �700 seems a fair price for that much fence .

having done quite a few the labour cost is hard to predict so fencers usually go for a middle figure and the easy dig ones balance out the dryish clay full of rocks and random tree roots from the poplar 30m away .(how do i know about that ?cos i had 4 days rather than one in a back garden in west london with a pick an axe and a saw rather than a bit of rapid holing with a nice sharp graft )

if the site is windy or the soil very soft it can be worth paying a bit extra for slightly bigger holes and extra bags of post set per post .i have seen quite a few where the whole thing has blown over in one go lumps n all.

and remember to treat the boards and panels every few years.

 
Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If they're replacing a fence and the old one was concreted in, then that is a pig of a job, unless the posts can go in another place.

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Access is not ideal but it's been factored in and I don't think they're replacing concrete but I agree it's not a job id tackle right now, I have neither the time nor the inclination.

I've given the go ahead. I'll just whack their rent up massively. They're foolish enough to rent not buy.



(No, I won't shift it a penny. It's gone up �50 in seven years and has always been below the market value. But, you know, they look after the place and being a bastard is so energy intensive.)

 
Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 16 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
I don't think they're replacing concrete but I agree it's not a job id tackle right now, I have neither the time nor the inclination.

When I did mine I was very glad that there wasn't a customer hassling to get the job finished.

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 16 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You may need that sort of fencing for privacy, but if you can have more open fencing it doesn't suffer from the wind. We have had chain link up between us and next door for about 30 years on a rather exposed site.

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 16 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Aye. I'm replacing like with like. It matches all the other in the area, is fairly sheltered to be fair and will keep the neighbour happy. The tenant doesn't give a monkeys, tbh.

See, I even consider my tenants' neighbour. I am the btl landlord from heaven.

 
Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 16 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You can get a more substantial panel to fit the same slot with alternate planks front and back: lets the wind through a bit so they're less likely to blow down.

 
love154



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Location: Dartford
PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 16 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

closed board fencing is defo the best we sell them ours are all hand made we charge �135 per section supply and fit

https://www.fencingandlandscapesupplies.co.uk/fencing

 
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