Fence Panel Installation

[Zak S]

Hi I had around 17 panels installed over the weekend and these look like as per the pic. There is a slight slope away from the house. 

 

Ground is a bit uneven and it gets a bit boggy in winter. On my side the fencer filled in the soil to hide away any gaps under the gravel board (not that there should be any) but these gaps were left on the neighbour side and I got the complaint as soon as they left.

 

From the neighbour side it looks like as per the close up photos.

 

Please could you advise how bad it is and if it can be fixed easily so that fence panel stay aligned. 

 

Contractor said that he will come back and infill with soil and bark and fill the area around posts with postcrete. He says that they don't normally do the footing or trenches unless there is significant slope which I don't have.

 

The neighbour said that they should have done a trench and footing.

 

What are your thoughts and how can it be fixed?

 

Thanks

[twice round the block]

Concrete posts and gravel boards can be a pain at the best of times.

Personally I'd do as the contractor said... bark and top soil to fill in the gaps.

 

If you start digging out to drop the gravel boards you could end up with a fence top that is out of line in-between bays.

Did your delightful neighbour share the cost?????🤩

[Big Jimbo]

Tell your neighbour to F-off

[Mr Punter]

9 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

Tell your neighbour to F-off

 

+1 with pressure treated close board panels it looks a decent spec.

[Russell griffiths]

I would want the post Crete up high enough to support the gravel boards, it looks ok at the moment but in a years time when all those little bits of timber have rotted the gravel boards will sink down. 

[Zak S]

3 hours ago, twice round the block said:

Did your delightful neighbour share the cost?????🤩

I am surprised to see how stingy some of these people are. I offer to replace rear end panel for a different neoghbour which had falled due to storm for the price of the panel. I got told it was too expensive. To maintain my privacy I installed a panel which supplier provided free of charge in the end due to size of few order.

 

Short answer to your question is No. I was told this side was my responsibility so I swallowed the bitter pil but then complaints about the gaps and lack of footing under gravel board was just icing on the cake.

[torre]

Tidy looking fence but as @Russell griffiths said, those bits of timber will rot and the gravel boards drop eventually

 

Is that foot long piece being pointed to on the neighbours side? You can't expect them to be happy with that!? I'd put a brick below that end of the board before they pull the timber out (and your panel drops)

[Temp]

+1

 

I'd find something that can't rot (perhaps half bricks and broken roof tiles?) and wedge between the postcrete and the underside of the concrete barge boards. Do both ends then pull out the wood and random packing they used. Chuck buckets of topsoil to cover up the half bricks. Bit of a pain.

[Mike]

If it's stable, I'd be happy with it as it is. In fact, I'd dig some bigger gaps so that hedgehogs can get through (if they've not already been walled off by your neighbours).

[Zak S]

7 hours ago, torre said:

that foot long piece being pointed to on the neighbours side?

That's right. It's on the neighbours side. The contractor accepted that its not right and will come back to tidy up but was against the idea of trench and footing for the gravel board (idea which the lovely neighbour suggested that I should have done).