Fencers in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Closeboard fencing in Great Yarmouth: timber built to take the wind
Feather edge boards on strong rails and deep posts, made on site to fit your boundary. Give the rough length and a local fencer will call you with a free quote.
- Feather edge boards nailed to rails, built on site
- Follows slopes and odd lengths with no stepped gaps
- Concrete or timber posts, with gravel boards
- Published prices by length below, and a free quote
A fence that rattles every time the wind gets up
Thin panels chatter in their posts. On a rough night you lie there listening and wondering which one will go.
By spring a few boards have cracked and the whole run has a lean. You brace it. It leans again.
Closeboard is what most fencers reach for on an exposed boundary. It is heavier, stiffer and built into the ground one post at a time.
From form to fence in three moves
Describe the fence
Give your name, a phone number and the part of town you are in. Then say what is wrong or what you want built. A rough length in metres or a count of panels is the most useful detail.
A local fencer phones you
Your phone rings at the time of day you picked. Expect questions about height, posts and access to the garden. For a new run of fencing, the fencer will usually want to walk the boundary and measure it.
You get a price and choose
The price is yours to weigh up. Ask for it written down with the materials listed. Accept it, turn it down or sleep on it. You have spent nothing by asking.
What closeboard fencing is
Closeboard is built on site instead of arriving as panels. Posts go in first, three metres apart or less. Level rails, called arris or cant rails, are fixed between the posts. Then upright feather edge boards are nailed to the rails one by one, each overlapping the last.
A feather edge board is thicker along one edge than the other. Overlapped, the boards make a solid face with no gaps, even when the timber shrinks in a dry summer.
A gravel board runs along the foot, and a capping strip along the top sheds the rain. One installer's published materials list for a three metre bay has 30 feather edge boards, three rails, a post, a gravel board and two bags of concrete. That is a lot of timber in every bay, and it shows in how the fence behaves.
Why it suits this coast
- Weight. There is simply more wood in it, so it flexes less in a gust.
- Three rails. The rails share the load across each bay and tie the posts together.
- No slots to jump out of. A panel can lift out of a slotted post in a gale. Closeboard is fixed to its posts.
- It follows the ground. Built in place, the top can run in a smooth line down a slope, with no stepped gaps underneath for a dog to find.
- It mends easily. A split board is prised off and a new one nailed on.
The spit Great Yarmouth stands on is open to the east, and Gorleston's seafront streets catch the same weather. If your boundary faces that way, closeboard on concrete posts is a sound choice.
Typical closeboard prices by length
Pick a length to see a published price for feather edge fencing, with and without taking the old fence away.
Every figure is a typical UK guide price from the published guide named with it. Not one is a price for your fence. Your own price turns on the length and height of the fence, the posts you choose, the ground they go into and how easy it is to reach the boundary.
All the fencing guide prices together
| Job | UK guide price |
|---|---|
| Closeboard (feather edge) fence: 15 metresFeather edge fencing built on site over 15 metres, with VAT. The lower figure is the fence fitted and the higher figure adds taking away the old one. The installer who publishes the table describes these as 2023 costs. | £930 to £998 |
| Closeboard (feather edge) fence: 21 metresFeather edge fencing built on site over 21 metres, with VAT. The lower figure is the fence fitted and the higher figure adds taking away the old one. The installer who publishes the table describes these as 2023 costs. | £1,302 to £1,397 |
| Closeboard (feather edge) fence: 30 metresFeather edge fencing built on site over 30 metres, with VAT. The lower figure is the fence fitted and the higher figure adds taking away the old one. The installer who publishes the table describes these as 2023 costs. | £1,860 to £1,995 |
| Replacing a few damaged fence boardsPutting new wooden boards in place of a few broken ones, with labour and materials. | £100 to £200 |
Every figure is a typical UK guide price from the published guide named with it. Not one is a price for your fence. Your own price turns on the length and height of the fence, the posts you choose, the ground they go into and how easy it is to reach the boundary.
Where each fencing figure was read
Timber, posts and treatment
Ask for pressure treated timber. The preservative is forced deep into the wood, where a dipped board is only coated on the surface. Treated timber often has a green or brown tint when new and weathers to silver grey.
Posts can be concrete or timber. Concrete lasts longest in the ground. Timber posts give an all-wood look, and for a six foot fence they should be stout ones.
The length prices above come from that one installer's table. It works out at £61.32 a metre fitted for runs of 15 metres or more, VAT included, and the installer describes the figures as 2023 costs. Allow for more now.
A coat of stain every few years keeps the colour. See fence panels if you would sooner have ready-made panels, or fence posts and gravel boards for more on what goes in the ground.
Fencing services in Great Yarmouth
- Fence panelsNew panel fences fitted and tired panels swapped.
- Fence repairs and storm damageBlown-out panels, snapped boards and leaning runs put right.
- Fence posts and gravel boardsRotten posts replaced, concrete posts and gravel boards fitted.
- Garden and driveway gatesSide gates, drive gates and electric gates hung true.
- Composite fencingLow-upkeep boards that do not rot or need painting.
- Metal and security fencingRailings, chain link, mesh and palisade for homes and yards.
Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and the villages
Fencing help on both banks of the Yare and along the coast north and south of town.
- Town centre, seafront and the quays
- Southtown and Cobholm
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Bradwell
- Caister-on-Sea
- Hopton-on-Sea
- Belton
- Burgh Castle
- Ormesby St Margaret and Scratby
- Hemsby
- Winterton-on-Sea
- Martham
- Filby and Fleggburgh
Worth knowing before you press send
- No fee, and the decision stays yours. There is no charge for sending the form and no duty to accept the price you are given.
- About a minute of your time. Your name, your number, your area and the job. No email address, no street address.
- Prices here are sourced, never guessed. Each figure on this site is a typical UK guide price taken from a published cost guide, and the guide is named and linked next to it. A guide price helps you budget. It cannot stand in for a price on your own boundary.
- Your details are used for one thing. Getting your fencing looked at. They are not sold and not added to any mailing list.
Common questions
Is closeboard better than fence panels?
It is stronger and lasts longer in an exposed spot, and it costs more because there is more timber and more labour in it. In a sheltered garden, good panels on sound posts do the job for less.
How much would 20 metres of fencing cost?
The installer's table we read has no line for 20 metres. The nearest are 18 metres at £1,116 and 21 metres at £1,302 for feather edge fencing fitted, with VAT, at what it calls 2023 costs. For panel fencing, MyJobQuote's guide gives £2,100 for a 22 metre run of twelve panels.
How much would a 30 metre fence cost?
For feather edge closeboard, the same installer's table gives £1,860 fitted for 30 metres, or £1,995 with the old fence removed, VAT included. Those are 2023 figures from one firm, so treat them as a floor and get a price for your own boundary.
Build it once, build it heavy
Each winter a weak fence stays up, it takes a bit more out of the posts and the rails. Patching it year after year adds up to more than a proper fence would have cost. And the day it finally goes over is never a convenient one.
Give the rough length in metres and your part of Great Yarmouth. A fencer will price it for nothing.