Fencers in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Composite fencing in Great Yarmouth: no painting, no rot, no yearly patching
Composite boards slot between posts and look the same from both gardens. Give the length of the boundary and a local fencer will phone you back with a free quote.
- Boards made of wood fibre and plastic
- The same finish on both faces
- Nothing to paint or stain
- Typical UK installed prices by length on this page
Tired of painting a fence that rots anyway
A timber fence asks for a weekend of your time every couple of years. Brush, stain, wait for a dry day, then do the other side if next door lets you.
Skip it and the colour goes grey, the boards dry out and the bottom edge turns soft. Near the sea, salt and damp hurry all of that along.
Composite fencing is for people who would like to put up a fence and then forget about it.
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 composite fencing typically costs
Pick the length nearest to yours. The figures are for composite fencing fully installed, from MyJobQuote's composite fencing guide.
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 |
|---|---|
| Composite fencing: 10 metres (6 panels)Composite fencing over 10 metres, fully installed with panels, posts and labour. | £950 to £1,500 |
| Composite fencing: 15 metres (8 panels)Composite fencing over 15 metres, fully installed with panels, posts and labour. | £1,250 to £1,900 |
| Composite fencing: 25 metres (14 panels)Composite fencing over 25 metres, fully installed with panels, posts and labour. | £2,150 to £3,350 |
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
What it is and how it goes together
Composite boards are a mix of wood fibre and plastic, formed into long planks with a tongue and a groove. Posts go in first, with a channel down each side. The boards slide down the channels one on top of another, and a cap finishes the top.
Because each board is a separate piece, a damaged one can be lifted out and replaced. The boards have the same face both sides, so there is no good side and bad side to argue over.
MyJobQuote's composite fencing guide puts supply-only panels at £120 to £200 each and the average installed job at about £1,600, taking one to three days.
Composite against timber, honestly
- Upkeep. Composite wants a wash now and then. Timber wants stain or paint every few years.
- Rot. Composite does not rot. Treated timber resists rot for a long time, though not for ever.
- Price. Composite costs more at the outset. MyJobQuote lists a six foot composite panel at about £135, against about £40 for a lap panel.
- Look. Composite is crisp and even, in greys, browns and black. Timber has grain and weathers. Which is nicer is a matter of taste.
- Repairs. Timber can be patched with any matching board. Composite needs a board from the same range, so keep a note of the make.
Composite on the coast
A composite fence is a solid face, so it catches the wind just as a solid timber one does. The boards will not rot, but the posts still take the load. On an open boundary in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston or Caister, the posts and their concrete matter as much as they do with timber. Ask what the posts are made of and how deep they will go.
Metal posts and fixings should be aluminium, galvanised steel or stainless steel, so that salt air does not mark them.
If you like the idea of low upkeep but want real wood, closeboard fencing on concrete posts is the other long-lasting route.
Fencing services in Great Yarmouth
- Fence panelsNew panel fences fitted and tired panels swapped.
- Closeboard fencingFeather edge timber fencing built on site for exposed gardens.
- 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.
- 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 composite fencing worth the money?
If you plan to stay in the house and dislike painting fences, it can be. You pay more on day one and very little after. If you may move within a few years, or you like the look of real wood, treated timber on good posts is the cheaper answer.
Does composite fencing fade?
Many boards lighten a little in their first months outdoors and then settle. Ask the fencer which range they propose, and look at a sample that has been outside if you can.
Can composite boards go into existing concrete posts?
Some ranges are made to slot into standard concrete posts and some are not. Tell the fencer what posts you have and they can say which boards fit.
Stop paying for the same fence twice
A timber fence that is never treated has a short life on the coast, and every year of neglect brings the replacement nearer. If the painting is not going to happen, it is cheaper to admit that now and choose a fence that does not need it.
Give the rough length and your part of Great Yarmouth. You will not be charged for a quote.