Fencers in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Security fencing in Great Yarmouth: steel, mesh and chain link that keeps people out
Railings for the front garden, mesh round a yard or chain link along a long boundary. Say what you need to keep in or out and a local fencer will call you with a free quote.
- Steel railings and metal garden fencing
- Chain link, welded mesh and palisade
- Homes, yards, holiday parks and sites
- Galvanised and coated finishes for salt air
A boundary anyone can step over
A yard with a sagging chain link fence might as well have a welcome mat. Tools go missing. Pallets vanish. Fly-tippers find the gap before you do.
At home it is the low front wall that people cut across, or a back boundary on to an alley that anyone can climb.
Metal fencing is the fix when timber is not enough. It is harder to climb, harder to cut and it does not blow down.
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.
The main kinds of metal fencing
Chain link
Woven wire on steel or concrete posts. Low in price for a long run, and you can see through it. Used round sports pitches, allotments and the back of plots. Checkatrade's security fence guide gives an average of £13.50 a metre.
Welded mesh panels
Flat or profiled panels of welded wire, usually green or black, bolted to steel posts. Stiffer and tidier than chain link, and hard to climb because there are no footholds. The same guide gives an average of £22.50 a metre.
Palisade
Tall steel pales with pointed or splayed tops, bolted to rails. The strongest of the three and the most forbidding. An average of £30.50 a metre in that guide.
Railings and garden metal fencing
Steel, aluminium or wrought iron for front gardens and around flats. MyJobQuote's metal fence guide puts steel at £22 to £75 a foot.
The Checkatrade figures are its published averages for each metre of fence. Ask any fencer what their own price includes, such as posts, concrete, gates and taking the old fence away.
Typical prices for steel fencing at home
Pick where the fence is going to see MyJobQuote's published range for steel fencing of that size.
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 |
|---|---|
| Electric sliding gateAn electric sliding gate, installed. The guide puts the average at about £4,250 and says the work takes two to five days. | £2,500 to £6,000typical about £4,250 |
| Steel fencing: Front garden, 18 feet long and 3 feet highSteel fencing along an 18 foot front garden at 3 feet high, from the guide's table of total costs. | £395 to £1,350 |
| Steel fencing: Back garden, 30 feet long and 6 feet highSteel fencing along a 30 foot back garden at 6 feet high, from the guide's table of total costs. | £660 to £2,250 |
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
Metal fencing by the sea
Bare steel and salt air do not get on. For anything near the seafront, the quays or the harbour, ask for steel that has been hot dip galvanised, with a powder coat on top if you want a colour. Cut ends and drilled holes should be treated, because that is where rust gets in.
Great Yarmouth has a working port, yards that serve the offshore energy trade, holiday parks up and down the coast and a racecourse. All of them have long boundaries to look after. Mesh and palisade are the usual choices for a yard. Chain link suits the long back edge of a park or playing field.
Height and the rules
The planning limits are the same for metal as for timber. Under the Planning Portal's guidance for England, a fence can be up to two metres high without permission, or one metre where it is next to a road used by vehicles. Security fencing is often wanted taller than that, and then planning permission is needed. Great Yarmouth Borough Council's planning team can tell you what applies to your site.
Barbed wire carries duties of its own. Checkatrade's guide points out that by law it must be well kept and must not be a danger to people or animals. Take advice before topping any fence with it.
For timber boundaries at home, see closeboard fencing. For gates to match, see garden and driveway gates.
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.
- Composite fencingLow-upkeep boards that do not rot or need painting.
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
What are the disadvantages of palisade fencing?
It is the dearest of the common security fences and it looks severe. It can be seen through, so it gives no privacy. Welded mesh is often chosen where a softer look matters, such as beside housing.
Is chain link fencing any good for security?
It marks a boundary and keeps out casual trespass, dogs and footballs. It can be cut with hand tools, so it is not the choice for a yard holding anything valuable. Mesh panels or palisade do that job better.
Can temporary site fencing be arranged?
Ask in the form and say how many metres and for how long. Temporary panels on feet are normally hired, and not every fencer deals in them, so the answer depends on who covers your area.
The weak fence gets tested first
An easy boundary is the one people try. One break-in at a yard can cost more in stolen kit and lost days than the fence would have. At home, a boundary people have got used to crossing only gets busier.
Say how many metres and what the fence has to keep out, and name your part of Great Yarmouth. You will not pay a penny for the price.