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Orange fence!

HeyHo!HeyHo! Posts: 113
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Neighbour has put up new fencing which replaced a lovely brown fence panels that had been blown down by strong winds. The new fence is garish orange!  A real eyesore as it runs all along our garden edge.  The plan is to put shrubbery against it but the fence will still stick out bright, cheap orange fence .
What to do? :neutral:

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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Paint your side of it ????
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I expect it will age with time. Our new orange fence is now a muted silvery brown.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Don’t worry … it’ll mellow. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • HeyHo!HeyHo! Posts: 113
    Paul B3 said:
    Paint your side of it ????

    I don't think I would be allowed to do that. Both sides of fence belong to them.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    You could always ask them for permission … but in my experience it’ll need doing gain and again … and it becomes more and more of a faff to do it as your plants grow. There’s a lot to be said for allowing a fence belonging to someone else to grow old gracefully and fade gently into the background. 😊 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I had fencing replaced a few years ago and it was also bright orange.
    But as Dove says above it'll soon mellow and fade as mine has over a couple of years.

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  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    Our trellis fencing was very orange when new but had silvered down completely within 18months. From memory the initial brightness faded fairly quickly over the first six months
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  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Patience is needed . By the spring it will be much lighter in colour as the sunshine bleaches it . Most new fences are made from this wood panels now .
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Assuming the orange fence is made of wood?
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