Solid panels are always a problem because they don't filter the wind and they can't stand up to the kind of windy conditions in winter especially if they're in a more exposed site. My sister regularly has to replace some of hers and they're in a reasonably sheltered spot. It's not a difficult job to put some timber in either vertically or horizontally if the posts are sound. You don't even need to double side it - just put the planks on with a gap of about an inch or two and use hedging or climbers for privacy.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The uprights are 3x2 and it fits in the slots in the old concrete posts nicely without flapping about. The planks are about 4x 3/4 and arranged offset horizontally to provide some privacy in the garden. Timber is Larch sourced from the local sawmill and the local forest, screws courtesy of a well known screw retailer.
Easy enough to build, lets the wind through and better looking than the old panels. Just five more to go this summer sometime. Easy enough to tie some climbers to as well.
I took out a mortgage to have a wind break fence put up along the top of a bank. It has uprights with horizontal rails in heavt duty timber, the slats are alternately on opposite sides of the rails so at certain angles you can just about see daylight between them. This filters the wind which reduces pressure on the windward side and also avoids downdraught on the lee side of the fence.
You can buy decorative fence panels made up in this way but you will need good uprights to take the weight of them. Maybe replace a couple of panels each year.
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Solid panels are always a problem because they don't filter the wind and they can't stand up to the kind of windy conditions in winter especially if they're in a more exposed site. My sister regularly has to replace some of hers and they're in a reasonably sheltered spot. It's not a difficult job to put some timber in either vertically or horizontally if the posts are sound. You don't even need to double side it - just put the planks on with a gap of about an inch or two and use hedging or climbers for privacy.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Finally, dry, light and home to take a photo.
The uprights are 3x2 and it fits in the slots in the old concrete posts nicely without flapping about. The planks are about 4x 3/4 and arranged offset horizontally to provide some privacy in the garden. Timber is Larch sourced from the local sawmill and the local forest, screws courtesy of a well known screw retailer.
Easy enough to build, lets the wind through and better looking than the old panels. Just five more to go this summer sometime. Easy enough to tie some climbers to as well.
Our fence panel blew down so my hubbie made a picket fence. Bamboos in front give privacy. He used gravel board cut to size- a lot cheaper too.
I took out a mortgage to have a wind break fence put up along the top of a bank. It has uprights with horizontal rails in heavt duty timber, the slats are alternately on opposite sides of the rails so at certain angles you can just about see daylight between them. This filters the wind which reduces pressure on the windward side and also avoids downdraught on the lee side of the fence.
You can buy decorative fence panels made up in this way but you will need good uprights to take the weight of them. Maybe replace a couple of panels each year.