Has Anyone Installed Colored Metal Garden Fence Panels?

[Impret-Sir]

Not the most attractive I think, but I am fed up with replacing the conventional wooden ones every few years when the bottoms rot. I just wondered if anyone here could give me a ball park guide for the costs, probably 6ft panels.

[bhg481]

Have you thought about replacing the fence with concrete posts with concrete gravel boards and slide-in fence panels? The concrete gravel boards won't rot and, should the panels get damaged, it'd easy to slide the old one out and a new one in.
I would just add that our neighbour replaced his fence in 2008 as above and it's still in prefect condition.

[Atheist]

Gravel boards are important. They stop the panels from touching the ground, and even timber gravel boards are easily replaced. WIth gravel boards your panels won't rot for many years. Any decent fencer would use them.

[bookbinder]

I agree with bhg481. I have exactly the fence that bhg describes, and I am very pleased with it. No maintenance at all, which suits me just fine.

[bhg481]

I wonder if Impret-Sir had larch-lap fence panels. These are not known for longevity, although they are cheaper than a featherboard fence.

[bhg481]

Incidentally, a nearby neighbour installed a coloured metal fence a few years ago. It looked wonderful when new and then a few dents started to appear which make it look a mess.

[jno]

I've just done as bhg suggests (not today, I don't mean). They should outlast me.

[Chipchopper]

Concrete gravel boards may be the answer in the long run

[Impret-Sir]

Thanks for all your answers, yes, in the past my fences have all been Larch lap, with wooden posts. The current one is featherboard, and I fixed the panels an inch above the ground so they didnt sit on the wet earth, so they panels havnt rotted this time, but two of the posts have, almost right through in fact. I dont really like the look of concrete posts though, they always make me think of an electricity sub-station fence!

[bhg481]

If you don't fancy concrete posts then think hard about Metposts. You drive them into the ground, with some concrete round them if you like, and then sit wooden posts in those. That keeps the wooden post out of the soil so helps prevent rot and also makes replacing the post easier if it is damaged. I installed my fence with Metposts about 40 years ago and in the last couple of years I've replaced 1 Metpost and one other wooden post. If you're not familiar with Metposts just Google it; they come in a variety of flavours so they should fit your bill.