Temporary (3-5 Year) Fence Needed. Designs?

[Flintstone]

Chez Flintstone is a fairly featureless '80's box which I don't particularly like but Wilma wanted for proximity to the school(s). The front garden really needs scraping off and starting again but with plans for a double garage there I'm loathe to landscape or improve it if there's a chance it'll all get grubbed out again. One thing I do need though is a fence to provide security while the newly planted beech hedge becomes big enough to be useful.

It's a corner plot on a 'T' junction, the frontage runs across the house and is, including a corner section on one side, about 110'. Pic below.

I'm stuck for a style of fence though. As it's the front I don't want anything too high or imposing so no solid panels. I'm leaning toward some kind of post and rail design although maybe a little more dainty than the usual 4'X2' construction. No need to go overboard on price and materials either as I think the hedge will be solid enough to dissuade casual trespassers.

You have the floor.

[smifffymoto]

I'd be tempted to opt for the cheapest 3'/4' waney lap panel I could findnailed onto a 4" post

[Laurel Green]

How about a Picket Fence?

[Flintstone]

No panels.

Picket fence would allow air/light but making it up seems like a lot of work. Post and (round) rails maybe...............

[JohnRS4]

Not sure if it applies to all areas but if you want to put a fence up over 1m high next to a road then you need planning permission. Seems odd to me as we are taking down 30ft high fir trees and not allowed to replace with a 2m fence!!

[N Dentressangle]

I once owned a modern house on a similar corner plot to yours.

When I looked into fencing I found that the house deeds prohibited certain heights / types of structure on the grounds of view (splay lines, I think was the term?) around the junction.

Might be worth a quick look at your deeds to find out if there's anything stipulated? You just know one of the neighbours will moan if there is...

FWIW I'd go for the quick growing hedge you seem to have.

[Chrisgr31]

Yes planning is needed for a fence over 1m, and on that site I suspect someone will complain as it will stick out.

[Flintstone]

Hmmmmm. A 1m lightweight post and rail fence should be ok, the hedge is already higher than that, just not thick enough to form a barrier. All I really want to do is stop someone pushing through the hedge as I'm removing the fence that separates the front and rear gardens. Let's hope no burglars read PH.

Ah, wait.

[timbobalob]

Flintstone said:

No panels.

Picket fence would allow air/light but making it up seems like a lot of work. Post and (round) rails maybe...............

I helped my brother put in a picket fence last year - he got pre-made sections from a B&Q type place which were similar to those used here:

http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/landscape/fence...

It was no real work, the posts were held up with post mix and had gone off enough in a couple of hours. We did a straight run of 5m including a gate in an afternoon for £100 ish

We did get an extra panel for spares so we could use a picket to cover the bit that screwed onto the post which finished it off quite well

[MuffDaddy]

Trellis is your friend. We have similar corner plot and have a hedge growing. The trellis allows sunlight through and gives the hedge something to grow against.

We also had the planning issue and our neighbour complained that the original fence was 2" too high. Interesting thing is, a hedgerow can be much higher than a fence...