A leaning post, a blown-down panel or a gate that has dropped does not always mean a whole new fence. Ben repairs fences across South Wales — and tells you straight when a repair is the smart move and when it is throwing good money after bad.
Common repairs are exactly what you would expect after a South Wales winter: posts that have rotted at the base or worked loose and let the fence lean, panels blown out or smashed by wind, gravel boards gone at the bottom, and gates that have dropped and stopped latching. Where the bones of the fence are sound, these are straightforward fixes — a new post concreted in, a panel or boards replaced, a gate re-hung on a properly set post.
The honest part is knowing when to stop repairing. If half the posts are rotten and the rails are going, patching one section just moves the problem along the line, and you end up paying twice. Ben will look at the whole run and give you a straight answer: repair this and it will see you years, or you are better replacing the run and here is what that costs. No pressure to rip out a fence that has life left in it.
Board-by-board fences (feather edge, closeboard) are especially repairable — a single damaged board comes off and a new one goes on without touching the rest, which is one of the reasons they are worth building in the first place. Whatever the repair, Ben quotes it free after a look, and can usually turn small jobs round quickly.
Usually yes — a leaning fence is normally a rotted or loose post, which is fixed by setting a new post concreted in properly. If the posts and rails are otherwise sound, that restores the run. If several posts are gone, Ben will tell you honestly whether repair or replacement is the better value.
It depends on the bones. If the posts and rails are mostly sound and it is a panel, a board or one post, repair is the smart, cheaper move. If posts are rotting along the run and rails are failing, patching just moves the problem along and replacing is better value. Ben gives you a straight answer after looking at the whole run.
Yes — panels are swapped straightforwardly, and board-by-board fences like feather edge let a single damaged board be replaced without touching the rest. Ben matches the repair to the existing fence so it does not look patched.
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