How to build a garden fence   

For those of you who have been wondering how you would build a garden fence, read the tips below. Follow them and you'll have beautiful, new, neat garden fence.

Building a garden fence certainly requires preparation. Firstly make sure that you are equipped with the right kind of tools. The equipment needed includes a shovel, a tape for measuring the area, concrete, a drill, nails, a spirit level, wood screws, a screwdriver, a hammer and a mixing board.

Once you have the right tools, you need to purchase the fencing material. Obviously if you're putting up a chain link or mesh fence that will be made of metal or plastic coated metal. If you are putting up a wooden garden fence in London, then there are hundreds of styles to choose from. Larchlap panels are popular because they are cheap and provide privacy from the neighbours and shielding for plants.

Of course, you need to decide exactly how high you want your garden fence to be. A good height is 6 feet to 7 feet. Now start the prep. Remove the old fence if you have one. If the supporting posts are level and in good condition - keep them. You can attach the new fence to them. If not, remove everything and dispose at the tip. You should now have a nice clear area.

Measure out where the posts to support the fence should go. A post needs to go either side of the fence panel. Mark the spot. Now dig a whole, 2 to 3 feet down. Once you have dug the holes for the posts - go in and have a cup of tea! You'll need it!

Go down to Homebase and ask them for some post mix. The instructions will be on the side of the packet. Put your post in the hole and get someone to hold it straight. Now shovel in your post mix. Get your spirit level. Make sure it's plum. Now do the next one. Now walk away and let them set. Leave them for 2 days or so and they should be nice and solid.

Now, get your fence panels and slide them inbetween the posts. How you fix the panels to the posts depends on whether you've used concrete or wooden fence posts. Follow the instructions that came with the posts.

Finally, you'll need to either paint your fence or treat it with some sort of preservative to make sure it lasts.

Congratulations. You may just be ready to start a career at a professional fencing company in London.

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