Fencing in Staple.

Staple is the smaller settlement south-west of Wingham on Church Lane and the Staple Road. Orchard-country cottages, converted farm plots, longer rural boundaries backing onto working fruit-belt land.

What the work looks like: Longer orchard-boundary closeboard and palisade runs. Post-and-rail fencing on paddock boundaries. Occasional chalk substrate on the ridge behind (see downland chalk and post concrete).

Typical spec: Orchard closeboard at 1800mm with 125mm posts on 1500mm centres, concrete gravel boards - £85-95/m installed. Post-and-rail paddock fencing £22-32/m.

Services available in Staple

• Closeboard fencing - Feather-edge closeboard on 4-inch mortised posts and gravel boards.
• Panel fencing - Overlap and closeboard panels on concrete posts and gravel boards.
• Picket fencing - Traditional picket and pointed-top palings, the front-garden spec on the High Street and Red Lion end of the village.
• Palisade fencing - Round-top or pointed-top palisade in taller runs.
• Gates - Softwood and hardwood pedestrian and driveway gates, hung on morticed posts with heavy galvanised hinges.
• Decking - Softwood and composite decking on treated ground-contact joists, ventilated substructure, hidden fixings on composite.
• Concrete posts & gravel boards - Slotted concrete posts and gravel boards as retrofit under an existing panel run - lifts the timber off the ground, doubles the life of the fence.
• Fence repair - Storm-damaged panel replacement, snapped-post concrete re-sets, board-by-board patching.