Capital Fencing covers Kentish Town, camden and islington with a small crew that handles garden decking from start to finish. Most jobs in NW5 are quoted within 48 hours of a site visit and booked in within one to two weeks.
Every Kentish Town job starts with an itemised written quote, so nothing is assumed.
Installing garden decking across Greater London.
No subcontracted labour on site.
Kentish Town gardens left clean at end of every day.
Victorian terraces and Georgian townhouses, plus post-war estates. The gardens behind them are small walled courtyards behind period houses.
That shapes the decking brief — every quote we write here factors in conservation-area consent needed for most front-boundary changes.
Matching a repair into a boundary that's twenty or thirty years old sometimes means the original panel profile is no longer available, in which case we offer the closest realistic option and explain honestly where it won't be an exact match.
On an estate where many neighbouring gardens share the same original fence line, one household's repair is often the first of several over the following years, and we keep a note of the spec used for consistency.
Where building work, an extension or a loft conversion is happening on an adjoining property, existing boundary fences and their footings are sometimes shifted, undermined or damaged by machinery or excavation.
It's reasonable to raise this in advance with a neighbour undertaking major building work, ideally recording the fence's condition beforehand with photographs.
Where a party wall notice has been served for related works, that process can sometimes address boundary condition issues as part of a schedule of condition, which is worth asking about.
A tall boundary fence can significantly shade a neighbouring garden depending on orientation, and while there's no general legal right to a set amount of sunlight in a garden, an unusually tall or dark structure close to a shared boundary is a common source of neighbour friction.
Slatted, louvred or partially open designs let some light and air through while still giving privacy, which is often a reasonable middle ground where a fully solid fence would cause a shading complaint.
Discussing height and design with an affected neighbour before building, even where there's no legal requirement to, tends to avoid a dispute that a technically-compliant fence wouldn't otherwise resolve.
Slotted-post clip systems let a panel lift straight up and out under strong gusts once the clip lip has worn or bent slightly, which is a common failure on exposed corner bays rather than a sign the panel itself is faulty.
Refitting usually needs the clips checked for wear and sometimes replaced with a deeper or reinforced pattern before the same panel or a new one is dropped back in, since refitting into a worn clip just repeats the failure.
Mechanical plant such as a boiler flue, extractor or heat pump positioned near an acoustic screen still needs its required clearance and airflow, so the screen is positioned and detailed around those requirements rather than sealing the plant in.
Ignoring ventilation needs to maximise the acoustic seal can cause the plant to overheat or trip out, which creates a bigger problem than the noise being addressed.
Workability describes how easily a timber can be sawn, planed, nailed and screwed without splitting, tearing or blunting tools excessively, and it varies considerably between species independent of durability or strength.
Straight-grained, moderate-density softwoods like redwood pine are generally easier to work on site than dense hardwoods or highly figured timber with interlocked or wavy grain, which can tear out during cutting or planing.
A timber chosen purely for durability or appearance without considering workability can significantly slow on-site fitting, particularly where a lot of site cutting and drilling is needed rather than factory-machined components.
A hinge post needs to be sized to the specific gate it will carry, since a heavy solid timber or metal gate loads its post far more than a lightweight picket gate of the same height, and an undersized post will lean over time even if correctly concreted.
This sizing decision is best made before the post goes in, since upsizing a post after a lean has developed generally means digging it out and starting again.
Nails are faster to drive and flex slightly with timber movement, which suits high-volume boarding work like closeboard fencing; screws hold better under the racking loads a gate or a panel on an exposed run experiences, at the cost of more time to fit.
Fixings are corrosion-rated much like timber is use-classed, and a fixing rated for indoor or sheltered use will rust and stain the timber around it within a season or two if used outdoors.
Galvanised or coated fixings suit most external fencing work, but anywhere the fixing is in near-permanent wet contact — gravel boards, ground-level brackets — a higher corrosion class is worth the small extra cost over standard bright or galvanised fixings.
A dropped kerb is authorised for a specific width and position, and a gate or fence opening that doesn't line up with it can create a technically unauthorised vehicle crossing over the footway.
Where a driveway gate is being repositioned or widened, it's worth checking whether the dropped kerb needs to be extended or moved to match, which is a separate application to the council's highways department.
Parking a vehicle over a kerb that hasn't been properly dropped, even briefly during works, can also draw attention from the local authority in some areas.
A larger gap under a gate makes it less likely to bind as the ground moves seasonally, but too large a gap gives an easy route underneath for a determined intruder, a dog, or floodwater debris, so the clearance has to be judged against what the gate is actually being asked to keep out or in.
This trade-off is worth discussing explicitly rather than defaulting to either a very tight or very generous gap regardless of the site's purpose.
Most automated gates include a manual release so the gate can be opened by hand during a power cut or motor fault, and checking this release still works is worth doing periodically rather than only discovering it's seized in an emergency.
We check the mechanical gate and release mechanism; motor and control-board diagnosis is referred to a specialist.
Many Kentish Town gardens are small walled courtyards behind period houses — raised decks fix the slope and add a usable flat area.
Every quote we write in NW5 factors this in from the first measure.
Quick turnarounds, with materials that match the surrounding residential streetscape.
Composite suits low-maintenance briefs near Kentish Town Road; hardwood still wins for big spans and a long-term natural look.
Yes — balustrades, steps, integrated lighting and skirts. Useful on Kentish Town's mid-size gardens.
Standard rear-garden decking under 2m doesn't normally need permission, but Kentish Town's conservation/heritage rules can change that. We'll flag it on the quote.
Most Kentish Town jobs are quoted within 48 hours of a site visit and booked in within one to two weeks. We cover NW5 from a base that keeps response times tight.
Yes — removal, disposal and site clear-up are included as standard. We leave Kentish Town gardens tidy at the end of every day.
For most Kentish Town jobs we lean toward softwood or yellow balau hardwood, but the brief decides — your garden style, small walled courtyards behind period houses, and how long you want it to last.
Most Kentish Town jobs go in within one to two weeks via A406 (15 min). Phone, WhatsApp a photo of the boundary, or use the form — whichever is fastest.
From Kentish Town through camden and islington, Capital Fencing is the local garden decking team — Kentish Town (Northern / Thameslink) anchors the patch. Talk to us before you go further; most queries get answered on the phone in five minutes.
