Capital Fencing Ltd delivers garden decking across Stevenage Old Town and the surrounding SG1 postcode area, from streets backing onto A602 through to the quieter avenues toward stevenage. We're typically on site within a couple of weeks and A1(M) J7 keeps response times tight for follow-up visits.
Capital Fencing Ltd delivers garden decking across Stevenage Old Town and the surrounding SG1 postcode area, from streets backing onto A602 through to the quieter avenues toward stevenage. We're typically on site within a couple of weeks and A1(M) J7 keeps response times tight for follow-up visits.
A gate fitted to a bin store gets opened and closed far more often than a garden gate used a few times a week, which accelerates hinge and latch wear well beyond what the timber or hardware size would normally suggest.
Specifying hardware rated for frequent use, rather than standard light-duty fittings, reduces how often these gates need attention once installed.
A gate set into a boundary shared between two properties, rather than fully on one side, benefits from a clear understanding between both parties about who maintains it and who holds keys, since disputes over a shared gate are common when this isn't agreed early.
This is separate from the physical repair work, but it's worth raising with the client where a gate clearly serves or affects an adjoining property.
Roots growing under or against a post base can lift or crack a footing over several years, and a repair in that position sometimes needs the post offset slightly rather than reset in exactly the same spot.
Where a protected tree is involved, any groundwork near it is checked against that protection before a repair goes ahead.
A gate that no longer closes properly can be dropping at the hinge corner, racking as a whole rectangle out of square, or simply following a hinge post that's leaning in the ground — each has a different fix and they're easy to mix up from the ground.
We check the post for plumb first, then check the frame diagonals against each other, and only then look at the hinges themselves, since treating a leaning post as a hinge fault wastes a repair visit.
Listed building protection doesn't stop at the walls of the house — structures within its curtilage that were there at the date of listing, including some garden walls, gate piers and railings, can be treated as part of the listing itself.
That means a wall or gate that looks like an ordinary garden feature can technically need listed building consent for repair or replacement, and unauthorised work is a criminal offence rather than a simple planning breach.
Where a period boundary feature might be curtilage-listed, it's worth confirming with the council's conservation team before any demolition, since consent (or confirmation that it's not required) can usually be obtained in parallel with getting quotes.
Structures within the curtilage of a listed building — which can include garden walls, gate piers and sometimes fencing — may themselves be treated as part of the listing, even if not mentioned explicitly.
That means listed building consent can be required for work that would otherwise be unremarkable on a non-listed property, and doing work without consent where it's needed is a criminal offence.
Anyone unsure whether their boundary falls within this kind of curtilage should raise it with the council's conservation or listed buildings officer before starting.
A run that's leaning uniformly along several bays usually points to a common cause — waterlogged ground, wind loading from one direction, or an original footing depth that was too shallow — rather than a fault with any single post.
Straightening involves resetting posts along the affected bays rather than pulling the fence back into line at the top, since forcing the panels straight without addressing the post bases just reintroduces the lean.
A 'party fence wall' has a specific meaning under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 — a structure that stands astride the boundary line, jointly used by both properties, which is distinct from a garden fence panel that simply happens to mark a boundary.
Most timber panel fencing sits on one owner's land and isn't a party structure in that legal sense, even where it visually marks the boundary line.
Genuine party wall situations are more likely with masonry garden walls straddling the line, and those can bring the Act's notice procedures into play, which is worth checking before work starts.
The Community Infrastructure Levy is a charge some councils apply to larger new development, and while it rarely touches ordinary domestic fencing, larger boundary projects tied to bigger planning permissions can occasionally interact with it.
This is a specialist area mainly relevant to substantial developments rather than a single garden fence, but worth being aware of if boundary work forms part of a larger planning permission.
Anyone unsure whether a larger project's boundary elements might be affected should check with the council's planning or CIL team directly.
Before any post hole goes in near a driveway, front boundary or previously-disturbed ground, a cable and pipe locator (CAT and Genny) sweep is standard practice, since gas, water, electricity and telecoms runs aren't always where a plan suggests.
Rear gardens are lower risk but not risk-free — older properties sometimes have redundant supply runs or septic/drainage pipework crossing the plot from a pre-mains era.
Where a locator flags a hit, hand-digging around the service rather than augering through is the only safe approach, even if it adds time to the job.
Taking down a damaged section sometimes reveals that the ground level has changed since the original fence went up — through landscaping, subsidence or built-up paths — which affects how the replacement section should be set.
Where a level change is found, it's addressed as part of the repair rather than reinstating the fence at the original, now-inaccurate, ground line.
older High Street properties and Victorian terraces predating the new town. The gardens behind them are small period plots — many irregular shapes.
That shapes the decking brief — every quote we write here factors in irregular plot shapes make off-the-shelf panel kits awkward — bespoke runs are common.
Specified where it suits the brief — depth, exposure, garden style.
Specified where it suits the brief — depth, exposure, garden style.
Specified where it suits the brief — depth, exposure, garden style.
Specified where it suits the brief — depth, exposure, garden style.
Specified where it suits the brief — depth, exposure, garden style.
Within practical driving distance of Stevenage Old Town via A602 and A1(M) J7.
Yes — we have a number of regular landlord clients across Hertfordshire, and we can invoice through agents and turn jobs around between tenancies.
Standard rear-garden decking under 2m doesn't normally need permission, but front-garden work near a highway is the most common exception. We'll flag it on the quote.
Yes — we regularly install around Stevenage High Street in Stevenage Old Town, with security-spec heights and proper paperwork for site access.
Comfortably across stevenage, hitchin and the wider Hertfordshire area. A1(M) J7 keeps the radius practical.
Yes — small period plots — many irregular shapes. We concrete-set every post as standard, and where trees or services are in the way we work around them properly.
Local and straightforward. We turn up when we say, price fairly, and don't subcontract the job — homes across Stevenage Old Town are our day-to-day work.
Regular decking work near Stevenage High Street, quoted from a site visit and installed by our own crew — no subcontracting. Speak to SG1 clients if it helps.