Fence Panel dilemma. And perhaps the most boring thread of the day.

[mrsmaidamess]

We have to replace our sad 5 foot fence panels. But we have 5 foot concrete posts, concreted into the ground to within an inch of their lives. Removal will be messy, time consuming and expensive I think.

Would it look really crap to slot in 6 foot fence panels, and somehow disguise the gap in between each panel and its neighbour at the top?

Any suggestions how?

Get some plants to grow along the top.
I'm nominating this thread for mumsnet classics.

Ooh! Recognition! And sound advice to boot.

Dh was suggesting some kind of strange wooden contraption that he would screw into each post...I wasn't convinced.

Er... buy 5 feet high panels to replace the old ones with?

Soupy we have nightmare neighbours and want to have more privacy.

do they not make 5 foot fence panels?
replacing like for like would be easier

My dh would have suggested something similar and it would have eventually been just as much effort as changing the posts in the first place.

Buy 5 foot replacement panels then add trellis on top (though not sure how you would do that with concrete posts - no doubt there is a product available).

Ah nightmare neighbours. My neighbours have grown tall tree like things all along the fence which totally block out the view of their garden. I wonder why?

Yes Lily I was thinking that...somehow the trellis could cover the gap....I might use that aluminium thick wire stuff that comes in squares.

Oooh we had a fraught morning at B & Q, I can tell you.

No, use barbed wire instead. that long tubular stuff you see on war films

Yes that will give those pesky squirrels something to think about

I think a panel like this would look better and be sturdier than attaching trellis to a 5' panel. You would still have the gap at the top of th e post but you could (I imagine) screw into the concrete and add a plank of wood to stick up to the right height IYSWIM. might look odd from their side but who cares?

Ooh look:

"Trellis work can be used to extend a fence to give added privacy. Use metal fence post collars that fit over the top of existing posts and add a further extension post. Screw securely to the collar with brass screws. Then fix trellis work to the extension posts using fence clips."

Now isn't that exciting!

Soup I am touched that you are searching fence panels on my behalf, and yes those you have found are beauties.

They are also 4 times the price of B&Q budget panels, BUT we havent added in potential cost of trellis and dh's Heath Robinson panel gap filling method (patent pending)

Lily I will get dh to serach for those collars. Where did you find that little nugget of information?

Details on fence post collars! You can see I haven't been taken out by my children for lunch for Mothering Sunday!

Aw, shame about lunch but great news about fence post collars! I never knew such things existed