To pieces! 

After last nights strong winds I now have a garden missing a few fence panels, which have traveled into next doors garden and look like someone has jumped all over them!. So for me the planned visit to an exhibition has now been diverted to the local builders merchants! :'(

When is this lousy weather going to end? 

Is it worth putting them back up right now. The posts must just be standing in wet brown porridge. Go to the exhibition.

Not sure when this lousy weather is going to end  Mr Sprue,  i  know what you mean about the trip  to the builders yard  but go to the exhibition to take your mind of things    might not be able to  spend as you wanted but go to enjoy the  layouts     (some   picture here if you could post them  would be appreciated i'm sure)    once all  this aweful   weather has cleared then  see what you need &  buy   then  after the storms. 

May I suggest, placating your neighbour, removing the panels from his garden and go to the exhibition?

There is another gale forecast so it might be a complete waste of time, money and energies trying to repair the fence now!

Regards, Peter.

Wot he said.

2 days ago, I reinforced a panel that was flopping about with more screws into the post; looked out this morning & it's flopping again 

Waste of time doing anything other than removals until Easter ... 

We've also lost a few (most of the ones we haven't already replaced  ) but not even going to bother getting replacements until next weekend as there's another batch of gales and rain forecast for Monday, and this weekend is going to be way too windy for standing on ladders sliding new panels in place.

I'm in exactly the same boat - lost three panels about five this morning but way too windy to do anything except remove them from next door, fortunately a very understanding old lady.

I think this is going to be a job for the professionals to repair, though.

We had one fence panel (alongside a private road) collapse just before Xmas and our son ran a couple of rope lengths across the gap. We shall replace the panel but not until all the weather threats have passed.

Considered a hedge ?

Quote from: EtchedPixels on February 15, 2014, 02:21:27 PM
Considered a hedge ?

Fences don't need regular clipping.

Quote from: MikeDunn on February 15, 2014, 10:56:40 AM
2 days ago, I reinforced a panel that was flopping about with more screws into the post; looked out this morning & it's flopping again 

The winds must have been bad last night ... all the screws (long decking ones) are missing, presumed anywhere, except one - the main body is still embedded in the post, the head & top inch were lying sheared off on the ground !   

Quote from: EtchedPixels on February 15, 2014, 02:21:27 PM
Considered a hedge ?

Many many times in fact we planted one right across the front of our garden about 30 years ago, and its still there but a tad taller now

Well here's my update.  I've made a temporary bodge to the broken panels for the time being and slotted them back in their post's, so next door can let their two dogs out in their garden. No doubt my efforts to keep my lawn clean will be all in vain as the panels will soon be laying down where I found them this morning.

However I have had a cunning plan  after my visit to the builders merchants I am going to replace the 6'x6's with 4'x 6' panels on 6" gravel boards and use 1' trellis's, this hopefully will reduce windage and still provide some privacy.   

The only painful bit is the £197 quid I'm having to fork out! :'(

Ouch !

I'm hoping that (after I repair the short wall the posts are mounted in ... need decent weather  ) when I repair / replace my fence I can build in some horizontal trellis into it ... at the moment, it's basically 6' of shiplap (well ... it was ... now it's mainly in the front of my garden  )

We'll see how all that goes, as the posts are all shot; need to replace them when the wall's repaired    Hoping to re-use as much of the shiplap as possible (apart from these trellis areas).

Mike

Quote from: MikeDunn on February 15, 2014, 07:11:31 PM
Ouch !

I'm hoping that (after I repair the short wall the posts are mounted in ... need decent weather  ) when I repair / replace my fence I can build in some horizontal trellis into it ... at the moment, it's basically 6' of shiplap (well ... it was ... now it's mainly in the front of my garden  )

We'll see how all that goes, as the posts are all shot; need to replace them when the wall's repaired    Hoping to re-use as much of the shiplap as possible (apart from these trellis areas).

Mike

Sounds like you had it pretty bad as well Mike. Last night SWMBO and myself having our evening meal in the conservatory, decided that it wasn't a good idea to stay there as the large willow tree on the opposite side was being blown about a bit too much for comfort!