Fences and gates that don’t rattle in the easterly.

What’s included

• Panel removal and swap-in (feather-edge, closeboard, lap, hit-and-miss)
• Post replacement in a full concrete set (postcrete or wet-mixed depending on ground)
• Gate rehang, drop-adjust, latch and lock-strike alignment
• Hinge swap-out to A4 marine-grade stainless as coastal standard
• Cap rail and gravel-board replacement
• Old timber taken away - not left in your garden

Honest pricing

Fixed price quoted up front after seeing photos and the postcode. No day-rate creep once a number’s agreed. Bands are a starting ring; the real number lands after we’ve seen the job.

Band	Range	Typical fits
Small job	£45–£120	Single panel swap, or a hinge-and-latch replacement on a gate.
Half day	£120–£220	Two or three panels, or a full gate rehang with new posts.
Full day	£220–£380	Multi-panel run with post swaps, or a full gate build-and-hang.
Larger jobs	£380+	Longer boundary reruns, gravel-board plus panel plus post - quoted per job.

The Dover angle

Two Dover things worth calling out on boundary work. First, the ground: much of the town and the cliff-top villages sit on chalk with a shallow clay cap. Chalk holds water, and a post set on the surface with pushed-in postcrete comes loose within two winters. We dig to 700mm minimum and set full-depth. Second, hinges: galvanised gate hinges on the seafront and cliff-top belt rust through the pin within four to five years. A4 stainless is a couple of pounds more per hinge and lasts three times as long - we spec it as standard on any coastal job.

The other quiet issue is that Dover’s persistent easterlies (mid-October to March) rattle any gate that isn’t hung tight. Loose hinges accelerate their own failure; a gate that rattles for one winter needs the pin drilled out and reset by the next.

Where we stop - and who we hand you to

What we don’t do: full boundary reruns of 20+ metres (a fencer’s job with a mini-mixer worth the setup), planning-required boundary treatments over 2m, or party-wall boundary disputes. Small panels, single gates, hinge swaps, individual post replacements: yes.

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