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

£95 call-out, first hour included, £45 per hour after that - a single panel swap or a full boundary rerun, you pay for the time beyond the first hour.

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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