Closeboard fencingfor Hertfordshire gardens
Closeboard
Closeboard fencing for Hertfordshire gardens
The most requested privacy fence in the county — overlapping featheredge boards, a solid face, and posts set for Hertfordshire clay.
Closeboard — also called featheredge — is the workhorse of Hertfordshire garden boundaries. We build it on site rather than hanging thin panels: arris rails, overlapping boards, and a gravel board that keeps the timber out of standing water.
It suits Victorian terraces in St Albans as well as deeper plots in Harpenden. You get privacy without a plastic sheen, and a neighbour-facing side that still looks considered. Heights, capping, and concrete or timber gravel boards are specified on survey — see our [garden panel](/services/garden-panel-fencing/) service if a lighter replacement is a better fit.
What we offer
Specified for this boundary
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Built on site
Featheredge boards and arris rails assembled on your line, not a thin framed panel.
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Privacy that lasts
A solid face with no see-through gaps once the boards have settled.
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Gravel boards
Concrete or timber boards that keep the closeboard out of Hertfordshire clay.
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Clear programme
A realistic install window after survey, not a generic next-week promise.
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Neighbour-kind
The reverse face is finished as carefully as the side you live with.
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County coverage
Closeboard from St Albans to Bishop's Stortford, Hitchin to Rickmansworth.
Our work
Recent installations
Closeboard Boundary
A full closeboard rebuild on a Victorian St Albans garden, specified for privacy and a neighbour-kind reverse face.
Closeboard Plot
A long closeboard run on a Bishop's Stortford family plot, built on site with featheredge and capping.
Acoustic Screen
Dense acoustic timber on a Welwyn Garden City plot beside a busy road, specified as a continuous noise barrier.
What our clientssay
They understood that a St Albans terrace needed closeboard, not a thin panel. The survey was unhurried and the reverse face is as considered as the garden side.
Our Cassiobury composite fence was specified properly — aluminium posts, a grain that still looks like timber. No hard sell on extras we did not need.
Horizontal slats instead of a suburban overlap panel. It sits with the house. Communication through the install was excellent.
The railings on the frontage look as if they have always been there. They rebuilt the piers rather than pretending the old masonry would last.
Closeboard Fencing FAQs
Common questions about this service
Answers about commissioning closeboard fencing in Hertfordshire.
Ready to talk about this fence
We would be glad to walk your boundary and specify the right system.
Service areas
- Fence Installation in Hertfordshire
Survey-led fence installation across Hertfordshire — closeboard, composite, acoustic, garden panels, railings, and commercial lines from a St Albans base.
- Closeboard Fencing in St Albans
Closeboard and metal railings for St Albans — conservation streets around the cathedral, Victorian terraces, and family plots in Marshalswick and London Colney.
- Composite Fencing in Watford
Composite and closeboard fencing for Watford family plots — Cassiobury, Oxhey, Garston, and Bushey — specified on a site survey.
- Acoustic Fencing in Welwyn Garden City
Acoustic and closeboard fencing for Welwyn Garden City — Handside character, Panshanger plots, and honest noise reduction beside the A1(M).
- Metal Railings in Hertford
Metal railings and closeboard fencing in Hertford — period frontages in the county town, Bengeo slopes, and posts specified for wet ground toward the river.
Related projects
All services
- Acoustic Fencing
Dense, gap-free acoustic fencing specified beside Hertfordshire roads, railways, and schools.
- Commercial Security Fencing
Palisade, weldmesh, and security fencing for Hertfordshire yards, schools, and light-industrial plots.
- Composite Fencing
Low-maintenance composite fencing that holds colour and line in Hertfordshire weather.
- Garden Panel Fencing
Overlap and lap garden fence panels for family plots and straightforward replacements.
- Metal Railings
Powder-coated metal railings and brick piers for period and estate frontages.