Hallo!
Wir haben vor ungefähr 6 Monaten das Haus zu einem neuen Bauwesen gezogen- wir begannen mit bloßer Erde und haben langsam daran gearbeitet.
Wir haben festgestellt, dass das Fechten nicht viel für Privatsphäre bietet und der exponierte Ort bedeutet, dass unsere armen Pflanzen vom Wind geschlagen werden.
Bin ich besser dran, den Zaun durch Panels zu ersetzen (teuer, ich mir vorzustellen) oder hat jemand Erfolg mit Windnetze oder anderen Methoden?
Dank im Voraus
Von: Xanderwho
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Some general notes on fencing.
Fences offer some, but inherently limited, privacy. There are both legal and practical limits on how a fence can be. This also applies to protection from the wind.
The thing about fences is this: The most common application method: Pressure-treated fence posts in the soil, planted into post-setting concrete, almost always fail within a few years. Water gets into the wood and starts to rot it. Add the torsion created by wind gusts on the attached panels, and they break. When this happens is going to vary. But ten years would be pretty normal. And then you’re left with a big chunk of concrete stuck in the ground.
Personally I prefer something more durable for fence posts. I replaced my (broken, rotted) wooden posts with steel Durapost ones. I placed these to accept regular 6×6 panels, of which I bought the best I could reasonably justify. I also put concrete gravel boards at the bottom, between the posts, to protect the panels for moisture and soil. And put a drip-rail along the top, to stop rainwater from leaching in.
If, and when, the panels fail, it will be a fairly easy job to replace them as needed. And I’m relatively sure the powder-coated steel posts will outlive me and the next people to live in my house.
They look like 4″ posts and also 4″ boards?
Assuming the fence is good and sturdy, you could board the inside of the fence between the posts but offset the boards against the other ones
Still leaves a gap for the wind to come through (but less so and won’t bring down your fence) and should stop enough wind to stop destroying the plants.
Also that will improve the privacy as well.
If your garden gets battered by wind, you need to think about whether the panels can stand up to strong winds, otherwise you could have whole fence panels dropping onto your plants. Growing a hedgerow might be better but will obviously take years to grow to offer you privacy
That is why they are like this because they get battered by the wind, if you replace them with closed panels those panels will not last long as over time all the posts will become loose and the fence is likely to get blown over from the constant battering.
Where do you need the privacy? looks like an open field on the other side?
Plant plants that suit the space,
You can use fences up to 2m in a back garden. Front there are more rules, but I think the one facing the road needs to be 1m unless you get planning permission.
You need to leave some gaps in fences to let wind through, otherwise they’re more likely to get blown down. Obviously some designs are leakier than others.
You could add hedging plants if you wish to increase your privacy.