Gravel Board Fence

[Gilly13717@]

Hi I’m wondering if anyone can help with advice re this fencing - pictures and detail below. My self and my neighbour are paying a fortune for this fence to be erected by a reputably professional fencing company. Am I overreacting or do you think gravel board should be fixed?

Thanks so much

 

[Gilly13717@]

Also this corner piece really looks like it is sitting strangely?

 

[Charlie George]

It should of had a 6" gravel board under the larger one to make the fence line level with the gates, posts should be level too.

 

[Gilly13717@]

Thanks they said when I questioned it that the gravel board would slant where there is uneven ground but I would expect at least that each individual board would be straight?

 

[Gilly13717@]

Or is the most important thing that the upper part of the fence is in line?

 

[JohnD]

I use concrete gravel boards. Because they are going in at about the same time as the posts are being set in concrete, I often build up a pad of concrete to pack round the toe of the gravel boards. Yours looks like the builders spilled a barrow of mix on the ground. It looks terrible.

But my posts, gravel boards and fencing are level. It would not occur to me to build a woggly one. Except on a hill.

P.s.
On uneven ground, the board does NOT slope.

You can scrape out the soil to bed it level.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Or is the most important thing that the upper part of the fence is in line?

What they can do, depends very much on the general levels of the ground, but does look like a rather poorly planned job.

 

[Charlie George]

Thanks they said when I questioned it that the gravel board would slant where there is uneven ground but I would expect at least that each individual board would be straight?

It would take 5 mins to dig a level channel for the gravel board to sit in, a 6" one is half the height of yours, you would use that under the normal board to level up, and hide any gaps underneath.

 

[Odds]

It's a sh!t show. Never hire 'Bodgit n' Scarpa' and their blind dog, Pew.