Fencing, gates and sleeper retaining walls

Name: Rutland Driveways & Landscaping
Telephone: 07312 132517
Price range: £££

Boundaries frame everything else we build. We install closeboard and slatted fencing, timber and metal gates, and the oak and softwood sleeper walls that hold Rutland's sloping gardens in place.

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New closeboard fencing on concrete posts with gravel boards beside a planted border — Closeboard fencing on concrete posts

Sleeper retaining walls and steps with planting in a terraced Rutland garden — Terracing that turns a slope into beds

8 years tradingHundreds of installations across Rutland

Vuba approvedAccredited resin bound installer

NVQ qualifiedEvery member of the team holds NVQs

5 year guaranteeWritten workmanship guarantee on every job

Fencing that outlasts the weather

Closeboard: the workhorse — built on site, on concrete or timber posts, with gravel boards to keep timber off the ground
Slatted screens: contemporary horizontal slats for patios, hot tub areas and street-facing frontages
Gates: side gates, driveway gates and estate-style entrance gates, hung properly on posts that will not move
Panels and trellis: where budget or speed matter, fitted with the same care as everything else

Sleeper retaining walls

Much of Rutland sits on slopes, and sleeper walls are the most cost-effective way to turn a gradient into terraces. We build them structurally: posts concreted or steel-pinned, membranes and drainage behind the wall, and weep routes so winter water never builds up where you cannot see it. Oak for prominent positions; treated softwood where budget leads.

Contemporary garden with porcelain patio, lawn and dark slatted fence screening at dusk — A contemporary garden behind slatted screening

NOTE Boundary basics

Height: over 2m (or 1m beside a highway) can need planning permission — we will flag it
Whose fence? Worth confirming in deeds before replacing a boundary; we can advise
Wind: exposed Rutland gardens need posts and spacing specified for it, not catalogue defaults

How long does fencing last?

Closeboard on concrete posts with gravel boards: 20 years plus. The same boards nailed to untreated posts in soil: five. The difference is all in the detail you cannot see from the kitchen window.

Do sleeper walls need foundations?

Anything retaining real soil load does. Low planter walls can sit on a compacted base; taller terracing gets concreted posts and engineered drainage. We size it to the load, not the lowest quote.

Can you do fencing as part of a bigger garden project?

That is exactly how most of it happens — boundaries, terracing and screening designed alongside the patio and lawn so the whole garden arrives finished.

Fencing near you

Stamford Oakham Uppingham Rutland villages

Garden transformations Patios Artificial grass

Boundary blown down, or garden held back by a slope?

Fencing repairs and sleeper terracing can usually be visited and quoted within the week.

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