A Cheap Allotment Fence. Made From Reclaimed Timber.

Hi, guys, I wanted to share with you another project that I have been working on this week.

When I took my allotment on I knew there was some work to be done, the fence was one of the main jobs I wanted to tackle before the start of the season.
I decided that this week would be perfect to make a start and I had an idea in mind to make it look as good as a fence can be.

So my allotment fence was a combination of old oak with a metal wire running around, with some plastic netting to keep out the riff-raff.

Here is a picture of the before.

I'm one for reusing things, I like to make sure that I send as little to landfill as possible, so I started to look around for wood that needed to be saved, and after a few weeks of looking I found a fencing company that sells off-cuts of wood that they normally sell to people for firewood.

What they class as scrap, I class as gold as these lengths are between 4 feet and 6 feet long and they are 4 inches wide and an inch thick, which is just about perfect for me to make a fence with.
I also picked up some fence posts for £3 each, which came from some really long pallets.

I made my own fence panels by cutting each length to 4 feet and adding a 2-inch gap between them, the gap is to stop the wind from blowing the fence and possibly knocking it over.

I did have to buy the concrete to put the posts in but that was something that I couldn't get cheap.

I took the old fence down and started to erect my fence as I want it.

Once the fence was up, I then decided that I would reuse the plastic netting that was up before and add that to the top of the fence.

I also like the idea of a barn door-style gate, so I made my gate entrance 7 feet wide and made two gates that I matched up with the fence to make it all match.

It looks so much better than the one that came with the allotment, I had some nice comments from people who walked past. Apparently, the last fence has been up since the 50's so that is a long time.

anyway I love the finished look, all I need to do now is add some preserves to the wood to stop this from rotting and you never know it could last another 70 years.

Hope you guys like it too.