
Timber Fencing in Bracknell
Closeboard and feather-edge boundaries built on site, so awkward Bracknell plot shapes and slopes are followed instead of forced.
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Free site visit, written quote within 48 hours and up to 5 years' guarantee on new installations.
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We are based at 17 Jay Corner, RG12 8HR, a few minutes from most Bracknell estates. Free site visit, a written price inside 48 hours, and a boundary that holds its line long after the van has gone.
20+ years' experience · Up to 5 years' guarantee · £5m public liability insured
Fencing experience
Public liability insured
Guarantee on new installs
Quote after your site visit
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Local coverage
Bracknell is where we live and work. The yard is in Jay Corner, off the RG12 side of town, which means Great Hollands, Easthampstead, Birch Hill, Hanworth, Crown Wood, Martins Heron, Bullbrook, Priestwood, Wildridings, Binfield and Warfield are all short trips rather than day-long journeys. That proximity is the reason site visits in Bracknell usually happen sooner than anywhere else we cover, and why we can drop back to check a gate or adjust a latch without turning it into an expensive return visit.
It also means we already know the housing. Bracknell was rebuilt as a new town from the 1950s onwards, so a large share of gardens here are bounded by original developer-grade lap panels in concrete slotted posts, or by 1980s and 1990s closeboard runs that have reached the end of their natural life at the base. When a Bracknell homeowner rings about a leaning fence, we can usually tell from the estate and the panel type what we are likely to find before we arrive.
The other Bracknell constant is neighbours. New-town estates were built with long shared boundaries, tight side passages and rear gardens that back on to walkways, woodland belts and open green space. Half of the practical work on a Bracknell fence is deciding which side the posts and rails sit on, how the run steps down a sloping garden, and how to get six-foot panels down a passage without taking the guttering off. That is what the free site visit is for.
We work for homeowners, landlords and letting agents across the town, along with agricultural and commercial clients on the outskirts. Repairs start from £150 + VAT and carry a 1 year guarantee; new fencing and decking carry up to 5 years depending on the style installed. We hold £5,000,000 public liability insurance and employers' liability cover, and our Checkatrade profile is there to be read before you commit to anything.
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RG12 and RG42, plus the surrounding Berkshire villages
New-town estate housing (1950s–1970s)
Terraces and semis in Priestwood, Wildridings, Easthampstead and Great Hollands, typically with narrow side access, shared rear boundaries and original concrete post-and-panel systems that have outlived the timber in them.
1980s and 1990s cul-de-sac developments
Crown Wood, Forest Park and Martins Heron: closeboard runs of a decent original standard, now failing at ground level where no gravel board was fitted and end grain has sat in wet soil for thirty years.
Modern estates, Jennett's Park, Amen Corner, Warfield
Newer plots handed over with the cheapest compliant lap panels and short posts. These are the gardens where owners most often upgrade to closeboard or composite, and where a smart driveway or side gate makes an immediate difference.
Older village property in Binfield and Warfield
Pre-war and period houses with longer, less regular boundaries, mature trees near the fence line and post-and-rail or picket frontages that need to look right from the road as well as stand up.
Services in Bracknell

Closeboard and feather-edge boundaries built on site, so awkward Bracknell plot shapes and slopes are followed instead of forced.
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The low-maintenance option for owners who do not want to treat timber again, popular on newer Warfield and Jennett's Park plots.
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From £150 + VAT with a 1 year guarantee: the sensible route when only a few posts or panels have gone.
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Side gates for narrow new-town passages and driveway gates hung square. We do not fit automated or electric gates.
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Properly framed timber or composite decking that levels out the small stepped gardens common across RG12.
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Overgrowth, old fencing and garden waste taken away, leaving a clean site before new work starts.
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Straight panel replacement matched to your neighbours' existing line where a full rebuild is not needed.
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The fix for Bracknell's most common fault, sound panels sitting on posts and boards that have rotted at the base.
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Extra height and privacy where estate gardens back on to footpaths, cut-throughs and green corridors.
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Why us here
You are dealing with Robert and Sean Stephens, not a call centre and not a subcontracted crew who have never been to Bracknell before. The same people quote the job, do the work and answer the phone afterwards on 07939 405646. On a town like this, where one estate's fencing problem repeats itself street by street, that continuity is worth more than a glossy brochure.
The commercial side is deliberately simple. The site visit is free, the written quote follows within 48 hours, payment is due on the day of completion once you have seen the finished work, by card, bank transfer or cash. Repairs carry a 1 year workmanship guarantee, new fencing and decking up to 5 years depending on the style. We are Checkatrade members and hold £5,000,000 public liability insurance plus employers' liability cover.
Based in RG12
17 Jay Corner, Bracknell RG12 8HR
20+ years
Fencing across Berkshire and Surrey
Up to 5 years
Guarantee on new installations
Local conditions
Ground, weather, trees and the age of the boundary decide how long a fence lasts far more than the panel you pick off a shelf. These are the conditions we plan for in Bracknell.
Bracknell's estates were largely fenced in the same few waves, which means whole streets reach the end of their fence life within a couple of years of each other. The failure point is nearly always the same: the bottom 150mm of a post or the untreated end grain of boards sitting straight on soil, with no gravel board keeping the timber clear of the wet.
That is why we look at the posts before we quote for panels. Replacing panels on a run whose posts are already spongy simply means paying twice, and it is the single most common false economy we are called back to correct.
Much of Bracknell sits on open, gently rising ground with green corridors, playing fields and woodland belts cutting through it. Where a garden backs on to that open space there is nothing to slow a westerly gale, and a solid six-foot panel behaves like a sail. Wind loading is the reason we talk about post spacing and post depth rather than just panel type, and the reason closeboard, which lets a little air through the boards, often survives where a cheap lap panel does not.
New-town construction left plenty of made-up ground, buried hardcore and shallow service runs, and modern estates add drainage and cable routes close to boundary lines. Post holes have to be dug to depth, not to whatever the ground allows, and sometimes a position has to shift by a few inches for good reason. Side passages are often under a metre wide, so materials and spoil have to be planned before day one rather than discovered on it.
On a fifty or sixty-year-old estate, the original boundary marker is often long gone and the fence has been patched by three different owners. We work off what is physically there, keep the run on the same line, and tell you plainly which side the posts and rails should face. Where a fence is shared, we will say what we can and cannot do without your neighbour's agreement instead of pushing on and creating a dispute.
Our process
Robert comes out at a time that suits you, walks the boundary, checks access for materials and spoil, and looks at ground conditions, clay, made-up ground, tree roots, services and levels all change what the job needs. Nothing is priced over the phone from guesswork.
You get a tailored written price, normally inside 48 hours of the visit and often sooner. It states the materials, the heights, the number of posts and boards, the expected duration and what is taken away. Payment is due on the day of completion.
Old materials are stripped out and removed, post positions are set off a string line, and holes are dug to depth rather than to whatever the ground allows. Getting this stage right is the difference between a fence that stays plumb and one that leans in two winters.
Posts are set and allowed to hold, gravel boards keep timber off the wet ground, and each bay is levelled and fixed as we go rather than corrected at the end. A standard domestic job is completed in one to two days.
We walk the finished line with you, check every fixing, gate swing and level, sweep the site and take the waste with us. Payment is due on the day of completion by card, bank transfer or cash; repairs carry a 1 year guarantee, new installations up to 5 years.
Bracknell questions
Anything not covered here? Call 07939 405646 and speak to Robert directly, no call centre, no sales script.
Next step
Tell us the road, roughly how long the run is and what is wrong with it. We will come out free of charge, measure properly and send a written price, normally within 48 hours.
Prefer to talk it through? 07939 405646