Fencing in Redcar
Fencing across Redcar's TS10 and TS11 postcodes: seafront and Coatham gardens where salt air shortens timber and fixings, the Dormanstown and Ings estates on level ground, and composite chosen more often here than anywhere else on the patch.
Salt is the local enemy
Everything within a mile of the seafront ages faster. Salt air corrodes thin galvanised nails and brackets, dries and greys timber, and finds any untreated cut end. In practice that means we specify heavier gauge or stainless fixings, pressure treated timber rather than dip coated, and concrete gravel boards keeping the base out of damp sand and soil.
Wind, and what survives it
Gardens in Coatham, Kirkleatham, Dormanstown and the seafront streets catch onshore wind with nothing in the way. A solid lap panel is a sail, and the post always loses. Hit and miss boards, or closeboard with three rails on concreted posts, are what stay standing through a February blow.
Estates, ex-council plots and Marske
Out towards Marske and New Marske the plots get bigger and the exposure stays, so longer runs in closeboard are common. The panel comparison guide sets out which type earns its money in a coastal garden.