What we do
Every job is specified for Ramsgate ground and Ramsgate weather - concrete-in posts on the chalk substrate, hot-dip galv or stainless hardware because the salt air kills zinc plating, and heavier board specs on the wind-exposed clifftop plots. Fixed price after we see the run.
The workhorse fence for Kent coast conditions. Vertical featheredge boards fixed to two horizontal arris rails, concrete post and concrete gravel board underneath. The right build for wind-exposed clifftop and West Cliff plots.
Scope & pricingReady-made 6ft x 6ft lap or featheredge panels dropped between concrete slotted posts. Faster and cheaper than closeboard, appropriate for sheltered gardens away from the clifftop, and still built to last a decade-plus with the right posts underneath.
Scope & pricingTraditional painted picket fence for front gardens on the older streets. The right visual for St Lawrence cottages, the Regency terraces where a full 6ft closeboard boundary would look wrong, and any front garden inside the Thanet DC conservation area.
Scope & pricingGalvanised steel palisade for yards, industrial units, allotment perimeters and rear-boundary security. W-section pales, three horizontal rails, RSJ posts concreted deep. Built to BS 1722 Part 12.
Scope & pricingTimber and metal gates. The one hard rule on any Ramsgate install: hot-dip galvanised or stainless hardware. Zinc-plated hinges corrode inside eighteen months here. We've replaced enough of them to have stopped fitting them.
Scope & pricingTimber and composite decking for Ramsgate gardens. Marine-grade fixings, elevated on posts where the ground drops, deck-boards specified with proper drainage gap. Built for a decade-plus even on the West Cliff exposure.
Scope & pricingTimber posts rot at ground level - it's the water and the fungus in the topsoil, and every timber post in the country will do it eventually. Concrete posts don't. On Ramsgate ground the upgrade is efficient and the payback is fifteen-plus years of not calling the fencer back after each winter.
Scope & pricingOne panel down after a winter blow. A post snapped at ground level. A gate that won't shut anymore. We do the small jobs. Priced honestly - no minimum call-out gouging, no attempt to sell you a full new fence when a single panel replacement is all you need.
Scope & pricingThe Ramsgate picture in one page
Ramsgate is coastal Kent, and the ground is chalk. Those two facts drive every spec decision on this website. Chalk substrate at 300 to 600mm below topsoil means concrete-in posts are efficient and reliable - the augering is a bit slower but the collar sets on something solid. Salt air within a mile of the sea means zinc-plated gate hardware is a false economy - we use hot-dip galv or stainless as standard. Wind exposure on the West Cliff and East Cliff means heavier board specs, three-rail closeboard rather than two, and concrete gravel boards under everything.
The property mix is Regency terraces on the West Cliff (conservation-area consent above 1m on front boundaries), the older village core at St Lawrence, mid-C20th estates around Nethercourt and Newington, larger post-war semis in Dumpton, and the coastal-edge plots at Pegwell and Cliffsend. Front-garden picket predominates on the Regency streets; closeboard predominates on the exposed rear boundaries; panel fencing works on the sheltered inland gardens.
The planning authority is Thanet District Council. Almost all standard rear-boundary fencing up to 2m is permitted development. Front-boundary work above 1m in a conservation area needs an application - typically 8 to 10 week turnaround. We flag this at quote stage before you commit.
Standards on every job
Send a photo and a postcode. Fixed-price WhatsApp quote back within the hour on straightforward jobs.