Land level higher than new boundary fence - Help!

Hi there,

New poster, so bear with me!

I have recently replaced a horrendous ivy hedge around the boundary of my property and replaced it with a fence. The fence is at pavement level along the side of my property and my land level is a foot or so higher.

Clearly I dont want to reload the soil to immediately abut the fence as its likely to rot it in future. Does anyone know the best way to protect the fence, but still not resulting in too much of a gap between the fence and the higher land?

Any help greatly received.

Cheers, Rob

 

I got a big roll of plastic from a builders merchant, it's like DPM. I just put that round my fence before I backfilled it, to hinder the damp travelling through the concrete.

 

Hello Rob, I would imagine that short of a major engineering project your best bet would be to create a slope of about 1-in-6 and plant it up with something ( preferably turf ) to prevent the soil slipping down onto the fence.

 

Nail a one foot high piece of treated timber or even metal or plastic along the bottom of the fence and fill with soil to level

 

Many thanks all, I think I might have to go down the plastic sheeting route due to cost. I'll let you know how I get on. :thumb:

 

We had the same problem. I made a slope as per skinner's post, and planted Photinia. So far so good (year 3).

Best of luck!

 

Sounds like the sensible and usual approach to me.

 

I think the roll cost me about £20, I still have a load of it left. I used it on a concrete fence though. The slope idea may be worth considering, my fence was to work as a retainer.