After contractors cladded my council house they replaced the fence panels between my house and the adjoining neighbours. Came home to find the gravel boards are held up by a brick and one by a few bits of rubble. Not a good look and I'm sure it can't be safe. I can only find how they should have done to his work had it been on a soiled slope so could anyone tell me how it should have been done correctly over a sloping concrete path? The water grate is also halfway under one panel so would need to be accessible.
This can't be how it's done, surely?
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If they were cladding the house why did they need to do anything to the fence?
It looks as though the drain cover was under the fence originally so I would just remove the brick and drop the gravel board back down and lsit the fence on top of the gravel board. If the house is council owned and they need access to the drain they will just have to lift it up themselves.
It looks as though the drain cover was under the fence originally so I would just remove the brick and drop the gravel board back down and lsit the fence on top of the gravel board. If the house is council owned and they need access to the drain they will just have to lift it up themselves.
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On a slope the fence should be stepped or the posts angled to account for the slope. Personally I prefer the stepped approach although stepping the panels will mean that there will be a gap at the end of each gravel board which would have to be accounted for. If it was earth then the gravel boards can be dug in but that isn't so easy on concrete. The manhole cover can be lifted although the fence panel and the gravel board will have to be removed to do that but that isn't a problem.
They cladded the whole row of terraced houses in one go so had to remove the old fence for the scaffolding. If the brick was taken out, wouldn't the gravel board be at an angle on the ground so the fence panel wouldn't fit properly?. I'd have thought cutting an angle in the g board (I know this isn't easy) or putting something like concrete at th bottom of the vertical concrete posts channel that the panel slots into? Anything but a brick.
Is it possible it's been secured somehow on the other side i.e. the brick and rubble just a temp measure during installation to keep the gravel board level?
Email the council? Say their sub-contractor hasn't completed the job properly (give your pics as evidence) and say if the brick was accidently moved there is risk of foot/hand being trapped under gravel board. Put the onus back on them to resolve it.
It's usual to see some kind of support under the gravel board, to keep it level, and usually this is by a cement mortar fillet in the post's slot - the brick being a temporary support while the mortar sets. For the time and effort it'll take to get the council to act, why not get a bag of ready mixed mortar and do it yourself in ten minutes; in fact in 15 minutes you could probably do all the neighbours' as well.
My cousin is going to fill the posts slots with mortar for me as I doubt they'll come back to fix it. I've waited 6 weeks for them to come back to stop the outside tap they installed from dripping so yes it's easier to fix myself. The bathroom is next so who knows what questions I'll be asking on here once they start it
I guess you get what you pay for....oh wait...
The council tax payer is not getting value for money.
I work and pay my rent too so don't tar me with whatever ideas you have about ppl living in council houses. Idiot