I wanted some more privacy in the garden without paying for new fences – I found a clever way with a £14 buy
A SAVVY woman has revealed the clever way she extended her fence for more privacy without forking out for new panels.
Maggie, an avid gardener and DIY whizz took to social media to show off the transformation.
In the clips she revealed her neighbours’ were moving so they were happy for her to have free reign over the fence.
“Let’s add some privacy to our garden,” Maggie wrote.
She then showed all of the items she used to create her taller fence which included a trellis, wood paint and some climber plants.
The DIY whizz first set about painting the trellis which she got from a local garden centre.
But you can also pick up similar trellis designs for £14 from Homebase.
After the paint had dried, she then cut them to shape to fit snug again the top of her garden fence and used large screws to drill them in place.
She used eight screws in total to keep the trellis secure and make sure it didn’t get damaged in windy conditions.
Once it was secured, she planned to take her climber plants and weave them into the wood to create some extra privacy.
She captioned the post: “We are making our fence bit taller. Why?
“The house next door will go on the market this year and you never know who moves in!
“Now you can easily see everything while walking around both gardens… but with these panels and my lovely Clematis Montana, it should look beautiful and add more privacy.”
The clips posted to her TikTok account @maggiesgreencup with over 300k views and 2k likes.
People were quick to take to the comments in awe over her fence transformation.
One person wrote: “Great job.”
Another commented: “Oh wow!”
“We are going to do this at the bottom of our garden to block out their security lights! Yours looks great,” penned a third.
How high can a garden fence be?
Despite what many people think a garden fence can be as high as 100m but you need to get planning permission for any fence taller than 2m.
Any fence under 2m does not need planning permission.
However, there are some complications to this.
If you are thinking about front garden fences, restrictions state that fences alongside a driveway can be a maximum of 1m or 3ft.
You would need to get planning permission for putting a trellis on a fence of 2m.
But, if any plant that you grow on that trellis exceeds 2m, you do not need to obtain a permit for the growing plant.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “Brill would love to do this but my neighbours have said no to trellis so trying to think.”
“I’ve just had these, £15.99 from my local garden centre, also know nationally as B&M,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “We did this 2/3years ago, our clematis completely covered it.”
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