Manufactured in-house by East Coast Fencing, this 2ft closeboard fence panel measures 1830mm wide by 600mm high and is supplied in a green/natural pressure-treated finish. It is intended for marking a boundary without creating a tall screen, particularly around front gardens, driveways, planted areas and other places where visibility and daylight still matter. The solid-looking feather edge face makes it a different proposition from picket or trellis fencing: the overlapping boards reduce direct sight lines while the chosen height controls how enclosed the boundary feels.
The 600mm size changes the job this panel is being asked to do. It is low enough to preserve open sight lines across a garden, so the closeboard construction is being used mainly for a solid visual edge rather than screening people at standing height. That makes accurate alignment especially noticeable: on a low run, uneven tops or a wavy base line are easy to see from either side of the boundary.
The standard panel is built from 18 feather edge boards at 125mm wide, fixed across 3 backing rails measuring 75 x 32mm. It is an unframed closeboard design with a listed 45mm depth, and a timber capping strip finishes the top. The capping covers the exposed top line of the boards and encourages rain to run off rather than remaining on that edge. Because we manufacture the panel ourselves, these construction details are part of the product specification rather than assumptions based on a generic closeboard panel.
Choosing green/natural rather than brown does not change the panel layout or rail count; it changes the initial treated appearance. This makes it useful where the customer wants the lighter, more natural-looking treated timber finish across panels, posts or other timber components. This 600mm panel uses 3 rails and there is no Ultra Heavy Duty version at this height in the category, so compare the available heights and colours in our closeboard fence panels range instead.
A good installation keeps the panel itself out of direct ground contact. Use a suitable gravel board where the fence line runs over soil or other damp ground, and establish the base line before the panels are fitted. Because the panel is low, the main buying check is usually the existing bay width rather than wind loading from a tall fence. Measure the opening between posts before ordering or cutting, especially on an older run where posts may no longer be perfectly parallel. If the garden slopes, plan the steps between bays first so one corner of the panel is not forced into the soil simply to keep the top line continuous.
Check the support system at the same time as the panels. Suitable fence posts need to be set straight and at the correct spacing for the actual panel width, with the post length chosen around the required visible fence and below-ground fixing. On replacement work, measure between the existing posts before ordering. If a panel is trimmed, any fresh cut timber should be re-treated rather than left exposed. These checks are more useful than relying on the nominal 6ft width alone.
