insideKENT Magazine Issue 35 - February 2015 | Page 137

OUTDOORLIVING

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Jacksons
Fencing
NEWS,
TOPICAL TREATS
AND MORE...
GOOD FENCES
MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURS!
Ivan Frost's garden looks fantastic after the Chilham panels were installed, especially now the
flowers are blooming.

Here’s a lovely story that conjures
up the well-known adage ‘good
fences make good neighbours'
beautifully.
We received some
pictures from a very happy
Jacksons' customer, showing his
new fence panels looking stunning
as a boundary between two
gardens (see photo at top of page).
After speaking with the
customer, Ivan Frost, it soon came
to light that the project was a joint
venture with his next-door
neighbour, Nick Jagger. They had
both decided to replace the hedge
between their two properties with
Jacksons' panels.
Following some research and
discussion, they ended up choosing
our Chilham panels, which happen
to be a great choice, as this unusual
fence is one that looks good on
both sides.
If you are unsure of what we
mean by that, take a look next time
you're near an ordinary fence. You
will see that one side of the fence

Ivan Frost's lovely garden with roses in bloom
and the splendid Chilham panels making a
superb backdrop.

usually has several rails that run
horizontally between the posts –
the vertical timbers, or pales, are
attached to these rails.
This side of the fence is often
referred to as the ‘bad’ side.
Although strangely enough, fencing
‘etiquette’ dictates that when you
install a fence on your property, it
is thought of as polite to have the
rails facing in towards you, giving
either your neighbours or the
outside world the best view of the
fence (the ‘good’ side that has no
rails etc).
Mind you, there’s no law
involved here; it’s up to the
individual, and I know many people
who prefer to see the side that has
no rails as their view.
This is why at Jacksons we
developed Chilham panels; they
have an in