Fencing & Walls in Wraysbury.

Sometimes along the same fence line, yes. Backfilled ground from the old gravel workings does not compact evenly, so a post that sits solidly at a standard depth in one section can need a deeper foundation or a bolt-down support a few metres along where the ground is softer. We check post-hole ground at survey and specify foundations per section rather than one depth for the whole run.

Yes, as standard rather than as an option. Groundwater sits close to the surface across the village for months at a time, and a retaining wall built without drainage behind it will take on that pressure and lean or crack within a few years. Every retaining wall we build here gets a drainage path behind the face before the wall is finished.

Possibly, if the work falls within roughly 8 metres of the river. Byelaws generally require Environment Agency permission — a flood risk activity permit — for construction that close to a main river, and Wraysbury has more riverside and lakeside boundaries than most places we work. We measure the distance at survey and handle the application where it applies, alongside the usual RBWM planning check.

Concrete posts and gravel boards over timber posts set straight into the soil, on this ground more than most. Where groundwater sits high for months of the year, a timber post loses its footing and its line well before the boards it carries have worn out. Concrete posts, sized and founded to what the trial hole shows, are the more reliable default here.