garden wall too "low"

jsabina

Hi,
I just bought the house and I am planning some works (low cost of course).
The house is semi-deatached and the gardens on the rear have a wall that might be approximately 1.80 or 2 mt max.

I would prefer to have more privacy / I have dogs and neighbours have kids so I was looking for a solution.

I have been suggested to wooden fence to apply on top of the wall?
Any idea? Do I need any permission or are there any regulations to follow?

I have seen nobody else has anything like that around me :rolleyes:

seamus

If you wish to extend the height of your wall above 2m (from the ground on the lowest side), you need to apply for planning permission. This applies whether you're putting blocks on top of a boundary wall or attaching wood panels or trellis to your existing wall.

Personally I think a wall over 2m looks atrocious and makes a garden very claustrophobic, but that's my opinion.

jsabina

Thanks seamus,
yeah I am not sure either on how it would look to be honest.
It doesn't really have to be concrete and it could be something where light can pass...
More than privacy I was trying to find a solution to keep the dogs more "secure" from kids "interacting" with them

I might think to something else or to keep them indoor.

RoscommonTom

what about some picket fencing, it looks nice, just dont put it too high like the other fella said or you might have the neighbours giving out

lostboy75

jsabina wrote: »

wall that might be approximately 1.80 or 2 mt max.

just to check that we are talking about the same thing? 1.8m is nearly six foot! they mush be big dogs and/or kids?
agree that anything taller than that is too much unless you have a massive garden.

Lost

seamus

lostboy75 wrote: »

just to check that we are talking about the same thing? 1.8m is nearly six foot! they mush be big dogs and/or kids?

To be fair, kids will climb up onto oil tanks or whatever and may hang over the wall throwing stuff down for the dogs or otherwise drive them crazy. An excited dog could easily jump up and grab a hold of a sleeve or whatever.

I'd be inclined to wait and see if it's an issue before doing anything about it, but I don't know the OP's dogs or the area she's in.

If the wall is 1.8m, one thing which would readily discourage kids is a 2m picket fence set about 10cm away from the wall. On the other hand, I have seen some more enterprising kids use that as a handrail to walk along the top of the wall.

Hedges are the easily the most effective way to create a border like this, keeping the kids away from your garden and the dogs away from the wall, but getting a row of mature hedges planted is definitely not cheap.

jsabina

Thanks a lot.
The dogs are not huge nor problematic... a setter and a collie..
but not smallies anyway.
They are not aggressive or anything like that, never created issues... but just trying to be prepared to avoid issues.
I have seen the neighbours have kids and friends of the kids hanging in their garden.
They might be the best kids in the world... but never know!
I know that with nothing I can be 100% sure to avoid problems, but I want to do a little bit of what I can to make the situation better.
So my options now are

1. Check if it's less than 2mt raise to 2mt
2. Hedges, I thought about that and it would be nice and interesting, but money could be an issue
3. Keep dogs inside when I can't supervise

Thanks!

gutteruu

2 foot picket fence across the top would be the way I'd go. Looks OK. Can't see neighbours having any issues whatsoever if your keeping dogs away from their children but pop across and chat with them before spending cash. Worst case its easy rip down if someone gave out. Most of my neighbours have the same and I see it all over the place. I'm delighted we did it as it gives us great privacy now.

Outkast_IRE

Well you do have to be careful with wall height and collies, some are actually excellent climbers almost like cats .
My neighbours one used to climb in and out from the garden at ease and that was a full 2metre high concrete wall. But not all collies will learn to try it.

Stheno

In a house I lived in before where we had a dog who was far too clever and figured out that the then unfilled holes in the cavity block could be used to scale it we topped it with trellis facing inward at a ninety degree so she hit a barrier at the top and has no means of getting past it

jsabina

thanks guys,
no my dogs thanks god are not climbers

the collie is over 10 years old so can barely go on the sofa with some suffering..

I will think about that and check your suggestions! thanks!