Making a 6ft garden fence higher

batman1

I have a fence on the boundary between us and neighbours, semi d. They raised their garden and do now they can see right into our kitchen .
I would like to raise a part of the fence on my side, closest to the house to block the viewing.
The fence is a bog standard 6ft boards with the gap between them.

What's the easiest option here?
I was thinking of getting some 8 ft boards and screwing them to the existing boards but not sure if the 2 ft above the existing will warp.

Was also thinking of getting a fence panel or 2 and screwing onto the existing fence but not sure if it would be a big load to put onto the existing, 19 yr old fence. The fence is pretty sound at the moment.

Calahonda52

Pictures pls
your limit is 2m

punisher5112

Plant a hedge, no restrictions

irishbuzz

Calahonda52 wrote: »

your limit is 2m

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can normally interpret this as 2m maximum from whichever side is shortest. So assuming the 6ft (1.8m) measurement is on OPs side and the neighbour has raised their lawn there might be a large allowable increase

LenWoods

Neighbor of ours has screwed lollipop style strips to the existing hit&miss fencing looks pretty good and seamless as he's panelled over the vertical concrete beams,
Alternatively lift out the panels and slide down another pre-cast concrete panel then refit the panels but this creates a gap where the current vertical concrete beams are, as the panels become higher but the beams ofcourse don't.

I would also be concerned about the neighbours run off from there raised garden, is the rain water running off there's now in to yours and potentially there neighbor on the other side.

wait4me

If timber fence is in H-posts, as LenWoods said pop out the timber panel, put in a concrete cross beam (notice I didn't say pop - these buggers are heavy especially when lifting over your own height to insert into H-post) and pop the timber panel back in.

Lumen

I know it seems a bit wasteful, but replacing the fence with a taller one will give the cleanest looking result.

Calahonda52

irishbuzz wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can normally interpret this as 2m maximum from whichever side is shortest. So assuming the 6ft (1.8m) measurement is on OPs side and the neighbour has raised their lawn there might be a large allowable increase

I had a case in Dundrum in 1983 when I built a garden shed, not on the boundary wall but back a bit, I had it right in the limit so the neighbour raised his garden by a foot at the wall and the LA made me take off two blocks, he then lowered the garden.
He was a big swinging dcik in the community and I suspect there was a George Redmond
He then planted a hedge, funny, it never grew well, must have been the soil.

batman1

They won't care about the height. It's only about 10 ft out from the house that I want to raise, to stop them bring able to see in the patio door.

The fence is a wooden one with 4x4 posts, 3 horizontal timbers and the 6ft boards nailed on.

Replacing it is not an option I'm afraid .