Local guides
Coastal-Kent-specific working notes on fence-panel and post maintenance, replacement-versus-repair decisions, and the differences the salt air and chalk substrate make. Written for Deal, Walmer, Kingsdown and the CT14 villages.
Annual treatment schedule, salt-air rinse, arris-rail and post inspection routine. What to do in April to get the run through another Deal winter.
The post-condition test, the panel-condition test, and the coastal micro-climate factor. A working framework for the repair-versus-replace call.
Visual, touch and push tests for ground-line post rot. What the tests mean together, and what a failed post looks like in Kingsdown versus Sholden.
Lifespan, panel-swap ease and storm survivability. Why every new Deal-coast boundary should be concrete-post-and-gravel-board.
Twice-yearly hinge lubrication, drop-bolt clearance, salt-air ironmongery, timber gate rail checks. What keeps a Deal-coast gate off the replacement list.