Fence and Shed Painting in Coseley, Tipton

Garden timber is the woodwork most houses forget until it goes grey and starts to split. Coseley has a lot of good-sized back gardens with long runs of fence panel, and a coat of treatment every few years is far cheaper than replacing panels that have rotted.

The timber is cleaned first: moss, algae and loose fibres brushed off, and anything green treated so it does not grow straight back through the new coat. Where panels are split or posts are loose, that is pointed out before anything is painted, because treating a fence that is about to fall over is money wasted.

The product matters. Fences and sheds need a breathable exterior wood treatment or paint made for rough-sawn timber, applied into the grain rather than just across the surface. Plants and paths are covered, and the neighbour's side is not painted unless it has been agreed.

Coseley gardens often back onto one another, which means a Coseley fence is usually shared, and a shared fence is worth a quick word with the neighbour before the colour changes. Across Coseley and the rest of Tipton the popular choices are dark browns, greys and greens that let the planting stand out rather than compete with it.

Timing is weather-led: dry timber, a dry forecast, and a temperature that lets the treatment soak in. Flaking paint, damp patches that keep coming back, or cracks that reopen are worth looking at before anything new goes over them.