Garden timber on Papworth's family houses
Add 502 semis and 295 terraced homes and that's a lot of fence line in a village of about 1,530 households. Shared boundaries mean it's worth checking which side belongs to you before Graham's visit, since we can only paint a neighbour's side with their agreement.
Sheds need more than fences: door edges, window frames, corner trims and the bottom boards nearest the ground, which catch rain splashback. Gates have every face done, including the top and bottom end grain.
Fence and shed painting: products and timing
Opaque garden paints give a single even colour across boards that have weathered differently, and suit a shed you want to make a feature of. Stains colour the wood while letting the grain show, and are easier to recoat later. New, untreated timber benefits from a protective treatment first.
Everything needs dry wood and a few dry hours afterwards, so we book garden timber from late spring to early autumn where possible. See the shed and fence painting page, or add your exterior painting to the same dry spell.
Papworth Everard at a glance
- 20 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 25 minutesOSRM routing
- 90%are houses rather than flatsCensus 2021
- 38%of homes are detachedCensus 2021
- 33%are semi-detachedCensus 2021
- 62%of homes are owner-occupiedCensus 2021
- 1,530householdsCensus 2021
How we approach shed, fence & gate painting
On a Papworth garden we'd clean off algae and dirt first, using a gentler approach on rough-sawn panels, then scrape flaking paint on sheds and gates and sand down loose fibres. Plants and paving are covered. Rotten posts or boards are pointed out before we start, and posts and gravel boards get a full coat. The full method, products and FAQs are on our shed, fence & gate painting page.