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title: "Closeboard fence panels, close up, Gloucester (2025) | Solid Ground Paving"
description: "Case study from Gloucester: closeboard panels dropped into concrete slotted posts alongside a rear extension, each post set in concrete and levelled off the run."
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# Closeboard fence panels, close up, Gloucester

Closeboard panels dropped into concrete slotted posts alongside a rear extension, each post set in concrete and levelled off the run. Recorded on site in Gloucester in 2025; the notes below describe how it was built rather than how it looks.

## Key facts

- **Town:** Gloucester
- **Year:** 2025
- **Surface:** Fencing and groundworks
- **Record:** Site photograph, own work

## What was built here?

Closeboard panels dropped into concrete slotted posts alongside a rear extension, with every post set in concrete and levelled along a string line. The build-up under it follows the same specification we use on every job: excavate to formation, compacted sub-base, laying course, then the surface itself with edges restrained before any traffic goes on.

## How are the edges held?

Every edge is restrained on concrete haunching before the surface is compacted. Edge restraint is the single most common failure point on domestic paving, because once a border can move the field spreads and the joints open.

- Excavation to a firm formation, not just a skim off the topsoil
- Compacted sub-base in layers rather than one deep lift
- Edges haunched and left to cure before trafficking

## Where does the water go?

Falls are set away from the building and taken to a channel, soakaway or permeable surface, never toward the house. In Gloucester's clay-influenced ground, getting the fall right matters more than the surface material you choose.

## Questions and answers

Q: Is this your own work?
A: Yes. Every photograph and video on this site is a job we completed in or around Gloucester between 2021 and 2026. We do not use stock or manufacturer media.

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## Site records

- Photograph: Panels dropped into slotted posts: no nails into the post, so any single panel can be replaced later without disturbing the run.
  - Description: Closeboard fence panels in concrete slotted posts alongside a brick extension in Gloucester
  - File: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/6ba7993f-990f-483d-8967-000cbf53162d/closeboard-fence-gravel-boards.jpg