Fencing 94T in Walnut: pack coverage, posts and trims

The Fencing 94T in walnut is a composite fence board sold six to a pack, each board 180cm long. One pack makes one fence bay. Whether you are replacing a tired timber panel between concrete posts already in the ground or setting out a new boundary, the order comes down to two things: how many bays you have, and whether you need posts or trims. Below are the figures the listing gives and what they mean with a tape in your hand.

What one pack covers

The listing states the coverage rather than leaving you to work it out: 3.24m² per pack, fitted and interlocked, from six boards.

The arithmetic is worth following. Six boards at 30cm wide stack to 180cm, and 180cm by 180cm is the 3.24m² quoted, so a pack fills a bay of roughly 1.8m each way once interlocked. Measure the gap you actually have before counting packs: if your posts sit further apart than that, one pack will not close the bay on its own.

The one dimension to confirm before you order

The description quotes the board thickness twice, and the two figures do not agree. The opening paragraph says the boards are 2cm thick. The size line reads 30 x 180 x 1.8cm per fitted and interlocked panel. Two millimetres sounds like nothing, but it is the figure any fixing has to accept. The listing does not describe how the boards fix to the posts or to the trims, so ask the shop to confirm the thickness and the fixing method together, against the trim or post you are buying.

The order of that line repays a second read too: 30cm wide by 180cm long by 1.8cm thick, which is width, length, thickness rather than the width, depth, height order most listings use. Confirm which is which if you are working to a tight opening.

The posts, trims and lattices the listing names

The listing names what goes with this board, and splits the job in two: trims fit concrete posts you already have, posts are for a new installation.

• Fencing 94 Trim - Black - 180cm, the trim named for this series, four pieces to a pack. Fencing 86 Trim - 180cm is the second trim the listing names as compatible.
• 6" Fence Post - Black, four posts to a pack, for a new run.
• 8" Fence Post - Black, two posts to a pack and the larger of the two post sizes named. This listing only names the two posts, so check heights and fixings on their own pages before you decide which suits your run.
• Fence Lattice 02 - Strips, or Fence Lattice 01 - Flower, the two lattices listed alongside this board. The listing does not say how either fixes to the boards, so ask before planning a decorative top.

Count posts before you count boards. A straight run of three bays needs four posts, posts come in packs of four or two, and that is usually what decides the order rather than the number of bays.

Matching a colour the listing only names

Walnut is one of several colour names in the 94 series, and if you want a different tone Fencing 94D in dark oak is another of them, listed at the same 180cm length and six pieces to a pack. What the listing does not give is a gloss level, a grain description or a colour reference; the photographs are the only other guide. If you are matching boards to a run already up, or to a gate, ask the shop for a current photograph of the boards before committing to a whole boundary.

The description calls the construction composite and claims weather and UV resistance, including protection against fading in direct sunlight. No test standard, rating or figure is quoted behind either claim, so read them as the supplier's wording rather than a measured specification. If you need a specification, for a factor's approval or a planning condition, ask the shop.

Measuring up, and what to check when it arrives

1. Measure every gap between post centres, top and bottom. An old timber run is rarely square, and the narrowest gap governs.
2. Measure the height you want and compare it with the 1.8m a pack makes.
3. Count the bays, then work out the posts that number of bays needs.
4. Decide whether you are fitting to concrete posts already set (trims) or starting fresh (posts).
5. Plan where the packs will be stacked: the boards are 180cm long and want a clear stretch of path or lawn.

Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store and £50 beyond. When the packs arrive, open all of them and check every board along its edges before you start fitting: a knocked edge is the thing that stops a board interlocking cleanly.

If your bay measures up, the Fencing 94T walnut fence board pack sits in fencing with the rest of the boards, trims and posts the shop supplies for boundaries. Take your bay width, your height and the number of bays to the product page, and ask about thickness and fixings if the posts are already in.