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    We've recently moved into a nice house with a lovely garden. At the bottom of the garden, is a shared fence which is wooden with concrete posts/base.

    Here's my problem, the kids are always kicking their football over. They then lift the fence and come into the garden. YES! even when I have asked them not to. Even when I am standing the other side, they continue. The panels are now starting to break at the bottom. Has anyone got any advice as to, anything I can do with it, to stop them???

  • #2
    Drive a wooden wedge in both sides (at the top - being careful not to break the panel) where the panel slots in. Or, if you wanted to, you could sink a 2x2 bit of timber near the fence, concrete it in, and screw the panel to that.

    Or, drill a hole above the panel in the post if you have the tools, and stick a dowel in it.
    Last edited by chris; 06-07-2013, 08:28 PM.

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    • #3
      Lay in the hedge with a ghillie suit on air powered BB gun or a pellet gun then let rip when they pop through!!

      Also lace the fence with razor wire

      Failing this do as chris ^^^^ says above
      Last edited by darcyvuqua; 06-07-2013, 08:35 PM.
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      • #4
        Will try the wedges first. Do you reckon some sort of no nails glue would work aswell?

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        • #5
          I would go with the wedges as suggested by Chris. Then if you need to change a panel in the future you can drill them out to release the panel. Quality no nails will work but it would be a bit of a job when it came to replacing a panel.

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          • #6
            Run some chicken wire across the fence so that they can't get through - and stud it with prickly things. Maybe they need to learn the hard way

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            • #7
              Wedge the fence, VC's idea ^^^ is a good one too, but speak to the parents as well. How would they like it if you were in and out of their garden four or five times a day? Or, how about borrowing a really barky dog and let it bark at the kids and shred the ball
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              • #8
                How about you offer to teach them how to play football so they don't miss-kick the ball in the first place?

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                • #9
                  ONE OF THOSE HUGE FAT FULLY LOADED WATER SUPER SOAKER GUNS. Your finger on the trigger...
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by mothhawk View Post
                    Wedge the fence, VC's idea ^^^ is a good one too, but speak to the parents as well. How would they like it if you were in and out of their garden four or five times a day? Or, how about borrowing a really barky dog and let it bark at the kids and shred the ball
                    My dog would be brilliant. You can never get a ball off him and he's only ever happy when he has done this.
                    It had looked like this
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                    Last edited by VirginVegGrower; 06-07-2013, 11:03 PM.
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                    • #11
                      Wedges should work, also good for stopping any rattling.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Stan79 View Post
                        How about you offer to teach them how to play football so they don't miss-kick the ball in the first place?
                        That was hubbys suggestion!

                        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                        Run some chicken wire across the fence so that they can't get through - and stud it with prickly things. Maybe they need to learn the hard way
                        I like that idea!

                        Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
                        ONE OF THOSE HUGE FAT FULLY LOADED WATER SUPER SOAKER GUNS. Your finger on the trigger...
                        Even better!

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                        • #13
                          How old are the kids?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Stan79 View Post
                            How about you offer to teach them how to play football so they don't miss-kick the ball in the first place?
                            Wouldn't work. It's much more fun to go in a lady's garden than to just kick the ball lower.
                            I get balls in my lotty all the time from next door. I was throwing them back, and then realised that they just kept coming. So I stopped returning them, and quelle surprise, no more balls.

                            I still have one, sitting where they left it. I looked up the law:

                            - if they come and get it, they're trespassing
                            - if I keep it or destroy it, it's theft

                            Technically, I have to leave it where it is for a reasonable period of time (which could be some years).



                            SP. Get that fence shored up, and plant some pricklies up it. Pyracantha is good, and pretty fast growing. You can always grow a clematis amongst it to make it look prettier
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by rustylady View Post
                              How old are the kids?
                              Young enough to be up chimneys I'd say. Age from 7-12. Will have a word with my neighbour later, not sure he is aware they are doing it.

                              I am pretty easy going, don't mind them walking round to get it, or even me throwing it back. It's the lifting and slamming of fence, which is starting to break and also being in my garden when I am not here.

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