Acoustic Fencing.

Rocker

hywelg said:

As @ICBM says there laws about the height of fencing adjacent to a public highway. Think its 1.2m?

Maybe consider leylandii .

Don't even think about planting Leylandii. They grow slowly at first, then one day years after planting them, you realise that they are 20 feet high and 10 feet wide. Basically out of control - the only solution is to get them cut down and the roots dug up. Expensive.

pintspiller

Yew hedge

mrkb

EricTheWeary said:

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There was something, if briefly, on Radio 4 this morning about external blinds. Essentially a lot more efficient than internal ones at heat reduction. Chap had them fitted to his house for £5k  ( don't know how many windows) but these are automated ones that open/ close/ tilt. Small apartments with big windows ( as you see on a lot of modern builds) can be almost unliveable in the summer so these are what would work best. On traditional French apartments they run from one side of the building to the other so you can have the shutters up against the heat but windows open on the shady side. I guess that's where it falls down with modern apartments in large buildings.  

A lot or European houses have inward opening windows which then allow lots of external shutter options - think the Uks outward swingers prevent the optimal use of shutters.

ToneControl

I still maintain that the cheapest and quickest option is to close the windows,
then either strip off and get used to the heat, or fit air con. This is the solution used in every other country

EricTheWeary

mrkb said:

EricTheWeary said:

{ weird quote thing}

There was something, if briefly, on Radio 4 this morning about external blinds. Essentially a lot more efficient than internal ones at heat reduction. Chap had them fitted to his house for £5k  ( don't know how many windows) but these are automated ones that open/ close/ tilt. Small apartments with big windows ( as you see on a lot of modern builds) can be almost unliveable in the summer so these are what would work best. On traditional French apartments they run from one side of the building to the other so you can have the shutters up against the heat but windows open on the shady side. I guess that's where it falls down with modern apartments in large buildings.  

A lot or European houses have inward opening windows which then allow lots of external shutter options - think the Uks outward swingers prevent the optimal use of shutters.

Ahh. 

CHRISB50

Are you thinking rosewood, mahogany? Or something a bit more niche like maple or blackwood?

randella

CHRISB50 said:

Are you thinking rosewood, mahogany? Or something a bit more niche like maple or blackwood?

Roasted maple, surely?  Flavour of the month as far as I can tell.