When choosing a fencing or cladding material there are often many considerations involved. Before making a final choice you should consider some of the many benefits of using Brustics Brushwood.

• Appearance - Brustics panels are attractive, warm and natural. They are ideal for helping to soften the landscape and they compliment a vast range of plants and settings.
  
  
• Attaching panels to existing structures - providing the framework is sound, panels can usually be secured to it with little modification.
  
  
• Durability - the panels have a 3 year warranty against defect in materials or workmanship when installed as fencing however provided the Brustics panels are supported clear of the ground they can be expected to last more than 20 years, requiring little maintenance. In some situations if the top of the panel is left uncapped it can after a number of years normally (5-8 years) start to thin out on top (a bit like some of us guys!): this does not necessarily detract from the fence. However, if you wish to avoid this, a capping should be used, we have included examples in the gallery.
  
  
• Environmentally friendly - Brustics panels help recycle otherwise unwanted material. No preservative treatment is used other than on the garden edges.
  
  
• Growing plants over Brustics panels - Climbers and similar plants can be attached to the fences.
  
  
• Maintenance - Brustics panels require little or no maintenance, unlike a lot of other materials used for fencing and cladding.
  
  
• Noise absorption - because of the type of brushwood used, the way it is compressed, and the fact that the panels are 45mm thick (more than double most wood panels) ensures superior noise absorption qualities.
  
  
• Privacy - Brustics panels provide excellent privacy.
  
  
• Swimming pool surrounds - Brustics Brushwood fences comply with the fencing requirements for swimming pools.
  
  
• Tagging - Brustics panels are not prone to being "tagged" as there is no solid surface to write on.
  
  
• Windbreak - Brustics panels are an excellent windbreak. They filter wind which avoids turbulance on the leeward side. They help protect your plants as well as providing personal comfort. They have been tested and approved for use in cyclonic conditions in Northern Australia.
  
  
• Flammability - The timber is a very hard wood and because it is so tightly compressed within the panel it makes it difficult for a fire to establish itself. We have had very little experience (touch wood!) of problems with fires in New Zealand.
  
  
• Plant Material - We use an Australian Melaleuca which is extremely hard, straight and durable and therefore well suited for our purposes.