Suggestions for temporary outside screen/wall?

Not sure if it's a bright idea as such but what about a pair of gates? You say you have walls either side and I have seen other do the same to provide a reasonably private and secure 'yard' or 'forecourt' (that they actually rebuilt a kitcar in).

You can always leave the gates pinned back when you aren't working there?

The gates (or one big gate) could be proper substantial wood or metal in whatever style would be considered suitable for where you are or even something lighter like some polycarbonate twinwall (I think they do coloured stuff or maybe tinted) fixed to some batten or light steel to make the 'hinge' side?

Cheers, T i m

Keep it simple, Pair of gates . They won't look out of place like anything else would and will be simple and quick to use. With anything more complicated that takes time to put in place there will be a temptation not to bother to use it for just a quick job.

G.Harman

Bamboo screening? Something like this cut to 3m:

Maybe with clips on both walls so it can quickly be put up and removed. In my experience it should last several years.

Gates. PIR detector on the drive and a chime inside the house and in the garage. CCTVT camera above the garage door. Large dog.

Owain

Well gates sound so conventional... how about digging a moat, and then having a temporary bridge you can lay out for when you want to cross it? ;-)

Something here?

I'd forget the dog, but I'd go for a remote controlled gate. A friend of mine has one of these, which I'd never come close to before (and thought they were for the toffs, which my mate is not).

His gate is a rolling one, and is (actually) about 3m long - the width of your drive. God knows how much it cost -- it was probably fairly minor compared to the house he built behind it! However it's damn' useful: he doesn't live in a dodgy street, but it's the sort of area that has dodgy people wandering round it on foot "on the look-out".

I appreciate that this is a ridiculous high-end solution -- I'm just sayin' though!

J.

e sort of folding/collapsible screen about 2 meters high right across the d rive, about 3 metres in front of the garage doors, to form a 'private' are at work in?

Thanks for all the suggestions, including the 'gate' ones. Unfortunately t hat's not going to fly for two reasons: firstly, because one of the walls f eatures a large window, and a gate would occlude that when open (which woul d be 95% of the time) and block the view/light when close. Secondly, you h ave to remember the main reason I tend to work out on the drive is because my garage is piled high with crap... if I was to create a reasonably secure area outside behind a new gate, then I know that would soon suffer a simil ar fate! At best, I'd end up with the gates permanently closed, which is d efinitely not the intention as the drive is needed as is.

I think that might just do the trick - certainly worth a go anyway. It wou ld still need some sort of support in the middle - 3m is too big a span to expect it to free-stand - maybe a heavy-duty parasol stand would work. Wil l think on this further.

Thanks David

Get an old plastic bucket, preferably one slightly tapered top-to-bottom*. Half fill with concrete, into which you embed a short length of plastic waste pipe. Allow to set; tip out and repeat as often as necessary.