Bespoke metal planters in Reading
Working across Reading means designing around corporate business parks, riverside apartments and town-centre commercial roofs. There is rarely a standard size that works, so we measure, draw and fabricate each run to suit the opening it has to fill, with false bases that keep soil weight down and drainage that never stains the surface below.
Because we manufacture in our own UK workshop and install with our own fitters, Reading clients deal with one company throughout. There is no subcontracted fit and no argument over who owns a problem: we draw it, weld it, coat it, deliver it and install it around Green Park, Thames Valley Park and the Kennet-side blocks ourselves.
What we build in Reading
- Bespoke planter runs sized to the exact space, welded and coated in our UK workshop
- Integrated hardwood-capped bench and planter combinations
- Roof terrace and podium planters with false bases and concealed drainage
- Trough and screening planters for privacy and boundary definition
Built for Reading
What we're fitting to
Reading work usually means corporate business parks, riverside apartments and town-centre commercial roofs. We take our own dimensions on site, because a set-out that is 20mm off on paper becomes a visible gap once the planters are in position.
Exposure and loading
Conditions here are open business park decks catch steady wind; riverside terraces less so. That drives gauge, restraint and fixing choice: taller runs get internal struts, exposed elevations get a heavier shell, and anything near salt air gets marine-grade alloy with a coastal-specification coating.
Who we work with
Our Reading clients are typically corporate facilities managers, developers and landscape architects. We work from architects' and landscape designers' drawings, issue shop drawings for sign-off, and hold samples so a colour is approved before anything is coated.
Delivery & access
Business park access is excellent, so we deliver large, fully-welded assemblies and install in one visit. We agree the access route before manufacture begins, so panel sizes, joint positions and lifting method are decided on paper rather than discovered on installation day.
Planning & context
Corporate estates want a consistent look across many units, which makes batch colour control and matched timber the priority. Where consent or a landscape condition is involved, we supply elevations, RAL references and planting-depth information so the scheme can be evidenced and approved without delay.
Reading FAQs
- Do you install in Reading or just supply?
- We do both. Bespoke Metal Planters manufactures every unit in our own UK workshop and installs with our own specialist fitting teams, including throughout Reading and the surrounding berkshire area. You are not handed off to a third-party installer.
- How long does a bespoke planter order for Reading take?
- Typically four to eight weeks from approved drawings, depending on size, finish and how many units are in the run. We confirm a date once the shop drawings and the colour are signed off, and we install to your programme rather than dropping units and leaving.
- What specification do you recommend for Reading?
- Corporate estates want a consistent look across many units, which makes batch colour control and matched timber the priority. On top of that, exposure here is open business park decks catch steady wind; riverside terraces less so, so we size the gauge and choose the coating to match rather than applying one standard build to every job.
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