Hardwood paling fence and matching pedestrian gate on a Curl Curl street frontage. Built through a fortnight of winter weather.
Old colorbond panel out front of a coastal cottage. Lerisa wanted a fence that fit the house — clean white timber, classic profile, custom pedestrian gate that didn't sag or jam. Curl Curl streets have that mix of weatherboard cottages and 80s brick. The fence had to read as part of the cottage.
The job got booked at the start of June. Sydney winter delivered three weeks of solid rain. We worked through it. Tarps over the post holes when the rain hit hardest, kept moving on the dry days, and tee'd up paint for a stretch of clear weather at the end.
Blackbutt for posts, rails and palings — Class 1 durability, takes paint cleanly, holds up against coastal moisture. Hot-dip galvanised stirrup post bases concreted into the ground (timber never touches soil — doubles the fence's life). 316 marine stainless self-closing hinges and slam-stop on the gate. Three coats Dulux Weathershield in Vivid White, brush-finished on the front face.
Two and a half weeks, stretched by weather. Demo and post holes in week one. Concrete poured between rain bands. Frame and palings through week two. Gate hung with the slam-stop in the right spot first go. Final stretch was paint, which we held off on until the timber was bone dry. Hardwood paling fence in Curl Curl pricing band of $280–$450 per metre depending on detail.
Front fence under 1.2m on a residential frontage falls inside Northern Beaches Council exempt development. No DA, no CDC. Set-back checked against the property survey before the post string went up.
Cottage out the back actually looks like a cottage now. Fence sits straight, rails are dead level, gate swings true. Three coats of paint over Blackbutt should give it a good five to seven years before the south-facing pickets need a touch-up.
"We love our new front fence. These guys worked through rain hail & shine — literally!"
— Lerisa R., Curl Curl