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What we build
• Boundary and street-front fences in dressed pine, Macrocarpa or hardwood.
• Capped paling fences — private, solid, and quick to build properly.
• Slat screens, where a solid fence would close a space in.
• Gates, hung on posts set for the load rather than the panel.
• Existing gates renovated and rehung where the gate is worth keeping.
• Timber balustrade built to fall-height compliance.
• Planter walls and raised beds in Macrocarpa sleepers.
The signature fence
The Torbay front boundary is the one we point people at, because everything that makes a fence look made rather than bought is visible in it.
Vertical pine slats, 90 x 19 H3.2, dressed smooth, set at 10 mm spacing. Dressed posts at 90 x 90, dressed rails at 90 x 45. Every post stands 100 mm proud of the line, so the posts read as posts and the whole run breaks into bays rather than one long flat wall.
Posts, gates and the detail
Between the double rails runs a 100 mm gap with three vertical blocks at 100 mm centres. It is a negative detail, it costs an afternoon, and it is the reason people notice the fence without being able to say why.
A fence fails at the posts, not the palings. Posts go into concrete, sized for the load the fence and any gate will actually put on them. A gate post carries a swinging weight every day for twenty years.
Finishing, and why we spray
Primer, then Resene Lumbersider with the CoolColour additive, sprayed rather than brushed.
Over 40 m of fence a gun is faster, but that is not the reason. Slats, posts, rails and blocks carry a lot of edges, and spraying lays an even coat across the grain and into the corners where a brush leaves a line.
Colour is worth deciding. At Torbay the boundary is off-white, the side fences black.
Consents and compliance
Timber balustrade to fall-height compliance is our own work, built and finished by us like the rest of the structure.
Pool barriers are not. Those go to Profit NZ, who install and certify their own — Delta panels at Herne Bay, Aurora at Meadowbank, consented separately. Aluminium balustrade goes to our aluminium fencer the same way. We appoint and brief them and hold the programme together, so a barrier is designed in rather than found at inspection.
Where we work
Auckland-wide. Recent fencing, screens and gates in Torbay, Morningside and Herne Bay, with wider landscape work across Meadowbank and One Tree Hill.
Common questions
What timber should I use?
Dressed pine for most boundary fences — it takes paint beautifully, so the cost goes into the detail rather than the material. Macrocarpa where you want it left natural. Hardwood where the fence has to match a deck.
How long does a fence take?
A straightforward 40 m run is about a week including painting. Gates, returns and changes of level add more than length does.
Do I need a consent?
Usually not for a standard boundary fence, though height and location matter. A barrier near a pool is a separate question. We check before quoting.
Can you paint an existing fence instead?
If the posts are sound, yes, and that is the first thing to check.