Timber fencing on the Gold Coast

Timber fences on the Gold Coast face a particular mix of problems. Summer storms bring strong winds that push over sections with weak posts. Termites are active right across the coast and go straight for timber in the ground. In some coastal suburbs, sandier soil gives posts less to grip, so they need to go deeper and be set firmly in concrete. And near the canals and the beach, salt air rusts ordinary nails, hinges and latches long before the timber gives up.

The fences we're asked about change with the suburb. In Robina and Helensvale, many paling fences went up when the estates were first built and are now leaning, patched and soft at the base. In the newer northern estates around Coomera, Upper Coomera and Pimpama, it's often a side gate the builder never fitted, or a new section to keep the dog in. In canal suburbs like Paradise Point, Runaway Bay and Hope Island, it's timber gates and fences that need stainless hinges and latches to cope with the salt.

We build in timber only: paling fences, capped fences and timber gates on hardwood or treated posts. For colorbond or glass pool fencing, a specialist fencer is the right call. We're based in Hope Island, so it's easy to come and look at a fence line on the northern Gold Coast, and we plan fence jobs further south ahead because they usually run over a couple of days.