Timber paling fences on hardwood posts for homes across Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula, with footings poured to suit your soil.
Drysdale Fencing installs timber paling fences across Geelong using hardwood posts and H4-treated pine palings. Standard 1.8 m height with posts set at 2.4 m centres in poured concrete. Lapped-and-capped and picket styles available. Free quotes — 0485 577 980.
We install timber paling fences across Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula. Palings are treated pine or hardwood, set on rails fixed to hardwood posts, in standard heights of 1.5m, 1.65m and 1.8m. Posts go in at about 2.4m centres in poured concrete footings. You pick the style — standard paling, lapped and capped, feature panel or picket — and we do the lot: site prep, footings and install.
Timber doesn't look or feel like steel. It settles into gardens and older streetscapes around the Bellarine the way a metal fence never quite does. Built properly, on hardwood posts with poured footings, it stands up to the coastal weather down here.
Request a QuoteWe build four timber fence styles across the Bellarine and Geelong, in heights from 1.5m to 1.8m.
Palings butted side by side on horizontal rails, with capping on top. Available in 1.5m, 1.65m, and 1.8m heights.
Palings overlap each other for a gap-free finish, with capping rails top and bottom. This is what we recommend for full wind and privacy protection on exposed Geelong blocks.
Horizontal or slat-style panels, built to suit your place. Good for front fences and garden features.
For front boundaries and garden borders. Available with pointed or rounded picket tops, in standard or decorative spacing.
We supply and install timber fence palings in treated pine and hardwood. Treated pine is pressure-treated to hold off rot and insect damage, and it's what most home fences are built from. Hardwood palings cost more, but you get denser timber, a different look and a longer life out of them.
Standard heights are 1.5m, 1.65m and 1.8m, and we'll build to a custom height if you need one. All our palings come from the same few suppliers we've stuck with, so we know what we're getting.
The parts of a timber fence that decide how long it lasts.
We use hardwood fence posts on every job. Hardwood holds up against rot, termites and moisture better than treated pine, and that counts for a lot in the damp coastal air around the Bellarine.
All the metal fittings are hot-dipped galvanised, so they don't rust out before the timber does.
Rails are screwed to the hardwood posts with Bugle Batten screws, not nailed. Screws hold the fence tight where nails work loose and let it sag.
Every post is set in poured concrete, not dry mix. It makes a firmer footing that won't shift or settle on you.
You can upgrade to galvanised steel posts on any paling fence. They won't rot, twist or shift under coastal wind and weather the way timber posts can. You pay only for the added materials, confirmed in your free quote — no upgrade fee, no labour loading.
Every rail and plinth is screwed to the posts with large-gauge galvanised (Class 3) bugle batten screws, driven up tight. The only place we use nails is fixing the palings to the rails — everywhere it matters, it's screwed.
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Related guides: read our timber fencing Geelong guide, our guide to coastal conditions and timber in Clifton Springs, or our Colorbond vs hardwood timber comparison.
Related services: Close-board timber palings are a popular option for privacy fencing on Geelong and Bellarine boundaries.
