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Fencing for the older streets

New Lambton, Lambton and Adamstown are Newcastle's leafy, established heart, big trees, brick-and-tile homes, and a lot of fences that have earned their retirement. Here the work is as much about repair and replacing tired runs as it is about new boundaries.

A capped hardwood timber paling fence with a jacaranda in a leafy New Lambton backyard

New Lambton · Lambton · Adamstown

Timber that suits the character

Away from the salt band, you have the full run of materials, and in these older, tree-lined streets, timber still looks right. A capped hardwood paling fence on solid posts, with a cap rail and a plinth board holding the palings off the ground, is the classic Newcastle backyard run and it ages beautifully.

  • Hardwood palings for durability, or treated pine for value, both built to last with proper posts and rails.
  • Lapped-and-capped for a solid privacy fence with no gaps and a clean finished top.
  • Timber picket for a front fence where the street has that traditional character.
  • A quick note we always make: timber wants the odd oil or stain to hold its colour, Colorbond is the no-upkeep alternative if that's not your thing.
A clean charcoal Colorbond boundary fence in an established Newcastle backyard

Repair · replace · make good

When the old fence gives up

Established suburbs mean established fences, and a lot of them are near the end. A southerly buster brings palings down, decades of wet-dry rots the posts at ground line, an old steel fence rusts through at the bottom rail. Not all of it needs replacing.

We'll give you the honest read: a few storm-down palings or one leaning post we can often make good; a run that's rotted or rusted through its whole length is usually better replaced to match so it doesn't look patched. Bring a photo to the measure and we'll tell you straight which way it stacks up.

Shared boundary? In NSW the cost of a boundary fence is usually shared between neighbours under the Dividing Fences Act. We can't give legal advice on the split, but a clear written quote gives you and your neighbour a figure to work from.

New Lambton, measured properly

Whether it's a fresh boundary, a timber replacement or a storm repair, it starts the same way, we come out, walk the fence line, check the posts and the access, and give you a fixed written quote. No price off a screen.

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