A coat of stain or paint adds years to a timber fence in Geelong. EasyFixed gives you an instant online price for fence painting and staining across Geelong and surrounding suburbs. Tell us the length, the condition and whether you want one side or both, and get a fixed price inc GST in under a minute.
Bring your fence back to life. Painted or stained, one or both sides.
Prep is most of the job
On a weathered fence, the wash, scrub and sand take longer than the coating. Skipping that step is why a cheap paint job peels within two summers.
We clean the surface, deal with mould, sand back loose fibres and spot prime bare timber before any product goes on. That is built into the price you see in the calculator, which is why condition is one of the questions we ask.
Paint or stain for your fence
Stain penetrates the timber and shows the grain. It fades rather than peels, so recoating later is a wash and a fresh coat instead of a scrape back. On hardwood and rough sawn palings it is almost always the better option.
Paint gives a solid, uniform colour and covers patchy timber. It needs priming and more prep, and eventually it flakes, but for a front fence you want to match the house colour it is the right call.
Best time of year in Melbourne
Late spring and early autumn are ideal. The timber needs a few dry days beforehand and the temperature needs to stay above about 10 degrees while the coating cures.
We will move a booking rather than coat a damp fence. It costs you nothing and it is the difference between a finish that lasts five years and one that lifts in a season.
Ground varies widely here, from basalt and rock through the older suburbs to sandy coastal soils on the Bellarine and Surf Coast. Rock slows post holes down, sand needs wider footings to hold.
City of Greater Geelong and Surf Coast Shire generally allow boundary fences up to 2.0 metres, with tighter controls on street frontages and in coastal and township character areas.
Salt air along the coast is brutal on untreated steel. Genuine Colorbond and quality powder-coated aluminium hold up well, cheap hardware does not, which is why we specify stainless or galvanised fittings near the water.
A mix of established brick homes, coastal builds and fast growing estates like Armstrong Creek. Colorbond is the workhorse, with aluminium slat popular on newer coastal frontages.
What's the difference between paint and stain? Stain soaks into the timber and shows the grain, paint forms a film and hides the grain. Stain is usually best on hardwood, paint on pine.
Can you do both sides? Yes, the calculator has a one-side or both-sides option which is priced accordingly.
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