Leaning or damaged Colorbond fence posts are common in Melbourne thanks to reactive clay and wind. EasyFixed gives you an instant online price for Colorbond fence post repair across Melbourne and surrounding suburbs. Tell us how many posts need fixing, and get a fixed price inc GST in under a minute.
Fix failed Colorbond posts without replacing the whole fence.
Common Colorbond failures
The three failures we see most are a post bent by wind load after a storm, corrosion where the post meets the concrete, and a vehicle knock that pushes a post out of plumb and buckles the sheets either side.
Sheets themselves rarely fail. They dent, but they keep doing their job. If a run looks bad after a storm, it is almost always one or two posts causing it.
We replace the failed post, pour a fresh footing and refit and align the sheets so the run sits straight again.
Matching an older fence
Colorbond colours are consistent from the factory, but sheets fade slightly with years of sun. A replacement panel in the same colour name will usually read a touch brighter for the first year or two, then settle.
If you know the colour name, tell us. If you do not, our tradie can identify it at the site check from the profile and tone.
Much of Melbourne sits on reactive clay. Clay swells in winter and shrinks through summer, which works fence footings loose over the years. It is the single biggest reason posts lean here, and why we set footings deeper than the bare minimum.
Most Melbourne councils allow a boundary fence up to 2.0 metres between neighbours without a planning permit, with lower limits on street frontages. Heritage overlays across the inner suburbs add extra rules, so check with your council before going tall at the front.
Hot dry summers and wet winters are hard on timber. Expect to re-stain a paling fence every three to five years, and expect the north and west facing runs to weather first.
Housing ranges from period terraces and weatherboards in the inner suburbs to newer estates further out. Timber paling and Colorbond dominate back boundaries, while aluminium slat and blade fencing is the common choice on modern front boundaries.
Why do Colorbond posts fail? Most commonly wind-load damage or corrosion at the footing line. We replace the post and re-set in fresh concrete.
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