A coat of stain or paint adds years to a timber fence in Mornington Peninsula. EasyFixed gives you an instant online price for fence painting and staining across Mornington Peninsula 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.
Sandy soils are common down the Peninsula. Sand does not grip a footing the way clay does, so posts need wider, deeper footings to stay solid in wind.
Mornington Peninsula Shire applies stricter controls in coastal and township character areas, especially on street frontages, so check before planning a tall front fence.
Salt air and strong onshore wind are the two things that kill fences here. Powder-coated aluminium and genuine Colorbond handle it. Cheap fixings rust out within a few seasons, so we use galvanised and stainless hardware.
Beach houses, established family homes and holiday properties. Horizontal slat and blade fencing suit the coastal architecture, while Colorbond handles the side and rear boundaries.
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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