Angled aluminium blades. Privacy from the street, light and air through.
Aluminium blade fencing uses angled vertical blades on powder-coated posts and rails. You get a solid look from the footpath while light and airflow still reach the garden. It never rusts, never needs painting and holds its finish for decades, which makes it a popular front boundary choice across Melbourne.
Priced by run, not just total metres
Blade fencing is manufactured in fixed panel lengths. That means the shape of your job matters as much as the total length. Three separate four metre runs need more posts and more cut panels than one twelve metre run of the same total length.
This is why the calculator asks you to enter each run separately. A partial panel attracts a cutting fee because the panel has to be pulled apart, trimmed and re-assembled to sit square.
Blade or horizontal slat
Blades run vertically and are angled, so from the street the fence reads as solid while you can still see out from inside. It is the cheaper of the two aluminium options.
Horizontal slat is the flatter, more architectural look with slats running left to right. It costs more per metre because there are more components and the install has to be more precise.
Both use the same posts and footings, so the price difference comes down to panel material and install time.
Site conditions that change the price
Aluminium is unforgiving of out of plumb posts, so setting out takes longer on sloping or rocky ground. Slopes are either stepped panel by panel or raked, and raking costs more.
Access matters too. A front boundary a truck can park beside is quick. A rear run reached through a narrow side gate means everything is carried by hand.
There is a minimum install labour charge on aluminium jobs, because even a short run is a full day on site for a two person crew.
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