Guide

What made to order actually means

The difference between a set style and a set size, what we need from you to draw a fence, and what you get back.

Most fencing is sold as a panel. You buy a width and a height that already exist, and then the site gets adjusted until they fit: a panel cut down at the end of a run, a step where the ground falls, a gate opening that lands wherever the panel module happens to end.

We work the other way around. The style is set. The size is not.

The style is set

A style is a design: the section shapes, how they fix into the rails, how the whole thing goes together, how it is finished. Those are decided, drawn and made repeatably. Several of ours are original AFS designs and patent pending.

That is what you are choosing when you choose a style. It is not a size.

The size is yours

Everything dimensional is set per job:

  • The length of each run, and where it turns
  • The height, including a different height on different sections
  • The spacing between verticals, which can change along the same run
  • Whether the top is raked to follow a slope or stepped
  • Where the gate openings are, and how wide
  • How it returns to a wall, a pier or the house

Nothing is trimmed to fit on the day, because it was drawn to fit before it was cut.

What we need from you

Not much, and none of it has to be precise at the start:

  • A rough total length
  • The height you have in mind, or what you are trying to achieve
  • A photo or two of the boundary, including anything the fence has to deal with
  • Whether it is a pool barrier, because that sets the rules
  • A colour, or a Colorbond or Dulux code to match

If you do not know the height yet, say what you want the fence to do and we will tell you what we would draw.

What you get back

A drawn elevation of your run, so you are looking at your own boundary rather than a product photo. Pricing against that drawing. And a specification you can build from, hand to your builder, or take to your council.

Then, on approval, we make it and deliver it ready to install. Your builder, fencing contractor or landscaper puts it up. We do not install, which is exactly why we spend the effort making it straightforward to assemble.

Does it cost more?

Less than you would expect, and often less than the alternative. A made to order run has no wasted panel, no awkward cut length at the end, and no step where a rake would have looked better. You are not paying for a bespoke design, you are paying for a known design built to your measurements.

Send us the boundary and we will draw it.

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