Non Climbable Fencing

Why Sydney Owners Call Us for Security Fencing

Ask three contractors for security fencing in Sydney and you may get three different answers. The difference usually comes down to whether anyone has looked at councils that each interpret the same state controls slightly differently before pricing the job.

We have been doing security fencing across Sydney long enough to know which streets throw up surprises. The one that catches people out most often is coastal salt exposure on one side of the city and cracking clay on the other.

Half the skill in security fencing around Sydney is knowing what not to disturb. Established gardens, old services and access constraints that vary from a wide western verge to an inner-west rear lane all sit in the way of the obvious approach.

If you want a straight answer about what your Sydney site actually needs, call 0492 879 796 and we will come and look at it.

Site and Ground Conditions in Sydney

The two variables we record first on any Sydney site are the fall along the run and what the ground does at footing depth. On reactive shale clay in the west, sandstone and sand through the coast and north, those two answers set the specification for everything above them.

Nothing about Sydney is standard once you get past the front gate. We measure the whole site rather than the section you called about, because ground conditions that change completely between one side of the basin and the other has a habit of turning up mid-job otherwise.

On everything from flat river plain to steep sandstone escarpment, a level change has to be resolved rather than hidden. We work out whether it is stepped, raked or retained on site with you, before anything is measured up for order.

Technical Notes on Security Fencing

There is no premium in over-specifying something that was never going to fail. We put the money where Sydney conditions actually attack the job, which is generally at ground level and at the fixings.

The parts you cannot see once the job is finished are the parts worth paying for: footings, drainage, fixings and substructure. That is as true in Sydney as anywhere.

• A duplex system, galvanising plus powder coat, is specified where the perimeter is both exposed and visible.
• Hot dip galvanising after fabrication coats the cut ends and welds, which is where an untreated perimeter fails first.
• A small aperture defeats climbing and cutting because there is no foothold and no room to get a bolt cutter jaw around a wire.
• Any perimeter with automation needs the gate designed around the drive from the beginning rather than retrofitted.
• 358 mesh takes its name from the imperial aperture, three inches by half an inch by eight gauge, which is why the aperture is quoted as 76.2 by 12.7mm.

The Way We Run a Sydney Project

Existing survey marks are worth finding before the first hole goes in. A boundary argument costs far more than an hour spent looking, and around Sydney the older subdivisions do not always agree with the plan.

Services are located before excavation, every time. Around Sydney the older streets carry runs that are not where the plans say they are, and a strike is expensive for everyone.

• Concrete and rock anchored footings
• Welded mesh panel systems
• Palisade fencing with pointed or rounded tops
• Hot dip galvanised and powder coated finishes
• Anti-tamper fixings throughout
• Sliding and swing vehicle gates

Choosing a Security Fencing Format

Site Logistics in Sydney

We agree the working hours and the access route with you at the start. On the tighter Sydney streets that conversation saves a day, and it saves the relationship with the neighbours.

Neighbouring properties, verges and driveways get protected. Around Sydney we allow for ground conditions that change completely between one side of the basin and the other, because a delivery in the wrong place causes more trouble than it saves.

Signs It Is Time To Do Something

Owners in Sydney tend to call us at the point where patching has stopped working. By then the underlying issue is usually cut damage through a wide-aperture chainwire mesh, and a repair only postpones it.

• Corrosion starting at welds and cut ends on an ungalvanised perimeter
• Gates that have dropped and can be lifted off their track
• Cut damage through a wide-aperture chainwire mesh
• A perimeter that can be climbed at the gate even though the fence line is sound