

Treated pine and hardwood timber fencing in Greenwich — paling, lapped and capped, picket and horizontal slat, built to last.
Fencing and Landscaping Experts provide timber fencing throughout Greenwich, NSW 2065, in Lane Cove Council's area on the Lower North Shore. The ground here is sandstone shelf close to the surface, so posts are frequently drilled and chemically anchored into sandstone rather than concreted into a dug hole. Heritage items and conservation areas are common locally, which controls what a street-facing fence may look like. For timber fencing in Greenwich, posts are H4 treated pine, rated for in-ground use. Per lineal metre supplied and installed, after a free on-site measure. Licensed in NSW, insured to $20 million. Phone 0492 879 796.
Our timber fencing service covers treated pine palings, hardwood, lapped-and-capped, pickets and horizontal slat screens, installed right across Greenwich 2065. Greenwich has some of the least forgiving access on the Lower North Shore, so realistic pricing here means allowing for barrowing material down long, stepped side paths.
Timber lives or dies at the ground line. We use H4-treated posts rated for in-ground use, concrete them properly, and keep palings clear of the soil so moisture cannot wick up into the end grain. On the Lower North Shore the site is usually harder than the job: narrow frontages, shared driveways and sandstone shelf mean footings are often cored rather than dug. Access is a genuine cost factor in Greenwich — where materials have to be carried down a stepped side path or worked off a slope rather than delivered straight to the work, the labour component rises.
The ground under Greenwich is steep sandstone falling to the harbour with rock at or near the surface on the lower streets, and the suburb is built out with period homes on narrow, deep blocks with tight side access and long garden stairs. Those two facts decide footing depth, material choice and how long the job takes, so we measure on site before we price anything in Lane Cove Council's area.
Call 0492 879 796 for a free on-site measure and a fixed written quote.
| Service | Timber Fencing |
|---|---|
| Suburb | Greenwich, NSW 2065 |
| Local government area | Lane Cove Council |
| Region | Lower North Shore |
| Ground conditions | Sandstone shelf close to the surface |
| Recommended specification | H4 treated pine or hardwood posts, rated for in-ground use |
| Post rating | H4 treated pine, rated for in-ground use |
| Council approval | Standard dividing fences are normally exempt development |
| Quoting basis | Per lineal metre supplied and installed, after a free on-site measure |
| Licensing | NSW contractor licence, $20 million public liability |


Australian hardwood palings and rails where longevity and appearance justify the cost.
Traditional front fencing in painted timber, sized and spaced to suit period homes.
Modern horizontal timber battens with a consistent shadow line, ideal for front and courtyard fencing.
Factory or on-site finishing to extend service life and lock in the look.
The standard Sydney timber fence — durable, economical, and easy to repair one paling at a time.
Overlapping palings with a capping rail for complete privacy and a finished top edge.
We work across Greenwich and the surrounding Lower North Shore suburbs, and the local conditions genuinely change the job. Lower North Shore sites are tight, steep and often heritage listed. Access is usually the hardest part of the job: narrow frontages, shared driveways, harbour slopes and sandstone shelf under a shallow layer of soil.
For timber fencing specifically, the constraints that come up most often in Greenwich are narrow access, sandstone shelf, foreshore building lines and heritage conservation area controls. Lane Cove Council is the consent authority for Greenwich, so where approval is needed that is the path we work through with you — and we identify that before quoting rather than halfway through the job.
A properly built treated pine fence in Greenwich gives 15 to 20 years, and hardwood longer. What shortens it is almost always the same thing — posts that were not H4 rated for in-ground use, or footings that let water sit around the post. Sandstone sits close to the surface across much of Greenwich, so posts are often drilled into rock and chemically anchored rather than concreted into a dug hole.
Treated pine is the sensible default: it is cost effective, readily available and performs well when installed correctly. Hardwood costs more but resists impact and weathering better, and looks better if you intend to leave it unpainted. For most Greenwich boundaries treated pine palings on hardwood or H4 pine posts is the right balance.
Yes, and it should be if you want it to last. Sealing a Greenwich timber fence slows moisture movement in and out of the boards, which is what causes cupping and splitting. We can supply pre-primed material or finish on site once the timber has dried out.
Greenwich blocks fall enough that a level fence line is rarely the right answer. We step the panels down the fall in short runs, or rake the panels to follow the ground where the style allows. Where the level change across the boundary is large, a low retaining wall with the fence built above it is usually the better solution.
Yes, and in Greenwich it is often the preferred material. Painted timber pickets and capped paling fences suit the period housing and are what conservation area controls generally expect on a street frontage.
All of Greenwich 2065, plus the surrounding streets in Lane Cove, Wollstonecraft, St Leonards and Northwood. Greenwich is characterised by period homes on narrow, deep blocks with tight side access and long garden stairs, and we schedule around what that means on the ground rather than booking a standard slot. We give you a firm start date with the quote rather than an open-ended window.
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