Fence Rendering Sydney

The front fence is at eye level, it is the closest structure to the footpath, and it frames everything behind it. A tired blockwork or bare brick fence drags down a house that is otherwise perfectly presentable.

It is also a contained job. No scaffold, no working around the whole property, no weeks of disruption. Most fences are done inside three days including cure time between coats.

A freestanding fence is exposed on both faces and on the top, which makes it the most weather loaded structure on the property. Water landing on an uncapped top runs straight into the blockwork or brickwork and sits there.

That water is what pushes render off a fence. It gets behind the coating, it freezes and expands slightly on cold nights, it carries salt out of the masonry, and within a few seasons the render is blown along the top edge.

Every fence we render gets either a proper capping or a rendered top detailed with a fall and a drip edge so water sheds instead of soaking in. It is a small part of the cost and it is the difference between five years and twenty five.

Two approaches both work. Match the fence to the house in colour and texture for a unified look, which suits contemporary homes and reads very clean. Or contrast deliberately, typically a darker fence against a lighter house, which frames the property and gives it depth.

What does not work is nearly matching. A fence that is one shade off the house looks like a mistake rather than a decision. If you are not going to match exactly, contrast properly.

The small things on a fence are what make it look built rather than coated. A letterbox slot rendered with clean square reveals, a light fitting set flush rather than surface mounted, a house number recessed into a pier.

We form these properly rather than cutting them in afterwards. It takes a bit longer and the result is a fence that looks like it was designed instead of patched together.