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What do picket fencing services include?

Picket fencing installation services generally include the entire process, from marking the fenced area to hanging up the gate. This covers bringing the necessary tools for the job. 

Some Taskers may offer related services, such as purchasing the materials from the hardware store on your behalf, talking with utility companies to make sure they don’t hit your water or power lines, and even processing the building permits. When it comes to the actual installation process, this is how it will usually go for each project:

Digging the post holes

Once utility lines have been marked, and the property line has been defined, your Tasker digs a 25 cm (10 inch) diameter hole with a shovel. They'll dig as deeply as possible without hitting any wires, pipes, or lines. After they hit around 81 cm (32 inches), they'll start setting the first post. 

Next, the fence installer adds 20 cm (8 inches) of soil and ensures the post is level. They'll pack the bottom of the post with soil using a tamping bar and then add 20 cm more soil. They'll do this until the entire hole is filled, making sure that the post stays level. Finally, the fence installer uses a mason's line to measure and position the corners of the fence. 

Setting the post holes

Your Tasker then slides the panel's rales into the first post's mortises, adjusting until the top rail is level. If the post has no mortises, the installer props the panel up so that the bottom is 5 to 12 centimetres off the ground and the top rail is level. They'll check if each side is level, then screw the rails to the post.  

Your fence installer proceeds to check the gaps between pickets and between a picket and post. Next, they'll fill in the post holes and ensure that each part is level and plumb. Finally, they'll secure the rail with screws. Afterwards, they'll repeat this step until all the fence panels have been secured. 

Setting up the gate

The first gate post is installed pretty much like the first fence post. Your Tasker then measures the gate's width, adds around 4 cm, then digs the hole for the second gate post. Just like with the fence posts, they'll fill the hole, tamp it with soil, then check that the post is level and plumb. 

Picket panel installation

After this, they'll install the fence panel on the side of the second gate post to stabilise it. Then, the installer uses wedges to level the gate. After lining up the pickets and leaving a two-inch gap between the gate and post, they'll hang the gate and screw on the hinges. After checking the gate swing, they'll put on the latch and nail caps to the post tops. And that's it! You can now do a quality check on your new picket fence, then send the Tasker on their way.

Recent Picket Fencing tasks in Mornington Peninsula

Picket fence front yard. 7.50 metre x 5.50 metre height 1.20 metre

$5,000

Somerville VIC, Australia

17th Sep 2024

Front fence 7.50 metre includ 1.20 metre gate. Side 5.50 metre Both fences 1.20 height including plinth and capping. Pickets 15 mil spacing Smooth sawn timber

Picket Fence to be constructed at front of property.

$1,000

Frankston South VIC, Australia

1st Mar 2024

I am looking for someone to construct a 13 meter picket fence at the front of a property. fence/picket height to be approx. 1.6m looking for someone to supply everything to construct (concrete for fence posts / fence posts / pickets etc.) Flat property and easy access - Due date: Flexible

Picket fence (20 mtr) removed. New fence erected. Old disposed of.

$1,234

Seaford VIC, Australia

17th Oct 2023

Remove rotted fence. Replace with paling fence - Due date: Flexible

Picket fence replace

$2,000

Karingal VIC 3199, Australia

30th Jun 2023

Picket fence replace about 15 metres - Due date: Flexible

Make a picket fence

$1,000

Karingal VIC 3199, Australia

28th May 2023

Need help erecting a picket fence. Is 17m long and 1.5m high. Will have a double gate on the driveway and a gate for the path to front door. Can help with digging holes etc - Due date: Flexible

Picket fence and gate - 2 locations

$4,000

Rye VIC, Australia

31st Dec 2022

Approx 17 metre picket fence required to replace the old one ( in Rye) Plus approx 3 metre gate / gate ( in Wheelers Hill)

House side gates in pickets

$10

Seaford VIC, Australia

18th Dec 2022

House sides - picket gate & other picket frame and gate. - Due date: Before Thursday, 22 December 2022

Aaron has quality professionalism and will be working with him again. Highly recommend!

Post for picket fence dug and concreted in

$280

Hastings VIC, Australia

21st Jan 2022

We need someone to dig and concrete posts for our picket fence. Aprox 8 posts. Fence is 1metre high. We are putting up a 2nd hand picket fence and need posts put in. May lead to other work. Thanks. - Due date: Before Monday, 31st Jan 2022

Remove old picket type fence replace with higher blueboard fence

$2,000

Sandhurst VIC, Australia

12th Oct 2021

old picket style fence isn't high enough to comply with new pool regs, needs removing and replaced with a 6 foot blue board fence and rendered. Approx 15 metres of fencing behind a pool. - Due date: Before Friday, 26th Nov 2021

White Picket Fence

$2,000

Carrum Downs VIC, Australia

6th Jun 2021

Need a white picket fence for my front yard. 10.5 metres in length. Half-moon style with show exposed posts (see photos attached for design). Pointy pickets. Mailbox built into fence. Open to capping or no capping (see photos attached). Height details: - Show posts: 1.7 Metres high - Lowest point of half-moon style picket 1.4 Metres (see photos attached). Can provide video of area. Happy for pickets to be plain as I can paint them myself if needed. BUDGET: $0-$2,000