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Very professional and did a great job.

Picket fence repair

$350

Helpful, courteous and good value

Supply and install new driveway swing gate, white picket

$500

John is reliable, hardworking, has excellent attention to detail, great communication, and is just a generally lovely person. Highly recommended.

40m standard timber fence & 11metres of colonial picket fencing

$8,000

We could not be more impressed with Mitch’s attitude & work . Thank you

Build a picket fence

$1,500

Alick, thanks for a friendly manner and careful professional work..

Palings falling off an old timber picket fence (rusting nails).

$150

Great job. On time. Professionally handled.

Supply / install new fence post and repair pickets

$200

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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 South Brisbane

Build picket fence

$350

Mansfield QLD, Australia

18th Oct 2024

Remove current fence palings and build picket fence

Picket Fence

$5

Wishart QLD 4122, Australia

15th Oct 2024

White Picket Fence: I wish to have someone help with a 1.2 metre picket fence. I have the timber posts and railings prepared and painted white. I have also prepared the sleepers, which have also been painted white. I have a good idea of where the posts will be placed, but I will need a stringline in position. I have purchased brackets for the railings and the sleepers. I will, most likely, put in the pickets myself once the posts and railings are in. I have 2 aluminium powder coated screens that need to be placed between two sets of posts squarely within the fence. These will add a decorative feature to the fence, and will be positioned in front/behind two trees. My intention is to place the posts in the ground without concrete (as this will extend the life of the timber), and connecting the posts with a sleeper at the bottom of each set of posts. I am open to concreting these?? The sleepers are pre-painted and will go into the ground slightly between the posts. There is mulch in the garden where I intend on planting native plants once the fence is completed. The fence is curved on a corner block and also slopes downwards on one side. I plan for the railings to be placed parallel to the ground, so it slopes with the ground at an angle. The railings and sleepers will fit between the posts using the brackets and the pickets will be fitted to the railings and the sleepers which will be parallel to each other so the railings don't slope downwards over time. You will most likely need to inspect the property first. I also have an electric hole digger but it is quite narrow, but should be helpful . I can provide photos at a later stage or you can come and see the property. The pictures of the fence below are examples of the brackets. The painted timber is my own. Thanks, Wendy

40m standard timber fence & 11metres of colonial picket fencing

$8,000

Acacia Ridge QLD, Australia

26th Apr 2024

I need three fences built at my property at Acacia Ridge: 1x 3.4metre long 1.8m high colonial picket 2-step rise and fall with pedestrian gate (right side of house) 1x 40metre long 1.8m high treated pine standard paling privacy fence, tapering to 1.5m at front of house to meet existing front fence + removal and dumping of old fence (left side of house) 1x 4.7metre long 1.8m high colonial picket 2-step rise and fall with pedestrian gate (left side of house) When quoting, can you please cost the 40metre fence separately as my neighbour will be contributing to the cost. Thank you

John is reliable, hardworking, has excellent attention to detail, great communication, and is just a generally lovely person. Highly recommended.

Sliding picket driveway gate install

$300

Woolloongabba QLD, Australia

23rd Nov 2023

Looking for someone to install our picket fence driveway gate for us. It’s approx 3.2m and we’d like it to slide open and shut. We have the gate (just installing pickets now). Just need someone to install to fence. - Due date: Flexible

Replace picket fence - Annerley

$4,000

Annerley QLD, Australia

25th Feb 2023

Task is to demolish, remove and replace a picket fence on two sides of a corner block in Annerley. Dimensions are 12.2m across the front and 34.5m down the side. Need a 4 foot (1200mm) fence with pointed pickets (Windsor, Gothic, spearhead - whatever is most cost effective). There is a pedestrian gate and letterbox on the front to be reused and carport gates on the side fence to be reused. Please provide price as well as availability. - Due date: Before Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Supply / install new fence post and repair pickets

$200

Coorparoo QLD, Australia

9th Jan 2023

I need a section of my picket fence refurbished with a new vertical hardwood post and affix a small number of palings. New post should be approximately 100mm x 75mm x 1350mm high. Need to remove old concrete, cut to size and install and attach fence post to make it secure / solid with concreting. See photo of old post. No need to paint - I can do this myself. Photos show existing hole, loose pickets, section of fencing and old post. - Due date: Before Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Great job. On time. Professionally handled.

Replace existing wooden picket fence

$5

Yeerongpilly QLD, Australia

3rd Jan 2023

Approx 30m of side and front wooden picket fence and posts need replacing. Approx 1.2m high pickets. This includes a side gate and the front gate. Pictures attached. - Due date: Flexible

Front fence construction - simple picket treated pine / labour only

$300

Cannon Hill QLD, Australia

30th Dec 2022

Approx 16 m wide pine picket fence 1.5 or 1.6 m high, seeking chippy or skilled handy man or worker with fence building experience. Happy to pay $75 per hour, all timber posts, rails and pickets material supplied except nails and fixings. Worker brings the tools and the nails. Reasonable Hourly rate to suit. Client needs the project done within next 4 weeks ideally as home is going on the market for sale. I am doing the soft landscaping. Need some help with retainer walls as well. Budget ($300) is for first 4 hours of labor. Hourly rate after that to suit. Due date: Flexible

Supply and install new driveway swing gate, white picket

$500

Rocklea QLD 4106, Australia

28th Dec 2022

new picket swing gate to replace one damaged in flood - Due date: Flexible

Helpful, courteous and good value

Hammer in around 12 star pickets

$30

Camp Hill QLD, Australia

21st Mar 2022

I need to put up a fence and I think I can do the rest but I know I don't have the strength or a post driver to get the star pickets in - Due date: Before Wednesday, 23 March 2022

I need an aluminium picket fence built around my house

$3,000

Annerley QLD, Australia

9th Jan 2022

White aluminium pickets To be built onto existing low brick fence with existing brick bollards A) Privacy fence with horizontal cap. Max legal height. -30m in length. -10m of retaining wall work required. B) White pointed pickets -1.0-1.2m height. -40m length. - Due date: Flexible

Palings falling off an old timber picket fence (rusting nails).

$150

Greenslopes QLD 4120, Australia

6th Jan 2022

The fence is an old picket with palings falling off due to rusting nails. Need to be screwed in with non rusting screws I think. Fence around entire property, 420sq m approx. - Due date: Flexible

Alick, thanks for a friendly manner and careful professional work..

Picket fence repair

$350

Camp Hill QLD, Australia

20th Nov 2021

I need repairs to my picket fence and gate. One post may need replacing. The gates don’t line up and close because of a rotting post. Also a couple of fence palings need to be fixing or replaced and attached properly to the gate.

Very professional and did a great job.

2 Picket Gate Installation

$100

Runcorn QLD, Australia

9th Sep 2021

Need 2 Picket Gates to be installed to block side access of the house. Materials can be supplied.

Fence removal and install picket fence

$500

Annerley QLD, Australia

28th Aug 2021

Around 15m of existing chicken wire type fence and driveway & front gate to be removed and replaced by picket fencing and gates

Build a picket fence

$1,500

Mount Gravatt East QLD, Australia

6th Feb 2021

Construct a wooden picket fence approx 30 metres with entrance gazebo . All materials supplied byo tools

We could not be more impressed with Mitch’s attitude & work . Thank you