Fence Painting Melbourne
Timber, Colorbond and brick fences washed, prepped and painted or stained, priced per linear metre with a fixed written quote.
How much does it cost?
Fence height, condition and whether we coat one side or both drive where you land in the range. A standard 30-metre timber fence runs $450 to $900 for two coats, and brick or rendered fence walls typically sit at $12 to $20 per metre. Every fence gets a free measure and a fixed written quote. Full breakdowns in our Melbourne painting cost guide.
What's included
- Timber paling, picket, Colorbond and brick fences
- High-pressure wash to strip dirt, mould and grey weathering
- Sanding, rust treatment and spot priming where needed
- Premium Dulux exterior paints and exterior timber stains
- Gates, posts and capping finished to match
- Garden protection, clean-up and waste removal
From quote to final coat
Measure and condition check
Fence painting is priced per linear metre, so we walk the fence line, measure it, and check for rot at the post bases, loose palings and rust on rails. What we find goes into a fixed written quote.
Wash and sand
High-pressure washing strips dirt, mould and grey surface weathering from the timber. Flaking old coatings are scraped and sanded back to a sound edge so the new coat has something to grip.
Prime the problem spots
Bare timber gets a penetrating primer, hardwoods like Merbau get a tannin-blocking primer to stop brown bleed, and any rust on Colorbond or steel is treated and spot-primed with a metal primer. Skipping this step is why DIY fence jobs peel inside two years.
Paint or stain
A semi-transparent stain shows the timber grain and is easy to recoat. A solid acrylic fence paint gives a uniform colour and a longer recoat cycle. We help you pick, then apply by brush, roller or spray depending on access and wind.
Fence painters Melbourne homeowners call before replacing the fence
A tired timber fence makes the whole frontage look worse than it is, and most of them do not need replacing, they need proper preparation and two coats of the right product. Timber paling fences run $15 to $30 per linear metre to paint professionally, a fraction of the cost of new fencing, and with the right prep the finish lasts five to ten years in Melbourne conditions. The prep is the job: a high-pressure wash to strip grey weathering and mould, a sand to open the grain, then a penetrating primer on bare timber before the topcoats go on. On hardwood palings like Merbau we use a tannin-blocking primer first, otherwise moisture draws brown tannin stains straight through the new paint.
Colorbond and steel fences get painted more often than people expect. The factory finish fades unevenly after years of UV, and repainting at $8 to $15 per linear metre refreshes or completely changes the colour for far less than new panels. The process matters on metal: rust is treated back to sound steel and spot-primed with a dedicated metal primer, bare or chalky areas are primed, and the fence then gets a quality exterior metal topcoat. Painting over active rust just seals the problem in, so we never do it.
Brick and rendered fence walls round out the picture at roughly $12 to $20 per metre. Masonry needs its own approach: a stiff clean-down, treatment of any efflorescence (the white salt bloom that pushes through brickwork), filling of hairline render cracks and a masonry sealer before two coats of exterior acrylic. Whatever the fence is made of, we measure it on site, tell you straight if a section is too far gone to be worth painting, and put the whole job in a fixed written quote. That is how Modernize Solutions has quoted since 1987.
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Common questions
How much does fence painting cost in Melbourne?
Timber fences run $15 to $30 per linear metre and Colorbond or metal fences $8 to $15 per linear metre, so a standard 30-metre timber fence lands between $450 and $900 including two coats and basic preparation. Picket fences cost more, around $25 to $40 per metre, because every picket is coated by hand. We measure on site and give a fixed written quote for free.
Should I paint or stain my timber fence?
Stain soaks into the grain, shows the natural timber and is easy to recoat, but needs redoing every three to four years. A solid acrylic fence paint gives a uniform colour, hides mismatched or repaired palings and lasts longer between coats. If the fence has been painted before, staying with paint is usually the practical choice, because going back to stain means stripping.
Can you paint a Colorbond fence?
Yes. The factory coating fades over time, and repainting refreshes the colour or changes it completely for far less than replacing the panels. Rust spots and bare metal are treated and primed with a metal primer first, then the fence gets a quality exterior metal topcoat. We never paint over active rust.
Do you paint both sides of the fence?
Where there is access, yes, especially on timber. Painting one side only lets the bare side soak up moisture, which warps the palings and lifts the paint on the finished side. On shared boundary fences we paint your side and seal the end grain and capping, the neighbour side is theirs to do.
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