43 products
About this range
Karem Woodcraft has built timber fences for Melbourne homes since 1984 — picket, paling and period feature fencing, made to order in our Bayswater workshop. Every gate design we make also comes as a matching fence panel: bring us a photo or a single sample and we will match the profile, the timber and the detail, in any species, to any height. New fence or a repair that has to blend into what is already there — we make it to suit. Every panel is made to measure; send us a photo and we will quote it.
Ideas and advice: heritage front fences and gates for period homes · choosing a matching gate design.
Fence panels that match the gate
The 43 fence panels carry the same names as the gates: Aspen, Willow, Chelsea, Mackay, Singleton, Ballina, Perth, Kensington and the rest. Each is the gate design carried along the boundary as a panel, so the picket profile, the rail layout and the detailing are consistent from the driveway gate to the pedestrian gate to the fence between them. Panels are made to order and quoted; the gate range shows each design.
Fence and gate kits
A heritage fence is supplied as an assembled kit: the fence posts, the panels cut to size, and the matching pedestrian or driveway gates. Supplying it this way keeps the result consistent and lets you arrange local installation yourself rather than paying a contractor to measure, make and install the whole job; on a larger project the saving runs to thousands. Our guide to heritage front fences and gates sets out what is in a kit.
Picket fences by era
Victorian houses usually suit a low timber picket fence with decorative picket profiles, decorative posts and a matching pedestrian gate. Federation houses suit a slightly taller picket fence with shaped or pointed pickets and simpler detailing. Edwardian and later houses suit cleaner picket designs and neater proportions. The picket profile carries most of the character: pointed, rounded, shaped, decoratively cut or plain square. Post tops come from the post caps range.
What to send for a quote, and making it last
Send the length of each run, the height, the number and width of gates, and a photograph of the house and of any fence you are matching. Picket, paling and period feature fencing are all made in LOSP treated pine or in any species you name. Prime and paint all surfaces, seal the bases and end grain, choose a lighter colour where you can, and keep the gates correctly hung; a capped post sheds water off the end grain, which is where a post rots first.