Drysdale Fencing is a local fencing contractor based on the Bellarine Peninsula, servicing Geelong and surrounding suburbs. Free on-site quotes, quality materials, and concrete footings on every job.
In short: Drysdale Fencing is a local fencing contractor based in Drysdale, VIC, servicing Geelong and the entire Bellarine Peninsula. We're fully insured, every quote is a free on-site visit, and we install Colorbond, timber, aluminium tubular, and pool fencing. Posts go in wet-poured concrete on every job, never dry-mix. Call 0485 577 980 to book your free site visit.
If you want a fence done properly in Geelong, the footing is where it starts and where most jobs go wrong. We're a Drysdale-based crew working across Greater Geelong and the Bellarine every week, so we already know what the ground does on your block before we turn up. Concrete poured around every post, materials you can actually identify, and a quote that lines out exactly what you'll pay. No per-metre guess over the phone.
Below we walk through what separates a contractor worth hiring from one who'll have you ringing back in three winters: how to vet them, how we run a job, what we install, and the suburbs we cover from Drysdale out to central Geelong.
A local contractor who works in your area every week brings knowledge that saves you money and problems down the track.
We carry public liability insurance on every job. Before any work begins on your property, you can ask to see proof — and you should. An uninsured contractor is a risk you carry.
Most residential blocks here sit on reactive expansive clay, Class M through Class H under AS 2870. That ground heaves. Posts bedded in dry-mix lean inside a couple of seasons; posts in properly poured, depth-correct concrete don't. We pour wet on every job.
We quote standing on your block, not off a per-metre rate down the phone. A slope, an old retaining sleeper, a side gate the trailer won't fit through: we'd rather find it on the quote than spring a variation on you mid-job.
Drysdale, Ocean Grove, Clifton Springs, Leopold, central Geelong: these are our own suburbs. Every fence we build is on show to the neighbours and the next client down the street. A fly-in operator can leave a leaning fence behind and never be seen again. We can't, and we don't.
The City of Greater Geelong wants a permit for some fences: anything over 2 metres, blocks under a heritage overlay, and corner allotments where sight-line rules bite. We'll tell you straight at the site visit whether yours is one of them.
Salt off Corio Bay eats cheap hardware. The fence panel outlasts the screws holding it, and you get rust streaks down a brand-new fence. We run galvanised fittings and Bugle Batten screws as standard, not the zinc-flash gear that bleeds within a few winters near the water.
We never nail rails or plinths in. Every structural fixing is a large-gauge galvanised bugle batten screw, driven up tight. It's slower than a quick run with a nail gun, but it's why our fences don't pull away from the posts and sag a few years on. The only nails on the job hold the palings to the rails.
A fence that stands straight for 20 years and one that leans after five usually came down to one decision: the footing. Geelong's reactive clay swells and shrinks with every wet and dry season, and it doesn't ask permission. Tip a bag of dry cement into the hole and the post heaves. Pour wet concrete to the right depth for the soil class and the post holds. That's the whole game.
Footings aside, here's what to ask before anyone touches your boundary:
A straightforward process from first call to finished fence — with no surprises on the day.
Phone us on 0485 577 980 or use the contact form. Tell us your suburb, what you need (materials, approximate length, any gates), and we'll arrange a site visit at a time that suits.
We come to your property, measure the full run, assess terrain and access, and discuss your material preferences, colour options, and height requirements. No charge, no obligation.
You receive a clear, itemised quote. Materials, labour, footing preparation, removal of old fencing where applicable, and site clean-up — all broken out so you know exactly what you're paying for.
We arrive on the agreed date, dig post holes to the correct depth for soil conditions, pour concrete footings, and install your fence. We leave the site clean and tidy at completion.
From Colorbond and timber to pool fencing and automated gates — all installed with the same standard of workmanship.
BlueScope steel panels in the full contemporary colour range. Low maintenance, fire-rated, coastal-grade. From $75–$120/m installed.
Hardwood posts with pine or hardwood palings. Lapped and capped, paling, picket — all styles for Geelong residential properties.
Powder-coated aluminium tubular panels for front fences, pool surrounds, and decorative boundaries. Minimal maintenance, sharp appearance.
Compliant pool barrier fencing in frameless glass, semi-frameless, and tubular aluminium. Installed to Victorian Building Regulations requirements.
Pedestrian gates, driveway gates, and automated sliding or swing gate systems — built and installed to match your fencing.
Storm damage, leaning posts, broken palings, rust, sagging gates. We repair Colorbond and timber fences across Geelong and the Bellarine.
We're based in Drysdale and out on the tools across the Bellarine and Greater Geelong every week. Don't see your suburb in the list? Give us a ring. The patch is wider than the tiles below and we'll confirm we can get to you.
