Cyclone fencing Melbourne
Chain mesh fences for Melbourne homes, schools and work sites
Cyclone fencing for Melbourne homes, schools, tennis courts and work sites, installed by our fencing contractors.
It's steel wire woven into a diamond mesh. Choose galvanised mesh, coated in zinc against rust, or black mesh, with gates and barbed wire tops to suit your site.
- Your quote is free and comes in writing
- Our installers are insured
- We fix and tighten sagging cyclone fences too
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Cyclone Fencing is ticked for you. Add your suburb and rough metres on the next step.
How it works
How getting a cyclone fence works
Tell us about the job
Send your suburb, roughly how many metres and where the fence is going, like a dog run, a school or a work site. The form also asks whether the old fence needs pulling out.
We measure up if needed
When the job needs it, we come out to measure up and look at the ground and where the gates will go.
You get a written quote
It's free, and you can go through it in your own time.
We build your fence
Steel posts go in first, including strainer posts, the heavier ones at each end and corner that take the pull of the mesh. Then the mesh is pulled tight along the line and tied on.
Where it works
Where chain mesh fencing is used
The same mesh works on a suburban block, a farm or a factory, with a different wire, height and top for each.
Homes
Cyclone fencing suits back and side boundaries, dog runs and fenced-off parts of the garden. Kids and pets stay in, and you can still see the whole yard.
If your dog pushes on the fence
A tension wire, a tight steel wire run through the bottom of the mesh, stops the base lifting when a dog pushes against it.
Rural blocks
On acreage it fences the house yard or a dog yard. For paddocks and stock, ask us about farm fencing.
Businesses and work sites
Factories, depots and storage yards usually need a barbed wire top and a gate wide enough for a truck. We bring in welders, concreters and electricians when a job needs them.
Schools, childcare and sports grounds
Black mesh is the usual pick for schools and sports grounds. Around a childcare centre, the fence is there to keep children in more than to keep anyone out.
Gates
Chain wire gates
Chain wire gates, or cyclone gates, are made to match the fence's mesh, height and posts. That way the gateway is as secure as the fence line itself.
Pedestrian gates
A single gate for walking through, usually between 900 mm and 1.5 m wide.
Double swing gates
A pair of gates that open from the middle, usually 3 m to 10 m across, for cars and trucks.
Sliding gates
The gate rolls along the fence line instead of swinging, so it needs no room to open. Most are 4 m to 8 m wide.
Automatic gates
Sliding gates are often fitted with an electric or solar motor that opens from a remote, wired in by an electrician.
Gates
Heights and permits
Cyclone fence heights and council rules
Rolls come in set heights, and other heights can be made to order.
Rural shires and planning overlays, extra council controls on an area, can set their own limits for wire and mesh fences.
- 900 mm Low fence
- The lowest standard roll height.
- 1500 mm Front fence limit
- In Darebin, a metal front fence over 1.5 m needs a building permit. On a corner block it's 1 m, within 9 m of the corner.
- 1800 mm The most popular
- Side and back fences up to 2 m high usually need no building permit.
- 2400 mm Industrial yards
- A common height around factories and depots.
- 3600 mm Sports courts
- The tallest standard roll.
Finishes
Galvanised or black PVC-coated chain link
Both start as galvanised steel wire. Black mesh adds a PVC coating, a layer of black plastic, over the zinc.
Galvanised
Black PVC-coated
Look
Silver grey, the classic cyclone fence look.
Sits back against a garden, oval or court, so you notice the fence less.
Rust
The zinc protects the steel, and heavier galvanising lasts longer.
The plastic adds a second layer, which counts for more the closer you live to the sea.
Posts and rails
Galvanised steel to match.
Black powder-coated steel, a baked-on paint finish, to match.
Compare quotes by the steel inside
A 2.5 mm wire measures about 3.4 mm with its PVC coat on, so check that each quote gives the size of the steel wire.
Rails and posts
Top rail or railless chain mesh fencing
| Railless, with tension wire | With a top rail | |
|---|---|---|
| Along the top | ||
| Along the top | A tension wire threaded through the top of the mesh holds it up between posts. | A steel tube runs from post to post, and the mesh is tied to it. |
| Look | ||
| Look | Plain and open. | Neater and more finished. |
| Often used for | ||
| Often used for | Homes and rural blocks. | Fences that need extra strength. |
| Sagging | ||
| Sagging | Relies on the tension wire staying tight. | The rail holds the top edge straight, which helps stop sagging. |
Can't decide? Ask for both on the form and we'll price each one.
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Security tops
Barbed wire tops for chain mesh fences
For yards and work sites that need more security, the top of the fence can be made much harder to climb.
Three strands of barbed wire
The posts run up past the mesh and carry three lines of barbed wire, which adds about 500 mm to the height.
A barbed top edge
The cut wire ends along the mesh's top edge, called the selvedge, can be twisted into sharp barbs.
A smooth edge for kids and animals
The wire ends can be bent over into small loops, called knuckles, so they stay smooth. It's the usual choice where children or animals touch the fence.
Check with your council first
A permit or council check may apply to barbed wire, mostly near homes and public places. Ask your council before it goes up.
Tennis courts
Tennis court fencing
Most Australian courts are fenced in black PVC-coated chain mesh on black posts and rails.
Club and council courts
Tennis Australia, the sport's national body, says a structural engineer should design the fencing at a tennis venue.
Backyard courts
The clamps and ties that hold the mesh should face away from the court, so nobody running for a ball catches on them.
Court fence sizes
From Tennis Australia's planning guide for courts.
Tennis Australia's planning guideMetres high at each end
Baseline fences, behind each end of the court, go to 3.6 m or 3.0 m to keep balls in.
Metre-wide access gate
An access gate for wheelchairs is 1.35 m wide and 2.1 m high. A gate for maintenance machines is 3 m wide.
Cyclone fencing explained
What is cyclone fencing?
Cyclone fencing is steel wire woven into a mesh of diamonds and stretched tight between steel posts. The wire is usually galvanised, meaning coated in zinc to stop rust. Victorians often call it cyclone fencing, and it's also called chain mesh, chain link or chainwire.
Suppliers call the diamond size the pitch, and they give the wire thickness in millimetres.
Because the wire is woven, the mesh can follow uneven ground and take a knock without buckling the way a solid panel can.
- One diamond, sized by its pitch
- One wire, sized by its thickness in mm
Wire and diamond size
Wire thickness, diamond size and AS 1725
Two numbers decide how strong a chain mesh fence is and what it can keep in: the wire thickness and the size of the diamonds.
Wire thickness
Light duty, 2.5 mm
The usual wire for homes and light commercial jobs.
Heavy duty, 3.15 mm
For factories and high-security sites. Light duty wire carries only about 60% of the load heavy duty wire can.
Shown enlarged, with the two sizes in proportion.
Diamond size
- 50 mmMost home and business fences
- 45 mmTennis courts, so fewer balls get stuck
- 40 mmCricket nets
- 32 mmGolf courses
- 25 mmKeeping out rabbits and rats
Drawn to scale.
What AS 1725 covers
AS 1725 is the Australian Standard for chain link fencing. It sets the wire thickness for light and heavy duty, and 50 mm as the biggest diamond.
Not every roll on sale meets it, so if your fence has to, check the maker's details first.
AS 1725.1 at Standards Australia- Part 1Security fences and gates
- Part 2Tennis courts at clubs and venues
- Part 3Tennis courts at homes
- Part 4Cricket net enclosures
- Part 5Sports ground fencing
Pricing
What sets cyclone fence prices
Every cyclone fence is priced from your details, and these are what change the number.
Length and height
More metres and taller mesh mean more wire, more posts and more digging.
Wire and finish
Heavy duty wire and a black PVC coat both cost more than standard galvanised mesh.
Rails and tops
A top or bottom rail, or barbed wire on taller posts, adds materials and time.
Gates and motors
Each gate is priced on its size and type, and a motor adds the unit and the wiring.
The ground
Rock, tree roots and slopes slow the digging for posts.
The old fence
If an old fence has to come down first, we'll confirm on the quote whether we can take it away.
In Victoria, neighbours usually split the cost of a basic dividing fence, and whoever wants more than that pays the difference. Victoria Legal Aid on fences
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Cyclone fencing questions
Cyclone fencing FAQs
Cyclone is also the name of a brand of rural fencing products. In Victoria the word is used for any chain mesh fence, whoever made it, and we use it that way too. We're not connected with the brand.
There's no set per-metre price, because gates and any barbed wire on top change it. Per-metre prices online often leave out both, so check what each quote includes before you compare them. Your quote from us shows the full price before any work starts.
It gives little privacy on its own, because you can see straight through the diamonds. It can also sag over the years as it loses tension, and we can tighten it or add a top rail to hold it. Privacy slats or shade cloth cut the view if you need them.
Tennis Australia's planning guide gives court fencing a life of 20 years or more. A home fence has no set figure, because the wire, the coating and the site all play a part.
Yes. The posts can be drilled into the concrete and set with grout, a runny cement mix. Or they can be bolted down on a base plate, a flat steel plate on the foot of the post.
Yes. A slack fence can usually be tightened, a damaged stretch of mesh replaced, or a top rail added to stop the top sagging again. Tell us what's wrong and roughly how many metres it covers.
Privacy slats woven down through the diamonds block most of the view. Shade cloth fixed across the mesh cuts the view and takes the edge off wind and sun. Covered mesh catches the wind and strains the posts, so ask us before covering an older fence.
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