Postline Fencing Co. Gates & Automation
A gate is the part of the fence you use every day, so we hang it to last and hand it over working. Single, double, sliding or automated, in timber, Colorbond, aluminium or tubular to match your fence. When it is automated, the motor, safety beams, intercom or keypad are wired, tested and walked through on handover, with a manual release so a blackout never locks you out.
What this job includes.
- ✓Single, double and sliding gates to match any fence material
- ✓Automation: motors, safety beams, intercoms and keypads
- ✓Automating a sound existing gate where the posts are up to it
- ✓Safety beams and force limiting set to standard around kids and cars
- ✓Manual release on every automated gate, plus optional battery backup
A gate is a fence in miniature, and the posts decide it
A gate is the part of the boundary that moves a hundred times a year, every year. The post on the hinge side carries the weight of the gate plus the swing, every day, and if that post is undersized or sat in soft footing the gate drops within months: it scrapes, the latch stops catching, and the hinges work themselves loose. The post on a gate is bigger than a panel post, the footing is deeper, and the hardware is named (Whites Wire, D&D Decorative Hardware, or the heavier industrial line for a driveway gate). A gate that still latches cleanly at year five is a footing decision, not a hardware upsell.
What changes between a pedestrian gate and an automated driveway gate
A pedestrian gate is a single line on the quote: the gate frame, the infill (timber paling, Colorbond sheet, aluminium slats or tubular), the hinges and the latch named. A driveway gate is more like a small fence: the opening measured, the posts sized to the gate weight and the swing or slide, the gate fabricated to fit, and if it is automated the motor (Centsys, Liftmaster, FAAC), the safety beams, the keypad or remote, and the wiring back to the power. Automation is priced separately on the quote because the opening, the slope and the power supply decide most of it, and it never goes in as a round number bundled with the fence.
What an itemised gate line includes
- The gate type (pedestrian or driveway, swing or slide) and the infill named
- The gate frame size, the opening width, and the swing or slide direction
- The hinge brand and the latch named (Whites Wire, D&D, or industrial-grade for heavy gates)
- The hinge-side post sized up, set in a deeper concrete footing for the load
- Pool-compliant self-closing self-latching gate where a pool is involved, the AS 1926.1 paperwork included
- For automation: the motor brand and model, the safety beams, the keypad or remote, the wiring back to the power
- A standard remote-control kit on automation, with the brand named, not “a remote”
- A 10-year warranty on posts and footings, plus the manufacturer warranty on the hardware and the motor
If the quote does not name the hinge brand, the latch, the post size on the hinge side and the footing depth, you are looking at a gate that drops inside the first year. The gate line on our quote is the gate line on the supplier invoice, and the post under it is sized for the swing, not just the panel.
Priced by the metre, itemised line by line.
The metres, the height and the material named, the post type and footing depth, gates, old-fence removal, and the boundary note if it is a dividing fence. Not one round number for a fence.
- 1 Metres, height and material. The price broken down by linear metres, the fence height, and the material named: the Colorbond colour, or the timber type and grade. Not one round number for "a fence".
- 2 Post type and footing depth. The post type, the footing depth, and that the posts are set in concrete, dug deeper for reactive clay and sloping ground. This is the line cowboys skip.
- 3 Panels, rails and fixings. The panel or paling spec, the rail layout, and the fixings. Lapped-and-capped, standard, or good-neighbour, stated so you know which side gets what.
- 4 Gates, itemised. Each gate its own line: pedestrian or driveway, the hardware, and whether automation is included or quoted separately once we see the opening.
- 5 Old-fence removal and tip fees. Removal, the old posts pulled or cut off, and the tip fees, each a line, never folded into a round number or sprung on you at the end.
- 6 The boundary-cost note. If it is a dividing fence, a plain-English note on how the cost splits with the neighbour, and a quote you can put in front of them.
- 7 Warranty and compliance. The 10-year posts and footings warranty in writing, the Colorbond materials warranty, and the AS 1926.1 compliance paperwork where a pool fence is involved.
What happens, step by step.
Free measure and set-out
We measure the boundary, check the soil and the slope, mark the line and talk through material and height, then put a written quote in your hands.
Itemised quote
The honest quote: metres, height and material, the post type and footing depth, gates, old-fence removal, and the boundary-cost note if it is a dividing fence.
Materials and start date
You sign off the material, the colour and the scope. We order, confirm the install window, and book the dig, working in any neighbour and council notices.
Remove and set the posts
We take down the old fence, cart it away, then dig footings to depth and set the posts in concrete. The footings cure before anything hangs off them.
Panels, rails and gates
Once the footings are set, the panels or palings and rails go on, raked to follow the slope, and the gates are hung, automated and tested where fitted.
Clean-up and handover
We clear the site, walk you around the finished fence, hand over the warranty in writing and any pool-compliance paperwork, and set up the gate remotes.
The paperwork behind the price.
Public liability to $20M, and a 10-year posts & footings, all in writing, all on request.
We hold a QBCC fencing licence in Queensland and a NSW Fair Trading licence across the border, and we carry public liability insurance, so you are covered on site. The guarantee is a 10-year written warranty on the posts and footings, the part that fails first, plus the genuine Colorbond and BlueScope manufacturer materials warranty where the fence is steel. All in writing, with exclusions named.
Gates & Automation: common questions.
Can you automate an existing gate, or only new ones?
Sliding or swing gate for my driveway?
Is the automation safe around kids and cars?
What happens in a power cut?
Get a free, itemised quote you can actually read.
Tell us what you need. We’ll book a walkthrough and send a quote with the work itemised, not just a number.