Bespoke work
Custom Orders
Every product on this site is already made to order, so 'custom' here means the things that go beyond a rectangle in a standard colour — arches, rakes, steps, contrasting colours and one-off fixing conditions.
What we get asked for
Six kinds of custom work
Openings that are not rectangles
Arched brick openings, raked tops following a roofline, and frames that step to follow a wall. The photograph of a gate fitted into an existing arched brick opening on this page is exactly that — the frame was made to the arch rather than the arch being modified.
Ground that falls or steps
Sloping driveways and boundaries need panels that either rake with the fall or step down it. Which of those looks right depends on the style — vertical profiles rake gracefully, horizontal ones usually want to step.
Two-tone and contrasting colours
Frame, posts and infill can each be a different colour. The cream fencing with green posts and the cream fencing with red posts in our project photos are both this.
Matching what is already there
A gate to sit in an existing fence line, a panel to close out a gap beside a gate, or a run to continue an existing boundary. Send photos and any colour name you have.
Mixed styles in one project
A louvre gate for privacy at the front and picket fencing along a side boundary is a perfectly sensible combination. There is no requirement to use one style everywhere.
Unusual fixing conditions
Fixing to brick piers, block retaining walls, existing structures or posts that are already in the ground. Each changes the hardware and sometimes the frame.
Example
Two colours, and a slope
This frontage does two custom things at once. The pickets and the posts are finished in different colours, which has to be specified before powder coating rather than decided later. And the run steps down a grassed slope, which means the panels were set out for that fall instead of a level line.
Neither is unusual. Both are the kind of thing that has to be established at quoting, because they are decided at fabrication and cannot be changed afterwards.
Fencing on sloping groundHow to enquire
What to send us
The more specific you can be, the faster and more accurate the quote. Measurements at three points across the opening, height on both sides, a square-on photograph, and a note about anything unusual — a lean in a pier, a step in the ground, a service running where a post would go.
If you have drawings, plans or inspiration images, attach them. If you have a colour you are trying to match, name it if you can and photograph it in daylight if you cannot.
And tell us what you are actually trying to achieve. A description of the problem — 'the neighbours look straight into the courtyard' — is often more useful than a description of the solution, because it lets us tell you if a different style would do the job better.
Questions
Custom order questions
Is a custom order more expensive?
Can you work from a drawing or plan?
Can you match a colour I already have?
Can you copy a design from a photo I found?
What is the most useful thing to send with a custom enquiry?
Describe what you need
Send measurements, photos and any drawings. If it can be fabricated, we will tell you what it costs — and if it cannot, we will tell you that too.