Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Mar 23, 2014 11:37 am Hi, I'm sick of fences in new estate homes being so low. And being tall, I can easily look over them causing all sorts of privacy problems. What's the legality of adding fence height, similar to the black part of the fence in this pic: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Does it necessarily have to be of that 'see-thru'- finish or could it be 'solid' like the cream colourbond. Done tastefully of course, not an eye-sore Re: Raising fence height - legality? 3Mar 23, 2014 12:50 pm The title on your house will also state any covenants that apply. If you ring your council municipal building surveyor and check the title of your property you will know exactly how high you can build your fence to. If it is a new estate you may need to check the design guidelines. too. Re: Raising fence height - legality? 4Mar 23, 2014 2:49 pm There's heights and heights. Colour bond often comes in two heights - I think it might be 1.8 and 1.6. Not sure. But - many people "raise" it by having treated sleepers under the bottom cross beam. They say its for the look, or privacy, security - keep the dog in etc, but often it to get a few centre meters of height. If it a very useful way to achieve this. Your fence bloke will explain. It is "legal" but may mean your fence is slightly higher than normal. Also - another way - and legal again - is to add a sort of colour bond lattice to the top. You can see through it but like lattice it does provide a degree of privacy. Adds 20 - 30 cms I guess. Unless the room is for storage then it's non compliant BCA V2 2019 S3 P3.8 You have 2 options 1. The builder deconstructs the section and rebuilds as per plan /… 7 10682 ok thanks - yes was wondering if that should have been listed as Option Three! 2 7741 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9563 |