Timber Fences Options When it comes to affordable and effective fencing options Amazing Homes P/L in Melbourne can complete any project from Merbau, brushed fencing, pickets, steel or brick.  Merbau Fencing Merbau fencing, is a fantastic barrier to give a backyard or courtyard a new look, the photo below is 70mm Merbau in a horizontal fencing arrangement. This is a great screen to protect the backyard from neighbours. Merbau comes in 2 sizes, 70mm and 90mm. This style of fence can be done in a range of products including, treated pine, Merbau, Cedar, etc.   Picket Fencing: Below is the full range of options for a picket fence, the pickets themselves through to the posts and the post tops. Any arrangement is possible.                       Below are some examples of picket fences and some of the options that you can choose, some of the things you need to consider is: Posts visible or hidden Picket fence type Picket fence heights, standard heights of pickets are 900, 1200, 1500 and 1800. If you want shorter or inbetween heights that is easily done by cutting the picket. Height of the board under the picket fence or if no board is required at all. Spacing of the pickets. Levels of each section of the picket fence, this is critical especially on sloping properties. Post capping type and spacing of posts. This is a 1200mm high Windsor Cypress picket fence on a 150mm Plinth board with no visable posts. This is a 1200mm high picket fence upto a 1500mm high post cap. The pickets are again a Windor style cypress picket on a 150mm Plinth board, the post cappings are Windsor capping and the posts are exposed.