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Made in NZ · For NZ buildersFencing calculator for NZ timber fences
Posts, rails, palings, gates and the concrete to set them — then priced into the actual quote, not a rough per-metre guess.
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Posts, rails, palings and concrete for any fence run
A timber fence comes down to a few numbers: post spacing (2.0–2.4 m centres is typical for a paling fence), the number of rails (two up to about 1.5 m, three above), palings per lineal metre at your chosen gap, and the concrete to set each post (a 200 mm × 600 mm hole is about 0.019 m³). Add gates, plinth boards and a stepped run and a ‘per-metre’ guess falls apart.
Describe the fence — length, height, paling gap, gates — and Toolie counts the posts, rails, palings, fixings and concrete, adds a wastage allowance, sets timber treatment (H4 for posts in the ground, H3.2 above), and prices the lot off a real NZ pricebook. It lands in the quote and the job, not a throwaway box.
- Posts, rails and palings counted from length, height and paling gap
- Concrete per post in bags or m³, with set depth to suit the height
- H4 in-ground and H3.2 above-ground treatment set automatically
- Gates, plinth boards and stepped runs allowed for
- Priced off a real NZ pricebook — a defensible fence quote in minutes
It’s part of the quote, not a separate tool
In Toolie this isn’t a one-off calculator — it feeds the actual priced quote and the build programme. Describe the job or drop in a PDF plan and Toolie runs the take-off, applies NZ site intelligence and prices it off a real NZ pricebook.
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Common questions
How many fence posts do I need?
Divide the fence length by your post spacing (2.0–2.4 m centres is typical for a paling fence) and add one for the end. Toolie does this from the run length and adds strainer and gate posts.
How many palings per metre?
It depends on paling width and the gap. For 100 mm palings butted with a small gap it is about 9–10 per metre per side; Toolie works it out from your paling width and gap.
How much concrete per fence post?
A common 200 mm × 600 mm post hole is roughly 0.019 m³ — about one and a bit 20 kg bags. Toolie sets the hole depth to the fence height and totals the concrete for the run.
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