Fencing Marketplace

Fencing Marketplace

Buying & selling safely

The marketplace connects buyers and sellers; it does not inspect, test or certify materials, and it does not verify anyone's pool safety certification or trade licence. Used fencing materials carry real risk - these checks help you decide what needs certifying, testing or replacing before it goes up as a pool barrier or boundary fence.

Inspect the materials

  • •Match the profile, colour, gauge and length to the listing. Ask for clear photos of rust-through, cut or bent edges, fade, colour-batch mismatch, and any panel, post or rail damage.
  • •Used pool fencing hardware is the real risk. A glass panel, gate or latch can look fine and still fail a pool safety inspection. Treat every second-hand pool barrier component as unproven until a council or licensed pool safety inspector has assessed it - a passing inspection is the only evidence that matters.
  • •Treat a cracked or unmarked glass panel, a gate that will not self-close and self-latch, rust-through steel, or a post with no sound footing as unsafe. Never install unknown pool barrier gear and hope it passes.

Pool barriers must be certified, not assumed

  • •A pool fence must meet AS 1926.1: a minimum height of 1200mm, no gap of more than 100mm underneath, a 900mm non-climbable zone, and a self-closing, self-latching gate. Buying second-hand parts here does not make an installed fence compliant.
  • •Glass pool fence panels must be toughened safety glass carrying an AS 2208 stamp. Never reuse unmarked, etched-off or damaged glass as a pool barrier.
  • •Confirm panel height, post spacing, gate swing and latch height before paying. A pool barrier is certified by your council or a licensed pool safety inspector, never by a marketplace listing.

Pay and collect carefully

  • •Inspect before paying where practical. For a pallet of Colorbond sheets, a load of concrete sleepers or a bulk timber order, agree in writing what is included and who loads, transports and unloads it.
  • •Never pay a deposit because a stranger creates urgency. Avoid gift cards, cryptocurrency and international transfer requests.
  • •Keep the listing, messages, receipt and photos of the material and any batch or colour code. Business and trade sellers may owe consumer guarantees that do not usually apply to a one-off private sale.

Asbestos, treated timber and site risks

  • •Old fibro or "super six" style fencing sheets on pre-1990 properties can contain asbestos. Do not cut, drill or demolish suspect sheeting yourself - removal is licensed work. Get it checked before you buy or disturb it.
  • •Treated pine (CCA) sleepers, posts and palings should never be burned, and offcuts should be handled and disposed of appropriately, not used around vegetable beds or food crops.
  • •Star pickets and fencing wire under tension can recoil with real force when cut or released. Temporary fence panels and feet need to be stable and rated for wind loading, especially with shade cloth or hoarding attached.
  • •The site verifies nothing. Listings are seller-supplied and neither Fencing Marketplace nor NearMe inspects, tests or certifies any item, any pool barrier or any seller's licence. If an item is recalled, misrepresented or unsafe, report the listing rather than relying on a seller's description.

Get pool barriers certified, and know the dividing fence rules

Pool fencing compliance is checked by your council or a licensed pool safety inspector under your state's pool safety laws, not by a marketplace listing. Gate automation and electric fence energisers are electrical work and must be installed by a licensed electrician.

A shared boundary fence is governed by your state's Fences Act or Dividing Fences Act, which sets out how costs are split between neighbours. A boundary or cost dispute is a civil matter between neighbours, not something the marketplace can resolve.

Something look wrong? Read the listing rules or use the report link on the listing.