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Pressed Spear & Steel Security FencingGold Coast, Tweed & Northern NSW
Pressed spear steel security fencing for schools, commercial frontages, public infrastructure and any boundary that has to look sharp and stop people getting over it.
- Gold Coast, Tweed & Northern NSW
- QBCC 15510481 | NSW 489457C
- Quotes within 48 hours
The Short Version
What is pressed spear steel security fencing?
It's a rigid, welded steel picket system: vertical pickets finished with a spear pressed directly into the picket itself, fixed through horizontal rails, hung between steel posts, and powder coated. It's the fence you use when a boundary has to be genuinely difficult to get over and still look like it belongs at the front of the property.
A quick note on naming, because it confuses everyone: some people call this palisade, some call it spear top. These days they mean the same fence - the pressed spear is the modern standard and it's what we install. There's no lighter or heavier version to weigh up; it's one system, specified by height, spacing and finish.
Unlike chainwire, it arrives as engineered panels rather than strained fabric, so the line is dead straight and the finish is consistent panel to panel. There is nothing to grip: the pickets are narrow and vertical, the rails sit inside the picket line, and the pressed spear top is one you can't comfortably get a hand over. That combination of appearance and climb resistance is why it dominates school boundaries, commercial frontages and public infrastructure.
The open profile is usually a feature, not a compromise: a perimeter you can see through is a perimeter that can be supervised and covered by cameras. Where a pointed top isn't appropriate - many internal school and public areas rule them out - the same panel comes in a flat top, with height doing the security work instead.
When another system suits better
If you're securing a long industrial boundary where appearance isn't the priority, chainwire will cover far more metres for the same budget.
Chainwire FencingPurpose-built anti-climb
No footholds, no grip points, and a pressed spear top that resists getting a hand over.
Clean, permanent appearance
Powder coated steel that reads as architecture, not as site fencing.
Sightlines stay open
Supervision and camera coverage aren't blocked by the boundary.
Gates integrate properly
Matching pedestrian and vehicle gates so the boundary reads as one system.
Where It's Used
Sites we build this for.
Public Infrastructure
Treatment plants, utilities and council assets that sit unattended.
Secure Compounds
Plant, equipment and restricted-access areas within a larger site.
Commercial Properties
Street frontages, carparks and entries that are on show.
Body Corporate Properties
Common-property boundaries where appearance matters as much as security.
Builders & Developments
Handover-ready boundary fencing staged into a build program.
How Much Fence Do You Need
Four levels of deterrence.
Spear top and palisade sit at different points on the same scale. Pick the level that matches your site and we'll tell you the system, where it fits, and where it's the wrong call.
Schematic only. The figure is 1.75m for scale.
Level 2
1.8m spear top
- 1.8m panel height
- Spear tips
- 100mm pale spacing
Where it makes sense
Schools, childcare boundaries, community facilities and general commercial perimeters.
Where it's the wrong call
Under-spec for a site holding high-value gear overnight with no other security.
Your Options
Understanding your options
Two steel fences at the same height can behave very differently. These are the variables that decide security level, appearance and price.
The top of the picket sets both the security level and how the fence reads from the street.
- Pressed spear
- The spear is pressed into the picket itself - a clean, uniform, pointed top and the modern standard for secure boundaries. It's what people mean these days whether they say spear top or palisade.
- Flat top
- Pickets finished level with or just above the top rail. Used where a pointed top isn't appropriate - many internal school and public areas - with height doing the security work instead.
Exact heights, gauges and material specifications are set per project - we confirm them against your site, spec or engineer's drawings before quoting.
Which Fence Do I Need?
Start with the problem, not the product.
You don't need to know the terminology. Find the line that sounds like your site.
Recent Work
Pressed Spear & Steel Security Fencing projects.
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Tell us about your pressed spear & steel security project.
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0480 462 426Gold Coast & Northern NSW | QBCC 15510481 | NSW 489457C
Why Wood Trades
Straightforward to deal with.
Commercial project focus
Industrial estates, schools, councils and public infrastructure - this is our primary division.
Gold Coast & Northern NSW
Locally based, with crews working across the Gold Coast and into Northern NSW.
Site visits available
We come out, look at the site and talk through what you actually need.
Builders & developers
We work alongside project managers and site supervisors, staged around your program.
Schools & infrastructure
DETE-spec school fencing and council spec work, with Blue Card accredited crews.
Multiple fencing systems
Pressed spear (palisade), chainwire, aluminium, Colorbond and acreage fencing.
Licensed & insured
QBCC 15510481 | NSW 489457C | fully insured for commercial work.
Quotes within 48 hours
Quotes issued within 48 hours of enquiry.
FAQs
Pressed Spear & Steel Security questions.
The things people actually ask us before they commit to a job.
These days, yes. Some people call it palisade and some call it spear top, but they mean the same fence - vertical steel pickets with the spear pressed into the picket itself. One isn't lighter or heavier than the other any more; pressed spear is the modern standard and it's what we install.
What Clients Say
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