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You’ve spent a fortune on the pool, the paving and the outlook. The last thing you want is a fence you have to look at.
That is what Todd Mehlhopt built Gurus of Glass around in 2015. Frameless glass, done properly, so the barrier all but disappears and the whole yard opens up as one space.
Clean lines, 12mm toughened glass, polished edges, nothing there to catch your eye.
We are a Gold Coast business and only a Gold Coast business. Todd quotes your job himself and the same team installs it, start to finish.
Acreage is a different job entirely
Everything we do on the canals gets turned on its head out here.
Tallebudgera and the valley behind it are acreage. Bigger blocks, sloping sites, pools set into landscaped terraces, and outlooks over the valley rather than over water.
The two things that dominate a waterfront job, salt exposure and tight access, are barely a factor here. What replaces them is ground. Slope, surface and what a spigot is actually fixing into.
Slope and what it means for your fence
A pool barrier has to hold its full height measured from the outside ground level along the whole run. On a sloping acreage block that means stepping the panels down the fall.
The runs out here are often longer than the coast average, so a poorly planned step sequence is visible from a long way off. Where the steps land is worked out at the measure with you, against the terracing and the view lines
Fixing into what is actually there
Coastal jobs are mostly concrete. Acreage jobs are anything but.
Timber decks, sandstone, dry stacked retaining walls, exposed aggregate and paving laid straight onto compacted fill all turn up out here. Each one changes the fixing. Some need base plated spigots and something solid built underneath before we can start.
This is why the site visit is not optional on an acreage job. There is no way to quote it honestly from photos, and an installer who says otherwise is either guessing or planning to revise the price later.
The good news on hardware
Tallebudgera is well back from the beach and off the tidal system, so salt is not the driver it is on the canals.
Good quality stainless is still the right call, but the higher marine grades that a beachfront address genuinely needs are usually unnecessary here. That is a real saving on a long run and we will tell you when it applies
The view is the valley
The argument for glass does not change out here, it just points at something different. On an acreage block the pool usually sits between the house and the valley, and a solid fence takes the outlook away exactly as effectively as it does on a canal.
Typical jobs in Tallebudgera and the valley
Terraced acreage pools. Set into a landscaped slope, with the fence stepping down the terracing.
Long boundary runs. Bigger blocks mean longer runs, which changes the per metre economics in your favour.
Deck mounted fencing. Timber pool decks are common out here and they need base plated fixing with something solid underneath.
Valley facing balustrades. Upper decks looking down the valley, where the argument for glass is identical to a waterfront job.
Why we will not quote an acreage job from photos
On a flat coastal block, photos and a rough measurement get you close enough for a ballpark.
Out here they do not. The fall across the run, what the surround is actually made of, whether the timber under a deck will take a base plate, and how the terracing steps are all things you cannot see in a photo. Any one of them changes the price materially.
The site visit is free and it takes about half an hour. It is the difference between a number you can rely on and a number that moves.
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Frequently asked questions
Do you come out to acreage properties in Tallebudgera and the valley?
Yes, at no charge. The site visit and the written quote are free anywhere on the Gold Coast, hinterland included.
Can you fix a glass fence to a timber deck or a retaining wall?
Often, but it changes the method. Base plated spigots need something solid underneath, and on a deck that sometimes means adding blocking below first. We check that at the measure and price it before you sign.
Do I need marine grade fittings this far from the beach?
Usually not the higher grades. Good stainless still matters, but the specification a beachfront job needs is generally not required out here, and on a long run that is a meaningful saving.