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Glossary

Fence panel

A pre-fabricated infill panel that sits between two posts in a fencing run. Built as a rectangular frame with battens, slats, or louvres face-fixed to it, then bolted or welded to posts on site.

A fence panel is the bay between two adjacent fence posts: a rigid frame of galvanised RHS or aluminium tube, filled with vertical battens, horizontal slats, or 45-degree louvres. The shop welds the panel up flat on a jig, drops it on the trailer, and the installer hangs it between posts at the site. Standard heights are 1500, 1800, and 2100 mm; standard bay widths sit between 1800 and 2700 mm so a single welder can lift the finished panel.

Fence panels are functionally interchangeable with the panels that flank a gate (the trade calls those 'side panels' because they sit either side of the opening). The construction is identical; the name follows the role. CAD60's fence-panel models drop the hinges and latch hardware so the drawing reads as a fixed bay, not a gate.

Common AU patterns: 65 x 16 RHS slats vertical at 16 mm gap on a 40 x 40 SHS frame; 50 x 25 RHS battens horizontal at 12 mm gap; elliptical 100 x 20 louvres at 45 degrees for visual privacy with airflow. Powder-coat or galvanised finish; bolted to concreted posts via 12 mm chemical anchors or welded to SHS posts on a footplate.

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