Locations · Fremantle, WA
Sandblasting Fremantle
Port town work: hulls on the hardstand, heritage limestone and brick, and structural steel around the harbour and industrial pockets.
Blasting in Fremantle
Fremantle gives us three kinds of job in the same postcode. Vessels come out of the water at Fishing Boat Harbour and the surrounding yards for anti-foul and hull work. The heritage streets bring painted limestone, brick and render. And the industrial edges bring steel, fleet and car-park work.
Because the media is wet, there is no plume drifting down a terrace street or across the next cradle in the yard. That is usually what decides whether a job in Freo can happen at all.
Areas covered: Fremantle, North Fremantle, South Fremantle, East Fremantle, White Gum Valley, Beaconsfield, O’Connor, North Coogee
In short
Fremantle is inside our standard metro rate — no travel component. Marine work on the local hardstands, heritage masonry in the older streets and steel or line-marking work around the port all run out of the same rig. Call 0458 531 878.
What we blast around Fremantle
Marine. Anti-foul removal off steel, alloy and fibreglass hulls, plus keels, rudders, shafts and running gear. Spent anti-foul is contained and disposed of through a licensed facility, and neighbouring vessels keep working while we do it. See marine sandblasting.
Heritage masonry. Painted limestone, red brick, render and lime wash. Freo stone is soft, so pressure comes right down and we test a hidden panel before committing to an elevation. See construction sandblasting.
Commercial and port. Structural steel, gates, balustrades, shop fronts, graffiti and car-park line marking, often out of trading hours.
Mobile or workshop
Most Fremantle work happens where the item is — the hardstand, the street frontage, the yard. Smaller components and anything needing coating in controlled conditions come to the workshop instead. Mobile sandblasting explains what the rig carries.
Access, parking and working in the older streets
The constraint in Fremantle is rarely the surface — it is getting set up. Terrace frontages, narrow verges, timed parking and limited side access all decide how the day runs, and they are worth sorting before the rig arrives rather than on the morning. Where street frontage is the only option we work to the shortest possible setup and protect the footpath and adjacent property.
In the yards it is the yard rules that govern: containment under the hull, wash water captured rather than run to the drain, and a booking slot you do not overrun. We plan the strip and set-up around the slot you have paid for.
Services available in Fremantle
Automotive sandblasting
Panels, chassis, trays and full shells taken back to bare metal without warping the steel.
Marine sandblasting
Anti-foul, rust and failed primer off hulls, keels and running gear.
Construction sandblasting
Painted brick, limestone, render, concrete and timber stripped back on site.
Transport sandblasting
Trucks, trailers, ute trays and tankers prepped for repaint or new livery.
Manufacturing sandblasting
Mill scale off plate, pipe spools and weldments, blasted to profile and primed.
Graffiti removal
Tags off brick, render, limestone and steel without ghosting.
Fremantle questions
Working in Fremantle
Do you work on the Fremantle hardstands?
Yes. Anti-foul removal, keel and running-gear work and steel hull preparation, with containment so the vessels either side can keep working. We bring our own water, air and abrasive.
Can you strip paint off limestone without damaging it?
Yes, at low pressure with a fine media. Limestone is soft, so we test a hidden section first and get your sign-off on the finish before running the whole elevation.
Is there a travel charge to Fremantle?
No. Fremantle and the surrounding suburbs sit inside our standard metro rate.
Can you work in a narrow heritage street?
Usually, yes. The rig needs access within hose reach and we mask windows, joinery and paving. Wet media means no plume across the street, which is what makes tight frontages workable.
Do we need to arrange parking or access for you?
If the job is on a street frontage in the older parts of Freo, yes — let us know what is available. On the hardstands the yard booking usually covers it.
Do you contain the wash water on hardstand jobs?
Yes. Spent media and removed antifoul are contained and collected rather than washed into the yard drains, and disposed of through a licensed facility.