Fence questions, answered

Most of the price is posts, concrete, digging, and the labor to set every section straight. Material, height, footage, gates, the ground, and tearing out an old fence move the number. The free estimate puts all of it in writing.

Not an honest one. A per-foot number hides the things that change the price the most: gates, corners, rock, slope, and tear-out. We measure your yard and give you one price for the whole job, in writing, free.

We come to your place, measure the fence line, look at the grade and the ground, and talk through what you want the fence to do. It helps if you are there for that part. You get the price in writing afterward.

Nothing changes hands until you have a written estimate and you have said yes. The estimate spells out what is due when, so there are no surprises on the day the crew shows up.

It depends on what the fence is for. Wood privacy blocks the view and looks the most like a fence. Vinyl skips the staining. Chain link costs the least and keeps dogs in. We will tell you which fits your yard.

The posts decide it. Boards can be swapped one at a time for years, but once the posts rot at the ground line the fence is done. Solid posts set in concrete and a coat of sealer every few years keep it standing.

Diggers need a tight bottom. Climbers need a smooth face with no rails on their side. Fence fighters need something they cannot see through. Tell us about your dog and we build for that dog.

Only if it is built wrong for the grade. A fence can step down a hill in level sections or rack to follow the slope. Which one fits depends on the material and how steep it is. We check the grade at the estimate.

If you are not sure where the line is, a survey is the only thing that settles it. We build where you tell us the line is, and we can set the fence a bit inside it so there is no argument later.

Sometimes. The rules differ between the city, the county, and neighborhoods with their own covenants, and they change. Check with your association and the local codes office before we start. We build to what the approval says.

No. We build year round. Wet ground and hard freezes can push a job back a few days, and that is about all weather does. If anything, the calendar is easier to get on outside of spring.

Most backyard fences are a few days of work once we start, longer for big runs, rock, or tear-out. The start date and the plan are on your written estimate, and if something moves, you hear it from us.