Fence Types
Types of Fences We Install in Charlotte, NC
One index of every fence, enclosure and gate we build for homes and commercial properties around Charlotte, sorted by what the fence is for.
How to Use This List
Most fence decisions come down to two questions: what the fence has to do, and what the ground will let you build. This page indexes every type of fence QC Fence Contractors installs and replaces across the Charlotte metro, so you can go straight to the one that fits the job.
The list is sorted by purpose first. A fence for a dog that digs is a different build from a fence around a pool, even when both use the same aluminum panel, and a horse pasture has little in common with a dumpster enclosure behind a restaurant. Wood privacy fences get their own group because the picket layout (dog ear, shadowbox, board on board, horizontal, stockade) changes how much you can see through the fence and how it behaves in wind. Farm, sports and commercial work follow, then gates.
Each page covers how we install that fence, when an old one is worth replacing instead of patching, and what local conditions do to it. Red clay holds water around posts. Summer humidity is hard on lumber that was not treated for ground contact. Plenty of lots in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Cabarrus and York counties slope enough that panels have to be stepped or racked, and an HOA often settles height and material before the owner does.
We work from offices across the Charlotte metro in North Carolina and in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Estimates are free. Call (833) 691-3387 or send the estimate form, and tell us which type you are leaning toward. If you are not sure yet, describe the property and the problem and we will tell you what we would build.
Fences for Homes, Pets and Pools
Fences picked for a job first and a look second: keeping a dog in, keeping deer out of a garden, or putting a barrier around a pool or trampoline.
Deer Fences
A deer fence is a tall, mostly see-through barrier, usually 7 to 8 feet of woven wire or polypropylene mesh, that keeps whitetail deer off landscaping, gardens and young trees.
Dog Fences
A dog fence is a physical yard fence chosen around one animal's size, jumping ability and habits, so the dog stays in without a collar or a buried wire.
Dog Kennels & Runs
A dog kennel or run is a fenced enclosure, usually chain link on steel posts, that gives a dog a secure outdoor space smaller than the full yard.
Garden Fences
A garden fence encloses a vegetable plot, raised beds or a cutting garden so animals stay out and the space reads as its own room in the yard.
Pool Safety Fences
A pool safety fence is the barrier that building codes in North Carolina and South Carolina require around a residential swimming pool, built so a young child cannot get over, under or through it.
Trampoline Fencing
Trampoline fencing means a yard perimeter fence or a dedicated play-area fence that controls who can reach the trampoline.
Wood Fence Styles
Wood privacy fences differ mostly in how the pickets are arranged. That arrangement decides how much you can see through the fence, how it handles wind, and which side looks finished.
Board-on-Board Fences
A board-on-board fence overlaps its pickets in two layers so there is never a gap to see through, even after the wood dries and shrinks.
Dog-Ear Fences
A dog-ear fence is a wood privacy fence whose pickets have the two top corners clipped off at an angle.
Horizontal Fences
A horizontal fence runs its boards side to side between the posts instead of up and down.
Lattice-Top Fences
A lattice-top fence is a solid wood privacy fence finished with a framed strip of lattice along the top.
Semi-Privacy Fences
A semi-privacy fence is a full-height wood fence with a deliberate, even gap between pickets.
Shadowbox Fences
A shadowbox fence has pickets on both sides of the rails, staggered so each board covers the gap in the row behind it.
Stockade Fences
A stockade fence is a solid wood fence of vertical boards set edge to edge, traditionally with pointed tops.
Wood Fences With Metal Posts
A wood fence with metal posts uses galvanized steel posts in the ground and wood for the rails and pickets you see.
Fence Materials and Finishes
Posts, coatings and masonry choices that change how long a fence lasts in Carolina clay and humidity.
Black Chain Link Fences
Black vinyl coated chain link is galvanized steel chain link with a black PVC jacket over the wire, hung on black posts and rails.
Masonry Fences
A masonry fence uses brick, stone or block for some or all of the structure: most often as columns with metal or wood panels between them, sometimes as a continuous wall.
Ornamental Steel Fences
Ornamental steel fence is a picket and rail fence made from galvanized, powder-coated steel tube, built to look like traditional iron.
Pressure-Treated Pine Fences
Pressure-treated pine is southern yellow pine that has had preservative forced into it so it resists rot and insects outdoors.
Farm, Horse and Livestock Fencing
Fencing for acreage in the counties around Charlotte, built around the animal being contained and the length of the run.
Farm Fencing
Farm fencing is the perimeter and interior fencing that marks a rural boundary, holds animals, and divides pasture into usable fields.
Horse Fencing
Horse fencing is fence designed around how a horse behaves: it has to be visible, it has to give without cutting, and it cannot leave a gap that traps a hoof.
Livestock Fencing
Livestock fencing is wire fence chosen for a specific animal: how big it is, how hard it pushes, and whether it climbs or crawls.
Split Rail Fences
A split rail fence is an open post and rail fence, with rough rails that slot into holes cut through the posts.
Woven Wire and No-Climb Fencing
Woven wire is steel mesh fence made by knotting vertical and horizontal wires together, sold in long rolls and stretched tight between braced posts.
Sports, Commercial and Security Fencing
Chain link and enclosure work for courts, ball fields, service yards and secured commercial sites.
Barbed Wire and Razor Wire
Barbed wire and razor wire are deterrent wires.
Baseball Field Fencing
Baseball field fencing is a set of chain link structures, each built for a different job: a tall backstop behind home plate, protective fence at the dugouts, runs down the foul lines and a lower fence around the outfield.
Chain Link Privacy Slats
Privacy slats are strips of plastic or aluminum woven through the diamonds of a chain link fence to block the view through it.
Dumpster Enclosures
A dumpster enclosure is a three-sided screen with gates that hides a commercial waste container and keeps it where the hauler expects it.
Tennis Court Fencing
Tennis court fencing is tall chain link, usually 10 ft or 12 ft, built to keep balls on the court and to hold a windscreen without leaning.
Driveway and Sliding Gates
Gates sized for vehicles, hung or tracked so they keep working on a sloped driveway.
Driveway Gates
A driveway gate closes the vehicle opening in a fence line or stands alone between columns at the entrance to a property.
Sliding & Cantilever Gates
A sliding gate opens by rolling sideways along the fence line instead of swinging, and a cantilever gate is a sliding gate that hangs from rollers on posts so nothing touches the ground across the opening.
Comparisons and Alternatives
Straight answers on what we build and how it compares with what you may be searching for.
Amish Fencing Alternative
People searching for Amish fencing usually want a wood board or rail fence built by hand by a crew with a reputation for careful work.
Fences by Material
If you already know the material you want, start here. The fence materials guide compares them side by side.
Fences by Style
Broader style categories, each covering several of the fence types above. See the fence styles guide for an overview.
Not Sure Which Fence You Need?
Tell us what the fence has to do and we will tell you what we would build. Residential and commercial, new installs and replacements.