Residential Fencing: Backyard Fences Installed and Replaced Around Charlotte

A backyard fence usually has one main job. It keeps a dog in, screens a patio from the neighbors, puts a barrier around a pool, or marks a line the builder never marked. The job decides the fence. A six foot wood privacy fence, a four foot black aluminum fence and a split rail fence with wire are all good fences, and each one is wrong for somebody.

We install wood fencing, vinyl fencing, aluminum fencing, chain link fencing, wrought iron and ornamental steel, cedar and composite. If you already know the look you want, the fence types index goes straight to it.

Piedmont red clay holds water. A post set in a hole that cannot drain sits wet for most of the year, and that is where wood posts fail first. Footing depth, how the concrete is crowned at the top, and whether the posts are wood or steel matter more to how long the fence stands than the pickets do.

Few lots around Charlotte are flat. On a slope a fence is either stepped, with level sections that drop at each post, or racked, with the rails following the grade. Stepping leaves triangular gaps under each section, which matters if the fence is for a small dog. We look at the grade during the estimate and tell you which way the fence will run.

Many neighborhoods have an HOA that settles height, material and color before the owner gets a say, and cities and counties set their own height limits and permit rules. Those rules differ from one jurisdiction to the next, so check with your HOA and local zoning office early. We build to whatever your approval says.

1. 1. Estimate. We walk the line with you, measure it, note the grade and the gates, and give you a written price. There is no charge for the estimate.
2. 2. Approvals. You send the plan to your HOA if you have one. We can supply the fence description and layout they ask for.
3. 3. Utility marking. Buried lines are marked before any hole is dug.
4. 4. Posts. Posts are set in concrete and left to cure.
5. 5. Rails, pickets and gates. The fence is built between the posts, gates are hung and latches are adjusted.
6. 6. Cleanup. Spoil, offcuts and the old fence, if there was one, leave with the crew.