Fencing, new runs and repairs

A fence is a simple thing that goes wrong in predictable ways. Posts not set deep enough, so the run leans within two winters. A line that was never strung, so it wanders. Or the boundary growth left in place and the fence built through it, which means blackberry and ivy are working on it from day one.

We clear before we build. On a lot of the fence lines we take on there is a decade of growth along it, sometimes an old fence buried in the middle of that, and often a tree or two whose roots are going to decide where a post can go. Because we do tree and brush work as well, all of that is dealt with by the same crew on the same job rather than being somebody else's problem to solve first.

Then the run gets set out. Post positions worked out so the spacing is even and the line is straight, posts dug and set to a depth that holds in ground that is wet for half the year, and the fence built to the line rather than to whatever the old one did. Where a run crosses a slope we agree with you at the start whether it steps down or follows the grade, because the two look very different and it is a decision worth making deliberately.

We repair as well as build. A few panels out of a long run after a storm, a gate that has dropped, posts rotted at the base on a fence that is otherwise sound. Replacing three posts is often the right answer and we will tell you when it is, rather than quoting a whole new fence because it is the bigger job.

One thing worth saying plainly. A boundary fence sits on a line that matters to two households, so agree it before it goes in. We will build where you tell us and we will happily talk to a neighbour with you, but we cannot decide where a boundary runs. Estimates are free and happen at the property.

Fence work and tree work meet more often than you would think. Roots in the line of a post, a hedge that has to come out before a run can go in, a limb over the boundary that will be sitting on the new fence by next summer. Because we do both, all of that is handled on the same job by the same crew instead of needing a second company before the fence can even start.

We are licensed with the Oregon Landscape Contractors Board under LCB #100776, bonded and insured, and the crew is in house. Estimates are free, they happen at the property because a fence line has to be walked to be quoted, and most jobs are quoted the same day we look. Nothing gets scheduled until you have the written quote and have said yes to it.