New Residential Fence

Need to start getting bids on new fence for our home. Probably not so good timing, but hey...gotta get done.

In Mansfield, looking for thoughts, costs, timing for residential fence.
Roughly 200 feet, 85 of which exists as 6 foot so only need extensions there.

8 foot, unsure of board on board or just butted.
Capped at top, 2 gates.

Thanks for any leads and help.

-Matt

Txhnter- alltop construction

I got mine done not to long ago, and it ran me $30 per linear foot, plus $250 per gate. They used post master metal post, three hangers, and 6ft cedar pickets. This should give you a ballpark idea of what to expect.

Ive got a short run of fence that needs redoing but everything is so high right now I decided to wait.

Buddy of mine was building grade 1 cedar 8 foot board on board with cap and kick board, metal posts, 2 walk through gates for $65 a foot before prices wood prices went up last year

My first thought

Times are tough right now. I would try to hold out a few months, hoping lumber drops.

Dream on.

Just built this 1200 dollar deck.

Winners never cheat and cheaters never win.

Except during the steroid era of baseball.

Buddy of mine owns this company. Based in Midlothian.

https://fenceandstain.com/

Would be helpful if you actually got his handle correct. OR his business name.

TXSHNTR out of Mansfield. He did a great job on my roof and fence. HunterMatt I'll PM you his business card.

Glad we had our fencing done last summer. The contractor was just starting to have issues getting 6’ and 8’ cedar fence pickets.

This is where I'd start.

Mark Harris--Triple C Fencing
He's in Mansfield and did our house....quite a bit cheaper than other prices quoted in this thread, and he did a great job, built us a custom gate, etc. Ours is 8' board on board, cap, metal posts on 6'. Super nice guy and has lived in Mansfield forever.
PM me if you want his number.

He said he will be over $100 a foot come August 1st. He’s booked solid

It's not just price right now. Inventories are vey low which means quality may suffer.

Handle you are correct. Company I'm right. technically Sr is Roofing, Jr is Construction, but either way you will get a hold of Jr.


OP Dave’s good people. He has done probably close to 250k for myself and family(fences, porches, remodel and add ons) and another 300k in personal referrals.

He is out of Mansfield too.

He can't build any fences over 4'0". Vertically challenged.

Man 6’ materials are easier to come by than 8’ materials last time I checked. It’s hit and miss. If you’re comparing today’s prices to anything more than 2 or 3 months ago then there really is no comparison. I did superdutys big deck and wood literally went up $1200 on his job from one week to the next. It’s brutal. Wood futures are a little lower but nothing of significance. Let me figure out a price and I will let you know where I’m at.

Wood fences are easy. Do it yourself.

Nothing easy about digging holes Grasshopper. I called the man. They hand dug 80+ holes in hard clay/flint rock in 2 days.

He's got 120 foot of new fence, that's 20 holes at most. A stand on mini-skid with auger rents for about $250 a day.

Pass.

I can say this materials alone a year ago would have cost me roughly 1700. I priced it a couple weeks ago and just wood was 4300. That’s no hardware concrete. I need to do about 425-450 feet and that was 6ft. It’s going to wait for awhile.

Hand digging holes is stupid. Right tool, right job an old buddy used to say.

The guys that dug my holes used a rock bar, water hose, and post hole digger. Low tech crew, and it was 100+° every day. And they were the low bidder.

I would be at at $75 to $80 a LF for 8’ cedar board on board with metal posts and top cap.

That’s a good number for about a day! Lumber pricing is a moving target

Thanks for all the help and information. Holy cow are things expensive! Making me think very hard about timing now.

I put it off last year and now I may put it off all together. I`m not paying those prices under no circumstances.

In addition to material pricing another thing driving up building costs is labor. We are having problems hiring guys to work. Why work for me at $200 a day when you can get almost that much tax free sitting your [censored] at home? They are wanting $250 to $300 a day now due to labor shortage. It’s about as bad for us as restaurants now. It all leads to higher prices for everything. I guess it’s up to you on who to blame for the current situation we are in.