Privacy Fence Installation in Flower Mound, TX

Privacy fence cost comes down to a short list: linear footage, material, height, style, post type, gates, terrain, and whether we're hauling off an old fence. Publishing ballpark numbers that turn out wrong helps nobody, so we don't. We measure everything at your free on-site assessment, you get your quote fast, and the number we quote is the number you pay.

If a two-story house looks into your yard, yes, that's the exact problem an 8-foot fence solves. When people ask about 8 ft privacy fence cost, the honest answer is that the extra height changes the build, not just the boards: deeper posts, heavier rails, more picket, and sometimes an HOA variance. We price it from real measurements at your free on-site assessment, never from a chart.

Horizontal fence cost follows different math than a picket fence. Boards span from post to post, so posts set closer together, and the boards themselves have to be straight, dry and select-grade or the lines sag and cup. It's finish carpentry more than production fencing. Horizontal builds are our custom crew's specialty, so bring us the look you want and we'll quote it measured, at your free on-site assessment.

Permits vary by city across North DFW: some require one for any new fence, others only for taller builds or corner lots. HOAs almost always want an application. We confirm what your city requires, flag the HOA rules we know from building in your neighborhood, and prepare the drawings and specs boards ask to see. You submit, we supply everything behind it.

Built with posts deep in concrete, a Western Red Cedar privacy fence typically runs 15 to 20 years here; treated pine runs shorter, Trex composite considerably longer. The posts decide most of it, which is why ours sit on a draining gravel base and why we quote steel posts on runs that earn them.

Cedar wins on looks and up-front spend, and asks for stain in return. Trex composite is the buy-once version of the no-maintenance deal: solid boards, no gaps opening over time, decades of privacy you rinse with a hose. If you'd rather never maintain a fence, we'll point you to our Trex page instead of talking you into wood. That's the routing we'd want ourselves.

Board on board is the only one that stays fully solid as cedar dries, because every joint overlaps. Side by side starts solid and opens hairline gaps over time. Shadowbox trades a sliver of privacy at an angle for airflow and a finished face on both sides, which is why it's the pick for shared property lines. It also settles the good-side question, because both sides are the good side.

Yes. We either step the fence down in level sections, clean lines with small triangular gaps under the panels, or rack the rails so the pickets follow the grade with no gap anywhere. Which one fits depends on how steep the yard runs and whether pets factor in. We walk it with you at the free on-site assessment and show you both.

Deep enough that the fence wins its arguments with the wind: about a third of the post's length underground as a baseline, deeper on 8-foot and exposed runs, all set in concrete on a gravel base that drains instead of pooling. Shallow posts are why fences lean by year three. Nothing gets dug until Texas 811 marks the utilities.

A short, flat run with no HOA and no buried utilities is a fair weekend project, and we'll say so. Most North DFW privacy fences aren't that: they cross clay that heaves, need an 811 locate, have to pass an HOA board, and live or die on post depth. Getting one of those wrong costs more than hiring it done once. If you want it straight, solid and warrantied, that's our job.

It depends on footage, gates, weather and concrete cure, so we give you a realistic schedule at your free on-site assessment instead of a number that slips. What we promise: the crew shows up when we say, the site gets cleaned every day we're on it, and gates don't get hung until the posts have properly set.

For cedar: keep sprinkler heads pointed away from the boards, trim plants off the line, rinse dirt and mildew off once a year, and fix a loose picket before the wind turns it into three. Stain protects both the color and the wood; our Wood Defender certified crew checks your boards and tells you the right window for your fence. Trex composite needs little more than a hose.

Every privacy fence carries our workmanship warranty, on top of top quality materials. If a post shifts or a gate sags because of how we built it, we come back and make it right. One call, no runaround.