The questions we get on every estimate.

Price is driven by material, height, total linear feet, the number of gates, ground conditions and access. Cedar privacy sits well above chain link; ornamental aluminum sits above both. Rather than quote a range that will not match your yard, we measure on site and give you a written figure at no charge.

Yes. We come out, measure, discuss options and put a written price in your hands. There is no fee and no obligation.

We price our own work honestly rather than chasing a number. If a quote you have is significantly cheaper, it is usually worth asking what post depth, hardware grade and material specification it is based on — that is normally where the difference is.

It varies by town. Many MetroWest municipalities require a permit above a certain height, and most have bylaws on height limits in front versus rear yards and on setbacks from the property line. We check your town’s requirements as part of the quoting process.

The only definitive answer is a plot plan or a licensed survey. We will walk the boundary with you and work to the line you identify, and if there is any doubt we will strongly recommend a survey before we dig — a fence in the wrong place is an expensive and unfriendly mistake.

Yes. Massachusetts law requires utilities to be marked out before excavation, and we file the Dig Safe 811 notice and wait out the required notice period before any post hole is dug.

Convention here is that the finished side faces outward. If you would rather not have that conversation at all, a shadowbox or board-on-board fence looks identical from both sides.

A typical residential fence is a one to three day job once we are on site. Posts are set first and given time for the concrete to cure, so most projects are split across two visits rather than rushed into one.

Spring and early summer are the busiest stretch and lead times extend. Autumn and winter are quieter and often the fastest route to getting a fence in.

Often, yes. Frozen ground makes post holes harder but not impossible, and we have installed full cedar fences in the middle of a Massachusetts winter. If conditions genuinely will not allow good work, we will tell you rather than take your deposit.

Clear access to the fence line, pets kept inside while we work, and vehicles moved off any driveway we need. If the line runs through planting you value, flag it and we will work around it.

Ornamental aluminum has the longest practical life — it cannot rot or rust and the powder coat is warranted for decades. Vinyl is close behind. Quality cedar and pressure-treated wood commonly run 20 to 30 years when the posts are set correctly.

Vinyl and aluminum, comfortably. Neither needs painting, staining or sealing — an occasional wash is the whole maintenance schedule.

Below the local frost line, which in this part of Massachusetts means a substantially deeper hole than in most of the country. Shallow posts are the single most common reason a fence starts leaning after its first winter.

Yes, we install customer-supplied fencing. We will look over the material first and flag anything we think will cause problems, so expectations are set before we start.