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WHAT IS THE CHEAPEST FENCE TO INSTALL?

You may be asking yourself “What is the cheapest fence?”, our website makes it easy to compare the affordability of other fence options. Fences are an excellent way to enhance your home’s appearance and boost your value apart from enclosing your property.

With high-quality materials and maintenance, a properly constructed fence can serve you for many years without the need for replacement or repairs by a fencing contractor. A fence installation cost relies on various factors, such as its length, height, and material type. Longer and higher fences will require more labor and materials than shorter and lower fences. Rest assured, we take pride in offering these exceptional options to ensure you get the best value for your investment in your new fence.

Although constructing a fence around your home might be costly, you can combine hard work, research, and creativity to discover a durable and aesthetically appealing fence within your financial capability. Inexpensive and most cheap fences result from cheap materials that require minimal maintenance and easy cheapest fence installation.

The most common and cheap types of fences include naturally occurring, recycled, and manufactured materials, requiring the least amount of labor during installation and maintenance. We understand the importance of providing cheap options without compromising on quality.

Aluminum fencing

Aluminum is among the most attractive and basic fences available in the market. Although it does not offer enough security demanded by most homeowners, it is relatively the cheapest fence in terms of maintenance costs. Additionally, installing an aluminum fence requires maintenance during its installation, where you will decorate and paint it.

Our pricing tool provides an instant quote. Allowing you to explore options with no pressure to buy.

Wood Fencing

Wood is exceptionally popular across America as the preferred material for fencing, especially if correctly treated. Apart from providing homeowners with privacy, it enhances the aesthetic appeal of your home.

Furthermore, it provides homeowners with a warm, welcoming feeling at a low price compared to other materials. Using our pricing tool you can be reassured our company is honest about our prices! When constructing the cheapest wood fence, consider the local laws concerning how high a fence should be and remember that the size and height will determine the amount of lumber, labor, and consequently, the price.

Wood fences take some time before a complete fence installation occurs but can last a lifetime. Additionally, the fence’s quality relies immensely on the kind of wood one chooses to construct the structure. 

PVC fencing

The cheapest way to create a fence for your home is by getting one made from PVC. Such fences substitute wooden pickets and stakes to offer protection from the outside world. PVC sleeves improve the stability of wooden posts used as a fence, reducing the cost of material and the labor used. Furthermore, PVC stakes can be attached to crossbars with adhesives and screws.

PVC fencing is highly resistant to the elements such as snow, rain, and sunlight, ensuring it serves your home for years.

Wrought iron fencing

Wrought iron is a durable and strong fencing material that withstands harsh weather conditions with minimal repairs. Wrought iron fences are popular gothic and centuries-old look creates an aesthetic appeal while offering sturdy security for most homeowners. Relative to other types of fencing, wrought iron repainting and custom-making make it a bit expensive. Our pricing tool provides you with an instant quote and our team will contact you shortly.

Vinyl Fencing

Besides being cost-friendly, vinyl fences’ flexibility, strength, and resistance to paint make it an attractive choice for most homeowners. Some experts argue that vinyl fencing is approximately four times stronger and more flexible than wood fences. Vinyl fences are easy to maintain because you can clean graffiti and other stains using soap and water. The long life span and low maintenance expenses make vinyl the cheapest fences than other types of fences.

Chain link fencing

Chain link fencing is a cheap fencing type that can serve your home for many years. This type of fencing’s primary role is the creation of physical barriers for entry of intruders and the exit of pets and children at school playgrounds. The material is highly durable and requires little maintenance. However, chain links are susceptible to rusting and do not offer any privacy to your home.

You can grow rapidly growing vines, shrubs, and flowers on the base of the chain link fence to slightly increase privacy.

Electric fencing

Electric fencing installed by a fence contractor is popularly used to deter human and animal intruders at a low cost. The electric fence has a simple setup with a receiver, transmitters, and several wires strung between upright wooden posts. Electric fences provide the utmost security at a lower price by sending a high-intensity voltage pulse once there is a wire breach. With our instant online pricing tool we can provide accurate and cheap prices. Henceforth, such fences are not allowed in urban centers and near any highways or roads.

Stone fencing

Stone and brick walls have an aesthetic appeal and provide excellent privacy to homeowners. Additionally, these fences are strong and robust, offering security to your residence. However, the cost of stone fencing might be elevated by the extensive labor required during its construction.

Picket

Picket wood fencing is a popular and cheap fencing type in the United States that provides privacy and protection to your property. The vertical spaced-out picket attached to the bottom and top horizontal rails are available in various decoration styles that boost your curb appeal and home value.

Pallet

A fencing contractor can fix pallets easily as a fence horizontally or vertically between vertical posts. Since pallets can be offered free from nursery beds, construction sites, and industries, you should ensure they have an International Plant Protection Convention logo. The organization ensures the pallet is fumigated and heat-treated to limit the spread of plant diseases and critters.

Barbed wire

Barbed wire fencing is an inexpensive and secure method of creating physical barriers for livestock from leaving your yard and preventing the entry of wild animals such as foxes and jackals.

Lattice top

A lattice top fence is a wood fence that might have metal forming the crisscross pattern above the wooden fence to allow sunlight penetration. Additionally, it provides one with a view of the outside world while preventing the entry of intruders. Furthermore, the lattice can provide support to climbing shrubs such as vines making your home more attractive. The smaller slats at the top of the fence reduce the amount of wood panel used compared to traditional fences, thereby making lattice a cheap fencing option.

Nature fence

Hedges have been used as fences ever since the sixteenth century protecting homes from intruders and soil erosion. Planting shrubs requires one to research the native plants and select the best plant whose mature size will provide adequate fencing. It would be most beneficial to visit the local nursery to find information regarding the best plants you could grow as your natural fence. For the process to be cheap, pick plants that are rapidly growing, require low maintenance, and carry out planting during the rainy season.

Although yew plants take years to form a mature hedge that protects your home, it provides an aesthetic appeal ideal for sunny and cloudy climates. Alternatively, you can grow the spotted laurel around the stonewall to provide an aesthetic appeal and privacy from neighbors and intruders. The bushy green plant is tough since it can survive salt-bearing winds and air pollution. You can select from a wide variety of private species available to grow your fence that can reach about five to ten feet.

You can opt for bamboo fencing that will make your home seem more environmentally friendly and boost its appeal. Bamboo cane and rolled bamboo use poles connected that create a stronger cheap fence than live bamboo. However, homeowners living in areas experiencing colder climates should not plant bamboo as their fence.

How To Use Our Pricing Tool To Compare Fence Prices

  1. Enter your Name, Email & Phone Number – Click Next.
  2.  Enter your Address City, State Zip Code – Click Find Your Home.
  3. Once you see your home, click Add Your First Fence.
  4. Use the cursor to click the first point for the fence and move the cursor to the fence end point – click to set the end of the fence.
  5. Repeat step 4 until you have completed all sides of your fence.
  6. Click the RED Add Gate button to add gates to your fence – Click the RED Next button once you have added gates.
  7. Select your fence material, style, color & height – Click the RED Next button.
  8. You will see your fence ESTIMATE INSTANTLY. Click the RED Next button.

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PostMaster+ is the only steel fence post on the market designed to be hidden from view.

Both sides of your fence will showcase beautiful cedar posts while the steel on the inside creates a durable, long-lasting fence.

More Options Available

Vinyl fencing is available in a wide variety of configurations to match any property, home, or purpose. Iconic, white vinyl picket fences give a feel of classic Americana with that white-picket-fence-style. Dark color fences can be installed to make a space look more elegant or modern. From short picket to tall privacy, vinyl fencing can be designed to enhance your backyard or business.

Better Fence Pickets

We build with only the best fence pickets. These are not the typical fence pickets anyone can buy from the local big-box stores. We have partnered with suppliers to provide the highest quality wood fencing materials.

Premium Rails

Much like our fence pickets, our company takes care to only build with rails with minor defects. Taking the time to use premium fence materials helps ensure your family can enjoy the security and privacy of your new fence for years to come.

Decorative Details

Our team is committed to going the extra mile in every detail of your fence project.

Customize your fence project by asking about our add-ons we offer: decorative post caps, trim, and custom railings.

Nice Finishing Caps

Our team prides themselves on putting in the little details that make your fence unique to you. Ask your representative about adding premium finishing post caps to your Chain Link fence project.

Premium Chain Link Mesh

Our chain link mesh offers a high level of security for residential, industrial, and commercial properties.

Manufactured with you in mind to provide you with security and beauty at the same time.

Top Quality Fence Rails
We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to ensure your investment is built to last. Adding a top rail to your chain link fence project creates an extra level of durability and security.
Stronger Posts & Hardware

A benefit of choosing our team to install your chain link fence is that we use only the most durable fence posts and hardware.

Chain-link fences are known for being the last fences standing during hurricanes, tornados, and other severe weather events.

Seamless Design

Our metal fence panels are fabricated through a welding technique that combines laser and fusion technology to create a virtually invisible structural connection at every picket to rail intersection. 

Our team’s expertly crafted construction is unmatched in strength and durability.

Coated Galvanized Steel

All of our metal fences are coated inside and out. Our galvanized metal framework is subjected to a multi-stage pre-treatment/wash, followed by a duplex cathodic electrocoat system consisting of an epoxy primer, which significantly increases corrosion protection, and an acrylic topcoat, which provides the protection necessary to withstand adverse weathering effects.

High Security Fencing

Maintaining a secure perimeter is your first line of defense against potential threats. A securely installed metal fence serves as a visual deterrent backed with heavy metal components that give a higher level of protection compared to traditional alternatives.

Limited Lifetime Warranty

Our metal fences come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty that protects against cracking, peeling, chipping, blistering and corrosion resulting in structural failure, without cause and workmanship and material defects through the manufacturer.

Beautiful Vinyl Fences

Vinyl fences are a bright, bold fence choice. Available in a variety of color choices, vinyl fencing can be installed in a many configurations to help you enhance the beauty of your property lines. And, because vinyl isn’t as porous as wood, this fences retain their color and finish much longer than wood fences so you can enjoy your fence for years to come.

Easy to Clean

Vinyl fencing can be cleaned easily with a regular garden hose. If you get a little mildew from moisture or shady conditions, you can use a mild dish soap and then spray off the fence with a garden hose. Vinyl fences are very easy to clean, making them a great option for minimal maintenance fencing.

Stronger Fencing

Compared to wooden fences, vinyl fencing is much stronger. Quality vinyl fencing is flexible and durable, which helps vinyl out-perform wood fencing in windy conditions and with environmental exposure to UV rays and weather.

Limited Lifetime Warranty

You can feel confident in your investment as it comes with a Lifetime Limited warranty.

No other wood fence post even comes close to the performance and longevity of this innovative fencing system.

Eco-Friendly Fencing

Trex eco-friendly composite fencing is made from an innovative blend of 96% recycled wood and plastic—that’s almost the whole thing. Trex fencing led the way green fencing more than 20 years, well before green was a buzzword. Because in the end, all of us want to look out on our fences and know that we’ve done our part. As one of the largest plastic recyclers in the U.S., Trex saves 400 million pounds of plastic and wood from landfills each year.

Low-Maintenance

Trex fencing can be cleaned easily with a regular garden hose . If you get a little mildew from moisture or shady conditions, you can use a mild dish soap and then spray off the fence with a garden hose. Trex fences are very easy to clean and typically only require it semi-annually,  making them a great option for low-maintenance fencing.

Good Neighbor Fence

Unlike most fence types that have a “good side” and a “bad side,” with your Trex fence, you will get the same beautiful finish on either side. No unsightly picket defects or exposed support railings. A Trex fence is beautiful no matter what side of the fence you are on. 

25 Year Limited Lifetime Warranty

The power of the outdoors has met its match. Trex is engineered to endure decades of foul weather and foot traffic…with the warranty coverage to prove it. 

With our 25-Year Limited Residential Warranty, you can rest assured that your backyard investment is well protected.

Versatile Infill Options

Want to create a super durable fence that’s as unique as you? With a FenceTrac system you can pair their patented, durable U-channels with the infill that best fits your style. FenceTrac is designed to be used with nearly any type of rigid infill, so you can create the exact look you want.

Durable Metal Frame

FenceTrac comes in with a durable textured matte black powder coat finish consisting of a multi-stage process of industrial, weather-resistant finish. The sturdy metal frame creates a stronger, longer-lasting fence. FenceTrac’s metal frame is also compatible for fencing sloped grades with precision. 

Stronger Trac Channels

FenceTrac U-channels are manufactured from 18-ga. roll-formed galvanized steel for superior strength and durability. This system is built to be long-lasting and customizable to match any yard.

Modern, Sleek Design

FenceTrac’s revolutionary, innovative fence system features one of the most modern, sleek designs on the market. Not only are these fences long-lasting, but they are also highly customizable as well as fashionable.

Noise Reduction

A noise reduction fence is an excellent way to create a relaxing, quieter environment for your yard. A masonry fence built between a noise source and your home provides an effective sound barrier and will reflect noise away from your yard – leaving you with a quiet oasis. 

High Security Fencing

Security fences keep your property safe from trespassers and provide safety and protection to the area the fence encloses. A masonry fence creates a solid, protective barrier to ensure the security of your yard and your family.

Enhances Curb Appeal

Masonry fences are not only a durable way to protect your property, they are also beautiful. Adding a masonry fence is a great way to quickly add curb appeal to your property that will last for years. Unlike wood fences which can be susceptible to termites, mold and fungus, masonry fencing is naturally pest-proof, fire-proof, and low-maintenance.

Never Shrink, Warp, or Rot

PostMaster+ fences are designed for more than just presenting a seamless fence, it is an investment in peace of mind.

PostMaster+ is designed to not shrink, warp or rot like wood posts.

Withstands Up to 112 MpH Winds

Your PostMaster+ fence system can be configured to withstand up to 112 MpH winds.

Steel posts protect your investment from damaging wind while cedar offers protection from bugs, rot, and warping.

Stronger Posts

We understand that your fence is only as strong as your posts. This is why we take great care to use the strongest posts, free of defect. We not only offer heavy-duty wood posts but also offer metal posts and PostMaster+ post options for an even stronger post.

All high-quality posts are built to ensure that your fence stands strong for years to come.