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Photographs, not renderings

Every photograph on this page is a fence we built, shot on the job. None of them are stock, none of them are catalog images, and none of them have been edited beyond a crop and one consistent color grade.

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01  /  Wood privacy

Wood privacy

The most common ask, and the one where the post decision matters most.

A board on board privacy fence with a capped top rail and trim, turning a corner across a large back lawn.
Board on board with a capped top rail and trim, turning the corner of a back lawn.
A capped board on board fence running the full width of a back garden behind a single story house.
The same detail run full width behind a single story house.
A privacy fence with a scalloped top, the curve of each bay following the line down a slight slope.
A scalloped top, each bay curved and the line following the fall of the ground.
A gate built from horizontal boards with narrow gaps between them, hung on black steel posts with heavy black strap hinges and a black pull handle, continuing into a matching fence.
A privacy fence enclosing a lawn, running level past a large tree to a gate in the far corner.
Level through a lawn, past a tree, to a gate in the far corner.
A new wood fence meeting an older weathered run at a gate, with a curved concrete walk between them.
New wood meeting an older weathered run at the gate.

How we build wood privacy fences →

02  /  Horizontal and contemporary

Horizontal and contemporary

Boards running level while the ground does not. Harder to build, and it shows.

A horizontal slat fence with laser cut decorative metal panels set into the top section, running beside a stucco house past a stepping stone and gravel path.
Horizontal slats with laser cut metal panels set into the upper section, beside a stepping stone path.
A matching horizontal slat gate in the same run, with a black frame, opening on to a stepping stone path.
The matching gate in the same run.
A tall horizontal board fence with a capped top rail and a matching double gate.
A capped horizontal run with a double gate.
A low horizontal board fence with black strap hinges and a drop latch, set among oaks.
Low horizontal boards under oaks, black strap hinges and a drop latch.
A horizontal board fence returning at a corner beside a raised house, the boards running level while the ground falls away.
Returning at a corner beside a raised house, boards level while the grade falls.
A long horizontal board fence with a capped top rail running the length of a side yard.

How we build custom fencing →

03  /  Aluminum and ornamental

Aluminum and ornamental

Where you want the view kept and the boundary made.

A black aluminum fence enclosing a back garden, with raised planting beds inside the line.
Enclosing a back garden, with raised beds inside the line.
A black aluminum fence set along the top of a stacked stone retaining wall beside a brick house.
Set along the top of a stacked stone retaining wall.
A black aluminum fence stepping down a stone retaining wall as the ground falls away.
Stepping down the same wall as the ground falls away.
A black aluminum fence turning a corner behind a house, the flat top rail level across a slope.
Flat top rail held level across a slope.
A black ornamental metal fence meeting at a right angle corner post, its narrow pickets rising past two flat rails to spear shaped tops, set on mown grass in front of dense green woodland.
A black aluminum fence running from the corner of a house out across a lawn.

How we build aluminum and ornamental →

04  /  Pool barriers

Pool barriers

The one fence on a property that has a job beyond looking right.

A black aluminum pool barrier enclosing a swimming pool, meeting a white privacy fence at the property line.
Aluminum barrier around the pool, meeting a solid privacy run at the property line.
A black aluminum pool fence and matching handrail beside pool steps, with the pool deck under construction.
Barrier and matching handrail at the pool steps, deck still under construction.
A black aluminum fence mounted along the top of a block retaining wall above a pool deck.
Mounted along the top of a block retaining wall above the deck.
A black aluminum fence set on a block wall, running the length of a pool enclosure.
A black aluminum pool fence with a self closing gate enclosing a swimming pool, with a privacy fence behind it.

How we build pool fencing →

05  /  Gates

Gates

The part of a fence that moves, and therefore the part that fails first.

A wood double drive gate closed across a concrete driveway, hung on black steel posts with heavy strap hinges.
A wood double drive gate closed across a driveway, hung on steel posts.
A wood double gate across a driveway opening, with black strap hinges and a drop rod at the center.
A double gate hung on steel posts, seen from the drive.
The back of a wood double gate, each leaf carrying a diagonal brace that runs from the bottom of the hinge side up toward the latch, with a drop rod at the center.
Both leaves braced from the bottom of the hinge side up toward the latch, which is the direction that puts the brace in compression rather than pulling on its fixings.
A welded wire garden gate in a black steel frame between two heavy wood posts, opening on to a lawn and a pergola.
A welded wire garden gate in a steel frame between two heavy posts.
Two horizontal slat wood gate leaves on black steel posts, with ornate black strap hinges on the center post and a black latch with a drop rod on the adjoining leaf.
A wood double gate across a driveway opening, with black strap hinges and a drop rod at the center.

How we build gates →

06  /  Farm and ranch

Farm and ranch

Long runs, where the corners and braces do most of the work.

A crossbuck rail fence running the boundary of an open pasture with a house and outbuildings beyond.
Crossbuck rail along an open pasture boundary.
A black post and rail fence with wire infill enclosing a paddock, the line running away to a gate.
Post and rail with wire infill, running away to a gate.
Welded wire mesh set into a wood frame fence, running under an oak canopy past flowering azalea.
Welded wire set into a wood frame, under oak canopy.
A long run of wood crossbuck fence backed with black wire mesh, each post capped in black, running away across a mown field.
A wood fence of crossed diagonal braces set in square frames and backed with black wire mesh, turning at a capped corner post and running away across mown grass toward trees.

How we build farm and ranch fencing →

07  /  The parts you only see up close

The parts you only see up close

Most of the difference between two quotes is in here.

The back of a wood privacy fence, showing black steel posts with the horizontal rails bolted through to them and a welded steel gate frame hung on the same posts.
The back of a finished fence: black steel posts, rails bolted through, and a welded steel gate frame hung on the same post.
Close view of a black steel fence post with a pressure treated rail bolted to it and a welded steel gate frame beside it.
Post, bracket, fastener. There is no wood in the load path.
A line of black steel fence posts standing set in a new lawn before any pickets go on, with the rails laid out on the grass ready.
Posts set and standing before a single picket goes on.
A framed window of black welded wire mesh set into a wood fence panel so a dog can see through.
A framed wire window, so a dog can see out without a gap anything can get through.
A privacy fence built around two mature tree trunks, the pickets stopped and returned so the trees pass through the line.
Built around two trunks rather than through them.
Ornate black strap hinges on a black steel gate post, with a black latch and drop rod on the adjoining leaf.
A fence part way through construction, steel posts up and the first rails attached, running along the side of a new house.
Pickets going on to a fence frame, the finished run visible beyond and the bare rails still exposed in the foreground.

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