Posted: 10/16/2012 11:45:17 AM EDT
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I need about 100' of fence line replaced. One corner, SxS, stained lumber (not cedar), 6', metal posts.
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I need about 100' of fence line replaced. One corner, SxS, stained lumber (not cedar), 6', metal posts. What would be a fair price for that? Your best bet is to call a fence repair company in your area for a quote. Each place is different and it pays to get several quotes. Recently I was quoted .77 cents a foot. |
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I need about 100' of fence line replaced. One corner, SxS, stained lumber (not cedar), 6', metal posts. What would be a fair price for that? Your best bet is to call a fence repair company in your area for a quote. Each place is different and it pays to get several quotes. Recently I was quoted .77 cents a foot. Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Pricing is all over the board. Trying to get an honest assessment to evaluate the quotes I've gotten. |
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I was in the fence business as the manager of a wholesale yard for almost 20 years. There are a lot of different materials out there with the same name. For example, a 2-3/8" OD metal post could have anywhere from .035" to .250 wall thickness. Makes a huge difference in the strength of the fence, but if you don't ask, you don't know till the winds come... The size of the company and the advertising the company does are not good indicators as to whether you can trust them or not. A lot of fence companies put signs on the fences they build. Drive around and look at some of the work of the companies you are considering after you get your bids. If a certain company doesn't use signs, ask them for the address of their last two fences and go look at that... If they don't have a contract, don't use them. The contract protects you and them. Read it and make them add anything that you feel you need. I wouldn't pay 1/2 up front either. If they can't come up with the capital to do the job, you shouldn't trust their finances. Don't pay until you have looked over the job when they are finished. It may be very hard to get them back to fix anything once they have been paid... |
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Quoted: I was just quoted $25.00 a foot! That's just crazy! Yeah, maybe to us "do it yourself" types, but not to Bob and Suzy Homeowner... I have seen quotes well over $30 a foot for fences that were 6' tall on a concrete curb with Schedule 40 wall thickness pipe using 2x4 rails and a 2x4 cap, 1x6x6 cedar clear pickets done "board on board" so that there are no air gaps. And that didn't include sealing/staining. I would honestly say that the above fence could easily last 20 years and still be solid and look good. Like a lot of things in life, in fencing you get what you pay for. Go with the cheapest bid you recieve and see what kind of quality you end up with. A new fence will look good no matter what quality the materials are, but the question is, How will it look in 3 years... By the way, I am no longer in the fence business, so I don't have a dog in this hunt. Just trying to let you guys in on what I learned in all those years... |
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I was just quoted $25.00 a foot! That's just crazy! Yeah, maybe to us "do it yourself" types, but not to Bob and Suzy Homeowner... I have seen quotes well over $30 a foot for fences that were 6' tall on a concrete curb with Schedule 40 wall thickness pipe using 2x4 rails and a 2x4 cap, 1x6x6 cedar clear pickets done "board on board" so that there are no air gaps. And that didn't include sealing/staining. I would honestly say that the above fence could easily last 20 years and still be solid and look good. Like a lot of things in life, in fencing you get what you pay for. Go with the cheapest bid you recieve and see what kind of quality you end up with. A new fence will look good no matter what quality the materials are, but the question is, How will it look in 3 years... By the way, I am no longer in the fence business, so I don't have a dog in this hunt. Just trying to let you guys in on what I learned in all those years... Since you're no longer in the business, do you have a source for Cedar planks in DFW? |
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I was just quoted $25.00 a foot! That's just crazy! Yeah, maybe to us "do it yourself" types, but not to Bob and Suzy Homeowner... I have seen quotes well over $30 a foot for fences that were 6' tall on a concrete curb with Schedule 40 wall thickness pipe using 2x4 rails and a 2x4 cap, 1x6x6 cedar clear pickets done "board on board" so that there are no air gaps. And that didn't include sealing/staining. I would honestly say that the above fence could easily last 20 years and still be solid and look good. Like a lot of things in life, in fencing you get what you pay for. Go with the cheapest bid you recieve and see what kind of quality you end up with. A new fence will look good no matter what quality the materials are, but the question is, How will it look in 3 years... By the way, I am no longer in the fence business, so I don't have a dog in this hunt. Just trying to let you guys in on what I learned in all those years... I've been quotes of essentially $25 a foot by top tier builders for their lowest grade (i.e., whitewood, no stain) for a simple 100' section with one corner. Just looking for a simple/cheap repair until I can get the whole fence done (~300'). |
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I need about 100' of fence line replaced. One corner, SxS, stained lumber (not cedar), 6', metal posts. What would be a fair price for that? This is what I usually charge On 100ft.- 6 ft. high - A basic spruce (white wood) fence, (Dog ear top) should be around 16.00 to 18.00 per foot. All Stain is 3.00 per foot. Cedar is around 19.00 to 21.00 per foot. 1x4Trim on top adds about 2.00 per foot. 1x6, or 1x8 cap on top is about 3.00 per foot. A 1x6 treated "kickboard" (rot board) (Dog board) adds about 2.50 to 3.00 per foot. This is with 2 3/8 - .095 gavanized posts, with simpson brackets and Duo fast ring-shank nails. |
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Just got back from Lowes. Prebuilt cedar 8' sections are $44. Galvanized pole with hardware and quickcrete is another $30. By my math, that's less than $10 a linear foot at retail. I would imagine it's at least 10% cheaper at contractor rates.
I'll add that the $25 qoutes I'm getting are $32+ quotes for cedar. |
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Just got back from Lowes. Prebuilt cedar 8' sections are $44. Galvanized pole with hardware and quickcrete is another $30. By my math, that's less than $10 a linear foot at retail. I would imagine it's at least 10% cheaper at contractor rates. I'll add that the $25 qoutes I'm getting are $32+ quotes for cedar. Depending on the soil in your area, I would also plan on renting something to dig the holes. My neighbor had to use a jackhammer to get through enough rock to set the poles. |
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I hope this isn't too much of a thread highjack....
What do y"all recommend in terms of stain and/or paint for a fence that's over 2 years old? The fence already has that grayish look so I think unless I go with a really, really dark stain, I have to use some sort of paint. If paint, what do you recommend? |
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Quoted: Just got back from Lowes. Prebuilt cedar 8' sections are $44. Galvanized pole with hardware and quickcrete is another $30. By my math, that's less than $10 a linear foot at retail. I would imagine it's at least 10% cheaper at contractor rates. I'll add that the $25 qoutes I'm getting are $32+ quotes for cedar. Different areas have different pricing structures. That $32 is highway robbery in Lubbock, but status quo in DFW. I used to have fence guys that would move to DFW just for the higher pay rates, then come back a year later because they didn't know that the cost of living is higher there too. |