Cedar Fence in Milwaukie, OR
- Western red cedar, the local favorite
- Stained or left to silver
- Work checked before we leave
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Would a Cedar Fence Suit Your Older Milwaukie Home?
Older Milwaukie houses look right with natural wood. A cedar fence can be a short picket in front and a tall privacy fence behind, built from the same boards so the lot hangs together.
Around Historic Milwaukie and Ardenwald-Johnson Creek, many houses date from before 1960, and a cedar picket out front fits them well. The city keeps front-yard fences to 42 inches, which is a natural picket height. Along the side, street-side and rear lines, the same cedar can go up to 6 feet for privacy.
Older lots are rarely flat. Milwaukie measures fence height to the highest ground within 1 foot of the fence, so where the yard rises we step the cedar sections to keep the top line even without going over. Mature trees also shade a lot of these yards, and damp boards grow moss, so we keep the cedar off the soil with a kickboard and set posts with drainage.
Cedar weathers to silver if you leave it, or holds its warm color with a stain once the boards have dried. Either way, it can be repaired one board at a time when a branch comes down.
How We Build a Cedar Fence in Milwaukie
Pick front and back styles
Cedar picket in front, privacy behind
Written estimate
Heights, cedar grade, posts and finish listed
Grade and roots
High points recorded, post spots set around trees
Posts set to drain
Gravel base, sloped concrete, steel option
Cedar built
Kickboard, boards or pickets, cap and gates
36.7% of Milwaukie homes predate 1960 and 60.8% are owner-occupied, so a cedar fence here is often a long-term owner's choice to suit an older house.
Good Reasons to Choose Cedar in Milwaukie
What Affects the Cost of a Cedar Fence in Milwaukie
These choices set the price of a cedar fence here.
Two heights
A 42-inch picket front and a 6-foot back use different amounts of cedar.
Pickets
Shaped pickets take more cutting than plain privacy boards.
Uneven ground
Stepped sections over rises take more fitting.
Post type
Galvanized steel posts cost more up front and resist rot in damp shade.
Tear-out
Removing an old fence and its footings adds time.
Every Milwaukie cedar fence starts with a free written estimate.
Why Milwaukie Homeowners Pick Us for Cedar
Front and back in one wood
Pickets and privacy that match
Height measured the city's way
Stepped to stay within the limit
5-year workmanship warranty
Covers every fence we build
Milwaukie Cedar Fence Questions
How tall can a cedar picket fence be in a Milwaukie front yard?
Should my cedar pickets be painted or left natural?
My yard slopes up toward the back. Can the cedar fence stay level on top?
Will a cedar fence rot under my big trees?
Book Your Cedar Fence in Milwaukie
Written estimate before any work begins.