Picket Fence Installation in Portland, OR & the Metro Area
- Classic front-yard pickets
- Painted or natural cedar
- Neighbors kept in the loop
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What a Picket Fence Involves in Portland
Low, friendly fences for front yards, gardens and older homes, in natural cedar, painted wood or vinyl. Built with posts that hold up to wet Portland soil, across Portland, Milwaukie, Oregon City and surrounding communities.
A picket fence is a short fence of evenly spaced vertical boards on two rails. It marks the edge of a yard without closing it off, which is why it's a favorite for front yards, gardens and the many older homes around the metro. Pickets can be flat, dog-eared, pointed or rounded, and the spacing can be tight or wide.
Wood picket fences in the Portland area are usually cedar. Left natural, cedar weathers to a soft gray. Painted, it needs a good primer on every face and end before it goes up, or water gets behind the paint and it peels after a winter or two. Vinyl is the no-paint option: it won't rot and only needs a wash, though you trade some of the wood look.
Short fences still fail at the posts. A picket fence by the sidewalk sits in sprinkler water and winter rain, and that's where we see posts rot off at the ground. We set posts in concrete with a sloped top so water runs off, and keep the bottom of the pickets off the soil. Front-yard fences often have lower height limits than backyards, and corner lots may have sight-line rules, so we check your city's rules first.
Wood vs Vinyl Picket Fence
Cedar or Painted Wood
Vinyl
How a Picket Fence Gets Built
Walk the yard
Line, height, gates and picket style chosen
Written estimate
Material and finish spelled out
Check the rules
Front-yard height and corner sight lines
Set posts and rails
Concrete crowned so water runs off
Pickets and gate
Even spacing, gate hung square, yard cleaned up
What Affects the Cost of a Picket Fence
Picket fences are smaller jobs than privacy fences, but a few choices still swing the price.
Length
Front yards are often short runs, but corner lots wrap two sides.
Material
Cedar, painted wood and vinyl all price differently.
Paint or natural
Priming and painting every board adds time and material.
Picket style
Shaped tops and tight spacing take more cutting and more pickets.
Gates and arbors
A walk gate or an arbor over the entry adds to the job.
Old fence removal
Pulling old posts and concrete adds labor.
Every job gets a free written estimate before any work starts.
Why Portland Homeowners Call Your Business
Small jobs welcome
A short front-yard run is a normal job for us
Free written estimate
Full scope in writing before work begins
5-year workmanship warranty
On the fences we build
Licensed, bonded & insured
Covered on every job
Picket Fence Questions
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