What to Expect When We Install Your Fence

Nothing Gets Ordered Until You Say Go

The first visit is a walk, not a pitch. We measure the run, look at where the ground falls, find the property pins if they are findable, and talk through what the fence actually needs to do. That conversation usually narrows the material choice on its own — a dog yard, a road frontage, and a horse pasture are three different fences.

Then you get a written, itemized estimate: linear footage, height, material, gate count, hardware, and removal of the old fence if there is one. If you want to compare a cedar option against a chain link option, we will price both rather than steering you. Our guide on how to choose a fencing contractor covers what else you should be asking any bidder, including us.

We Pick It Up and Haul It Ourselves

Once you approve the estimate, materials get ordered and picked up. We handle that leg ourselves rather than waiting on a supplier truck to find your driveway, which is a real advantage on properties out past Powell Butte or up a gravel road in Crooked River Ranch. It also means we can look at every post and picket before it comes off the trailer instead of discovering a warped bundle on install morning.

Delivery day is worth knowing about because it affects you. Posts, panels, and concrete need a staging spot — flat, reachable by truck, and out of your way. We will pick that spot with you during the walk. On most residential jobs materials land a day or two before the crew starts, and on shorter runs they arrive the same morning. If your job is on soft ground in a wet week, we would rather delay delivery than rut up your driveway.

What Happens, and What We Need From You

Day one is layout and holes. We string the line, mark every post, and start digging — and this is the part of the job that high desert ground controls completely. Some holes take four minutes. Some hit rock at eight inches and take forty. Post depth matters more here than almost anywhere, because a shallow post in ground that freezes and thaws all winter is a fence that leans by year three. That is the single most common reason fences fail in Central Oregon.

Posts get set and left to cure, then panels, rails, or mesh go up and gates get hung and adjusted last. A standard residential backyard is one to three days. Agricultural runs depend on length and access more than anything else.

From you, we need four things: pets kept inside while gates are off, vehicles moved clear of the fence line, utility locates called in before we dig, and any HOA or setback requirements passed along early rather than mid-install. You do not need to be home the whole time. We do want a phone number that gets answered, because the questions that come up on a fence line — this corner or six inches over? — are much cheaper to answer before the concrete goes in.

The Job Ends When You Say It Does

Spoil from the post holes gets spread or hauled, offcuts and banding leave with us, and the old fence goes if that was on the estimate. Then we walk the entire line together. We check that every gate latches on the first try, that the bottom edge sits where it should, and that nothing was left leaning against your siding.

If something is not right, we fix it then rather than scheduling a return trip. After that, the maintenance is light — our seasonal fencing tips cover what to watch for through the first winter, and you can see more finished work in our project gallery.