Wilsonville Fence and Gate Company

No two answers match, because footage, material, and site work vary so much between a Villebois lot and rural acreage. Chain link costs least per foot, cedar is the common middle, vinyl and ornamental iron sit higher, and an operator adds to any gate. Slopes, tight access, and rock add labor. We give a free written estimate broken out line by line, so nothing hides in a lump sum.

Only above six feet; that triggers a building permit. Below six feet nothing is required, though height caps still apply out front and on corners, and residential zones do not allow electrified or barbed wire. Since limits depend on where the fence sits relative to the house, we confirm your lot's zoning specifics before finalizing a design.

First we pull the design standards for your plat and the HOA's approval steps, then locate the property pins, which are usually findable on new construction. Neighbors closing the same season often split shared lines, and coordinating those runs together gets matching panels on every side. From there we submit whatever the review requires and schedule the build once approvals clear.

Yes, that is the nature of the job there: decades-old plantings tight against fence lines. We pull old sections by hand where a machine would tear up beds, reuse post locations when layout allows, and stage material to keep lawns intact. The HOA will want the replacement to match what is approved, and we handle that paperwork with the owner. Expect a careful build, not a fast one.

It can. Bluff lots catch more wind, so we run posts closer together and beef up the footings. Low ground near the water holds moisture that shortens the life of any wood touching soil, so posts get set to shed runoff and boards stay off grade. Edges near Graham Oaks Nature Park sit on similar soft ground. None of it is exotic; it is building to the site instead of a standard drawing.

Yes, on new gates and existing ones. We install swing and slide operators with keypads, remotes, and vehicle sensors, and rural drives north of town toward Stafford are the classic application. We also repair openers that have quit. Often the gate itself is binding rather than the motor failing, and fixing a hinge costs less than replacing an operator.

Depends where the failure lives. If a few posts rotted at grade while boards and rails stay sound, resetting posts is honest money. If boards are checking through and rails sag between every post, replacement usually costs less than chasing repairs. Whole subdivisions here went up in single waves, so their fences tend to fail in waves too. We assess section by section and price both paths.

Whoever agrees to, in writing, before the post holes exist. Oregon's partition fence statute does put shared value on adjoining owners, but the obligation attaches only where a neighbor uses the fence to enclose their side; an empty lot next door owes nothing. In Frog Pond, where whole streets close within months of each other, we routinely prepare one estimate split into named shares. If two owners cannot agree, an attorney sorts it; we set posts.

Two layers can apply: the published design standard for the plat and the association's architectural committee. Committees ask for a site plan, the fence's style and height, the material, frequently a product specification, and now and then the neighbor's acknowledgment. Budget somewhere between two and six weeks for a decision, since each board sets its own pace. File before you pick an install week. Drawings and spec sheets that boards recognize come from us, ready to submit.

Think of it as a short build behind a queue. The construction itself runs one day to three for most homes. Ahead of it sit utility locates, which by law get no less than two business days, any HOA or design review your neighborhood requires, and our current backlog, which swells every spring and thins over winter. We map those steps at the estimate so the finish date is a plan, not a hope.