Fencing in the Alberta Arts District

The bungalow streets north and south of NE Alberta hold some of the tightest lots we fence: twenty-five to fifty feet wide, side yards you can touch both edges of, and parking strips full of mature trees. Work here rewards patience. We carry material in by hand, protect the dahlias, and cut every panel to the actual grade instead of forcing a factory section to fit. Most of these houses date to the streetcar decades, and a fence should read as though it has stood there for decades.

Fences with some art in them

People in the Alberta Arts District ask for fences with more personality than the usual dog-ear panel, and we like building them. Horizontal cedar with staggered board widths suits a repainted foursquare. Cedar takes stain well if you want color, and weathers to gray if you would rather leave it alone. A low frame fence with welded wire keeps the front garden open to the sidewalk, which matters on blocks where half the entertainment is watching the street. For Craftsman bungalows we build square-top pickets with a wider gate under an arbor, sized so a bike with a trailer clears it. And because front fences inside Portland have height limits, we check your zone before we quote, so nothing gets built twice.

Tight side yards and old roots

Between Alberta Park's Douglas firs at Killingsworth and the street trees planted when the streetcar still ran, roots own a lot of this ground. Our crews probe post locations before digging, nudge a post a foot either way to spare a main root, and use concrete collars shallow enough to leave the soil breathing. In side yards too narrow for an auger we dig by hand and haul spoils out front a bucket at a time. Old lot lines here can wander, so we pull your survey pins or work from a locate before setting corners near a neighbor. Phone (503) 555-0187 for a free look and a firm written price.

We cover the rest of the city too: see our Portland fence company page for services, permit rules and the neighborhoods around you.