Fencing in Bull Mountain

The hill above Tigard does not hand you a single level fence line. Streets like SW Bull Mountain Road and SW 150th climb steadily, lots tilt two directions at once, and the summit catches wind that flat neighborhoods never feel. We have built on slopes like these long enough to know when to rack a panel, when to step it, and when to talk you out of a design that will not survive up here.

How We Build on a Grade

On a steep run we rack the fence so the rails follow the slope and the boards stay plumb, which looks cleaner than stair-stepped panels and closes the gaps a dog would find. Posts on the downhill side go deeper, in more concrete, because gravity pulls a fence toward the valley every day of its life. Ridge-top yards take real wind, so we tighten post spacing and skip full-privacy designs where gusts would turn the fence into a sail. On the view side we like four-foot open styles, hog wire in a cedar frame or ornamental steel, that mark the line without costing you the sunrise over Mount Hood.

City Lot or County Lot, We Sort It Out

Lower streets sit inside Tigard city limits while much of the upper hill remains unincorporated Washington County, and the two offices do not read from the same rulebook on setbacks and permits. Tell us your address and we will figure out whose rules apply before we quote, not after the posts are in. The west slope has filled with new construction around River Terrace, and plenty of those builder fences went in fast and thin. We replace them with heavier posts and better lumber, and we reuse a sound line layout when we find one. Estimates are free, we carry licenses on both sides of the Columbia, and (503) 555-0187 reaches a person who has stood on a slope.

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