Fencing in St. Johns

The blocks off North Lombard hold some of Portland's oldest housing: Victorians, Cape Cods, and Craftsman bungalows on compact lots where a fence line can sit a few feet from a neighbor's kitchen window. That shapes how we work. We build cedar privacy screens that give small yards real separation, low pickets that keep porch views open, and side-yard gates sized to get the bins out on garbage day. Every post gets set for the soil it lives in.

Tight lots and shared fence lines

A lot of the fences we replace on this end of North Portland were leaning long before anyone called us. Before we dig, we walk the line with you, look for property pins where we can find them, and flag anything that appears to have drifted toward the neighbor's side over the decades. On narrow lots a few inches matter. We plan gate swings around skinny side yards, keep runs square to the sidewalk, and work around the rhododendrons a previous owner planted with care. If a section can be repaired rather than replaced, we say so, and we price it both ways so you can decide with numbers in hand.

Built for wind off the water

Weather rolls up the river and hits the peninsula harder than most of the east side ever feels. A fence that shrugs it off starts underground: posts set deep in concrete and spaced for wind load, cedar that sheds rain, hinges that will not sag by the second winter. We build everything from picket gates a block from Cathedral Park to wide driveway gates sized for a boat trailer, since plenty of garages around here have one waiting. Estimates are free and everything goes in writing. We hold licenses in Oregon and Washington both, so if your cousin across the bridge needs a fence too, send them our way. Call (503) 555-0187.

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