How We Work: From Estimate to Final Walkthrough

1. Estimate and design

We measure, photograph and plan the layout with you: where the fence starts and stops, gate locations, how it handles slope and what the finished side faces. You get a written quote.

2. Approvals

Depending on your lot, that can include:

• HOA architectural approval, often needing a drawing and material spec
• CDOT Fence and Wall Certificate when the fence is near a city-maintained street or sidewalk
• Historic District Commission Certificate of Appropriateness in a local historic district
• Building permit for a fence taller than 6 feet
• A survey when the property line is uncertain

See Do I need a permit for a fence in Charlotte? for the details.

3. NC 811 locates

We submit a locate request before digging. Utility owners mark their lines with paint or flags. Private lines, such as irrigation, landscape lighting or a line to a detached garage, are not marked by 811, so tell us about them.

4. Post setting

Charlotte’s red clay holds a post well once it’s set, but it is slow to dig and it smears and stains. We use augers or hand diggers, keep spoil on tarps and set posts below the frost line. Near protected trees we adjust post spacing to avoid cutting large roots.

5. Panels, rails and gates

We hang rails and pickets or panels, follow grade by stepping or racking, and set gates with hardware sized for their width. On wood gates we add anti-sag hardware.

6. Walkthrough and care

We walk the fence with you, test every gate and latch, haul away debris and explain care: when to stain new pine, how to wash pollen and mildew off vinyl, and what to watch for after summer storms.