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A new fence in Georgetown typically runs between $3,500 and $9,000 for vinyl, and $4,000 to $10,000 for aluminum, depending on footage, terrain, and post depth. We schedule free estimates across all four Georgetown ZIP codes, including the limestone-heavy western side where rock drilling changes the math on a bid. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your property line, check the grade, and give you a written number before anything gets signed.
We’ve been running crews through Sun City, Wolf Ranch, and the older neighborhoods around the square long enough to know which side of town hits rock at 18 inches and which side sits on clay that swells every spring. That local knowledge is the difference between a fence that stands square for twenty years and one the inspector flags before we’re halfway done.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Georgetown’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
Barrett & Sons is owner-operated, founded in 1998, and Tom Barrett’s sons run the crews. When we quote a fence in Georgetown, the price we give you is the price on the contract. If anything changes, you get a written change order before a single post hole is dug. That’s not a policy we talk about; it’s how we’ve worked for 29 years.
Georgetown homeowners regularly tell us the same thing: they called a national outfit, got a lowball number over the phone, and then watched the bill climb once the crew started running into limestone or a picky HOA spec. We don’t work that way. Our Fence Installation team prices rock drilling, concrete collars, and wind-load bracing up front, because we’ve built enough fences here to know what the ground and the code will demand.
Every eligible Georgetown job includes permits pulled and inspections signed. We don’t treat permits as optional, because the last contractor most of our customers dealt with told them they were. The permit inspector works for you, not for us, and we’re happy to have him on site. Ask anyone on your street about Barrett & Sons, or look up Tom Barrett’s license number yourself. He publishes it.
Our Fence Installation Services in Georgetown
Privacy Fence
Most privacy fences in Georgetown go up in the master-planned communities, where HOAs often require a specific board width, top rail style, and post size before they’ll sign off. We’ve built enough Wolf Ranch and Morningstar fences to know those specs cold. For a 6-foot privacy fence, we use 6×6 posts and concrete collars designed for the 115 mph wind-load standard Georgetown enforces. A 4×4 post will fail the calc. We won’t quote it as a cheaper option because the inspector won’t pass it and the warranty won’t hold it.
Fence Gates
Gates are where fences fail first in Georgetown, especially on the east side where shrink-swell clay moves posts seasonally. A gate hung on a post set in expansive soil without a proper concrete collar will sag and bind within two years. We set gate posts deeper, use heavier-gauge hinges, and frame the gate itself to carry its own weight. In Sun City, where gates often see daily use from golf carts, we spec self-closing hardware that meets the community’s access standards.
Aluminum Fence
Aluminum is the go-to for Georgetown homeowners who want something that won’t warp in the Central Texas sun and won’t rust when the spring storms roll through Williamson County. We run aluminum fence more often in the newer subdivisions, where HOA design standards typically require black aluminum around the perimeter. Price runs $4,000 to $10,000 depending on footage and whether we’re setting on clay or drilling into rock on the west side of town.
Vinyl Fence
Vinyl makes sense for Georgetown yards where limestone dust and clay soil would eat a wood fence in a decade. It’s also what a lot of Sun City homeowners choose when the original builder-grade fence finally gives out. Vinyl fence installation in Georgetown runs $3,500 to $9,000. The spec sheet matters here more than people realize: a thin-wall vinyl post will crack under the wind loads this area sees. We order commercial-grade post profiles, not the box-store version.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Georgetown
We don’t install mystery materials off a van. For fences, we carry product lines that hold up to Williamson County’s wet-dry cycles and hail seasons, and we stand behind them with the 90-Day Done Right Promise written into every contract. Tom Barrett publishes his name, his address, and his license number, and the same goes for the materials we put in the ground. If a manufacturer’s warranty claim ever comes up in Georgetown, we handle it. You won’t chase a 1-800 number.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Georgetown Homes
- Posts twisting out of plumb in expansive clay. The east side of Georgetown sits on Vertisol clay that swells and shrinks with every wet-dry cycle. Posts set without concrete collars in that soil lean within a couple of years, snapping rails and popping gate hinges.
- Limestone ledge in the 78628 ZIP code. Western Georgetown, especially along the Balcones Escarpment edge, can hit limestone at 20 inches. A crew that shows up expecting flat-prairie digging will stall, leave shallow posts, and the fence leans after the first storm. You need a rock-drilling line item in the bid before work starts.
- Wind-load rejections from the city inspector. Georgetown enforces the 2018 IRC with a 115 mph design wind speed. When a fence goes up with 4×4 posts on a 6-foot privacy span, the math doesn’t work and the inspector rejects it. We’ve fixed enough of those to know the pattern.
- Old Sun City fences hitting end of life. A large share of the homes in 78633 were built in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Those original fences are now 20-25 years old, and we see the same failure every time: post rot at grade, sagging gates, and rails pulling loose. That’s a full replacement, not a patch job.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Georgetown, TX
Here’s what a compliant fence quote in Georgetown actually includes, and what it costs:
| Fence Type | Price Range | What’s Included |
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| Vinyl Fence Installation | $3,500 - $9,000 | Commercial-grade posts, wind-load bracing, permit and inspection |
| Aluminum Fence Installation | $4,000 - $10,000 | Rock drilling where needed, concrete collars, wind-load bracing, permit and inspection |
What moves the number up in Georgetown: footage, terrain (rock drilling in 78628 is real), HOA-specified materials, gate hardware, and whether the old fence needs demo and haul-off. What moves it down: shorter runs, flat clay ground, and simple designs without custom gates.
Every quote we give you is line-itemed, in writing, and full of numbers you can check. We don’t change the price mid-job. If the ground surprises us, you get a written change order before we spend your money. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll hand you the full picture.
We Also Serve Cities Near Georgetown
If you’re just outside the city line, we run crews through Georgetown and the surrounding towns regularly: Round Rock, Brushy Creek, Cedar Park, and Hutto. Same written-change-order policy, same permits pulled, same owner-operated crew behind the work. If your property is in one of those areas and you need a fence, call us and we’ll schedule a free walk-through.
Serving Georgetown, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Georgetown area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Fence Installation in Georgetown
Yes, Georgetown requires a fence permit even for a same-for-same replacement, because the city verifies wind-load compliance on every installation. Some contractors will tell you it’s fine to skip the permit on a repair or replacement. It isn’t, and the inspector will notice. We pull the permit on every eligible Georgetown fence job, and the inspection is signed before we call the job done. Call (877) 610-1318 to get the full picture on your specific property.
Georgetown enforces a design wind speed of 115 mph for Risk Category II structures under the 2018 IRC, which applies directly to fence post sizing and bracing. That’s why a 6-foot privacy fence needs 6×6 posts and engineered bracing here, even though a crew working in flat-prairie towns would get away with 4x4s. When we quote a fence in Georgetown, the wind-load calc is part of the bid, not an afterthought. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll show you the math on paper.
If you’re on the west side of Georgetown, in the 78628 ZIP code, there’s a strong chance we’ll hit limestone within the first two feet of digging, and your quote needs a rock-drilling line item or it’s not a real quote. Our crew in Wolf Ranch hit limestone at 20 inches on a 200-foot privacy fence, swapped to rock augers and epoxy-set anchors, logged the change order with photos, and the city inspector signed off on the wind-load bracing that same day. That’s what the west side demands. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact number on your lot.
In some cases, yes. Insurers in Williamson County are increasingly asking whether a fence was permitted and inspected to current wind-load standards, especially after hail and straight-line wind claims. A fence with a signed city inspection and wind-load documentation gives you a paper trail your carrier can actually use. If your current fence was built without a permit, or failed inspection, that’s a conversation worth having with your agent. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll help you sort out what documentation your policy needs.
If your fence failed a Georgetown wind-load inspection, the fix usually means pulling the posts, resizing them to spec, and resetting with proper concrete collars and bracing, which is a partial rebuild, not a patch. We see this most often when a previous contractor used 4×4 posts on a 6-foot fence or skipped the rock drilling on the western side. We can bring the existing fence into compliance, pull the reinspection, and get it signed off. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free look at what needs to change.
Call (877) 610-1318 for a free, written fence estimate in Georgetown. Live person answers, same as it’s been since 1998. Barrett & Sons Construction, led by Tom Barrett, serving Fence Installation in Georgetown with permits pulled, inspections signed, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise on every contract.
Written by the team at Barrett & Sons Construction, led by Tom Barrett, owner since 1998.