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Fence installation in Irving runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical vinyl privacy fence, with wood fences on the lower end and aluminum on the higher end. We schedule Irving jobs Monday through Saturday, and a live person answers our phone at (877) 610-1318 whenever you call. Tom Barrett and his sons run the crews themselves, so the person who walks your lot is the same person who stands behind the work.
We know Irving because we work Irving. From the 75061 tracts off Story Road to the HOA-governed streets around Las Colinas, we’ve set posts, hung gates, and repaired fence lines across every ZIP in this city. The soil here is not like the sandier ground across Dallas or Fort Worth. It moves. If your installer doesn’t know that, your fence leans by the second summer.
Key Takeaways:
- Typical fence installation in Irving costs $3,500-$9,000 depending on material and footage.
- Blackland Prairie clay shifts posts unless they’re set 30-36 inches deep with concrete collars.
- Older Irving lots often have no survey pins on shared fence lines, so we verify boundaries before we dig.
- Every contract includes a written scope, written change orders, and our 90-Day Done Right Promise.
- Call (877) 610-1318 for a free, line-item estimate. No trip charge inside the county.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Irving’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
Barrett & Sons Construction has been owner-operated since 1998, and the name on the truck is the name on the permit. Tom Barrett publishes his name, address, and license number. You can look it up before you sign anything. When an Irving homeowner calls, they’re not getting a call center in another state. They’re getting a live person, 24/7, and a local crew that knows the difference between a 75060 corner lot and a Las Colinas townhome line.
Irving homeowners have told us the same story for nearly three decades: a national outfit quoted one price on the phone, then handed over a different invoice at the door. That’s not how we work. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. We pull permits on every eligible job and get inspections signed. The permit inspector works for you, not for us, and that’s exactly why we like him.
Our crews are background-checked and uniformed on every visit. The team that sets your posts in the morning is the same team Tom Barrett checks on before the day ends. We don’t have “technicians” in the dispatch sense. We have Tom’s sons and their crews. That’s the difference.
Our Fence Installation Services in Irving
We handle the full Fence Installation scope, but in Irving we spend most of our time on three things: wood privacy fences, gate repair and replacement, and fixing fences that the clay has pushed out of square. Here’s what each looks like on the ground in this city.
Wood Fence
Wood privacy fencing is the standard across Irving’s older neighborhoods. The catch is that Blackland clay doesn’t hold a 24-inch post. We set wood posts at 30 to 36 inches, wrap them in 12-inch concrete collars, and use pre-stained cedar or pressure-treated pine depending on your budget. On 75061 lots we’ve seen original 4×4 posts heaved two to three inches out of the ground, which throws every gate out of alignment. That’s a soil problem, not a wood problem.
Fence Gates
Gates fail faster than any other fence component, especially on Irving lots where the ground swells and shrinks through summer and fall. We rebuild gate frames with steel inserts, install adjustable hinges, and add anti-sag corner brackets so the latch catches cleanly in June and stays working through October. When a fence has been racked by soil movement, the gate isn’t the only problem. It’s the symptom. We fix both.
Fence Repair
Not every Irving fence needs full replacement. Rot at the base, leaning posts, and broken pickets can often be repaired for a fraction of full replacement cost. We give you a straight assessment: if the posts are sound and the remains just need setting, we’ll say so. If the original fence was built at standard depth on Blackland clay, we’ll show you photos of what’s happening underground and give you a line-item repair versus replacement price.
Vinyl Fence
Vinyl is growing across the newer HOA communities in north Irving because it holds up to Texas sun without rot or termite damage. The tradeoff is that vinyl panels flex, and on moving soil you need a beefier post and rail system than the big-box kits provide. We install vinyl fences with reinforced posts and concrete collars at the same depth we’d use for wood, because a vinyl fence leaning at three degrees is still a leaning fence.
Aluminum and Iron Fence
For pool enclosures and ornamental front fences, aluminum and iron give you security that doesn’t block sightlines. These runs are often shorter, but they’re more particular about plumb and level. On a 75060 corner lot, an aluminum fence can also help you stay compliant with Irving’s visibility triangle rules if you choose a style with narrow pickets.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Irving
We install and service Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT product lines, among others. That means when we quote vinyl, we can show you actual manufacturer specs, not a generic catalog photo. If we’re repairing a gate on a Ply Gem fence installed ten years ago, we source matching rails and pickets so the repair doesn’t look like an afterthought. For Irving’s HOA-governed neighborhoods, that matters. The board will notice a mismatched panel from the curb, and so will your neighbors.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Irving Homes
Irving’s combination of 1950s-1970s housing stock and Blackland Prairie clay creates failure patterns we see every week:
- Heaved posts on 24-inch sets: Standard post depth works in sandy soil. In Irving, posts work their way up and out through the summer-to-fall moisture cycle. We set at 30-36 inches with concrete collars. This should be the default in west Irving, and anyone quoting less should explain why.
- Shared lot lines with no survey pins: On older 75061 and 75060 tracts, the original fence went in decades ago, and there’s often no pin marking the property line. A few inches of error becomes a teardown after a boundary survey. We pull the parcel map, locate or set pins, and confirm the line in writing before we dig.
- Corner-lot sight triangle violations: Irving enforces visibility clearance at intersections. If your fence sits too close to the corner, the city can require you to move it. We check the setback rules on every corner-lot quote and design the run to pass inspection the first time.
- Gate racking from clay movement: When soil heaves, gate posts move. The gate starts dragging, then won’t latch, then gets left open. Deeper posts and a reinforced frame fix the underlying problem instead of just rehanging the gate.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Irving, TX
In Irving, a full vinyl fence installation typically runs $3,500 to $9,000. Most of that spread comes down to linear footage, gate count, and whether we’re pulling old concrete out of the ground. Wood fences land on the lower end of that range. Aluminum runs from $4,000 to $10,000 depending on style and height. Here’s the line-item breakdown we use for most Irving bids:
| Fence Type | Typical Irving Price Range |
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| Vinyl Fence Installation | $3,500-$9,000 |
| Aluminum Fence Installation | $4,000-$10,000 |
| Wood Fence (cedar or treated pine) | $3,500-$8,500 |
| Fence Repair (post reset, gate rebuild) | $400-$1,800 |
Everything you see in a Barrett & Sons quote is written down before we start. If the scope changes mid-job, you get a written change order with a price before the work proceeds. No allowances that aren’t on paper. No surprise invoices. That’s how we’ve done it since 1998, and it’s why half our Irving jobs come from people who watched us work on the neighbor’s fence first.
Working on a Tight Irving Lot: What Actually Drives the Quote
Many of west Irving’s 1950s-1970s lots are 50 to 60 feet wide, which means staging, access, and cleanup are part of the bid, not an afterthought. We’ve worked alleys off Story Road where the only staging area was a single driveway-width strip. The job still got done, the alley stayed clear for trash pickup, and the neighbor’s gate never got blocked. That kind of constraint affects price, and we’d rather quote it honestly up front than tell you later that access added a day.
On shared lot lines, we coordinate with the neighbor before we pull a single post. If there’s no survey pin, we flag it in writing and recommend a boundary verification. When the original fence is a shared structure, both owners need to sign off on the scope. We handle that conversation, because a fence you put up after a quiet boundary fight is a fence neither neighbor ends up enjoying.
On one 75061 lot off Story Road, our crew replaced a 180-foot privacy fence where the original 4×4 posts had heaved 2-3 inches out of the ground, throwing every gate out of square. We set new posts 36 inches deep with 12-inch concrete collars, switched from standard pine pickets to pre-stained cedar, and rehung two gates with adjustable hinges and anti-sag corner brackets. The neighbor on the shared side signed off on a temporary panel swap before we started, and we kept the staging area to a single driveway-width strip to leave the alley clear for trash pickup. That’s a standard Irving job for us.
How Irving’s Blackland Clay Shapes Our Fence Scope
Irving sits directly on the Blackland Prairie formation. The soil is montmorillonite clay, which means it swells when wet and shrinks when dry. During an Irving summer, the top three feet of soil can lose enough moisture to crack at the surface. Then the fall rains come and the ground heaves. That cycle pushes shallow fence posts up and out, racks gates, and cracks concrete mow strips. It’s not a question of whether the ground moves. It’s a question of how deep you have to go to outlast it.
That’s why our default post depth in Irving is 30-36 inches with a 12-inch concrete collar. It costs more than a 24-inch set, but it’s the difference between a fence that’s plumb for ten years and one that looks like a wave by the third summer. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and a post depth that isn’t in the bid is an invitation for a leaning fence.
We Also Serve Cities Near Irving
If you’re in Farmers Branch, University Park, Highland Park, or Dallas, we bring the same crew and the same written-scope process to every job. Our scheduling is coordinated from the company’s Dallas-Fort Worth office, and crews serve Irving and the surrounding cities locally. Same people, same truck, same promise.
Serving Irving, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Irving 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 Irving
Most fence replacements in Irving require a building permit, especially when the fence is over six feet tall or on a corner lot. A soil report is generally not required for residential fence work, but if your fence is in an area with recorded slope instability or if the city flags drainage concerns, they may request one. Call us at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll confirm what applies to your specific lot before we touch a shovel.
The clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and that seasonal movement grips the post and slowly works it upward. A post set at 24 inches will heave out of the ground in west Irving. We set posts at 30-36 inches with 12-inch concrete collars, which anchors the post below the zone of maximum moisture fluctuation. It’s the single biggest difference between a fence that stays straight and one that leans by year three. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote on your lot.
Without a survey pin, ownership is determined by the deed, the tax parcel map, and often decades of local convention. We pull the parcel map, locate or set pins, and confirm the line in writing before any post goes in. If both neighbors are cooperating, we facilitate the shared scope and get sign-off from both sides. That process has kept many an Irving fence from becoming a boundary dispute.
It can, if the fence is too close to the intersection or too tall for the sight distance. Irving code requires clear visibility at street corners so drivers can see oncoming traffic. We check the setback requirements on every corner-lot quote and design the fence height and returns to pass inspection the first time. If you’re on a corner lot, mention it when you call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll run the numbers before the estimate.
The scope of work is the written description of every task, material, and expectation in the job. For an HOA-governed lot in north Irving, that includes the exact fence style, height, color, post depth, gate hardware, cleanup plan, and any HOA approval conditions you’ve shared with us. If the HOA requires a specific picket profile or setback, it goes in the scope. Every change after that arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your lot and put the full scope in writing.
Get a Free Estimate for Your Irving Fence
If you’re ready to price a new fence, a gate rebuild, or a repair on an existing line, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318. We’ll walk your lot, check the soil, and give you a line-item written estimate. No trip charge inside the county. We also offer a free second opinion on any written estimate you already have, and a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. Then call us.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Irving and the greater DFW area since 1998.