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Fence installation in Lemoore, CA typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a standard residential privacy or vinyl fence, with most projects finished in one to three days once posts are set. If you’re calling from 93245 or 93246, we can usually have someone out to measure your yard within 48 hours. Tom Barrett and his sons run the crews themselves, and we answer the phone at (877) 610-1318, day or night.
Here’s what matters in Lemoore specifically: the adobe clay under most of this town shrinks in summer and heaves in winter, and if your fence posts aren’t set deep with a gravel base, they’ll lean within a year. We know that because we’ve pulled up enough crooked fences here to prove it. We’ve been at this since 1998, and the soil under Lemoore doesn’t surprise us anymore.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Lemoore’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
We’re the owner-operated option in Lemoore, not a franchise dispatching strangers from out of the county. Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number are published and verifiable. You can look us up before you sign anything. That matters in a town where military families rotate through NAS Lemoore every two or three years and don’t have time to babysit a contractor who won’t answer the phone.
Our crews are Tom’s sons and their teams, and they’re on-site most days. Every price change, every scope change, every allowance adjustment comes as a written change order before work proceeds. No surprise invoices at the end. The permit inspector works for you, not for us, and we pull permits on every eligible Lemoore fence job.
We also publish our standing offers: $40 off any repair over $200, free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount. Given the number of veterans and active-duty families in Lemoore, that discount gets used a lot here.
Our Fence Installation Services in Lemoore
Wood Fence
Wood fences are the most common install we do in Lemoore, especially privacy fences around tract homes built in the 1970s through 1990s. The challenge here isn’t the wood itself, it’s what the climate does to it. Summer temperatures above 105°F dry out and shrink fence pickets, and Tule fog in December and January holds moisture against the wood for days at a stretch. We spec pressure-treated posts and kiln-dried pickets so you don’t watch your fence gap and warp within two summers.
Fence Repair
If your Lemoore fence is leaning, the cause is almost always the same: posts set too shallow in adobe clay without a gravel base. We can often fix individual sections without replacing the whole run. We’ll give you a written line-item quote before we dig, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise applies to repairs just like full installs. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you straight whether it’s a post reset or a full rebuild.
Privacy Fence
Privacy fences in Lemoore are often the first thing tenants request when a military family rotates in. And it’s the first thing that fails when the previous contractor cut corners on post depth. We build privacy fences with 6×6 posts set 30 inches deep on a 6-inch gravel bed, galvanized post anchors, and stainless ring-shank nails. If you want a gate, we’ll recommend marine-grade stainless hardware, especially on properties with irrigation runoff or alkaline soil.
Vinyl Fence
Vinyl fence installation in Lemoore runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical residential yard. Vinyl doesn’t warp or split like wood in our dry summers, and it won’t absorb Tule fog moisture. The trade-off is cost: vinyl runs higher than pressure-treated wood upfront, but it skips the repainting and picket replacement cycles. For rental properties near NAS Lemoore that see tenant turnover every couple years, vinyl often ends up cheaper over a decade.
Chain Link Fence
Chain link is the workhorse for Lemoore yards, especially on west-side tracts built on old agricultural land. The weak point here isn’t the fabric, it’s the hardware. Standard galvanized posts and fittings corrode faster where irrigation runoff and alkaline soil salts concentrate near the base. If you’re fencing a yard that’s been irrigated for twenty years, we’ll spec heavier-gauge posts and hot-dip galvanized fittings.
Aluminum Fence
Aluminum fence installation in Lemoore runs $4,000 to $10,000. It’s a good match for pool enclosures and decorative front-yard fencing where you want the look of iron without the rust. In this climate, powder-coated aluminum holds up better than raw steel, and we can match most existing fence styles in the 93245 area.
Fence Gates
Gates fail before fences do, especially when a contractor hangs a heavy gate on a shallow post set in Lemoore clay. We set gate posts deeper than line posts and spec marine-grade stainless hinges and latches. If you’re in 93246 and your gate drags in summer but swings fine in winter, the post is moving with the soil, not the hinge.
Iron Fence
Wrought iron looks right on older homes near downtown Lemoore, where pre-1950s bungalows sit closer to the street. The catch here is the same alkaline soil that eats chain-link hardware. We recommend galvanized steel frames under powder coating, not raw iron, especially on properties with sprinkler lines running along the fence line.
Commercial Fencing
Lemoore’s rental market, fed by constant NAS Lemoore rotations, means a lot of multi-unit properties need perimeter fencing that survives tenant turnover and deferred maintenance. We handle commercial fencing for property managers and landlords, with written change orders on every scope adjustment and permits pulled where the county requires them.
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 Lemoore
We don’t install mystery materials off a van. For fence projects with hardscape elements, gate aprons, or post bases, we use Belgard and Techo-Bloc paver systems, along with Quikrete concrete products for post footings in Lemoore’s adobe clay. You can look up every material we spec. We stock the common post sizes, gravel, and fasteners our Lemoore jobs need, which keeps turnaround fast when you’re on a military move timeline. Our Fence Installation team knows which materials survive this valley’s summers and fog seasons, not just what looks good in a catalog.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Lemoore Homes
- Posts heaving out of plumb. Lemoore’s adobe clay shrinks in dry summer and swells with winter rain. Posts set in concrete without a 6-inch gravel base and 30-inch depth will move, sometimes two inches or more in one season.
- Wood pickets warping and splitting. Low humidity above 100°F pulls moisture out of unsealed wood fast, and Tule fog holds moisture against it in winter. Cheap pickets gap and split within two summers.
- Chain-link hardware corroding at the base. Irrigation runoff and alkaline soil salts concentrate near the ground line, especially on Lemoore’s west-side tracts built on old farmland. Standard galvanized fittings rust faster here than in neighboring Hanford.
- Gates dragging or binding seasonally. If your gate scrapes in September but swings free in February, the gate post is riding the seasonal soil shift. The hinge isn’t the problem. The post depth is.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Lemoore, CA
A typical wood privacy fence in Lemoore runs $3,500 to $9,000 depending on linear footage, post depth, gate hardware, and access. Chain link runs lower. Vinyl and aluminum run higher. Here’s the honest line-item breakdown for the two most common materials at Lemoore’s lot sizes:
| Fence Type | Typical Price Range in Lemoore |
|---|---|
| Vinyl Fence Installation | $3,500 - $9,000 |
| Aluminum Fence Installation | $4,000 - $10,000 |
The two biggest cost drivers in Lemoore are post depth (you want 30 inches minimum in adobe clay, which means more labor and concrete) and material spec (stainless hardware and marine-grade finishes add cost upfront but skip the repair cycle). A fence that costs $1,500 less at install because the contractor set posts 18 inches deep will cost you a full post reset within two years. We’d rather write the correct number on the contract the first time.
Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We’ll measure, we’ll write it down, and the number on the quote is the number on the bill.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lemoore
Beyond Lemoore, we regularly handle Fence Installation in Lemoore for homeowners in Hanford, Corcoran, Kingsburg, and Selma. The soil changes once you get outside Lemoore’s adobe clay belt, so post depth and footing specs adjust. If you’re in one of those towns, call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you what your ground actually needs.
Serving Lemoore, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lemoore 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 Lemoore
Most residential fences in Lemoore under 6 feet don’t need a county permit, but properties within NAS Lemoore’s flight-path corridors face height and setback constraints tied to low-altitude jet operations that neighboring contractors in Hanford or Visalia simply don’t deal with. If your property falls in one of those corridors, we’ll pull the permit ourselves and the inspector signs off before we call the job done. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll check your specific parcel.
Fence posts in Lemoore should be set at least 30 inches deep with a 6-inch gravel bed under each post and concrete poured around it. That’s the minimum spec that survives the seasonal shrink-and-heave cycle of adobe clay. Posts set at the standard 18 to 24 inches used on sandy loam in neighboring Hanford will start leaning within 12 to 18 months here. The gravel bed is the part most people skip, and it’s the part that keeps water from pooling under the post and freezing the footing out of place.
Vinyl and powder-coated aluminum hold up best against Lemoore’s combination of 105°F summers and weeks of Tule fog. Wood works if it’s pressure-treated, kiln-dried, and sealed on both sides before install, but it requires a maintenance cycle that vinyl skips entirely. For hardware, marine-grade stainless or hot-dip galvanized is worth the 3% to 5% upgrade on any gate or hinge exposed to irrigation runoff. Call (877) 610-1318 for a materials recommendation based on your specific yard.
Yes. Any fence over 6 feet, or any fence within NAS Lemoore flight-path corridors with specific height limits, triggers a written change order before work proceeds. That’s how we operate on every job, not just fences. The change order puts the new height, the new material spec, and the new price in writing before a single post gets set. You’ll sign it, we’ll sign it, and there’s no surprise invoice at the end. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll write it up.
Because the posts were set too shallow in adobe clay without a gravel base. Lemoore’s soil shrinks hard in summer heat and heaves back with winter rain, and any post set less than 30 inches deep gets worked loose seasonally. The fence looks fine for the first dry season, then the first winter’s rain swells the clay and the post starts to ride up. We rebuilt a 120-foot redwood privacy fence on a Lemoore tract home near the NAS Lemoore flight path where the previous posts had heaved a full 2 inches out of ground in one winter. Our crew set 6×6 pressure-treated posts 30 inches deep with a 6-inch gravel bed, galvanized post anchors, stainless ring-shank nails, and notched the bottom rail for drainage. The owner added a change order for marine-grade stainless gate hardware that added 3% to the scope, but the punch list came back clean after the next rainy season.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Lemoore and Kings County since 1998.