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Most fence calls we get in Carrollton start the same way: a homeowner in 75007 or 75010 notices a lean after a North Texas storm, or a rotted post snaps at the base in 75006, and suddenly the neighbor’s dog is in the yard and the property line feels less like a boundary and more like a suggestion. Fence installation in Carrollton typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a standard residential yard, and most jobs are completed in three to five working days once materials arrive. If you’re standing in your backyard right now staring at a panel that’s seen better decades, call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk you through exactly what it’ll take, in plain English, before you sign anything.
We know Carrollton’s yards because we’ve stood in hundreds of them. The clay shifts. The cedar warps. The gate that swung fine in March binds by August. None of this surprises us anymore.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Carrollton’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998, and his sons still run the crews. That matters in Carrollton because the guy who shakes your hand at the estimate is the same guy who will be in your backyard with a post-hole digger on Thursday. We’re not dispatching strangers from a call center. We’re the name on the truck, the license number you can look up, and the crew members who’ve been background-checked and wear our name on their uniforms.
Ask around Carrollton. That’s the honest advice we give everyone. Ask your neighbor on Rosemeade Parkway or the family off Josey Lane who replaced their back fence last spring. Ask anyone on your street. Then look up our license and check our track record. We’ve built our reputation in Carrollton one fence at a time, and we’re not hard to find when something goes wrong. Tom lives twenty minutes from most Carrollton neighborhoods. One call after the job is done, and he’ll be back. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract, not whispered as a maybe.
We pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible fence job. You’d be surprised how many fence contractors in Carrollton skip that step quietly. We don’t, because the permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him.
Our Fence Installation Services in Carrollton
Fence Installation is our bread and butter, and we handle everything from a simple 40-foot side return to a full perimeter with double gates and steel-reinforced corner posts. Here’s what we do most often for Carrollton homeowners.
Wood Fence
Wood remains the most common fence material in Carrollton, especially across the 75006 and 75007 ZIPs where ranch-style homes from the 60s and 70s dominate. Cedar is the usual choice because it stands up reasonably well to North Texas humidity cycles, but we’ve also built plenty of pressure-treated pine fences in Carrollton when price is the deciding factor. Wood fence installation in Carrollton typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 depending on footage, height, and whether we’re removing an old fence first. The real enemy isn’t bugs or sun here. It’s the ground contact and drainage. We set wood posts in concrete with gravel bases so water doesn’t pool against the post, because in Carrollton’s clay, a post set in wet soil rots within five years.
Chain Link Fence
Chain link is the workhorse for Carrollton homeowners who care more about keeping dogs in and uninvited deer out than about privacy. Galvanized chain link with top rail and terminal posts starts around $3,500 for a standard backyard, while vinyl-coated black chain link runs a bit higher. We see a lot of chain link replacements in Carrollton where the old fence predated the 1980s and the bottom wire has rusted through at ground level. If the layout still works, we can often salvage the post line and just replace fabric and hardware, which saves money.
Vinyl Fence
Vinyl fence installation in Carrollton carries a higher upfront price, usually toward the top of the $3,500 to $9,000 range, but it’s the right call for homeowners who don’t want to stain or seal anything ever again. Vinyl doesn’t rot in the Blackland Prairie clay the way wood does, and it shrugs off the hail and hard sun we get along the Trinity basin. One thing to know about vinyl in Carrollton: it’s not forgiving of sloped ground. We’ve built enough vinyl fences along the gradual grades near Hebron Parkway to know when a stepped panel runs better than a racked one, and we’ll tell you honestly which way to go.
Aluminum Fence
Aluminum fence installation in Carrollton costs $4,000 to $10,000 and is most common around pools, front yards, and HOA communities where the architectural committee dictates style. Carrollton has several HOA-governed neighborhoods, particularly in the northern ZIPs, and we’re used to working within their published material and height restrictions. Aluminum won’t rust the way iron does, which matters in a climate that swings from 1990s-oak-hill humidity to deep freezes like 2021’s Winter Storm Uri. We set aluminum posts in concrete, same as wood, and we use stainless hardware throughout because the coated steel hardware some companies use starts streaking rust within two years here.
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 Carrollton
We install and repair every major fence brand, and we don’t pad the quote with mystery materials off a van. You’ll see names like Techo-Bloc and Belgard on our hardscape-adjacent fence work, and we source cedar and treated lumber from suppliers we’ve used for years, not whatever’s on sale at a big-box lot. For Carrollton customers, that means replacement panels match the original profile, fasteners hold, and the material you pay for is the material that shows up. If a fence sits adjacent to a paver patio or driveway, we’ll coordinate with our Driveway & Pavers in Carrollton team so the grade and drainage work together instead of against each other.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Carrollton Homes
- Rotted posts in southern Carrollton’s older neighborhoods. In 75006, where homes on the southern end sit on sixty-year-old slab-on-grade tracts with mature tree roots pushing everywhere, we regularly find posts that have rotted below grade and snapped at the ground line. The clay holds water. The roots hold it in place. The post gives up.
- Gate sag on newer fences in 75010. The post-tension slab homes in Carillon Hills and the newer developments around Hebron often have settling that pulls gate posts just enough out of plumb that the latch stops lining up within a couple of years. A gate hardware upgrade and a re-set post fixes it, but only if the contractor recognizes the cause instead of just re-hanging the gate.
- Wind load failures after spring storm season. Carrollton gets the same high straight-line winds as the rest of the metroplex, and a fence panel acts like a sail. Undersized posts, shallow set depth, and missing top rails are the three failures we see after every storm. We set posts at least 24 to 30 inches deep in Carrollton, deeper than many cut-rate installers bother with.
- Old chain link losing tension and snapping bottom wire. Much of the chain link fence inventory in Carrollton dates to the 1970s and 80s. The fence is still upright but the fabric has lost tension, the bottom wire has corroded through, and the gate bar has bent from thirty years of kids swinging on it. We replace the fabric and hardware more often than the entire post line.
And if your fence project is part of a larger backyard overhaul, we also handle Home Additions & ADU in Carrollton when a new fence needs to tie into a new structure or a converted garage.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Carrollton, TX
A wood privacy fence on a standard Carrollton lot runs $3,500 to $9,000, with most six-foot cedar jobs landing between $28 and $38 per linear foot including labor and materials. Chain link sits at the lower end, vinyl in the middle-to-upper range, aluminum at $4,000 to $10,000 depending on grade and gate count. What moves the number in Carrollton more than anything is the demolition and disposal of the old fence, whether the line runs on a grade that needs stepping, and whether we hit clay that demands deeper post holes. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. No surprise invoices at the end. No “it turned out to be more than we thought.” Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll put it in writing before a single post goes in the ground.
Key Takeaways
- Fence installation in Carrollton typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a standard residential yard.
- We pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible job, and every price change comes as a written change order.
- Tom Barrett and his sons are on-site most days. Same names on the truck as on the contract.
- Carrollton’s expansive clay soil and storm winds demand deeper posts and better drainage than many installers bother with.
- One call to (877) 610-1318 gets a live person and a straight answer. Free estimates, written quotes, no pressure.
We Also Serve Cities Near Carrollton
Our crews cover Carrollton and the surrounding communities daily, including Addison, Farmers Branch, Coppell, and The Colony. If you’re just outside the city line, call anyway. If we can’t help directly, we’ll say so honestly and point you to someone who can. That’s how we’ve done business since 1998.
Serving Carrollton, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Carrollton 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 Carrollton
We typically schedule free estimates within a few days of your call, often the same week, and we coordinate the site visit directly with Tom or one of his sons. Call (877) 610-1318 and a live person answers, not a voicemail box, so you’ll know exactly when we’re coming and who to expect in the truck.
Yes. We regularly work in 75006, 75007, 75010, and 75011, including neighborhoods around Rosemeade, Hebron, Josey Lane, and the older blocks near Belt Line and Denton Drive. No part of Carrollton is too far. If you’re in Old Town Carrollton, we’re familiar with the historic district’s review process and we factor that into the timeline before you ever sign a contract.
Carrollton sits on Blackland Prairie expansive clay that swells when it rains and shrinks in drought, which moves posts over time and contributes to rot when water sits against them. We address this by setting posts in concrete with gravel drainage at the base, and going 24 to 30 inches deep rather than the bare 18-inch minimum some contractors use. That’s the difference between a fence that leans after two years and one that stays straight for twenty.
Pricing is largely the same across the North Dallas suburbs, within a few hundred dollars either way. Carrollton fence installation runs $3,500 to $9,000 for most wood or vinyl yards, and the main cost drivers are demolition, footage, and soil conditions, not the city name. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact written quote tied to your address, not a regional average.
Every completed fence job is backed by our written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If something isn’t done right, one call brings Tom back to make it right. On top of that, we honor the manufacturer warranties on materials like vinyl and aluminum. Senior and veteran homeowners in Carrollton also receive a permanent 10% discount, and we publish that policy right alongside the $40-off repairs offer and free second opinion on any written estimate. Call (877) 610-1318 to confirm details for your specific fence.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Carrollton and the surrounding DFW metroplex since 1998.