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If you live in Highland Park, you already know the drill: the black clay under your lot shifts with every wet spring and dry summer, and that movement is exactly what torques fence posts out of plumb and pops gate hinges loose. It’s not a matter of if; it’s a matter of which year it becomes your problem. Barrett & Sons Construction has been setting posts deep enough to survive Highland Park soil for over 29 years, handling everything from cedar privacy fences along Bordeaux Avenue to iron estate gates on small lots where the setback review is strict. When you call (877) 610-1318, you get Tom or one of his sons, not a call center. We’ll come out, look at your lot, check the property line and deed restrictions, and give you a written price before any work starts.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Highland Park Homes
Most fence failures in Highland Park are not material failures. They’re ground failures, drainage failures, and approval failures. Here’s what we run into week after week:
- Post heave and lean from Blackland Prairie soil. The same shrink-swell clay that cracks your driveway will push a shallow-set post a full inch out of line by August. We set posts below the active soil zone and use compacted gravel base so the post moves with the ground instead of against it.
- Deed-restriction and review-board conflicts. Highland Park’s town-level architectural review board enforces covenants that have nothing to do with Dallas building code. We’ve had to redesign fence height, material, and even post cap style mid-permit because the covenant on the block was older than the current code. We account for that before you ever pay for lumber.
- Older lots with hidden obstructions. Homes from the 1920s and 1930s along streets like Armstrong Parkway often have old clay tile drains, abandoned gas lines, or stone rubble foundations right where a new fence line is most logical. We hand-excavate and locate before we dig, so we don’t turn a $6,000 fence job into a $20,000 line repair.
- Rotted posts from poor drainage. Highland Park has small, tight lots and mature trees, which means runoff tends to pool along fence lines. Pressure-treated or cedar posts rot in five to six years when sod is piled against them. We grade the base of every post and keep soil contact off the post top.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Highland Park’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
This is Tom Barrett’s company, founded in 1998, and Tom still answers the phone. The crew that shows up at your house in Highland Park is Tom’s sons and their teams – not subcontractors from a dispatch board, not a rotating cast of strangers. When you see the Barrett & Sons truck on your street, that’s the same truck that’ll be at the hardware store in Dallas on Saturday morning. We live here, we work here, and if something’s wrong with your fence, Tom wants to hear about it, not hide from it. That’s why every contract carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call. No claim forms.
We pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible fence job in Highland Park. A lot of fence companies will tell you a residential fence under eight feet doesn’t need a permit. That’s true in parts of Dallas. It is not reliably true in Highland Park, where the town’s own building department and architectural review process can stop work over height, material, setback, or even paint color on an iron fence. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him. When a Highland Park inspector signs off on our work, you can bank that the fence will still be standing and legal in ten years.
Our Fence Installation Services in Highland Park
Wood Fence Installation
Western red cedar is the most common choice in Highland Park for good reason: it stands up to sun, takes stain evenly, and looks right against the Tudor and Colonial Revival homes that line streets around the Dallas Country Club. A typical wood privacy fence in Highland Park runs $3,500 to $9,000 depending on lot length, gate count, and grade. We use stainless ring-shank nails and post bases that resist the moisture cycling of Highland Park lawns.
Chain Link Fence Installation
Not every Highland Park property needs the full estate treatment. For trash enclosures, dog runs, and utility yards behind garages, chain link is still the most practical choice. We install galvanized and vinyl-coated chain link in the 75205 zip code, and we size the mesh and post schedule to the actual use – a dog run needs a different post depth than a pool enclosure. Pricing for chain link runs in Highland Park typically falls between $1,800 and $4,500.
Vinyl Fence Installation
Vinyl has come a long way, and in Highland Park it gets a fair look from homeowners who are tired of staining cedar every three years. The catch is that vinyl is stiffer than wood, which means the post holes have to be clean, straight, and deep enough to resist the clay movement. We’ve seen vinyl fences from other installers in University Park start bowing in under a year because the posts were set in loose fill. We set vinyl posts in concrete to full depth and true them before the panels go on. Vinyl fence installation in Highland Park usually lands between $3,500 and $9,000.
Aluminum Fence Installation
Aluminum is the quiet favorite among Highland Park homeowners along tree-lined streets like Preston Road and McFarlin Drive. It won’t rust, it doesn’t need paint, and it pairs cleanly with the kind of automated gate openers we install regularly. Aluminum fence installation in Highland Park ranges from $4,000 to $10,000, with ornamental styles and custom gates pushing toward the higher end. We’re also comfortable working with your landscape architect or review-board drawings if the project requires a specific panel profile.
Beyond these, we regularly install iron fencing, custom driveway gates, and full privacy fence systems across Highland Park. If you’re also looking at hardscape work along the fence line, our Driveway & Pavers in Highland Park team handles the paver driveway or patio that ties into the new fence, and for clients expanding the lot or adding a structure, our Home Additions & ADU in Highland Park crew can coordinate the fence work with the larger build so nothing gets torn out twice.
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 Highland Park
We don’t install mystery materials off a van. The fence hardware, post caps, and gate kits we use in Highland Park come from brands you can look up: Techo-Bloc for adjacent hardscape edges, Cambridge Pavers for paver borders that meet fence lines, and Oldcastle for concrete footing products. Most of these are stocked locally in the DFW area, which means when we need a specific gate hinge or post base for a Highland Park job, we can pull it same week rather than waiting on a freight truck. That matters when a review board resubmission changes a material spec mid-project and we need to keep moving.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Highland Park, TX
Here’s the honest picture of what fences cost in Highland Park. A standard cedar privacy fence on a typical 0.2-acre lot runs $3,500 to $9,000. Aluminum ornamental fence work lands between $4,000 and $10,000. Vinyl sits at $3,500 to $9,000. Chain link comes in at $1,800 to $4,500 for typical residential runs. What moves the number is gate count, fence height, post depth, and whether the town’s architectural review requires a specific profile or material. We’ll walk the lot with you, check the corners and elevations, and hand you a written, line-item quote. No allowances that are not on paper. No change orders that are not signed before work begins. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll set a time to come out. The estimate is free, and we don’t charge a trip fee inside the county.
| Fence Type | Typical Cost in Highland Park |
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| Wood privacy fence | $3,500 – $9,000 |
| Aluminum fence | $4,000 – $10,000 |
| Vinyl fence | $3,500 – $9,000 |
| Chain link fence | $1,800 – $4,500 |
| Iron fence (custom) | $6,000 – $15,000 |
Two notes. First, if you have a written fence estimate from another company in Highland Park, bring it to us. We’ll give you a free second opinion on it, no pressure. Second, the 10% senior and veteran discount is permanent and applies to every fence job we do in Highland Park. Just mention it when you call.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Park
We work across Fence Installation in Highland Park and the surrounding communities, including University Park, Dallas, Richardson, and Irving. If you live near the Highland Park border, chances are we can get to you fast. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you straight away whether we cover your street.
Serving Highland Park, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Park 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 Highland Park
We can typically get to any Highland Park address within one to two business days for a field walk and quote. The quote itself is free and takes about 45 minutes on site. From signed contract to final inspection, most Highland Park fence jobs complete within five to ten business days, weather and review board timing depending. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule a visit.
Yes, we cover the full 75205 zip code, from the tree-lined streets near Armstrong Parkway and McFarlin Drive to the smaller side streets off Preston Road and the areas around the Dallas Country Club. If you’re inside Highland Park town limits, we serve you. If you’re right across the line in University Park or Dallas, we serve you there too.
We do. Wind damage from a North Texas storm or a car clipping a corner gate happens, and we keep capacity in the schedule for those calls. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tell us the issue, and we’ll get a crew out to asses it, shore it up if needed, and quote the repair. Call (877) 610-1318 any time.
Because Highland Park is its own municipality with its own building department, its own inspection process, and its own architectural review board that enforces deed restrictions from the town’s original 1907 planned development. A fence that’s perfectly legal under Dallas code can still be stopped or forced into redesign in Highland Park if the material, height, or setback conflicts with a neighborhood covenant. We handle that paperwork up front, so you don’t get a stop-work order on a half-built fence.
Every fence job in Highland Park carries the Barrett & Sons 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something’s not right – a gate that binds, a post that shifts, a panel that warps – Tom comes back and fixes it. One call to (877) 610-1318, and it’s handled. That promise is on every contract, not buried in fine print, because we live twenty minutes away and if something’s wrong we want to know about it.
Ready to get your fence done right the first time? Call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318 for a free, written estimate in Highland Park. We’ll walk your lot, answer your questions, and leave you a price you can hold us to.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Highland Park and the surrounding North Texas communities since 1998.