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AfterFast, Reliable Fence Installation Across Lehigh Acres
Fence installation in Lehigh Acres typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a standard vinyl or wood perimeter fence, and most jobs take two to four days once materials arrive. The bigger variable here isn’t the fence style; it’s whether your lot still has survey pins from the 1950s plat and where your septic drain field sits. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and our crews work the Lehigh Acres grid every week. If you’re ready to talk fence, call Tom’s office at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll schedule a free site walk.
Lehigh Acres isn’t like fencing a platted subdivision in Fort Myers or Cape Coral. The original grid left tens of thousands of lots scattered across 96 square miles, many of them never developed, never surveyed beyond the original paper plat, and never connected to anything resembling a tidy utility map. We know which sections flood in August, which lots sit over a high water table, and why hand-digging beats an auger near a drainage swale. That’s the difference between a fence that stands straight for twenty years and one that leans by the second wet season.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Lehigh Acres’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. That matters in Lehigh Acres because the fence installer showing up on your lot is the one whose name is on the truck, not a subcontractor dispatched out of a call center in another state. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look it up before you sign anything; he’d tell you to.
Our Lehigh Acres customers tend to be people who’ve already been burned once. They hired a national outfit that quoted one price over the phone, then showed up with a change order for “unforeseen site conditions” before the first post hole went in. That doesn’t happen with us. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before any work starts. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date.
We also answer our own phone. A live person picks up 24/7, not a voicemail box. When a fence project in the 33976 zip is running late because the water table slowed the post concrete, you’ll hear it from us, not from an app notification.
Our Fence Installation Services in Lehigh Acres
Vinyl Fence
Vinyl is the workhorse of Lehigh Acres fencing. It handles the wet-season humidity and the relentless July heat without warping like wood, and it doesn’t need staining every other year. We install a lot of white and tan vinyl privacy panels on the mid-2000s production homes in the eastern grid, where homeowners want a clean property line against a neighboring lot that may stay vacant for another decade. A standard vinyl fence in Lehigh Acres runs $3,500 to $9,000 depending on linear footage, gate count, and how much of the digging has to be done by hand.
Privacy Fence
Privacy fences are the most requested style in Lehigh Acres, and for good reason: the original grid means your back property line often faces an empty parcel or a drainage canal, not a neighbor’s backyard. A six-foot privacy fence gives you a defined yard even when the county’s plat map says you own a rectangle of scrub and palmetto. We build privacy fences in wood, vinyl, and aluminum, and we’ll flag exactly where your septic drain field sits before layout so the inspector doesn’t make us move posts after they’re set.
Fence Gates
Gate work is where a lot of Lehigh Acres fences fail first. The flat, low-lying terrain means gate posts near the swale collect groundwater, and a heavy driveway gate on an undersized post will sag within two years. We set gate posts in concrete at least thirty inches deep, and we brace the hinge side against lateral pull. Whether you need a single walk gate or a double drive gate wide enough for an RV on a corner lot off Joel Boulevard, we’ll build it square and hang it true.
Chain Link Fence
Chain link remains the practical choice for larger Lehigh Acres lots in the 33971 and 33970 grids, especially where the goal is just keeping dogs in and feral hogs out. We install galvanized and vinyl-coated chain link in four-, five-, and six-foot heights, and we’ll match the fence to existing posts if you’re extending a line. Chain link is also the most budget-friendly option when a lender or insurance carrier requires perimeter fencing after a Hurricane Ian claim.
Aluminum and Iron Fence
Aluminum fence in Lehigh Acres starts around $4,000 and can run to $10,000 for a larger lot with multiple gates. We recommend aluminum for the CBS-era homes when the look matters more than the privacy: it gives you a defined yard without closing off the front of the house. Iron, we mostly use for decorative driveway gates and the occasional pool enclosure, though you’ll want to talk through the maintenance before committing to iron in this humidity.
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 Lehigh Acres
We install Simonton and Ply Gem fence products, plus PGT aluminum where impact-rated materials are called for. These are brands you can look up, not mystery names off the back of a van. Because we keep common fence panel and gate hardware on hand for the Lehigh Acres market, we can often handle repairs and small add-ons faster than ordering from a distributor in Tampa. Our Fence Installation team will tell you exactly what’s in stock and what has a two-week lead time before you commit, so there’s no waiting around after the contract is signed.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Lehigh Acres Homes
- Vanished survey pins. Tens of thousands of Lehigh Acres lots were platted on paper in the 1950s and never surveyed with permanent corner markers after that. We regularly show up to a lot where no pins exist, which means the fence layout has to wait on a fresh boundary survey. It’s a delay, but it beats building a fence fourteen inches onto a neighboring parcel.
- High water table post collapse. The eastern grid sections near the drainage canal network sit low, and the water table can be three feet down in September. Augering a post hole and leaving it open overnight is asking for a collapse. We hand-dig when we’re close to the swale, and we pour concrete the same day the hole is dug.
- Septic field encroachment. A lot of Lehigh Acres homes run on septic, and the original drain field layout isn’t always where the county’s sketch says it is. Setting a post into a leach line is a failed inspection and a very unhappy homeowner. We flag all septic setbacks before the first hole goes in.
- Vacant-neighbor boundary disputes. When your rear line runs along a lot that’s been empty since the Eisenhower administration, the temptation is to fence out to where you think the line is. When that owner finally builds, any encroachment has to come down. We pull permit records and verify corners on shared lines, especially in the 33936 grid.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Lehigh Acres, FL
A vinyl fence in Lehigh Acres runs $3,500 to $9,000, and an aluminum fence runs $4,000 to $10,000. Those are honest ranges for this market; what moves you inside them is linear footage, the number and size of gates, and how much digging has to be done by hand because of the water table or tight side-yard access.
| Fence Type | Lehigh Acres Price Range |
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| Vinyl Fence Installation | $3,500-$9,000 |
| Aluminum Fence Installation | $4,000-$10,000 |
We write line-item quotes, not round numbers. You’ll see the cost of panels, posts, concrete, gates, and labor broken out before you sign, and anything that changes later comes as a written change order. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate; there’s no trip charge inside the county, and we’ll walk your lot with you before we quote anything.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lehigh Acres
Barrett & Sons crews work the whole Lee County grid from Lehigh Acres out to Gateway, Fort Myers Shores, Fort Myers, and San Carlos Park. If your fence project sits anywhere in that radius, you get the same owner-operated crew and the same written change order policy. Scheduling is coordinated from our South Florida office, but the people on your property are locally assigned and know the Lehigh Acres grid.
Serving Lehigh Acres, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lehigh Acres 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 Lehigh Acres
Yes, in most cases you need a Lee County permit for a fence on a vacant Lehigh Acres lot even before utilities are connected, because the county wants the fence setback and property lines on record before anything is built. We pull permits on every eligible job and handle the paperwork so you’re not standing at the county office on a Tuesday morning. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you exactly what your lot needs.
The high water table in the eastern Lehigh Acres grid means we typically dig post holes to thirty inches or deeper and pour concrete the same day, because a hole left open overnight can fill with groundwater and collapse the sides. We also use fast-setting concrete when the hole is wet, and we backfill in layers so the post doesn’t shift in the slurry. This is the most common reason hand-digging replaces an auger on lower-lying lots.
Yes. When the original survey pins are gone, we coordinate a fresh boundary survey before layout, and we keep the fence line a few inches inside the recorded line to avoid any dispute with the neighboring parcel. On a 1960s CBS home in the 33972 grid, we did exactly that: flagged the septic drain field, staged materials on the front swale, and hand-dug near the drainage swale to avoid the shallow water table. The county inspector signed off before we closed the punch list.
If your fence will run along a vacant lot, we verify the corner positions with a survey and pull the county’s records on that parcel before we set the first post. A fence built over the line on a vacant neighbor’s property has to come down when they eventually build, and in the meantime you’ve paid for posts you can’t use. We’d rather spend a few hundred dollars on a boundary survey than watch you lose a fence.
We hand-dig near drainage swales because the soil is typically saturated, and an auger tears up the sides of the hole and makes a mess of the swale slope. Hand-digging gives us a clean bore, lets us feel when we’ve hit water, and keeps the swale’s grading intact so your lot still drains after the fence goes in. It’s slower and harder, but it’s the only way to set posts that won’t lean after two wet seasons.
Ready to Fence Your Lehigh Acres Lot? Call Barrett & Sons
Fencing a lot in Lehigh Acres comes with questions most contractors never think to ask, because most contractors have never worked the original 96-square-mile grid. We have. We know the eastern sections that flood, the CBS-era homes on the old plat, the production homes from the 2000s boom, and the thousands of vacant parcels that make every property line a project in itself. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We’ll walk your lot, talk through the permit, the water table, and the neighbors, and hand you a line-item quote in writing. No surprises, no mystery brands, no fine print. Just a fence that stands straight.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Lehigh Acres and Lee County with owner-operated crews since 1998.