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A new wood privacy fence in Wells Branch typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 for an average backyard, depending on linear footage, gate count, and whether we’re pulling out an old fence line or starting fresh. Most Wells Branch installations take two to four days once materials arrive and the Travis County permit is in hand. If you’re in the 78728 ZIP code and want a straight answer on what your fence will cost before anyone digs a hole, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318.
We’ve worked this side of the north Austin corridor long enough to know that fence building in Wells Branch is not the same job as fence building in Pflugerville or Round Rock. The soil moves. The county inspects. The MUD has rules. Get any one of those wrong and a fence that should last fifteen years starts sagging in two. Tom Barrett and his sons have been setting posts in Blackland clay since 1998, and they’ll tell you the truth about what your project needs before you sign anything.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Wells Branch’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
We’re the company that answers its own phone. When you call Barrett & Sons about Fence Installation, you get a live person on the line at (877) 610-1318, not a voicemail box or an out-of-state call center. Tom Barrett started this business in 1998 and his sons run the crews. When a Wells Branch homeowner has a question about a fence quote, they talk to someone whose name is on the truck.
Wells Branch is an unusual place to build. It’s an unincorporated Travis County community inside the Wells Branch Municipal Utility District, which means permits and inspections run through Travis County, not a city building department. That changes timelines. It changes setback rules. And it changes what a contractor has to get right before the first post hole is dug. We’ve navigated that county process so many times that we can tell you realistically when your fence will get inspected and what the inspector will look for.
Our reputation in Wells Branch is built on written scopes and written change orders. Every price change arrives on paper before any work changes. Every permit gets pulled. Every inspection gets signed. And every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise: if something isn’t done right, Tom comes back and makes it right, one call.
Our Fence Installation Services in Wells Branch
Wood Fence
Wood privacy fencing is the workhorse of Wells Branch backyards. Most of the original fences here went in when the homes were built in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, and thirty-plus years of Central Texas heat and clay movement have taken their toll. We build cedar privacy fences with galvanized posts set below the active clay zone, so your new fence doesn’t follow the old one’s arc out of plumb. Expect $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical Wells Branch yard.
Privacy Fence
On streets like Wells Port Drive where corner lots meet open sight lines, privacy is the entire point of the fence. We’ll walk the property with you, talk through board widths and picket spacing, and show you where a six-footer makes sense versus where an eight-foot run would fight the county’s setback rules. Then we put it all in writing before a single post is set.
Fence Gates
A gate is where fences fail first. Blackland clay shifts, the gate post leans a degree or two, and suddenly the latch won’t catch. We install gates with adjustable hinges and through-bolted latch hardware so they can be trued up season after season without pulling the post. A single 4-foot gate with hardware runs $300 to $800 installed as part of a new fence.
Aluminum Fence
For Wells Branch homeowners who want a fence line that doesn’t fight the county’s moisture and heat swings, aluminum is the low-maintenance alternative to wood. Powder-coated aluminum panels don’t rot, don’t warp, and don’t need stain every other year. Wells Branch aluminum fence installations typically run $4,000 to $10,000 depending on footage and gate configuration, and the same soil-prep standards apply.
What happens when you call
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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 Wells Branch
We don’t put mystery materials off a van in your yard. When a Wells Branch fence calls for paver footings under gate posts or a retained base course at the grade line, we use products you can look up: Techo-Bloc and Oldcastle pavers for post bases and hardscape transitions, plus Quikrete concrete mix for every post we set. These are brands with published specs, so you know exactly what’s holding your fence up.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Wells Branch Homes
- Posts set shallow lift out of square within two seasons. The Blackland clay under Wells Branch swells when it rains and shrinks in the summer heat. If a post’s concrete collar sits above the active clay zone, the whole post moves with it. Gates bind. Rails sag. The fence starts to look like a smiley face. We set posts 30 inches deep, below the movement line.
- Fences installed without checking MUD utility setbacks get flagged at inspection. Wells Branch has municipal utility easements that don’t exist in incorporated cities. A fence run along the wrong side of an easement line means a Travis County inspector red-tags it, and you get to pay for a tear-out and re-set on the same run. We check the plat map before we quote.
- Untreated pine posts rot at the soil line in wet years. Central Texas runs boom-and-bust on rain. After a wet season, the soil stays damp long enough to eat untreated pine right at grade level. We use galvanized steel posts for every Wells Branch fence we build, or pressure-treated and end-grain sealed posts where wood is required.
- Original 1980s fence lines fail in clusters. Because every street in Wells Branch was platted and built by the same MUD developer in roughly the same decade, the original fence lines are hitting the end of service life at the same time. We’ll often find the same rot pattern on four or five consecutive houses on a block. That means we can quote your fence accurately because we’ve already built your neighbor’s.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Wells Branch, TX
Here’s what we quote in Wells Branch, in plain numbers:
| Line Item | Price Range |
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| Wood privacy fence (per linear foot installed) | $3,500 - $9,000 |
| Fence gate with adjustable hinges and latch (single 4-foot) | $300 - $800 |
| Post replacement for frost-line or clay-heave damage (per post) | $150 - $350 |
What moves the number on a Wells Branch fence quote? Linear footage, gate count, whether we’re demolishing and hauling an old fence, and whether the ground has been chewed up by previous shallow post work. We scope all of it in writing before you sign. Call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate. And ask for Tom’s write-up of what the clay is going to do to your fence line if you don’t set posts deep. He’ll draw it for you.
We Also Serve Cities Near Wells Branch
In addition to our work across Wells Branch, Barrett & Sons Construction builds fences in Pflugerville, Anderson Mill, Jollyville, and Brushy Creek. If your project sits in one of those communities, the county and soil conditions are similar enough that our Wells Branch pricing will give you a reliable starting point for a quote.
Serving Wells Branch, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Wells Branch 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 Wells Branch
Yes, in most cases a fence replacement in Wells Branch requires a Travis County permit because this is unincorporated county land, not an incorporated city with its own building department. County permit turnaround typically runs one to three weeks depending on current workload, and inspection scheduling adds a few more days. We pull the permit for you and schedule the inspection on the same day we finish the punch list whenever possible. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll check your specific plat before quoting.
We set fence posts in Wells Branch at 30 inches deep, which puts the concrete collar below the active clay movement zone. The Blackland Prairie soil here swells dramatically in wet seasons and shrinks in summer drought. Anything shallower and the post becomes a lever, lifting gates out of alignment within two years. That depth standard is in writing on every fence quote we provide.
Not necessarily. Wells Branch MUD has utility easements that may extend onto what looks like your property line, and Travis County setback rules still apply even when both neighbors sign off. A fence built on the wrong side of an easement gets flagged at inspection and has to be re-set. We pull the plat map, confirm the easement boundaries, and show you exactly where the fence can legally go before we quote.
Because the entire community was platted and built by the same MUD developer between roughly 1985 and 1995, most of the original fence lines went in over the same stretch of years using the same materials and the same shallow post depths. Now the whole neighborhood is hitting the end of service life simultaneously. When we build a fence on one street in Wells Branch, we usually end up quoting three more on the same block within the month.
A written scope is a line-by-line description of what we’re building, what materials we’re using, where the posts go, how deep they’re set, what gates we’re hanging, and what it all costs before we start. At Barrett & Sons, every scope, every allowance, and every price change arrives as a written change order before any work changes. That means if a county inspector requires something different, you’ll know the new cost before we touch it. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate and we’ll put your fence in writing first.
Call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate for fence installation in Wells Branch. We’ll check your plat, walk your line, and give you a written quote that holds up to Travis County’s rules and this soil’s temperament. We live twenty minutes away; if something’s wrong, we want to know about it.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Wells Branch since day one with his sons on the crews and his name on the truck.