Outdoor living

Custom wood fencing, set to stay straight

A fence is several hundred feet of carpentry that everyone sees every day. We build custom wood fences only: designed for your yard, matched to your house, and set in the ground like we expect to drive past them for twenty years, because we will.

Styles we build

Every fence below is stick-built on site to your line, grade, and height, never pre-fab panels dropped between posts.

  • Dog-ear privacyThe Tennessee standard: clipped-corner pickets, solid line
  • Flat-top privacySquare-cut boards for a crisp, modern edge
  • Board-on-boardOverlapped boards: full privacy even as wood dries and shrinks
  • ShadowboxAlternating boards, good-neighbor both sides, lets breeze through
  • Cap-and-trimPrivacy fence finished with a cap rail and trim board, furniture-grade top line
  • Lattice-topSolid privacy below, light and vines above
  • HorizontalClean modern lines; wants straight, dry lumber and gets it
  • Picture-frame horizontalHorizontal boards framed at every post: the premium modern look
  • PicketClassic spaced pickets for front yards and gardens
  • Ranch rail / post-and-railTwo to four rails for acreage, split-rail character without the splinters
  • CrossbuckThe X-rail farm classic, at home on Middle Tennessee land
  • Decorative customMixed patterns, accent caps, your idea: bring us a photo

Illustrations shown; we'll gladly share photos of recent fence work in your style when you request a quote.

Gates, steps, and the details that separate fences

  • Gates and double gates built with correct diagonal bracing, upsized hinge posts, and hardware rated for the weight, so year ten swings like day one
  • Stepped fencing on slopes: crisp panel steps or contour-racked lines, your call after we walk the grade
  • Matching trim: fascia boards, corner details, and transitions that make the fence read as designed, not assembled
  • Decorative post caps: flat, pyramid, or solar, the jewelry on a good fence
  • House-matched finishes: stained, painted to match trim, or left to silver naturally

What drives the price

Linear feet first, then style (board-on-board and picture-frame horizontal use meaningfully more lumber than dog-ear), then gates, grade, and old-fence teardown. Cedar versus treated pine moves material cost; the labor is similar. Your quote itemizes by run and by gate so you can trim scope with real numbers.

Fences finish projects

A fence is usually the frame around something else we build: new decks get privacy walls, sheds get yard enclosures for the dog that inspired both, and pool fencing has code rules we know cold (see pool houses). Building fence and structure together always beats sequencing them; tell us the whole picture and we'll quote it that way.

Build process

Walk the line together (property pins, utilities located, grade plan), style and height settled, posts set in concrete and left to cure properly, then rails, boards, gates, trim, and caps. Weather and cure time set the honest pace: most residential fences finish inside a week.

Common questions

Why only wood? Do you install vinyl or chain-link?

No, and on purpose. We're carpenters; wood is where our craft actually shows up in the finished product. A wood fence can be designed, proportioned, trimmed, and matched to your house in ways vinyl and chain-link can't, and when a panel takes damage in year twelve, wood repairs invisibly. If you want vinyl or chain-link, plenty of installers do good work with it; it's just not ours.

What makes a fence last?

The parts underground and the rails. Posts set in concrete below the frost line, crowned so water sheds off the footing instead of pooling around the post. Rails installed crown-up so they don't sag into smiles. Fasteners rated for treated lumber. Do those three right and the fence stays straight while the neighbors' waves.

How do gates not sag?

Diagonal bracing running the correct direction (compression from the bottom hinge), hinge posts one size up from the line posts, and hardware sized for the gate's real weight. Double gates get a drop rod and a proper latch. A gate is the only moving part in a fence, and it's where fence builders get graded.

Can you build on a slope?

Yes: stepped panels for a crisp architectural look, or racked (contour-following) fencing where you want the line to hug the grade. Middle Tennessee yards are rarely flat, so this is standard work for us, not a change order.

Cedar or pressure-treated pine?

Treated pine costs less and lasts structurally; it wants a drying season before stain. Cedar costs more, moves less, and looks better bare. Common honest answer: treated posts and rails with cedar pickets, spending the cedar money where your eyes and hands actually land.

Ready to talk about your project?

Tell us what you're picturing and we'll send a same-day quote. No pressure, no sales script, just a builder's honest answer.