The installation itself usually takes 2 to 3 working days for an average yard, spread across about a week so the concrete around the posts can cure. More time goes to the steps before that: the estimate, any approval, the 811 notice and a place on the schedule.
What happens, in order
- Free on-site estimate, with measurements and a written quote.
- Neighbor agreement for a shared fence, plus HOA or city approval if your lot needs it.
- USA North 811 ticket, at least two working days before digging.
- Old fence removed, posts set in concrete, concrete left to cure.
- Rails, boards or panels and gates go on. We clean up and walk the fence with you.
What slows a fence job down in Fremont?
- Waiting for the neighbor behind you, or two of them, to agree on a shared rear fence.
- Association approval in newer developments.
- A building permit, when the fence is over 7 feet.
- Winter storms, when post holes in clay fill with water.
- Old concrete footings, roots and buried sprinkler lines along the fence line.
- Hillside lots where material is carried in and holes are dug by hand.
- Custom gates and special-order metal or vinyl.
We are getting a dog in three weeks and have no fence. What is fastest?
Call now, because three weeks is tight but workable. The 811 notice and any approval use up some of it. Chain link and a standard board fence are built from materials kept in stock, so they go up soonest. If the full yard will not be ready, we can fence one section first so the dog has somewhere secure from day one.
We are putting in a pool. Fence before or after?
Plan them together and build most of the fence after the excavation. The pool builder's equipment needs a way into the yard, so that side stays open until the digging is done. The barrier must then be complete and inspected before the pool is signed off.
My association says fix the fallen panels by Monday and my contractor keeps delaying. Can a handyman patch it?
Yes. A handyman patch on a fence you own is up to you, and it will usually satisfy the deadline. Read your contract and tell the contractor in writing first. Remember that an unlicensed person in California may only take jobs under $1,000 that need no permit.
We can only give a real price after measuring the fence line. The visit is free and the quote is written. Call (510) 240-8149 or text a photo of the fence.