Websites for fence installers.

Most municipalities set maximum heights by location — typically lower in the front yard than the back — and many require a permit for pool enclosures specifically. Corner lots have sight-line rules that catch people out. We check your municipality's by-law before quoting and tell you what it allows, because the enforcement letter arrives after the fence is up.

Only your survey knows. Fence posts, hedges and the previous owner's fence are frequently not on the line, and building to the wrong one creates a problem that surfaces at resale. If you have a survey we build to the pins. If you do not, the usual approaches are agreeing a shared line with your neighbour in writing, or building a comfortable distance inside your own side.

For a fence on the boundary between two properties there is legislation in most provinces covering shared line fences and how disputes are resolved, and many neighbours simply agree to split it. If they will not, you can build entirely on your own land at your own cost. We are happy to quote it both ways and provide something you can show a neighbour.

Below the local frost depth, in concrete, which around here means a good deal deeper than the fence-in-a-day videos suggest. Shallow posts heave every winter and that is why so many fences lean. We tell you the depth we dig in the quote, so you can compare it against anyone else's number honestly.

Pressure treated is the value choice and lasts well if it is kept sealed. Cedar looks better, weathers to grey and costs more. Vinyl is the lowest maintenance and the least repairable — damage a panel and you replace the panel. Aluminum suits pool enclosures and sight lines but gives no privacy. We will price two options side by side rather than push one.

Usually, yes, and we would rather do that. Snapped posts, sagging gates and rotten bottom rails are all repairable while the rest is sound. Once most of the posts are moving at the ground line, repairs stop being economical and we will tell you so plainly.