Fence Installation Services in Jackson, TN
New fence built for West Tennessee ground, from the first walk of the property line to hauling off the scrap.
Most people who call about a new fence want the same three things. A straight line, posts that stay put, and a price they can see in writing before anybody digs. That is the whole job. We install new fence for homes, small farms, and businesses in Jackson, across Madison County, and out through the rest of West Tennessee.
We install wood, vinyl, ornamental iron, aluminum, chain link, and farm fence. If you already know what you want, tell us the material and the rough footage and we can talk. If you don't, that is normal, and walking the yard usually settles it faster than any brochure. Our guide to fence materials for West Tennessee covers the trade-offs if you want to read up first.
Get a free estimate
Call or text Greg at (731) 555-1234, or use the form. Photos of your yard help.
Free on-site estimates in Jackson & West Tennessee.
How a fence install actually goes
Six steps, in this order, every time.
We walk the property with you
We measure the line, look at where water runs, find the slope, and note the trees and the utility meters. This is also where you show us where you think the property line is. If there is any doubt, a survey is cheaper than moving a fence later.
You get a written quote
Material, height, style, gate count, footage, and what we haul away. All of it on paper before you decide anything. If something about your yard is going to cost more than a flat run would, it says so on the quote and not in a phone call after the fact.
Permits and the 811 locate
Tennessee law requires calling 811 at least three full business days before any digging, hand tools included. Locators then have 72 hours, not counting weekends and holidays, to mark the lines, and the ticket is good for 15 calendar days. We handle that call. Inside the City of Jackson a fence permit is required, so we work that into the schedule too.
We set the posts
Posts are the fence. Everything else is trim. We string the line, dig, set each post in concrete, plumb it, and let it cure before anything hangs off it. Depth depends on what we hit in the hole and what the fence has to stand up to, and it is not a number we guess at from the truck.
Rails, pickets, panels, and gates
Then the fence goes up. Gates get built to the opening rather than trimmed to fit, and the hinge post gets extra attention because that is the post carrying the weight and taking the abuse.
Cleanup
Scrap, old fence, concrete spoil, and the rest of it leaves with us. We walk the line with you at the end. If a gate needs adjusting after the ground settles, call and we will come back out.
Common installs we build
These four cover most of what gets asked for around Jackson.
Wood privacy fence
The most requested fence in town. Dog-ear or flat top pickets, board-on-board if you want no gaps at all. Cedar or pressure-treated pine. See wood fencing and privacy fencing for the details on each.
Vinyl fence
No staining, no rot, and it stays white. Costs more up front and it wants a good post set, because vinyl shows a lean worse than wood does. More on vinyl fencing.
Ornamental iron and aluminum
When you want to keep the view and still have a real boundary. Common around pools and front yards. Compare ornamental iron against aluminum.
Farm, split rail, and chain link
Acreage, pasture, cross-fencing, dog runs, and back-lot boundaries. Post-and-board, split rail, wire-backed farm fence, or chain link when you need something that just works. See split rail and farm fence.
What West Tennessee ground does to a fence
The uplands here are covered in loess, wind-blown silt laid down over the Mississippi Embayment. It digs easy, which is the good news. It also holds water and then moves as it dries out, which is the part that decides whether your fence is still straight in a few seasons. A post set shallow in silt that swells wet and shrinks dry is a post that starts to lean. That is why we care more about the post than the picket.
Wind is the other one. Jackson has a real tornado history, and even in an ordinary spring a solid privacy fence catches wind like a sail. A tall board fence on an exposed lot puts all of that load into the posts and the concrete. Sometimes the answer is a heavier post, sometimes it is shadowbox or board-on-board that lets some air through. We will tell you which one your lot wants. Our write-up on setting fence posts in West Tennessee soil goes deeper.
Then there is the humidity. Hot, wet summers keep wood damp longer than a dry climate would, and rot at the ground line is the normal way a wood fence ends here. Not a defect. Just the clock. Keeping mulch and grass clippings pulled back off the bottom board buys you real time, and fence lifespan in West Tennessee lays out what to expect from each material.
Permits and property lines
Inside the Jackson city limits a fence permit is required, and the ordinance says the finished side of a privacy fence has to face the neighbors and any public right-of-way. So the smooth side goes out, the rails face your yard. The city also limits what can block sight lines in a required front yard, which matters most on corner lots. Out in Madison County a building permit is not required for a standard residential fence 7 feet or under. Over that, the county wants a permit and a structural review. We confirm the current rules with the office that has jurisdiction over your address before we quote, because the answer changes depending on which side of the city line you are on. The permits and rules guide has the details, and property line and fence disputes in Tennessee covers the neighbor side of it.
Common questions
Do I need a permit to put up a fence?
+In the City of Jackson, yes. A fence permit is required, and the finished side has to face your neighbors and the street. In unincorporated Madison County, a standard residential fence 7 feet or under does not need a building permit. We check with the right office for your address before we quote so nobody gets a surprise.
How long does an install take?
+Most residential yards are a couple of days of actual work, split across more than that because the 811 locate has to happen first and post concrete needs time to cure before we hang anything. Weather moves it. Big acreage jobs and heavy gate work take longer. You get a real schedule when you book, not an optimistic one.
Can you build on a slope?
+Yes. Two ways to do it. Racked, where the panel follows the grade and the pickets stay vertical, or stepped, where each section stays level and drops at the post. Racking looks better and leaves no gap at the bottom. Stepping is the only option with rigid panels. We will show you which one your yard is asking for.
Do you take the old fence away?
+Yes, and it is on the quote as its own line so you can see what it costs. Pulling old posts is usually the slow part, especially if somebody set them in a lot of concrete.
Who calls 811?
+We do. State law requires the notice at least three full business days ahead of digging, and locators get 72 hours to mark, not counting weekends and holidays. The ticket stays good for 15 calendar days after that. If you have a private line the utility does not mark, like an irrigation main or a pet fence wire, tell us where it runs.
Where we install
We install fence in Jackson and across Madison County, plus Three Way, Medina, Humboldt, and Lexington. Farther out is usually fine too. Call and tell us the address. If we cannot get to you, we will say so instead of stringing you along. Already have fence up and something is wrong with it? That is fence repair.
Get a free estimate
Call or text Greg at (731) 555-1234, or use the form. Photos of your yard help.
Free on-site estimates in Jackson & West Tennessee.