Wood fence installation in Jupiter & northern Palm Beach County

Styles we build

• Board-on-board — overlapping vertical boards with no gaps. The most private option, and it stays private as the wood seasons and boards shrink.
• Shadowbox — alternating boards on either side of the rails. Looks finished from both sides and lets wind pass through, which matters on an exposed lot.
• Stockade / privacy — boards butted edge to edge for a solid wall of screening.
• Picket & spaced picket — 3 ft to 4 ft front-yard fencing that defines the property without closing it in.
• Dog-ear, flat-top, or scalloped tops, and horizontal-slat designs for a more modern look.

Materials that last down here

The wood matters less than what holds it together. We use pressure-treated southern yellow pine as the standard, with cedar available when you want the color and the tighter grain. Posts are set in concrete at a depth sized to the fence height and the soil — the sugar sand up in Jupiter Farms behaves very differently from coastal fill, and a post that's fine in one is loose in the other.

Fasteners are where cheap fences fail first. Salt air eats electro-galvanized screws and nails in a couple of seasons, and you get rust bleed down every board before the wood is anywhere near done. We use hot-dip galvanized or stainless fasteners and galvanized post hardware.

What to expect on cost

Price moves with height, style, linear footage, gate count, and access. A straight run across an open back yard is a very different job from a fence that has to be hand-carried through a side yard, around a pool deck, and past mature ficus roots. We measure on site and quote the whole job — posts, concrete, hardware, gates, permit, and haul-away of the old fence if there is one — so there is nothing to add later.

Wood vs. vinyl, honestly

If you want the lowest maintenance, buy vinyl. If you want the look, the ability to stain it any color you like, and a lower price per foot up front, buy wood. Wood needs to be sealed or stained every few years to hold its color; left alone, it weathers to gray, which plenty of people prefer. Both are legitimate choices — we install both and we'll tell you which one fits your yard.