Wood Fence Installation in Centennial, CO
Cedar privacy, shadowbox and picket runs built for yards from Southglenn to the Smoky Hill Road corridor.
Why Wood Still Wins in Centennial Back Yards
Wood fence installation in Centennial remains the most requested job we do, and the reason is simple: nothing else gives you a solid six-foot privacy line at the same price with the same warmth. Centennial Fence Installation builds almost exclusively in western red cedar, because pine simply does not last at this elevation once the sun and the dry air get to it. Most of the calls come in two waves, spring, when homeowners discover what the winter wind did to a twenty-year-old run, and late summer, when people want the yard finished before the holidays. A typical visit starts with us walking the property line with you, checking the grade, finding where the utility easements sit, and asking what the fence actually has to do: contain a dog, screen a neighbor's second story, or just finish the yard. From there you get a written price and a realistic install window.
What a Wood Fence Job Covers
Everything below is part of the quoted price unless you tell us otherwise.
On-site measurement and layout
We measure the full run, mark the corners and gate locations with paint and stakes, and confirm the line against your survey so nothing gets built over a boundary.
Colorado 811 utility locate
We file the locate request and wait out the notice period before a shovel touches the ground, so gas, electric and irrigation lines stay where they belong.
Old fence demolition
The existing panels, posts and buried concrete footings come out completely. Leaving an old footing in the hole is the shortcut that causes the new post to sit shallow.
Post holes dug below frost depth
Holes are augered deep enough to clear the Denver metro frost line, widened at the base where the clay is heaviest, and cleared of loose spoil before any concrete goes in.
Posts set in concrete with a shed crown
Each post is plumbed, braced and set in concrete finished with a crown so meltwater runs away from the wood instead of standing against it.
Pressure-treated posts, cedar above grade
The part in the ground is pressure-treated because that is where rot starts. Everything you can see is cedar, so the fence looks like cedar and lasts like treated lumber where it counts.
Rails, pickets and hardware installation
Two or three rails depending on height, pickets set with the gap or overlap pattern you chose, and hot-dipped galvanized or stainless fasteners that will not bleed rust down the boards.
Gate build and hang
Gate posts are upsized and set deeper, frames are braced against racking, and hinges and latches are sized to the actual weight of the leaf, not to whatever came in the box.
Grade following and stepping
On the sloped lots common around Willow Creek and Piney Creek we either rack the panels to follow the grade or step them cleanly, and we show you which will look better before we build it.
Cleanup and haul-away
Spoil is raked out, the debris leaves on our truck the day we finish, and we run a magnet over the work area for dropped nails and screws.
From First Call to Finished Fence
The estimate visit
You call, we set a time, and one of our estimators walks the property with you. We measure the run, note the grade and any obstacles, talk through cedar grades, heights and picket patterns, and check what your HOA will and will not approve. You get the itemized written price either at the visit or the same day. It usually takes about forty-five minutes.
Permits, approval and scheduling
Once you accept the price we file the city permit for the height you chose and assemble the HOA packet if your neighborhood needs one. We do not order material until approvals are in hand, which protects you from paying for lumber you cannot legally install. When approval lands we lock your install window and tell you the date.
Demolition and build
Day one is removal, layout and post setting. The concrete cures overnight. Day two, and day three on larger lots, is rails, pickets, gates and hardware. When the last gate is hung we walk the finished line with you, adjust anything that needs adjusting, and do not leave until the cleanup is done.
What Makes Our Cedar Fences Last
We do not cheat the post depth
The single most common failure we are called to fix is a fence that was set shallow to save time. Expansive clay and freeze-thaw will lift those posts within two winters. Ours go below frost depth, in concrete, every time, and that is written into the quote so you can hold us to it.
Cedar specified for this climate
We buy western red cedar with tight grain and few through-knots, because a knot that falls out becomes a hole in your privacy. We will show you the grade options and what each costs rather than quietly substituting a lower one.
Straight lines on lots that are not flat
Centennial has a lot of sloped and terraced yards. Racking and stepping are the two ways to handle that, they look very different, and most contractors pick one without asking. We show you both on your actual grade before a post goes in.
Get Your Cedar Fence Priced This Week
Spring and early fall fill up fast in this trade, and lead times stretch once they do. If a wood fence is on your list for this season, the estimate visit is free and it puts a real number and a real date in your hands. We will tell you honestly if a repair makes more sense than a rebuild.