Fence & Gate Guides
Practical guides for comparing fence styles, repairs, gates, staining, commercial systems, and the details that can change a project.
Pecos Fence Guides
Construction details, fence problems, materials, costs, maintenance, and gate planning—written around North Texas properties rather than generic fence advice.
Wood Fence Construction
Why Pecos prefers steel posts for wood privacy fences in North Texas and how post structure affects long-term performance.
Read guide →Fence Problems
How North Texas clay, moisture changes, wind, drainage, and post condition can contribute to a leaning fence.
Read guide →Wood Fence Details
What a fence kickboard does, when it is useful, and how it can protect the bottom edge of a wood privacy fence.
Read guide →Fence Comparison
Compare board-on-board and side-by-side wood privacy fencing for privacy, appearance, material use, wind, and budget.
Read guide →Fence Materials
Compare cedar and pressure-treated wood fencing for appearance, stability, maintenance, cost, and North Texas residential use.
Read guide →Gate Problems
Why wood fence gates sag, drag, and stop latching, and what proper frame bracing and gate-post support do about it.
Read guide →Fence Planning
How to decide whether a fence is worth repairing or whether replacement is the better long-term use of the budget.
Read guide →Fence Cost & Planning
See a real Pecos cedar fence project quoted at $3,750 for 53 linear feet with a walk gate, mixed finishes, and post work, plus the factors that change your price.
Read guide →Driveway Gates
Compare sliding and swing driveway gates based on space, slope, travel path, wind, automation, and daily vehicle access.
Read guide →Fence Maintenance
Understand wood fence lifespan with published cedar and pressure-treated planning ranges, plus the posts, drainage, staining, and maintenance factors that matter in Texas.
Read guide →Fence Repair
A repair decision makes more sense when you know whether the problem is isolated, structural, gate-related, storm-related, or part of a fence that is failing throughout the property.
Straighten the failure before it pulls the next section with it
Repair the structural point the rest of the fence depends on
Fix the moving part before it damages the opening around it
Compare the scope behind a repair quote
Put money into the fence only where it still makes sense
Build & Material Guides
Height, material, posts, gates, overlap, automation, finish, access, and site conditions can change the project more than a simple linear-foot number suggests.
Wood Fencing
Board-on-board wood fencing overlaps alternating pickets to create a fuller privacy fence with more visual depth than a standard side-by-side layout.
Wood Fencing
Pecos prefers steel posts for wood privacy fencing because the post carries the structural load while the wood provides the visible privacy and finish.
Custom Gates
Automatic driveway gates combine a structural entrance with an operator, power source, safety devices, and access controls that all need to work as one system.
Custom Gates
Sliding gates move parallel to the fence line, making them useful where a driveway opening needs vehicle access but swing space or grade makes a hinged gate less practical.
Wrought Iron Fencing
Wrought iron pool fencing can create a defined barrier without closing off the view, while gate and opening details are planned around applicable pool-barrier requirements.
Fence Staining
Fence restaining can restore color and protection to an existing wood fence when the structure remains sound and the surface is properly cleaned and prepared.
Wood Fencing
Eight-foot privacy fencing can provide additional screening where it is allowed, but the added height increases wind load and makes posts, rails, gates, grade, and local requirements more important.
Chain Link Fencing
Compare galvanized and black-coated chain link, residential and commercial uses, gates, privacy options, repairs, and the parts that make up a complete system.
Still Comparing?
Steel posts, side-by-side versus board-on-board, eight-foot privacy, permits, pools, demolition, pets, staining, commercial fencing, timeline, and what to send with a free estimate are all covered in one place.