How much would a 6 foot high fence cost per foot, to supply and install?

6/17/2014 at 2:28:24 PM

$35 per foot.

Manny

6/17/2014 at 3:52:29 PM

You would be looking at $25 per linear foot. That includes post holes dug, concrete, post setting and complete construction of fence. (with screws for future maintenance). Supply and Installed price.

We also obtain the dig permits for all of our customers, free of charge and line and post marking and locations is also free of charge.

The wood that is quotes is Top Choice Pressure treated lumber.

6/17/2014 at 7:14:51 PM

Manny and Ken are probably right on the low end. On average it's probably more like $45-60 for pressure treated, depending on many variables such as:

access to drill holes (hand digging costs more)

removal and disposal

post size and spacing

rail and cap configurations

spacing of boards

number of gates

6/21/2014 at 12:24:14 PM

Your starting cost would be 35/ lineal foot for a 6 foot high pressure treated fence, basic good neighbor style.

12/30/2014 at 1:17:34 AM

6 feet panels are ideal for fence and few extra additional panels are also better to buy. Normal lumber can also be used it has to be painted before or immediately after installing the fence. For other factors lick costing and all, fence contractor can give you the whole idea.

11/20/2016 at 9:14:55 PM

EXCUSE ME Mr. PROs

Quick question. 30 feet long 6 foot high privacy fence with 4 feet gate material list:

62pcs 1x6x6 = 168.64+tax

20pcs 2x4x8 = 104.00+tax

7pcs 2x6x8 = 58.10+tax

5pcs 6*6*10 = 180.00+tax

5 holes avg = 125.00+tax

Box of 2 1/2 screws = 39.99+tax

Box of 1 1/2 screws = 27.99+tax

Gate kit = 40.00+tax

Cement bags = 217.00+tax

Post Caps = 12.95=tax

This is 1332.95+tax = 1532.56$

How the hell can you price a fence for 25$/lin feet with holes and cement when it would be less than half of the material cost? Seriously you guys call yourself contractors? You are the ones who makes us , real contractors look like idiots charging so much, yet your jobs will crumble into pieces.

Maybe its just the Quebec lumber and cement that cost more and you material cost is 550$ and you work for 200$ with you truck, machinery, drills, saws and blades.

12/1/2016 at 11:43:38 PM

Yeah, you guys at 25 per foot are off your rockers.

Basic 6 foot privacy fence, 35 dollars per linear foot is a good price. The lowest I've gone is 31 per linear foot.

2/20/2017 at 6:10:30 PM

I am having a fence put in as we speak. Cost is working out to $32.50 a foot (around 80 feet).

In our case, we are having 8'x6' cedar panels. so 8 full panels and one (roughly) half+ panel that they will have to cut etc.

We need 8 posts (as both end posts from other fences are perfect).

Holes all dug by hand, ground is pretty rooty, but they are doing a good job (6 panels up as I write this).

Total cost, tax in, $2604. (or around 32.50/ln ft)

Just to give something more to compare against :)

2/20/2017 at 6:14:52 PM

David in Dorval:

Your shopping list is priced pretty high for a lot of jobs.

For example, (at least where I live) nobody uses 6x6's for posts. All 4x4 treated posts here. Thats a huge price difference.

Plus the estimates people are posting do not include gates, so this again inflates your estimate.

I could easily see $25/ft being possible in some cases, but I have also seen fences that probably cost well over $100+/ln ft, especially if you go to higher end products and larger dimensions etc.

I just posted for a fence we are having done, cost works out to $35/ft. No gates.

3/15/2017 at 12:26:04 AM

I wouldn't get out of bed for 25 per foot. Keep in mind cost to maintain your tools ,equipment, truck, trailer, gas. Untop of that your labour cost (2 guys or ladies ), Plus WSIB, Insurances all of your taxes. Think about the investment just to start a fence business.

Truck $30000. If used

Trailer $7000

Good post hole auger $5000

Table saw 500

Mitre saw 600

Nail guns 600 a piece you may need 3 = $1800

Demolition Hammer $2000

Website cost on a annual basis.

Book keeper/ accountant

I can keep going for days.

Your at 50 to 60 thousand investment that depreciates every day !!!

It's one day to remove the old fence taking it to the landfill ( if it's not a new built) and install the new post. Then you have to return after the concrete is dry to build. Between getting the materials getting to the job setup building and dumping of waste materials that's a full day. For 70ft that's work out around $38.50 per foot 4x4 post.

Oh and not to forget the time you took to drive to the customers home to provide the quote.

Unless your building fences for fun and not to make a living anything less is a waste of your time and skills.

But that's just my opinion.

3/17/2017 at 4:02:04 PM

I don't build a lot of fences but have the opportunity to build at least 6 every year or so and I never get the job.. Here's why..

Avg price per linear foot seems to be 32-35 bucks.. when I get prices for everything and add it up, just the material alone bring me close to the 30 bucks a foot.. for a very standard fence

My idea of a fence is always built with 6x6 posts. 2x6 top plates/ 2x6 on the underside and sometimes the 2x6 arch on top of the cap, as well as 2x6 on the lowest part of the fence scribed to the 6x6.. top caps and 2x4s.. your at 40 bux right there..

How do ppl charge such low prices.. I know fences go up super fast but to work like that daily to make a few hundred.. idk... it's no easy job and I feel like.

3/27/2017 at 12:23:42 PM

Rob from Cortes

Scott from Comox

Just bought a house in Comox that needs a fence and quotes I am getting are well over $40 per foot for a six foot height. I have excellent cement footings with very strong saddles but are at 10 foot intervals.

Can get the name of the company you are going with...Thanks...Rob

4/24/2017 at 2:22:08 AM

I find 25 to 35 per foot low, I have a client looking for a 7' fence, no lattice, private custom panels, looking at around $50 per foot. Using 6 x6 posts road side and 4x4 were it can't be seen. That doesn't include dismantle and disposal of old fence that has fallen down.

9/14/2017 at 11:45:11 AM

I just had a new fence put in, and the rate he charged was $5 per square foot (i.e. $25 per linear foot for 5' fence, $30 for 6' fence). This included tear down and removal of the old fence. Two 4' gates added $300 to the project. Materials were standard fence boards (need staining) and pressure treated frame (4x4 posts, 2x4 rails). Posts were dug down 3' and concreted filled. No caps or anything ornate... I just needed a fence.

For your project, a 60' fence 6' tall would be about $1,800, assuming no gates, post caps, etc.

9/19/2017 at 3:24:52 PM

The guys saying $25 to $35 per linear foot must be speaking of when it is a shared fence and that cost is to each house making the total $50 - $70 per linear foot. Material costs alone will be $35 per foot averaged out. Our trucks cost lot to purchase, maintain and supply with fuel. Not to mention our tools and maintenance on them as well as the 20 years we've been doing this work, our experience and dedication to a quality installed product must be worth something. I would have to put money out of my pocket into a fence to do supply and install it for $35 or less a linear foot. As someone else stated, these fly by night contractors who aren't real contractors make us real contactors look like we are overcharging. We have to survive and live a little too. Just my 2 cents.

5/10/2018 at 8:39:23 PM

Is it per neighbour you guys are talking? Like $30 per lineal foot per neighbour, so $60 a lineal foot total? Toronto area.

5/16/2018 at 7:45:16 AM

Just a quick question.

The prices per linear foot I see, does that include both sides of the fence finished, or is that the calculation for one side only?

6/27/2018 at 12:39:45 PM

as with many customers, contractors always find people who want work completed with high quality for very low price. Everyone seems to forget contractors must eat and pay their bills. Always surprising to see people in homes worth many 100's of thousands of dollars who want work done for almost free))) Just my two cents.. I am pricing a fence now so I will see??

7/21/2018 at 11:32:51 AM

I have had 2 quotes for my 145' fence with a swing gate. Double privacy 5' tall

$35/sq ft and $34/sq ft. Pressure treated. So $5k. I'm in Windsor Ontario.

8/23/2018 at 11:55:56 AM

I am currently getting a 70 ft fence done that borders my property on one side. I am getting quoted $80/ft for everything, but there are issues. There is a huge tree halfway down that needs to be avoided, smaller trees and some stumps are in the line we want to use as well. There were patio stones buried undersground over about 15 ft of the length. They tried a one-man augur but couldn't get it to do the job, told me a 2 man wouldn't be much better, and have opted for a catapillar rental with post augurs. The cat rental supposedly costs almost $1000 for the day, which I am covering in addition but also includes the construction of a shed platform for the new shed Ive ordered. Certainly didn't expect the cost to be $7500 including the new shed, but that's where it is. WAYYY more expensive than I budgeted for, but like I said, there were issues and I cant get the neighbour to pay anything (owner is renting the house out). 6 ft fence with sienna wood and lattice. Waiting over a month now for him to start tho .

10/2/2019 at 7:43:23 PM

6foot fence board are $3-$4 each! material has Doubled!..these prices you guys post is before the BOOM, insurance company's are paying $40/Lft for basic fence. i charge no less then $35 for basic fence and that's for 4x4's some of you need to remove your head from the ground lol for 6x6 fence i charge $45/lft and am happy if the client wants to buy their own material then labor is $20/lft. you like when your house's go up in value! then remember Everything else in our society go's Up! I Do Finish trim/Board & Batten/Hardwood Floors/Decks& Fences

1/14/2020 at 11:08:20 AM

Were based in Alberta and have just priced a 6ft high x 65ft good neighbour fence. Here is the breakdown. Brown PWF lumber $1534.00(cost) plus $600 for brackets, concrete (10 posts), fixings, tool usage etc. Labour framer and helper 3 days with post setting etc $2,400.00 (this is aired on the high side as I would rather give a discount at the end of the job than smack the client with overages).

Summary $73/ft to client. $32/ft on materials, $36/ft on labour, $4/ft mark up (15% mark up on materials, lumber only) That's only $260 profit on materials. I know the West is more expensive but how you can install a fence for $25/ft? I wouldn't even attempt to meet that.

3/9/2020 at 6:38:23 PM

Buddy, if you can build a fence for 25$ a foot you are out to lunch. I build quality fences on the side apart from my day job because I enjoy the work and also make a couple extra bucks on the side. That being said I was underbid last year by a new Canadian by an amount that was absurd. Not sure if he was just paying out of pocket to build this fence or what but I went by and had a look and it was horribly built. Note to potential victims beware the under bids. You pay for what you get.

Cheers

4/4/2020 at 5:44:54 PM

This site should be able to give you an idea https://fencecostcalculator.com

4/12/2020 at 2:21:26 AM

Hello to all the contractors out there.

From reading all the different comments and prices that really makes me think I'm special.

Speaking from my 20 years of experience working in Toronto and the GTA areas I have never remember doing any fencing work under $45 per linear foot and I'm really serious about this.

The most basic fence installation I have ever done was $45 and over including removal and re building a new pressure treaded fence 6 feet tall.

I'm very straight forward with the client when I provide the estimates.

No hidden secrets like extra for this extra for that.

If you are a professional contractor and you are doing work in Toronto you must be charging minimum $45 per linear foot of fence with 4x4 posts and 6 feet tall fence panels.

Anything under you either are desprete to find a day to work or you have no experience ON the fence business and you will just get the money from the client and you will never be responsible for your work afterwards.

Knowing the price of the lumber and the labor costs in toronto you will have to charge what is fair for the client but in the meantime you will have to value your work.

Just by pricing your work cheaper then you should or cheaper then everyone else that doesn't make you a reasonable company 90% of the times that will make you look unprofessional and not trustworthy I can say this from my early years of my experience.

4x4=$45+++

6x6=$55++

Gates =$300++

These prices are believable and very reasonable if you are working in toronto area.

This is my experience and my opinion only.

If there is any professional deck and fence contractor in the Toronto area that can really provide good quality and reliable workmanship and is willing to charge $25-35 per linear foot of fence with 4x4 posts

installed 48 inches deep in concrete and 6 foot fence panels including removal and disposal of the existing fence and supply and install the new fence including all disposal and all the labor and materials please text me to my personal phone number and I will be

able to pass many leads over to you anytime.

Please stop explaining to people out there what are the fence prices

and just text me I will keep you booked for the whole season I promise.

Again I'm only talking for the Toronto area not for the other provinces.

Please text me if you really think you have what it takes to do a great fence job within the prices I mentioned above.

Thank you for taking your time to read my comment.

Nori.

416-371-9969

5/17/2020 at 9:35:32 PM

I'm in Northern BC having a neighbour friendly fence built in a few weeks. Contractor is charging $38/linear foot. Approximately 134ft, 5ft gate, 4x4 posts (initial quote was for 6x6 but it was $55/linear foot and made our project financially unattainable so we had to downgrade) We are taking out and disposing of the old fences ourselves (most is chain link, the neighbour side is wood. Neighbour is not contributing financially)

5/27/2020 at 4:22:13 PM

How do you make money charging $25 to $35 linear foot which includes labour and materials building a fence, seriously pleassssseeee come work for me I will hire you just for the material, bring all materials to the sight, mark where the post needs to go, dig 4-foot holes (hoping you don't hit any big rocks), install the post(s) and come back the second day to start putting up the fence.

Let's do simple math

If I look at 45 foot lot (equals 45 linear footage of fence) at average of $30 lnf = $1350 or $35 lnf = $1575

You need 7 6x6x10 posts which you need to go 4 feet deep, cemented, levelled and dealing with the neighbour(s) (leaving this for you to think about it) for $75 to $100 a post equals to $525 to $700 plus the balance of the materials approx $500 in materials leaves you about $225 to $300 profit for 2 days work and you may be splitting it in 2.

This is nuts, think about what you are worth. ARE YOU WORTH $20 or less per hour as a contractor/handyman???

And by the way, you don't need a trailer and a truck and worry about the expenses, just get it delivered and they will off load it for you. If you don't want it delivered and want to save $30 go rent a truck, but keep in mind, your time

Food for thought!

5/27/2020 at 5:39:52 PM

$30 for foot

5/27/2020 at 5:40:51 PM

we charge $30 a foot

6/22/2020 at 9:39:55 AM

Hi guys,

We are about an hour east of Toronto. Our basic Good Neighbour fence is 6x6 corners, ends and gate posts, remainder is 4x4.

We cap the posts, and add the gate at $150 (in addition to the 3 feet of fence that would be where the gate is.

We use Sika to secure 10' posts 4 feet in the ground (when dry weather), far better than cement, and protects the posts.

Sika is 2-3 bags at $18/bag, but no waiting to build.

We are charging $50/foot, and use a small Kubota with a 12" auger to drop0 the holes.

Our labourers are $35 for the foreman, and $22.50 for lead, and $20 for FNG.

No way anyone with a lick of business sense or experience is building for $25. Impossible, or they are producing garbage.

9/4/2020 at 10:35:07 AM

Rui in Calgary

I want to build my fence in Livingston, Calgary . It's 82 ft long. Can you let me know for 6 ft fence:

-what's the depth you are going to dig

- type of wood and does it needs staining

- post size and spacing

- nails or screws

-include pricing for doors (mine and neighbor). 82 ft includes 16 ft for distance between two houses.

My back fence is already built and I would like to have similar fence with less spacing between boards. Can you let me know the price.

Thanks,

Faisal

10/5/2020 at 8:29:46 AM

I plan to hire a contractor to build a basic good neighbour fence to mark my property line and provide privacy. The requirements are:

- no old fence to remove

- 24' straight run, level ground, sandy soil (loose, easy to dig)

- 6" gap along the bottom, 6' pickets, for a total fence height of 6'6"

- "shadow box" good-neighbour design

- framed with a top cap

- pressure treated wood

- no gates

I got a quote from a fencing contractor for $2,130 (not including tax), which works out to almost $90/ft for a very basic fence design using basic materials, on a very easy to work surface.

Their quote seems unreasonably high to me. I priced out the retail cost of the required material (using 4x4x10' pressure treated posts, 2x4x8' rails, 2x6x8' top cap,1x6x6' pickets, cement, screws, delivery) and it was $712 (not incl tax).

This means that they are charging me for over $1,400 for labour, depreciation, profit, etc for a small, simple, easy job. This seems completely unreasonable. Everything I've seen on this forum indicates that a job like this should be about $50 per linear foot.

Can I get some comments from people who have had similar work done by contractors, and from contractors who have done similar jobs?

Thank You

1/7/2021 at 4:42:42 PM

Absolute non sense all of the above. In Metro Vancouver the cost to replace a cedar prefab panel fence with good quality materials is around $65 (low) to ($75 high) per foot.

4/5/2021 at 5:56:53 PM

wow, how do people make a living at 25 to 30 per LF, and what's the warranty, because at those rates I am sure it wont last long, tail light warranty?

with todays cost of lumber and other materials you need to be bare min at $65 to 70 per LF to make a living and cover your costs, has anyone looked at lumber costs this year?

4/5/2021 at 6:03:37 PM

that being said that's materials and labor...someone said it right, our investments in equipment insurance and labor costs, anything less and iam thinking its a hobby not a business

4/29/2021 at 11:09:00 PM

I just put in a quote for a job and was wondering if it was pretty close to what other people would quote.

200' total fence length

4x4 posts

100' mounted on an existing concrete retaining wall, 6' high panels, posts 6' O.C., 1x6 horizontal with no gap for complete privacy

remaning 100' length of fence is 4' high, posts 6' O.C., 1x4 and 1x6 horizontal semi privacy with 1" gap b/w boards.

includes removal and disposal of existing 5' tall fence approx 100' long and 2 gates (one 4' one 6')

the materials alone were $8000.

we figured it would take approximately 7 working days.

price quoted for removal, materials, installation, equipment rental, and 2 gates was $16,600

4/17/2024 at 9:36:08 PM

I'm not entirely certain if I have correctly understood the numbers provided by certain contractors. However, based on my calculations, including the cost of the holes, concrete, wood, and all related services here on Vancouver Island, the total cost comes up to $125 per linear foot. I believe this price is below that of some of my competitors. Of course, I will need to review and provide a formal quotation, but the estimated cost is likely to be around this range.

4/17/2024 at 9:44:40 PM

Not to forget the cost of lumber, the mark up for admin, the gas at 208.9l, insurance and paying employees that need to pay gas too and provide food to there family.

Many times I see contractor charging too low and quit the job half done or the fence is leaning on the ground from the wind.

I noticed, when I take over a job, I am the one who need to justify the cost because someone before me is just blowing smoke to their client.

This is just my opinion and my experience.