Privacy Fence Installation in Plano, TX
We build tall wood privacy fences for homeowners in Plano, Frisco, and Allen.
What Goes Underground
What decides year five is buried in the ground, where nobody ever checks. So the rule for our crew is plain: work like you’re standing right behind them. The old fence comes out on day one and leaves on our truck. Post holes get dug that same day, and every post is in the ground before a single board goes up.
Six feet or eight, we build it the same way. Our team and the same post spec go into every wood fence installation we do in Plano.
Height and Fence Rules
The City of Plano sets the maximum fence height at 8 feet, and that comes straight from the city’s residential fence permit requirements. An 8 foot privacy fence is legal here, and it’s the fence we build most often. Six feet stops a neighbor at ground level but does nothing about an upstairs window. When a two story goes up next door or a new build lands behind you, the extra two feet matter. That’s the gap between a private yard and a watched one. Your neighborhood or HOA can set a lower limit than the city does, so check your own architectural guidelines before you order material.
Front yards follow a different rule. Out front, Plano keeps a fence low and wants one you can mostly see through, nothing solid and nothing tall across the front. Where the city wants a see-through fence, an ornamental iron fence still gives you a boundary. Corner lots carry sight visibility requirements at alleys and street corners: a visibility clip is a corner of the yard your fence has to stay out of, so drivers can see. Your fence still works on a corner lot. It just stops short of that corner, and we measure for it before we quote.
A new fence in Plano is a permitted job. The city inspects the holes and concrete before the fence goes up, then inspects the finished fence. That’s a good thing. It means somebody else looks at the part of your fence that goes in the ground.
Privacy Fence Options We Build
This is most of what we do. Nearly every job is a tear out and rebuild, not a fence on bare ground. We take the old one down, haul it off, and build the new one on the same line. A privacy build is one option in the full range of fences we build.
8 foot privacy fence. The full height Plano allows, for yards an upstairs window looks straight into.
6 foot privacy fence. The standard height when a ground level screen is all your yard needs.
Board on board fence. Overlapping boards that stay closed as the wood dries.
Cedar fence. The wood we build with, on every fence we put up.
Pre-stained cedar. Stain goes on before the boards ever reach your yard.
Gates built into the fence. A gate gets sized and hung with the fence it belongs to.
We build privacy fences in Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Richardson, Parker, Murphy, and New Hope, Texas.
Why Backyards Lose Privacy
Plano is a city of settled single family neighborhoods. A lot of those yards are on their second or third fence by now. The houses around them changed while the first one was still standing.
A two story went up next door, and now an upstairs window looks straight into the yard. A new build or a rental went in behind the property. The old fence dried out and gaps opened between the boards, or soil washed out under the bottom and the gap never closed. A section leans, or the last owner propped it up with stakes and ties. Sometimes it’s an HOA notice about sagging, rotting, or broken slats that finally starts the call.
What Actually Creates Privacy
Height sets the line of sight. Everything else decides whether you can see through it, under it, or between the boards a year from now. Here’s what goes into every fence we build in Plano.
Two fences can stand the same height and only one of them is private. The gap under the bottom decides part of it, and so does the space that opens between boards as they dry and how well the poles hold the line. Height is the easy part. The build closes it.
We use galvanized steel posts on every fence: 9 foot posts for a 6 foot fence and 12 foot posts for an 8 foot fence, set 6 feet apart instead of the usual 8. Tighter spacing is how a fence carries the wind load, especially at 8 feet. Every post is set before a single board goes on, and we go deeper than we have to so the posts hold through Plano’s clay soil cycle.
Where Fences Usually Fail First
The first place a fence stops being private is the gap at the ground. Soil washes out, and boards set touching dirt rot from the base up. Then the dog is out, and the neighbors can see feet. Every fence we build gets a kicker board at the base, the rot board that sits tight against the ground. It keeps the boards off the dirt so they don’t wick water up, closes the base against washout from the day the crew leaves, and keeps the gap too narrow for a dog or a small kid to slip through.
Board Layout and Long-Term Privacy
Side by side boards look solid on install day. Cedar dries, cedar shrinks, and thin gaps open along the whole run. Overlapping the boards keeps the line closed while the wood moves. Some people call it a double sided fence. It also shows the same face to both yards, which settles who gets the good side.
Shared Fence Rules
The fence between two yards is the one people put off longest. Not because of the fence itself, but because nobody’s sure what they’re allowed to do without the neighbor’s blessing.
Texas law doesn’t make your neighbor split the cost or the upkeep of a fence on the property line. Unless they agreed to it, it isn’t their bill.
The usual advice online is to build your own fence just inside your line and leave the old one standing. In Plano that runs straight into the city’s rule. A new fence parallel to and within three feet of an existing fence means the existing fence comes out. Two parallel fences need three feet between them, so the strip can be maintained.
So the choice here is real and specific. Give up three feet of yard, or take the old fence down. That second one is a conversation with your neighbor, and it’s better had early. We walk the line with you before we quote.
What Your Quote Should Include
Two fence quotes can look like the same fence and be nothing alike. Most of the difference sits in the parts you can’t see from the street. Ask for these in writing: post material and total post length (not just the height above ground), how deep the posts go, and how far apart they’re set. Spacing is the one people forget.
Ask whether the horizontal rails are cedar or pine, how thick the boards are, and how many rails go into each section. Find out whether there’s a kicker board at the base and whether it sits tight to the ground. Ask whether the boards run board on board or side by side, and whether demo, haul off, and gates are included in the number or added later.
Fencing is priced by the linear foot, meaning by the foot along your fence line. Plenty of homeowners compare two quotes by the square foot without noticing. Those two numbers aren’t the same thing.
How the Install Runs
We come out and walk the yard first, measuring the full run. On day one the old fence comes down and goes on the truck, and the digging starts the same day.
From there the crew builds up from the posts. First the horizontal supports, then the boards, then gates, then upgrades like a cap board along the top. The crew takes all the debris from the job, and most projects wrap in two to three days.
What Our Customers Say
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My Mom and Dad found Mom’s Fence Man they were so pleased with their quality workmanship on their new fence and I was so happy to hear how they had such a great experience. I also had a beautiful new gate with fence built and most recently a new beautiful shared backyard fence. They went above and beyond communicating from the beginning with several easy to understand quotes to updates through the materials arriving and updates of their arrival on the day of work. Throughout the process from the beginning up to the building of my new fence I was able to continue my daily work and scheduled appointments with no interruptions and have peace of mind.
He did a great job, was very communicative and easy to work with! Highly recommend!
I can’t thank Bill, Yvette and the rest of the team at Mom’ Fence Man for their dedication and hard work with replacing my 21yr old fence. From the design process to the demo and installation, the entire process and project were handled with the utmost care and dedication to excellence. I would highly recommend Mom’s Fence Man to anyone looking to install or replace their fence. Thank you Bill, Yvette and the rest of the team for bringing my dream to life! I can’t thank you enough! :) Tracy Marshall #momsfenceman #customerservice #amazing #teamwork #trustedpartner #excellence #expertcraftsmanship
Bill came out and fixed the issues I had. He is so helpful and kind. I love working with this company
My experience with Mom’s Fence Man in replacing my old 6’ fence with a beautifully crafted 8’ fence was 100% positive. The communication was excellent from start to finish. I always knew what to expect and the timelines given were accurate so I was able to plan my time accordingly. Bill helped with the design options and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Home repairs and improvements have always been something I dread, but this experience showed me that doesn’t have to be the case if you have the right company. I highly recommend them.
Bill and his team were very professional, easy to work with, and provided great guidance throughout the process. They did an excellent job with our fence replacement and repairs, and we’re very happy with the results. Highly recommend Bill and his team!
Fantastic work! Yvette and crew took great care in removing and replacing our fence. They took their time and did it right. We are thrilled with the final product and give Mom's Fence Man our highest recommendation.
When I called Bill he answered the phone and we made an appointment to get an estimate to repair my fence. He showed up on time and provided a reasonable estimate. Two weeks later as scheduled his reliable and professional crew arrived on time and completed my repairs the same day to my satisfaction. He was very nice and honest to work with. If I need more repairs in the future I will call him. I recommend you at least call for an estimate and I think you will be pleased! (I had called another company after I spoke to Bill to get a second estimate and to this day they never returned my call. That he answered my call impressed me a lot!)
Frequently Asked Questions
My neighbor’s second story looks right into our yard. What do you build?
An 8 foot fence. Six feet only screens the ground floor, so it does nothing about a window on the second. We measure the sight line from the window that bothers you before we quote. Then we build to block it.
How long does privacy fence installation take?
Most projects run two to three days, depending on how much yard you have. Demo and post setting both happen on day one. You will get a text when the team is on the way to your house and again on the way out.
Do you warranty the installation?
Yes. Every fence we build carries a 3 year craftsmanship warranty on new fence installations and our guaranteed satisfaction. We’re insured, too. If the workmanship goes wrong inside those three years, coming back and fixing it is on us.
