by Austin Fence Contractor | Sep 10, 2026 | Fence
Drought damages Austin fences from two directions at once: the clay soil shrinks away from the posts below while the sun dries the wood above. Neither happens overnight, and both respond to a simple care routine most homeowners never hear about. Austin Fence...
by Austin Fence Contractor | Sep 9, 2026 | Fence
The best-looking fences in Austin are increasingly not one material. Cedar panels between steel posts, iron across the front with privacy wood in back, horizontal accents breaking up a long run: mixing materials is how a fence goes from standard to custom. Austin...
by Austin Fence Contractor | Sep 8, 2026 | Fence
A security fence has one job: make your home a harder target than the next one. For Austin homes that means height used correctly, materials that resist climbing and cutting, gates with real hardware, and a layout that removes hiding spots instead of creating them....
by Austin Fence Contractor | Sep 6, 2026 | Fence
A common rule of thumb is to set fence posts about a third of their above-ground height into the ground, so a 6-foot fence often means posts around 2 feet deep or more. But in our shifting clay soil, deeper is usually better. The right depth depends on your fence,...
by Austin Fence Contractor | Sep 4, 2026 | Fence
Wrought iron is heavier, stronger, and has a classic look, but it can rust and needs upkeep to keep it that way. Aluminum is lighter, won’t rust, and needs almost no maintenance, though it’s not as tough as iron. For most homeowners it comes down to...
by Austin Fence Contractor | Sep 4, 2026 | Fence
A spite fence is one built mainly to annoy or harm a neighbor rather than serve a real purpose, like an ugly, oversized fence put up out of pure retaliation. Texas doesn’t have a single clear-cut spite fence statute, so these cases turn on local rules and...
