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+2 photosAlameda, Portland
October 2026
Tall privacy fence along a side yard and alley, with a trim cap on top for a finished look from the street.
★★★★★Homeowner rated our work 5 out of 5
★★★★★Robert K.“Quiet, private, and it looks great from the alley too. Fair price and on schedule.”
Signs a privacy fence is the right fix
A tall, solid fence that blocks the view from the street and the neighbors, built with posts set to survive Portland's long wet season. We build them across Portland, Beaverton, Gresham and surrounding communities.
A privacy fence is a solid fence tall enough that people can't see over or through it. Most are wood, and in the Portland area that usually means cedar boards because cedar resists rot and stays straight better than most woods in our damp climate. The common builds are solid board, where boards butt edge to edge; board-on-board, where a second layer covers the gaps so shrinking boards never open a see-through line; and shadowbox, which alternates boards on each side so it looks finished from both yards.
The part you don't see matters most. Rain soaks the ground here for months, and a privacy fence acts like a sail when the winter wind storms come through. Posts are where fences fail: wood rots at the ground line, and a shallow post leans after a few storms. We set posts deep, crown the concrete so water runs away from the wood, and use ground-contact posts or steel posts where the fence is long or exposed. A cap and trim board on top keeps water off the board ends.
Height is the first question. Many backyard privacy fence jobs are built tall, while front yards and corners usually have lower limits, and the rules differ by city across the metro. We check your city's height and placement rules before we draw the layout, and we walk the property line with you so the fence sits where it should.
Line, height, gates and slope measured
Style, wood and posts spelled out
City height limits and utility locates
Deep holes, crowned concrete, string-straight
Cap, trim and gates finished, yard cleaned up
Two fences of the same length can be very different jobs. These are the things that decide where yours lands.
More feet and taller boards mean more posts, rails and boards.
Board-on-board and shadowbox use more boards than a single solid layer.
Clear or select cedar costs more than knotty cedar but looks cleaner and moves less.
Steel posts or heavier wood posts add cost up front and add years at the ground line.
Hillside lots need stepped or racked panels, and rocky or root-filled ground slows digging.
Each gate needs heavier posts, a frame and hardware.
Tearing out and hauling away the old fence and its concrete adds labor.
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