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Wellborn Fence Installation: The Houston Owner’s Guide
Wellborn fence installation in Houston typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a complete fence line on a standard residential lot, and most jobs are finished in two to three working days. Bradford Remodeling Co Houston stocks Wellborn-compatible fence materials and installs them with written pricing before any work starts, so you know the number up front.
Most Houston homeowners call us after a storm pushes a section of fence over, or after they notice posts leaning at the gate because the soil shifted. What starts as one bad post often means the entire run was set too shallow for Houston clay, and that’s when a full replacement makes more sense than patching one section. We have been pulling failed fences out of Houston yards for over a decade, and the failure pattern is almost always the same: posts rot at the soil line, rails pull loose, and the gate binds because the ground moved.
Which Wellborn Models This Applies To
Wellborn fence installation covers the company’s full line of pressure-treated pine and cedar privacy fencing, including 6-foot dog-ear panels, 8-foot board-on-board, and their metal post systems. Wellborn uses a nominal 5/8-inch board thickness on standard panels, which is thinner than some premium local options and matters when we are quoting replacement boards to match what you already have.
Identifying what you have takes two minutes. Look for the small metal plate stapled to the back of a panel near a rail, or check the end grain on a picket. Wellborn’s cedar panels will show a sanded face and the pine will have the green pressure-treatment tint when new, fading to gray within about 18 months in Houston sun. If you cannot find a label, measure the picket thickness. If it is 5/8-inch, you are almost certainly working with a Wellborn panel or a close equivalent, and we will match it without forcing you to buy all new hardware.
Bradford Remodeling Co Houston is an independent contractor, not a Wellborn dealer. We install Wellborn-compatible materials because they are documented and traceable, but we are not bound to one supplier when a better post or different rail makes more sense for Houston soil.
We also work with other name-brand materials on different jobs, including KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone, but fence work is about lumber, post set, and fasteners, and that is where the failure usually starts.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Wellborn Fence Installation Is Failing
- Posts leaning at the gate. The gate post takes the weight of the gate every time it opens and closes, and if the post is not set below the frost line with adequate concrete, Houston’s clay soil will slowly push it out of plumb.
- Pickets pulling away from the back rail. Wellborn uses ring-shank nails on many panels, and after years of Houston humidity cycles, those nails lose grip and pickets start to flap.
- Gray, cracked boards around the bottom. This is not just cosmetic. Once the board checks, water gets into the end grain and rots from the inside, and the board will snap the next time a good wind hits it.
- Gate dragging on the ground or refusing to latch. The hinges may be fine. The post has typically moved, or the gate frame itself has racked because a rail joint failed.
- Soil pulling away from post bases. Houston goes through wet to dry cycles about 30 times a year, and that shrink-swell action opens a gap around the post collar. Once water pools there, the post starts rotting below grade.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full Wellborn-compatible fence installation in Houston runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical residential backyard. The spread comes down to three things: linear footage, post replacement, and access.
Here is how the numbers break down in this market:
- Wellborn 6-foot privacy panel with standard pine posts: $18 – $26 per linear foot installed.
- Wellborn 6-foot board-on-board cedar: $28 – $38 per linear foot installed.
- Gate replacement or rebuild: $300 – $800 per gate depending on hardware and whether the post is salvaged.
- Post-only replacement where panels are still sound: $45 – $90 per post with concrete.
- Old fence removal and haul-off: $400 – $900 for a typical 150-foot run.
Every quote we write in Houston includes the materials, the labor, the haul-off, and the permit when one is required. If the job runs long because we hit buried roots or an old concrete footer, you will know about the cost before we touch it, not after. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the completed fence for a full year. If a post settles or a gate binds inside that window, we return and correct it at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
You can check a few things yourself before spending any money. Push on each post at shoulder height and see how much it gives. Walk the line and look for nails backing out. Open and close the gate slowly and watch where the frame moves. That tells you whether the issue is one board or the structural line.
What you should not do is pull posts and reset them without a plan for the concrete and drainage. A post set in Houston without gravel at the base will be leaning again in eighteen months, and you will have paid twice. This is not dangerous work like electrical or high-tension springs, but it is hard on the back and easy to get wrong. If the posts are moving, call us at (940) 289-7658 and we will tell you over the phone whether it is a repair or a replacement.
FAQs
A properly installed Wellborn-compatible pine fence will hold for 12 to 18 years in Houston if the posts are set in concrete with gravel drainage at the base and the pickets are sealed every few years. The posts usually fail before the panels do in our clay soil. Cedar will push closer to 20 years. If your fence is leaning before year eight, the problem is almost always post installation, not the Wellborn material.
Sometimes. If the posts are solid and the issue is pulled nails or a few rotted pickets, repair makes sense and we will quote it as a repair. If three or more posts are moving, or the rails are soft, you are better off replacing the run. A fence that is half new lumber and half old lumber looks like a half measure and does not hold any longer than the weakest section. Call (940) 289-7658 and we will tell you which side of the line you are on.
Most residential fence installations take two to three working days for removal and install. A longer run with difficult access or a lot of old concrete to break out can stretch to four days. We will give you the day count in the written quote before any work starts, and the crew will be there on the schedule we give you, not whenever we happen to get to it.
We keep standard Wellborn-compatible 6-foot dog-ear pine and cedar panels stocked for repairs, along with the post hardware and gate kits we use most often in Houston. Specialty board-on-board and metal post systems are ordered for your specific job and usually arrive within a week. Either way, you will have a written price and a standing answer before material is ordered. Call (940) 289-7658 to schedule a free estimate.
Straight scope, straight number, that is the whole conversation.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner, Bradford Remodeling Co Houston at Bradford Remodeling Co Houston, serving Houston and nearby areas.
