Rocky Point Fence Installation

Fields run to the horizon in parts of Rocky Point, the Northeast Cape Fear River shapes the eastern side of the community, and US 117 and NC 210 carry about as many trailers as commuters. Property lines here are long and the reason for a fence is almost always practical. Somebody needs to keep an animal in, keep something out, or make a boundary unmistakable.

A fence with a job

Farm fence is the workhorse. Woven and field wire on treated posts covers ground economically and stands up to livestock pressure, board fence goes where the property is seen from the road or where horses are involved, and chain link handles kennels, gardens, and equipment yards where you want a barrier but no loss of visibility. Most jobs out here end up being some combination, because fencing an entire parcel in one material is rarely the cheapest or the best-looking answer. Gates get placed where equipment actually travels, and they get built wide.

The river bottom decides the post work

The sandy soil across most of Rocky Point digs easily and drains fast, which is a real advantage. The low ground near the river does not behave the same way. After a tropical rain it holds water, and a post standing in saturated ground for weeks at a time is a post on a shorter clock. We set treated posts in concrete throughout, adjust depth to what we find rather than to a habit, and where the layout allows we shift the line a few feet out of the swale. On the dry sandy stretches the concern flips from rot to grip, since sand holds a post loosely and the footing has to carry the wind by itself.

Near the house the requirements change again. This is where privacy fence makes sense, in a defined yard rather than around the whole parcel, and where vinyl earns its place because nobody out here is looking for another thing to paint. PrivacyLock panels give a solid line and StayStrong pickets keep long straight runs from bowing. Storm wind reaches this far inland with force, so we build the same way here as we do at the coast, with shadowbox where privacy allows and heavier footings where it does not.

Estimates are free and on-site anywhere in Pender County, and our phone is answered any hour of any day. Call (910) 765-0965 and we will come out and walk the property with you.