Elevation A: six-foot cedar fence with slide gate

Del Rio fences and gates, set into rock and built to the drawing.

Wood, chain link, ornamental iron, ranch fence, and automatic driveway gates across Del Rio and Val Verde County. We core post holes through caliche, file the city permit, and measure before we quote.

A Six-foot privacy fence & slide gate POSTS CORED INTO ROCK · RAILS FACE THE OWNER'S YARD

What we build

FENCE & GATE SCHEDULE

Mark	Type	Specification
F-1	Wood privacy	Cedar or treated pine, 6 ft, board-on-board or side-by-side. Posts cored into rock and set in concrete, finished face out.City permit required for a new fence.
F-2	Chain link	Galvanized or black vinyl-coated, 9–11.5 gauge, top rail, and tension wire.Open mesh lets wind through. Slats add load.
F-3	Ornamental iron	Powder-coated steel, spear or flat top, rackable panels that follow sloped lots.Pool-code picket spacing available.
F-4	Vinyl	UV-stabilized panels that float in the rails to handle heat swings. White, tan, and color options.Bargain vinyl chalks and yellows in this sun.
F-5	Ranch & field	Goat and sheep net wire, barbed wire, welded pipe. H-braced corners and gate posts.For Val Verde County acreage.
F-6	Fence repair	Leaning posts, blown-down sections, rotted rails, storm damage.Replacing half or more needs a permit.
G-1	Driveway gates	Swing or slide, iron picket or wood infill on a steel frame, wide enough for trucks and trailers.Sized for what actually drives through it.
G-2	Gate operators	Slide and swing operators, solar-ready options, photo eyes, edge sensors, exit loop.Conduit planned before any concrete.
G-3	Gate repair	Worn rollers, sagging leaves, dead control boards, keypads, and remotes.Most failures are mechanical.

Three ways to lay out a picket

PLAN VIEW — LOOKING DOWN AT THE RAIL

From the street, these three look almost the same. From above, the difference is plain, and it decides whether your fence is still private after a few Del Rio summers have dried the wood out.

1 Side by side CHEAPEST · GAPS OPEN AS WOOD DRIES

2 Board on board OVERLAPS · STAYS PRIVATE AS IT SHRINKS

3 Shadowbox ALTERNATES · NO "BAD SIDE" TO ARGUE OVER

City of Del Rio, Development Services

In Del Rio, a new fence needs a permit.

The city requires a permit to build a new fence, or to replace or repair half or more of an existing one. That covers most of the jobs people call us about, ordinary backyard privacy fences included.

Smaller repairs below that line do not need one, and acreage outside the city limits is not under the city's permit at all. Either way, we sort it out before a crew shows up.

Read the permit guide

B The fifty percent line APPLIES INSIDE DEL RIO CITY LIMITS

How a job runs

SEQUENCE

S First call to final walk-through NO MONEY CHANGES HANDS UNTIL THE QUOTE IS SIGNED

We measure before we quote

A phone quote for a Del Rio fence misses the thing that moves the price most: what is under the dirt. One lot has a foot of soil over solid limestone; the next hits caliche six inches down. We walk the line, probe the ground, count corners and gates, and check whether a truck can reach the back. Then you get a number.

The quote is itemized

Fence, tear-out, gates, and rock drilling each get their own line. If your lot needs every hole cored, you can see what that costs instead of finding it buried in a lump sum, and our number is easy to hold up against anyone else's.

We pull the permit

Inside Del Rio city limits, a new fence, or replacing half or more of an old one, needs a permit from Development Services. We prepare the application and file it, and the crew does not start until it is approved.

You sign off on site

Before the crew leaves, we walk the finished fence with you: gate swing, latches, posts plumb, and, on an automatic gate, where the manual release is and how to use it when the power goes out.

Choosing between materials

DECISION NOTES

A new board-on-board wood privacy fence beside a black iron fence with star finials — Wood or iron: two different goalsPRIVACY VS. BOUNDARY

Most people already know roughly what they want and are really asking whether it is the right call. Here is the short version, sorted by what you are trying to do.

You want the neighbors not to see in.Wood privacy fence, six-foot, board-on-board so it stays private as the wood dries out in our heat. Cedar handles the sun better than pine, and every post gets cored into the rock below it.

Something is already there, and it is failing.Repair if the posts are still solid, rebuild if they are not. We will tell you which one you are looking at, and whether the work crosses the city's fifty percent line for a permit.

You want to contain a dog and not spend much.Chain link, black vinyl-coated if you would rather not look at silver mesh, with bottom tension wire if the dog digs. Open mesh also shrugs off wind that would lean a solid fence over.

You want the boundary marked but the house still visible.Ornamental iron. It is also the usual choice around a pool, where picket spacing and self-closing, self-latching gates have their own rules.

You never want to maintain it.Vinyl, as long as it is a UV-stabilized product. Del Rio sun turns bargain vinyl chalky and brittle within a few summers, and the showroom sample will not tell you which kind you are buying.

You have acreage, not a yard.Pipe and wire. Goat-tight net wire or barbed wire around the perimeter, welded pipe at the entrance, and an H-brace at every corner and gate.

Horizontal cedar privacy fence with a matching cedar slide gate over a concrete drive — Horizontal cedar with matching slide gate WOOD PRIVACY · F-1

Where we work

SERVICE AREA

All of Del Rio, from the older blocks around San Felipe Creek to the newer subdivisions out toward Laughlin, plus Val Verde Park, Cienegas Terrace, and the Lake Amistad side of town. For ranch work we cover Val Verde County and go as far as Brackettville and Comstock.

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CREW IS OUR OWN. NO SUBCONTRACTED GATE WORK.

Common questions

FAQ

Do you charge for an estimate?

No, and there is no deposit to get one. We come out, measure, check the ground, walk the line with you, and leave a written, itemized number. You are not obligated to anything.

Do I need a permit for a fence in Del Rio?

Inside city limits, yes for a new fence, and yes if you are replacing or repairing half or more of an existing one. Smaller repairs do not need one. We file the application with Development Services as part of the job.

Why do fence prices vary so much in Del Rio?

Mostly because of what is under the ground. A lot with deep soil digs fast; a lot sitting on limestone needs every hole cored, which takes time and equipment. Footage, height, material, corners, gates, and tear-out all count too, which is why we look before we quote.

Do you work outside the city?

Yes. Val Verde Park, Cienegas Terrace, the lake area, and ranch property across Val Verde County are regular work for us, and we go out to Brackettville and Comstock for ranch jobs.

¿Hablan español?

Sí. Todo el equipo habla español y el estimado y el contrato pueden ir en español si lo prefiere.