Fences built for sandy lots, salt air and hurricane season.
Wood, vinyl, chain link and aluminum fences, gates, pool barriers and storm repairs across New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties. An estimator walks the line, measures it and leaves a written price before anything is ordered.
Written estimates · Posts set in concrete · Insured local crews · HOA rules checked
Get a free fence estimate
Tell us where the fence goes and what you have in mind. An estimator comes out, measures the line and leaves a written price, free of charge.
- Measured on site, not guessed from a photo
- Material, height and gates priced line by line
- Or call (910) 807-8208. Calls answered 24 hours, 7 days.
Twelve kinds of fence work, from a dog run to a commercial yard
Wood fences
Pressure-treated pine and cedar in dog-ear, flat-top and picket styles, with three rails and a kickboard on privacy runs.
Wood fence details
Vinyl fences
Privacy, semi-privacy and picket panels that will not rot, splinter or need paint in coastal humidity.
Vinyl fence details
Aluminum fences
Powder-coated panels that keep a marsh or golf view open and do not rust in the salt air.
Aluminum fence details
Chain link
Galvanized or black-coated mesh for dog runs, side yards and the most fence for the money.
Chain link details
Pool fences
Four-foot barriers with self-closing, self-latching gates, built to the height North Carolina requires around a pool.
Pool fence details
Repair and storm damage
Leaning runs, snapped posts and blown-out sections fixed or replaced, matched to what is still standing.
Fence repair detailsWhat people ask before the first post goes in
What does a new fence cost in Wilmington?
As a 2026 planning figure, a six-foot pressure-treated pine privacy fence usually lands between $28 and $42 a foot installed, vinyl privacy between $38 and $62, four-foot galvanized chain link between $16 and $28 and four-foot aluminum between $36 and $60. Gates, old-fence removal and digging through roots move the number. The price guide walks through a full example.
Will a fence stand up to a hurricane here?
No fence is storm-proof, and nobody should promise one. What helps is post depth, concrete footings sized for sandy soil, posts spaced for the wind load and a design that lets air through: shadow box, picket and aluminum shrug off gusts that push a solid board fence over. New Hanover County sits in the high-wind zone of the North Carolina Residential Code. See the wind guide.
Do I need a permit for a fence in the City of Wilmington?
Sometimes. The common triggers are a fence taller than six feet or a front-yard fence over four feet, and the published guidance does not all agree, so we confirm with the City's Development Services office or the county before the posts go in. HOA approval is a separate step. More in the permit guide.
How long does an install take?
Most residential jobs of 150 to 250 feet take one to three working days once the materials are on site. Posts go in first and the concrete cures before panels or pickets are hung. Vinyl and aluminum often move faster than board-by-board wood.
Three counties on both sides of the Cape Fear
New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender, from Southport to Surf City.
- Porters Neckand Ogden, north Wilmington
- Castle Haynerural New Hanover
- Monkey Junctionsouth Wilmington
- Murrayvillenorth Wilmington subdivisions
- BurgawPender County seat
- Rocky PointPender farmland and acreage
- Surf Cityand Topsail Beach
- Wilmington cityevery neighborhood inside the limits
- See the full listKure Beach, Oak Island and more
From the first call to the last post cap
Tell us the line
Call or send the form with the rough length, the material you like and anything unusual: a slope, a pool, a drainage ditch, an HOA.
We walk and measure
The estimator measures every run, marks gates and corners, checks the plat or survey pins and notes roots, slope and wet ground.
A written price
Material, height, gates, removal of the old fence and any permit fee on separate lines. Nothing is ordered until you say yes.
Build and walk-through
Utility marks requested, posts set and cured, panels or boards hung, gates adjusted to swing and latch, the yard raked clean.
Why fences here are built differently
People in the Wilmington metro on July 1, 2025, up 2.6 percent in one year and 16.6 percent since 2020. New lots, new yards and new HOA rules arrive every month.
The minimum barrier height around a swimming pool under the North Carolina Building Code. Pool fences are measured from the outside grade, and gates matter as much as panels.
Hurricane Florence came ashore near Wrightsville Beach on September 14, 2018 and dropped 20 to 30 inches of rain in places. Fences across New Hanover and Brunswick went down with soaked ground and wind.
A fence company that starts with the ground under the yard
Most fence trouble here starts underground. The soil from Monkey Junction to Hampstead is sand over a high water table, and a post that would stand for twenty years in Piedmont clay can lean after one wet September on the coast. So the first thing we look at is the ground: how deep the post needs to go, how wide the concrete footing should be, and whether the low corner of the yard holds water after a storm.
The second is the wind. New Hanover County sits in the high-wind zone the North Carolina Residential Code maps along the coast, and the storms of the last decade, Matthew in 2016, Florence in 2018 and Isaias in 2020, are the reason. We space posts closer on exposed runs, talk honestly about how a solid board fence catches wind, and point people toward shadow box, picket or aluminum where the lot faces open water.
The third is the paperwork. City and county fence rules, HOA design standards in the newer Leland and Porters Neck communities, flood-zone limits near the sounds and pool barrier rules all get checked before the estimate becomes an order.
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