Fence company in West Monroe, LA.

Downtown sits on Trenton Street, on the west bank of the Ouachita. Antique Alley is the old storefronts people mean when they say downtown, and the blocks around Natchitoches Street and Alley Park are tight. A fence there is usually a side yard, a back gate, or a small commercial lot, not a pasture. Drives are short. A gate has to clear the car that's already parked close to the building. Tell us which street the truck should use. Some of those blocks are one way, and a load of posts doesn't turn like a pickup. Houses just off the river are the ones that usually need the fence. If the ground slopes toward the bank, say so before we load the truck. We'll price the line that's there, not a flat lot from a brochure.

Cypress Street is US 80 through West Monroe, and it's where a lot of the shops and older houses sit. A commercial yard on Cypress and a backyard two streets off it are different fences. Out front, people often want aluminum so the building still shows. Around back it's wood or vinyl privacy, or chain link if they need to see through it. West of the built-up part, US 80 keeps going toward Calhoun. That's West Ouachita, outside the city limits, and the rules change when you cross that line. I-20 is the other way across town, up over the river into Monroe. If you're not sure which side of the city limit the drive is on, say so when you call. We'll sort it before anybody digs.

Kiroli Park, on Kiroli Road, is the landmark people use for the north side of town. The houses around the park are ordinary residential calls: a back yard, a dog, a gate that drags, a run the last storm pushed over. N 7th Street is the other name folks use to get us close, and City Hall is on N 7th. That's the building office if the property is inside West Monroe. Yards up here aren't all flat. A low corner holds water after a hard rain, and a post in that corner rots at the ground while the pickets still look fine. We set posts for the dirt that's there. If your line runs through a wet spot, or it has to step down a slope, tell us on the call. It's cheaper to hear it then than to find it with a shovel.

West Ouachita is the part of the parish on this side of the river, outside the West Monroe city limits. Lots get bigger. A privacy fence around the house and a farm fence across the field are two jobs, and we price them that way. Two rails mark a boundary. Three hold bigger animals better, because if they can get a head through, they'll try. Chain link still wins when the run is long and you don't need to block the view. The city permit page does not cover a parish lot. Unincorporated Ouachita has its own rules, including the ditch along a public road. Start with the parish guide on this site, then check with the parish office. If an HOA is stricter than either one, their paper wins. Bring it when we come look.

The ground in West Monroe holds water. We've seen it downtown by the river, in back yards off Cypress, and on parish lots that look dry until a spring rain sits in the low end. A post rots at the top of the soil while the boards still look fine. Push on the posts before you buy new pickets. If they move, you're decorating a fence that's already done. A solid privacy fence also catches wind, and spring storms coming across an open West Ouachita lot will find the weak post. Chain link lets the wind through. That's one reason a long pasture line is usually not a wood privacy fence. Tell us where the water sits. We'd rather plan the holes than reset the same post next year.

We don't publish a price per foot, because a number without the line in front of us is a guess. Chain link usually covers the most feet per dollar, which is why it wins on a long side line, a dog yard, or a shop. Pine privacy costs more, and it's the usual backyard fence in town. Vinyl lands near pine once you count the style and the gates, and you're paying so you don't have to paint. Cedar costs more than pine. Aluminum is usually the highest per foot of the residential fences we put up, because the posts and the gate are a big share of a shorter run. Height costs more than the extra board, because a taller solid fence needs deeper posts. A drive gate costs more than a walk gate. Pulling out old concrete posts belongs in the quote. Call with a pace count and we'll walk it.