Our Fence Installation Process

Step 1

We Start With a Conversation, Not a Sales Pitch

Most people call a fence company already half-worried they're about to get talked into something.
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With Terek Fencing, that's not how this goes.

Tell us what you're solving for: Keeping a dog in, keeping deer out, blocking a neighbor's view, settling a property line, or just being tired of looking at the old one. What you need changes what we'd build.
We walk the property with you: We look at the grade, the wet spots, and where the ground gets tricky. Clay soil and a slope can quietly wreck a fence that wasn't planned around them.
You see your real options: Wood or chain link, the styles that fit, and roughly where the money goes.

Then you decide, on your own time.

Old and faded wooden fence in Vancouver showing signs of damage

Old wooden fence torn down for replacement in Vancouver

Step 2

Site Assessment, Utility Locating & Project Planning

A fence that looks great and sits three inches over the line is a problem you inherit for years. So before anyone digs, we get the details right.

We measure for real: We come back out and confirm the exact layout with you, where the fence runs and where the gates go.
Your terrain gets a say: Clark County clay and our wet winters both shape how the fence should be built to hold up.
We call in the 811 locate: The required utility locate service marks underground lines before a single post hole is dug. That's how people avoid hitting a gas line or a fiber cable, and we never skip it.

Once the measurements and utilities are locked, we settle materials and scope. When we break ground, you already know what's happening and what it costs.

Step 3

What the Fence Installation Process Looks Like on the Ground

Here's where a lot of fences quietly go wrong: the posts. A fence is only as good as what's holding it up, and around here that means building for freeze-thaw and ground that stays soaked half the year.

Posts set to last: We set them to hold for the long haul, not just to pass a glance. It's the part of the fence installation process nobody sees later and everybody feels years down the road.
The fence goes up: Panels, pickets, or chain link, with gates hung so they swing true and latch clean the first try and the thousandth.
The owner calls every shot: Gene is on-site for every job and does the majority of the hands-on work himself. He may bring in help on a given day, but every decision, and most of the labor, is his.

It gets built the way Gene learned it from Philip, the contractor who trained him. That's the whole reason the owner is the one holding the level.

Newly installed wooden fence in a Vancouver frontyard from the inside

Newly installed cedar fence in a Vancouver home surrounded by tall trees

Step 4

Final Walkthrough & Handover

The uncomfortable truth about contractors is that plenty of them disappear the second the last post is in. We'd rather you never wonder if we're that kind.

We walk it together: Straight lines, solid gates, clean finish, and every detail matching what we agreed on back in step one.
We fix it on the spot: Anything that needs a nudge gets handled while we're standing there, not on a callback weeks later.
You learn how to care for it: The honest version of keeping it in shape through Southwest Washington seasons, so it ages well instead of fast.

The job's done when you've walked it and told us it's right. Not before.

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Ready to Start Your Fence Installation? Let's Make It Happen!

If you're planning a wood or chain link fence anywhere in Vancouver, WA or the surrounding Southwest Washington and Portland metro area, we'd like to hear about it. Reach out and Gene will walk you through what your project would look like from consultation to final walkthrough.