The most efficient way to get a fence proposal (estimate) is to fill out the form on our contact page. You are also welcome to send an email to fence@raincityfence.com. Please include all info requested on the contact form. Once your information is recieved, we will be in contact to set up an on site meeting.
Traditional fence posts, where wood is directly set into concrete, will rot and fail where the wood comes in contact with concrete, or dirt that builds up around the base.
While a post set in concrete can rot in a few years or may last 20+ years, 90% of all fence repair projects are due to post failures. To prevent this main point of failure, a fence can be built with a post-on-pipe design.
For post-on-pipe, a thick galvanized pipe is embedded into a channel cut into the post. One-third of the pipe is embedded in the post with two-thirds protruding. The protruding pipe is then set into concrete so the wood of the post never comes into contact with the ground (if soil levels are maintained).
This design means that a post could last a lifetime. So yes, you should upgrade to a post-on-pipe design.
The fence building process involves a good deal of site traffic, digging, and the like, so it is usually a good idea to have the fence installed before landscaping.
An exception to this scenario includes any alterations in grade (soil/ground-level changes) that should be completed prior to building the new fence. Such changes ensure new dirt doesn’t build up under the bottom of the fence, or the fence bottom is off the ground too much.
We send invoices via email using quickbooks, and the perferred methods of payment are as follows:
ACH (checking account payments)
Personal check
Credit cards (addtional 3% is charged for this)
We do not use subcontractors. All our fences are built by Rain City Fence employees.
Technically, no, but it’s always a good idea to inform your neighbors with whom you share a property line. If they are a good neighbor, and care about the apperance of their property they may even split the cost of the fence.
This is an interesting topic. Some people think the fence is owned by whoever paid for it, but this isn’t always true.
Fence ownership is usually decided by the home owner whose property the fence is located. This circumstance can only be verified by a survey provided by a licensed professional surveyor. If the fence is within your property line, then you own 100% of the fence. If, by some chance, a fence is directly on the property line, then it would seem that you and your neighbor both own the fence equally.
Please verify any questions of property rights and ownership with an attorney.
The Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections has made a tip sheet available for common questions pertaining to the fences. See the following link to Tip Sheet #312 which covers common questions about fences.
For most fences in Seattle, permits are not required. See the City of Seattle Tip sheet for current Seattle regulations:
http://www.seattle.gov/DPD/Publications/CAM/cam312.pdf
For Seattle residents, “you can have a fence anywhere on your property.” This is taken directly from the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections Tip #312.
On your request, an estimate meeting is scheduled.
When the scheduled estimate meeting arrives, an estimator will meet with you to go over the details of your project with you, and takes on-site measurements related to your project.
The estimator will then send you a proposal via email, which describes your fence project in detail and provides the cost for the project for your review.
After reviewing your proposal, you can accept your estimate and agree to the project with any online signature.
Once you have accepted your estimate and agreed to the project online, Rain City Fence will schedule your build and send you an email that includes your project’s projected start date, along with a scheduling deposit invoice.
A utility location service will soon be arranged by Rain City Fence, and a utility locate will be performed at your property.
When your scheduled build date approaches, usually about a week ahead of the build, Rain City Fence will reach out to set a date for a pre-construction meeting between you and your fence builder lead.
During this meeting our fence builder will go over your project with you and get the new fence location layout lines from you.
Following the pre-construction meeting, our fence building team will build your fence autonomously, checking in with you about the fence project about construction issues.
Once your fence has been built, you have the choice to either walk through the build with our fence builder the day the fence is completed, or walk through it independently if there are scheduling conflicts.
Any problems you notice that you’d like corrected can then be emailed or called in to Rain City Fence, and one of our fence builders will stop by to make these corrections.
After the post-construction walk-through, your fence warranty period begins.
