Cedar and vinyl on both county sides · Posts set deep on the river flats · Grades stepped in level panels · Free written quote · Warranty terms in your contract · Cedar and vinyl on both county sides · Posts set deep on the river flats · Grades stepped in level panels · Free written quote · Warranty terms in your contract ·
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Fence installation / Bothell, WA

Fence installation
in Bothell, WA.

The county line along 244th splits Bothell's paperwork; the weather ignores it, and the ground on both sides stays wet from October into spring. We build cedar and vinyl fences for that ground, posts set deep in concrete, with one city permit desk covering every address in town. Someone on the crew picks up at any hour, and a free on-site quote starts with the call: (206) 735-1286.

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River flats, hill lots, and blocks pushing a hundred years old all fit inside one city, and each takes a fence down its own way. Here's what we build against in Bothell, low ground first.

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Winter water on the river flats

Flat yards near the Sammamish River and along North Creek hold winter water well into spring; anyone who still calls the river the slough has watched it happen every year. Standing water is the real post killer around here, since the ground rarely freezes deep enough to bother a post, and a shallow post in a wet hole goes soft right at the dirt line. On the low ground we dig past the wet layer, set treated posts rated for burial, and finish each footing on a bevel so rain rolls off the concrete instead of soaking the wood.

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Yards built on a grade

Norway Hill, Westhill, Maywood: a good share of Bothell lives on a slope, and a slope hands a fence two jobs at once. The panels have to step down the grade with the bottom rail tight to the ground the whole way, and the downhill posts have to carry every gallon of rain the yard above them sheds all winter. We lay out the steps before anything gets dug, then set the low-corner posts deeper with drain rock in the hole, so the post that catches the most water is also the one built to take it.

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Patched fences on the old blocks

The fences on the 1920s craftsman blocks off Main Street have mostly outlived the people who built them, and it shows: new boards screwed over old rails, rails hung on posts nobody has seen the bottom of since the Anderson School was still a school. One more patch just moves the lean somewhere else. We price the tear-out and haul-away up front, walk the line with you to settle where it actually sits, and set a straight new run the next owner of that house will be glad to inherit.

Cedar privacy is running $35 to $60 a linear foot installed right now, vinyl $45 to $70, and a walk gate $400 to $900. Those are market ranges only; what moves a Bothell number is slope on the hill lots and tear-out on the old blocks, and the math behind the ranges, worked example included, sits in what a fence costs in Snohomish County. The number that actually belongs to your yard is the free written quote, and we only write it after walking the line with you. That quote is the price we bill unless you sign off on a change first.

What you actually get

Every item below is inside the quote before you sign, so when you stack our number against another bid, you're comparing whole jobs.

01The line gets walked together before any post hole is dug
02Permits filed with the city when height or placement needs one
03Each post set in concrete, about a third of its height deep
04Western red cedar or vinyl, sized to yard and budget
05Old fence out, old posts out, everything hauled off
06Warranty terms written into the contract
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Representative photos of the work we do.

Our review page is thin and we're leaving it that way until real customers fill it. In the meantime, these four things check out whether you trust us or not.

1
The estimate walker swings the hammer

Whoever prices your fence is on the crew that builds it. You won't be introduced to a different company on day one.

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Warranty terms inside the contract

Printed with the rest of the paperwork before you sign, so what's covered never depends on anyone's memory.

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One number for the whole job

The figure on the written quote is the figure on the bill. Scope changes get priced on paper and signed first.

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Check the registration first

WA contractor #LARCHBL744BK, bonded and insured, on the state registry for anyone to read before calling.

Before you ask

What does a fence cost in Bothell?

In the current market, cedar privacy lands between $35 and $60 a linear foot installed, vinyl between $45 and $70, a walk gate at $400 to $900, and removing an old fence runs another $3 to $5 a foot. Ranges like that set a budget; the bid has to come from your actual yard, since slope and tear-out swing Bothell jobs more than most. The free written quote after we walk the line is the number that means something.

Do I need a fence permit in Bothell?

Usually not, if it's a back or side fence under six feet. Corner lots carry sight-line rules, taller runs can need paper, and all of it goes through the City of Bothell Permit Center, which covers the King and Snohomish sides alike. When a permit applies, we file it and fold the fee into the written quote.

Does the county line change anything for my fence?

It decides which county sends your tax statement, and for a fence that's roughly the end of its power. Permits for every Bothell address come through the one city desk, the crew and the concrete are identical on both sides, and the cost ranges hold county-wide. Build-wise, 244th is just another street.

Will fence posts rot in the low ground by the river trail?

Not if they're set for that ground. The flats near the Sammamish River and North Creek stay soaked for months at a stretch, and a post standing in that kind of hole fails right at grade, where wood meets weather, long before frost is ever a factor here. Deep holes, ground-contact treated posts, concrete finished to shed, and boards held clear of the soil are what keep a low-ground fence straight.

Bothell is the bottom corner of our service map, and the rest of the fence pages run north from here. The concrete stays the same town to town; the ground it goes into keeps changing.

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The crew answers around the clock, and it's the same number on the King side and the Snohomish side.

Tell us what the fence needs to do, or lead with a photo; one clear shot of the line tells us most of what we need. Whichever county your half of Bothell is in, the same crew calls you back.

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