A Lynnwood fence earns its keep twice, once as privacy from the traffic and once as posts that stand up to ground that stays wet half the year. We build cedar and vinyl to handle both, posts set in concrete. The on-site quote is free, and a person answers day or night: (206) 735-1286.
Free quoteCedar privacy fencingThe things that shorten a fence's life here are quiet ones: standing water you never see, headlights off 164th, and cedar as old as the split-level behind it. We plan for all three before we quote.
Dig a post hole here in January and it fills from the sides while you watch. A couple feet down, most yards hit hardpan, a packed layer so tight rain can't drain through, and a shallow post sits in that trapped water until the wood goes soft at the dirt line and the panel leans. We dig to solid bearing, set every post in concrete, and slope the top of the pour so water runs away from the wood.
A lot of Lynnwood backyards sit against 99, 164th, 196th, or one of the streets feeding the mall, close enough that the evening commute is part of the view. Six feet of tight-board cedar takes the headlights out of the kitchen window and takes the edge off the road noise, which is most of why people here call us in the first place. We run the boards tight, drop the height where corner sight lines require it, and keep the top line dead level so it reads calm even when the street isn't.
Around Scriber Lake and Hall Lake, the soggy ground near the water usually carries a wetland buffer, which is a no-build strip the city keeps around its lakes and creeks, and that strip can pull the legal fence line well inside what looks like your yard. Finding that out after the posts are set is the expensive version of finding it out. We confirm the setback with the city before a single hole goes in, then build to the line we verified.
In the current market, cedar privacy runs $35 to $60 a linear foot installed, vinyl $45 to $70, and a walk gate $400 to $900. Those are market ranges, not a bid; slope, gate count, and tear-out are what push a job up or down inside them. The full breakdown with a worked example is in what a fence costs in Snohomish County. The written quote you get after we walk your line is the number we bill against, and only a change order you sign can move it.
Every item below is inside the quote before you sign, so when you stack our number against another bid, you're comparing whole jobs.
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What it covers sits in the contract itself. You read the terms first, then you sign.
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Tell us where the line runs and what you want it to do. A photo from your phone is usually enough to get the quote started, and the person who reads it sets posts for a living.
Your photo goes to the crew, not a queue. You usually hear back within one business day at (206) 735-1286.