Privacy Fences
Almost all residential privacy fences are fabricated from either wood or vinyl. The most common height is 6′, but 7′ and 8′ high fences are also available. Generally, almost any style wood fence is also available in vinyl.
Wood or Vinyl? Here is a Comparison:
| Wood | Vinyl | |
| Construction | Solid | Hollow |
| Durability | 15-20 Years | Lifetime Warranty |
| Colors | Choose a stain or weather to silver gray | Usually white, other colors available |
| Price | From $32 per foot | From $36 per foot |
On the bottom line, you’ll pay more for a vinyl fence, but it will be maintenance free and will never need to be replaced. As we say in the trade, Vinyl is Final. On the other hand, many of our customers have no interest in vinyl. There is just something unique abut a wood fence. We’ll be happy to prepare estimates on comparable style fences in both wood and vinyl.
Cedar
When it comes to privacy, there’s nothing like the look of wood. At Oneonta Fence, we prefer cedar. We pride ourselves on how attractive our fences look from both sides. That is because we install our fence sections between the posts rather than on the face of the posts. Our horizontal rails feature 2″ ends to fit securely into 2″ bored out holes in each fence post. This Doweled installation is much stronger than the conventional Nail On method, because of the weight of the fence sections rests on 2″ dowels rather than on a few nails or screws.
We also use 5×5 posts rather than the standard 4×4’s used by most fence companies. That one inch may not sound like much, but if you do the math, you’ll find that it works out to about 50% more wood per post!
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- We custom designed this gate and stationary section to create a continuous concave sweep.
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- We call this an off-grade fence section. It steps down from 6′ high to 4′ high.
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- We installed this 8′ high Cedar privacy fence in Oneonta in 2008
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- Lattice tops can be criss-cross, checker board, or just horizontal like this one at The Inn in Cooperstown.
Vinyl
Vinyl Privacy fences are available in a variety of styles, colors and heights. We are the exclusive area dealer for Bufftech, one of the largest vinyl fence manufacturers in the country.
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- We call this a 5+1: 5′ of vinyl privacy with a 1′ lattice topper
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- Installing a 6’ high vinyl privacy fence along a property line is pretty routine. The charm here is the “cut-out” which spared the overhanging limb of the fruit tree so both sides still have access to fresh, juicy pears.
