Why fences fail in High Point
A fence that looks fine the first summer can start telling on itself by year five — posts leaning, gates dragging, boards twisting out of line. In High Point the cause is almost always the install, not the material. The Triad’s frost line runs about 12 inches, but a fence needs 24-36 inches of buried post to stand up to wind load, and around here the red clay holds water against a post all winter. Set a post too shallow, skip the concrete footing flare, or put galvanized hardware into modern ACQ pressure-treated lumber and the whole line is on borrowed time.
We set fences the way you would if you never wanted to replace them: holes 24-36 inches deep belled wider at the bottom, concrete with a crown to shed water, 6x6 posts on long runs and gates where most contractors use 4x4, and stainless or ACQ-rated fasteners that won’t corrode out of the wood.
High Point neighborhoods we fence
High Point spreads across the southwest corner of the Triad, and the fencing changes with the part of town. In Emerywood and the historic district downtown, the lots are older and shaded by heavy mature oak canopy — cedar privacy fence and black powder-coated aluminum ornamental both fit the character there better than bright white vinyl, and we work carefully around established root systems and the original brick walls common on those properties. In Greenway, Skeet Club, and Deep River, the mid-century ranches and the 1990s-2000s builder homes off Eastchester Drive and Skeet Club Road are the bread and butter of our fence work: 6-foot wood privacy fences for back yards, aluminum pool enclosures, and the occasional ranch rail on the larger lots toward the edge of town. Out along the I-85 and 311 corridors toward Archdale and Trinity we also handle chain link for commercial yards, dog runs, and back-of-property utility lines.
Fences we install
- Wood privacy — the most common request, 6-foot dog-ear or scalloped pressure-treated pine or cedar. Cedar costs more but won’t twist and warp the way pine can, and it weathers to a silver gray that suits the older Emerywood streets.
- Vinyl — premium CertainTeed or Bufftech with internal aluminum post reinforcement, not the hollow plastic that bows in July heat. Maintenance-free for 25-40 years.
- Aluminum ornamental — black or bronze powder-coated, looks like wrought iron, pool-code compliant for HOA pool enclosures. Popular for front-yard accents and pool surrounds in the newer subdivisions.
- Ranch and split rail — for the half-acre-plus lots, in cedar, locust, or pressure-treated pine.
HOA and property lines in High Point
Most of the planned subdivisions off Eastchester Drive and Skeet Club Road require HOA approval before a fence goes up, with rules on height, material, color, and setback. We provide the dimensioned drawings your application needs and quote to the approved spec once you have sign-off. Property lines are yours to verify — if there’s any doubt near a neighbor’s structure or in a tight-setback subdivision, we recommend a survey, and we can offset the fence slightly inside your line for peace of mind. We also call 811 to locate utilities before any post hole is dug.
Why High Point chooses Mid Atlantic
We’re 30 minutes up Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem — not a national franchise, not a storm chaser. Every fence is installed by our own in-house W-2 crews, never subcontracted, the same crews High Point property owners trust for roofing, siding, and gutters. If you’re already planning exterior work, we can stage a new roof and a new fence together to keep disruption to one visit. We carry an A+ BBB rating and 4.8 stars on Google and Facebook, and we back every fence with a 3-year workmanship warranty.
Schedule a fence estimate
Call (336) 671-5208 or request an estimate online. High Point fence estimates take about 30-45 minutes, including a walk of the proposed fence line.