Estimating guide · Fencing
How to estimate a fencing job
A fence is a repeating section plus edge cases: corners, gates, slopes, and the first and last post. Price the section honestly, then count the exceptions.
A repeatable process
Measure the run and walk the line
Total lineal feet, but also corners, gates, slopes, and obstructions. Grade changes alter labor and sometimes design.
Fix post spacing and style
Spacing (commonly 6–8 ft) sets section count; style sets pickets, rails, and cap.
Take off by section
Posts = sections + 1, adjusted for corners and gates. Pickets from width plus gap. Rails per section by height style. Concrete per post.
Price digging and setting separately
Post holes in easy soil versus rock or roots are different jobs. Set labor reflects your ground.
Line-item gates and hardware
Gate posts, hinges, latches, and bracing are counted items with real cost.
Where fencing estimates go wrong
Linear-foot pricing across soil types
The same footage in clay or rock is not the same job.
Gates priced as fence
A gate is hardware, framing, and time — not pickets.
Concrete per post estimated low
Hole diameter and depth set bag count; shallow math strands posts.
Certified benchmark · 2026-08-21
In 520 certified profile-mode generations across 26 supported Instant assemblies on Windows (profile/AOT) and an Android API 36 emulator, supported jobs became editable estimates in a median of 0.028 seconds (rounded); the measured 95th percentile was 48.008 milliseconds (approximately 0.048 seconds), with 0 generative-AI provider calls.
- median, supported jobs
- 0.028 sec
- certified generations
- 520
- supported assemblies
- 26
- failures · 0 AI provider calls
- 0
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