Frisco Fence Company Advice for Dealing with Slopes on Fence Lines
Frisco Fence Company owner Sean Eubanks, President of Texas State Fence Co., offers advice on how to deal with slopes when building a fence.
Creating an elevation drawing prior to building your fence forces you to confront the fact that you fence line may traverse a slope. Fence lines are often forced to traverse terrain that has some degree of slope and dealing that the slope correctly can impact the quality, beauty, and strength of your fence for many years to come.
There are three basic construction choices that you have for dealing with slopes when building a fence. Those choices are:
- Stepped Framing
- Sloped (Parallel) Framing
- Hybrid Framing
With stepped framing the fence is built in sections with each section resting level at a different elevation. On gradual slopes this looks good but on more steeply graded slopes the look begins to become less desirable. Basically each section is built such that that panel is level at the top but the bottoms of the slats are cut to mirror the ground surface.
- Sloped (Parallel) Framing
With sloped (parallel) framing the fence is sloped to the same angle that the ground is sloped, mirroring the gradient of the ground slope. This is usually the best approach with steep slopes or rolling terrain.
On very steep slopes you can intermix the stepped and sloped framing methods and set your posts as though stepped but construct your panels to a slope gradient that mirrors the terrain.
Frisco Fence Company (Texas State Fence Co.) installs new fencing, repairs and maintains existing fencing, and designs integrated fencing systems for both residential and commercial clients in the Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Plano, Carrollton, Coppell areas of North Texas. As one of the largest and most established fence companies in Dallas, Texas State Fence offers a full range of fence services, products and options. For more information please call 972-898-1307.
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