Fence installation in Fort Myers, Florida

A Fort Myers fence company that puts the price on the page.

Crown Fence Co LLC installs fence across Fort Myers and the towns around it, from the McGregor corridor and Whiskey Creek out through Gateway, Fort Myers Shores and Buckingham, north across the river, and east into Lehigh Acres. Quarter-acre subdivision lots and five-acre parcels both get built the same way, with the same rates.

Most Fort Myers fence companies want you on the phone before they will say a number. Ours are on this page, so you can size the job before anyone comes out. Gates, property type, retaining walls, slopes and removing an old fence all change the number. Crown also builds decks and docks, which is the difference on a river or canal lot where all three meet at the back of the property.

Fence materials compared for Fort Myers conditions.

Vinyl is the easiest fence to own here. Nothing to stain, nothing to rot, and it holds its color in full Florida sun. Highest cost per foot, lowest upkeep, and it is what most Fort Myers subdivisions end up with.

Wood is the cheapest privacy fence and the one that asks something of you. Pressure-treated pine handles the humidity and the termites as long as it gets sealed. Horizontal boards are the look people are asking for in the newer Fort Myers builds.

Chain link covers more ground for less money than anything else, which is why it wins on acreage. It keeps the view, it keeps the breeze, and it takes almost no wind load.

Dura Fence is steel privacy. Solid like vinyl, but metal, in black, white, woodgrain or grey. The answer when you want a solid fence that does not read as plastic.

Chain link fence in Fort Myers, and when it is the right call.

Chain link has a reputation problem it mostly does not deserve. It is the cheapest fence per foot, the fastest to install, it survives storms better than anything solid, and in black it reads as a boundary rather than as an eyesore. On a wooded lot or against a hedge, black chain link nearly disappears.

Where it is right: dog runs, acreage perimeters, back boundaries that back onto preserve or canal, anywhere you want containment without giving up the view or the airflow. Where it is wrong: a front yard on the McGregor corridor, or anywhere the point of the fence is that the neighbors cannot see in.

Galvanized starts at $19.99 a foot and black at $25.95. The $6 difference is finish, not strength. Most Fort Myers customers who look at both end up in black.

Fence repair in Fort Myers, before you replace the whole run.

Not every damaged fence is a teardown. A leaning section usually means one failed post, not a failed fence, and a post can be reset or replaced without touching the rest of the line. Storm damage is often three or four panels and a gate. Rot in pine almost always starts at ground level and works up, so the boards above the bottom rail can be fine while the bottom foot is gone.

What is worth replacing instead of repairing: a wood fence where the posts themselves are soft, because everything you bolt to them is only as good as they are; chain link where the top rail has bent along most of the run; and any fence where the repair cost passes about half the cost of new.

Tell us what is still standing when you call. We will say honestly whether it is a repair or a replacement, and Fort Myers has plenty of fence still going that a fence company would happily have sold you twice.

Building a Fort Myers fence that survives hurricane season.

A fence here fights two things at once. Humidity and rain go after wood and after cheap hardware. Wind goes after anything solid, because a privacy fence is a sail and every bit of that load ends up in the posts and the footings.

That is the real trade, and no material gets around it. Privacy costs you wind resistance. The answer is not a flimsier fence, it is post depth and post spacing matched to the run, concrete that actually gets to size, and gates braced to take the abuse, because gates and end posts are where fences fail first every single time.

Fort Myers is still replacing fence lost to Ian years later. If a storm is what put you on this page, say so when you call and we will look at what can be saved.

Fort Myers neighborhoods and nearby towns we fence.

Inside Fort Myers: the McGregor corridor, Whiskey Creek, Iona and the roads off Summerlin, downtown and the historic blocks near Edison Park, Gateway and the newer builds east of I-75, Fort Myers Shores and Buckingham out along the river, and San Carlos Park to the south.

Around it: North Fort Myers across the Caloosahatchee, Lehigh Acres east, Alva and the east county parcels, Estero and Bonita Springs heading toward Naples.

We work the rest of Southwest Florida as well, including Cape Coral, plus Naples, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and North Port. All fencing options.

Commercial fence in Fort Myers.

Fencing a business is a different job from fencing a backyard. The fence is there to control who gets in, protect what is parked or stored on the lot, and keep working while people drive through it every day. Heavier framework, heavier wire, and gates sized and hung for vehicle traffic rather than a lawnmower.

Industrial yards off Metro and Michigan Avenue, contractor lots, storage and equipment yards, dumpster and generator enclosures, apartment and multifamily perimeters, and construction-site fence that goes up before anything else does.

See commercial fencing for scope and materials.

Fence, deck and dock on the same Fort Myers lot.

On the river lots along the Caloosahatchee, out through Fort Myers Shores and up the North Fort Myers side, the fence does not stand on its own. The fence ends where the deck starts, the deck meets the seawall, and the dock runs off the seawall into the water. Three trades, three schedules, and usually three separate arguments about the gaps between them.

Crown builds all three. Fence, deck and dock, one contractor, one schedule. See decks and dock building, resurfacing and railings.

Fort Myers fence questions we get asked.

How much does a fence cost in Fort Myers? Starting rates run from $19.99 a foot for galvanized chain link to $38.95 a foot for vinyl. A 150 foot backyard is roughly $2,999 to $5,843 depending on material, before gates, property type, retaining walls and site conditions are added.

How much does it cost to fence an acre? A square acre is about 835 feet of fence. In galvanized chain link that is roughly $16,700 installed. Five acres is about 1,867 feet, or roughly $37,300.

How tall can a fence be in Fort Myers? Six feet is the maximum in rear and side yards inside the City of Fort Myers. Front yards are lower. We confirm the limit for your specific address before quoting.

Do I need a permit for a fence in Fort Myers? Yes, and which office issues it depends on whether your address is inside the city or in unincorporated Lee County. We pull it either way.

What is the cheapest fence in Fort Myers? Galvanized chain link, starting at $19.99 a foot. Wood, starting at $28.95, is the cheapest privacy fence.

Can you repair my fence instead of replacing it? Often, yes. A leaning run is usually one bad post. We will tell you honestly when a repair is throwing money at a fence that is done.

Do you install fence in Lehigh Acres and North Fort Myers? Yes, along with Alva, Buckingham, Estero, Bonita Springs and the rest of Lee County.

What fence holds up best in a hurricane? Chain link, because wind passes straight through it. Among solid fences, what matters is not the material but the post depth, the post spacing and the footings.