Last updated: 2026-08-16
Jerome Idaho Fence Pros is a fence company serving Jerome and the Magic Valley, and privacy fence installation is one of the services we build most. This page covers what the work involves here specifically — the ground, the climate, the code, and what it costs — rather than what it involves in general.
What we do on the first visit
The first visit is a measure, not a sales call. We walk the fence line with you, check the grade and how the ground drains, and test how deep the basalt sits — Jerome County is Snake River Plain lava rock capped with three to ten feet of windblown loess, and which of those your posts land in changes the job. We confirm where the property line actually runs, count the gates, and note whether equipment can reach the line. Then you get a written per-foot price with removal and gates as separate lines.
If we think repair is the better spend than replacement, or a different material suits your situation better, we say so on that visit — including when it means the smaller job for us.
What's included
- On-site measure with a check against Jerome's 6-foot rear and side yard limit
- 811 Digline utility locate scheduled and confirmed before we dig
- Post embedment sized for a solid panel's wind load, not a picket fence's
- Board-on-board, shadowbox, or tongue-and-groove construction as specified
- Cedar or UV-stabilized vinyl, the two materials Jerome's code prefers
- Finished side out toward the street and neighbor by default
- Gates braced diagonally so they do not sag out of square
- Old fence and concrete footings hauled away, site raked clean
What this costs in Jerome
Privacy Fence Installation runs $25–$45 per linear foot installed in this area. Installed ranges for 6-foot cedar and vinyl privacy construction in the Twin Falls area. The things that move a job up its range are gate count, how much old fence has to come out, whether we can get equipment to the line, slope, and how shallow the rock is. If you want a number before you call, the fence cost calculator will get you close.
When it needs doing
- Daylight showing between shrunken pickets
- Whole sections leaning after wind
- Gate sagging and dragging
- Rot at the base of solid panels
Related reading
These go deeper on the questions that come up most on this job: