Wood Fence Installation Jerome ID | Cedar & Treated Pine

Last updated: 2026-08-16

Jerome Idaho Fence Pros is a fence company serving Jerome and the Magic Valley, and wood 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 and a written per-foot price before any work starts
811 Digline utility locate scheduled and confirmed before we dig
Post holes augered to depth, with rock auger or breaker where basalt is shallow
Pressure-treated 4x4 or 6x6 posts, set in concrete with a gravel drainage base
Hot-dip galvanized or stainless ring-shank fasteners — not electroplated
Rails and pickets fitted to grade, racked or stepped as the slope requires
Gates hung with heavy-duty strap hinges and adjusted to swing true
Old fence and concrete footings hauled away, site raked clean

What this costs in Jerome

Wood Fence Installation runs $20–$45 per linear foot installed in this area. 2026 published installed ranges for wood fencing, cross-checked against Twin Falls-area quotes. 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

Pickets graying, cupping, or splitting
Posts leaning after a windstorm
Rot at the base of posts
Rails pulling loose from posts

DIY, the cheapest bid, or the job done properly

	DIY weekend	Cheapest bid	Done properly
Post depth	Whatever the auger reached before hitting rock	Frost minimum, regardless of panel size	Sized to the panel’s wind area and your soil
Hitting basalt	Job stops; rental auger goes back	Post set shallow and concreted over	Rock auger or breaker; depth still met
Old footings	Left in the ground	Snapped at grade, line shifted over	Extracted, new posts in solid ground
Hardware	Whatever the box store stocked	Electroplated — rusts near irrigation	Hot-dip galvanized or stainless
811 locate	Often skipped	Sometimes skipped	Filed and cleared every time
If it fails	Your weekend, again	Chasing a phone number that stopped working	We come back and fix it

How it works

How wood fence installation runs

01
Free on-site measure
We walk the line with you, check the grade and soil, confirm the property line, and hand you a written per-foot price. No pressure and no charge.
02
Locate and layout
We file the 811 locate, wait out the required 2–3 business days, then string the line and mark every post.
03
Set and build
Holes augered to depth, posts set plumb in concrete, then rails and pickets go on once the concrete has taken.
04
Gates and walkthrough
Gates hung and adjusted, hardware checked, debris hauled, and we walk the finished line with you before we leave.

Questions

Wood Fence Installation questions

Cedar or pressure-treated pine in Jerome?

Western red cedar holds up better against Jerome's dry heat and 9.9 inches of annual rain — it stays dimensionally stable and resists checking as the humidity swings. Pressure-treated pine costs less up front and does fine on rails and posts, which is why many fences here use treated posts with cedar pickets. If you want one material for the whole fence and plan to stay put, cedar is the better spend.

How long will a wood fence last here?

A properly set cedar fence in this climate commonly runs 15–20 years; treated pine runs 10–15. The variable that matters most is not the wood — it is whether the posts were set below frost depth and whether the fence gets sealed. Untreated wood left bare in 110 °F summers and −25 °F winters grays and checks within two seasons.

Do I need to stain a new wood fence right away?

Not immediately. New cedar needs 30–60 days to dry out and release mill glaze before it will take stain properly. Sealing after that first drying window, then every two to three years, is what buys the back half of the fence's life.

Which side of the fence faces my neighbor?

The convention in Idaho is finished side out — smooth face toward the neighbor and the street, rails toward your yard. It is a courtesy rather than a statute, but it is what buyers and appraisers expect, and it avoids an argument later. Board-on-board construction sidesteps the question entirely by looking finished from both sides.

Do you charge for an estimate?

No. Estimates are free across Jerome and the Magic Valley, including the drive. We walk the line with you, check how deep the rock sits on your lot, and hand you a written per-foot price with removal and gates broken out as their own lines.

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Wood Fence Installation in Jerome, ID