Jones Custom Fences
Wood Privacy Fences
Board on board and dog ear, flat, arched or scalloped tops, set into the ground you actually have.
Board on board or dog ear, and why the gap matters
Dog ear is the fence most people picture: pickets set edge to edge on one side of the rail, corners clipped at an angle so the top reads as a soft wave. It goes up faster and costs less, and for most backyards it does the job fine. Board on board is the same frame with the pickets overlapped on alternating faces of the rail, so there is no sightline through the fence from any angle, even head on. If a neighbor's window looks straight into your yard, or you just don't want a stranger walking a dog to glance through, board on board is the one that actually closes the gap. We ask what the fence has to block before we quote which style, because the two aren't interchangeable once it's in the ground.
Tops, caps, and the clay underneath
Flat top is the plainest line and the easiest to keep straight over a long run. Arched top lifts gently between each post, which reads as more finished from the street. Scalloped does the opposite, dipping between posts for a softer look that suits an older home. Cap and trim boards along the top and bottom close off the raw edge of the pickets, which is what separates a fence that looks built from one that looks nailed together. None of that matters if the posts move, and middle Georgia clay moves. It swells wet and shrinks dry, which is exactly what pulls a shallow-set post out of true within a season. We set posts to depth for the ground on your lot, not a generic spec, because the clay under a Warner Robins yard is the reason fences from other crews start leaning within a year or two.
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Why pickets open up as the wood dries
New pressure treated pickets go up snug because the wood is still carrying the moisture it was treated with. Over the following months that moisture leaves and the boards shrink, so gaps that weren't there on install day show up on their own. It is not a sign of a bad build, it is what the material does, and a crew that understands it will space fresh pickets a little tighter than the finished look calls for so the fence settles into the right spacing rather than an open one. If you're comparing quotes and one crew promises zero gap ever on fresh lumber, ask how, because the wood doesn't leave that promise much room.
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See the other styles we build
Not every yard wants a privacy line. Some want ranch rail fencing along a road frontage, or a vinyl privacy fence with no staining upkeep. Browse the full list of services or get a free estimate on your own run. Eric comes out and looks at the ground before he quotes it, because the ground decides how the fence has to be built.