Lubbock, Texas · South Plains
A cedar privacy fence is the backyard fence we build most in Lubbock, and we build almost all of it on galvanized steel posts. Cedar gives you the look and smell of real wood; steel gives you a post that won't rot at the ground line or snap the first April it meets a 50-mph gust. Tell us the footage and the height and we'll measure and price it on site.
Pickets butt edge to edge on two or three rails. It is the most economical cedar style and the one most Lubbock subdivisions already have, so it matches the neighbors. Expect thin gaps to open as new pickets dry in our low humidity.
Pickets overlap in two layers, so there's no see-through gap even after shrinkage. It reads the same from both sides, which helps on shared lot lines and alley runs. It takes noticeably more pickets and catches more wind, so we tighten post spacing on long exposed runs.
Shadowbox alternates pickets on each side of the rails. Wind passes through the offsets, which takes some load off the posts. A top cap and trim board add a finished line and shed water off the picket tops.
Lubbock's Unified Development Code lists cedar and whitewood as approved residential fence materials. Any other wooden picket fence is allowed only with metal posts, metal brackets and metal caps, and its wooden rails must be at least 2 by 4 inches. In our opinion that rule points the right way even for cedar. Think of a privacy fence as a sail and the posts as the mast: the pickets only catch the wind, and the posts and footings have to hold it.
In NOAA's 2015–2024 records for Lubbock's airport, the fastest two-minute wind each year ran from 46.1 to 57.9 mph. That's why we set corner, end and gate posts deeper and heavier than line posts, drill through caliche when we hit it, and crown each concrete footing so water runs away from the steel.
A residential fence inside the required front setback is limited to 48 inches; anywhere else on the lot the cap is 10 feet, measured from adjacent grade. Fences up to 7 feet are exempt from a City building permit, so a standard 6-foot or 8-foot cedar fence usually is not, and the 8-foot one needs a permit.
If you're in an HOA, Texas law has barred associations from prohibiting a perimeter fence since 2021 (Property Code §202.023). The association can still regulate the type of fence. A 2025 amendment (SB 711) added what else it can restrict: fencing over sidewalks or drainage easements, a 10-foot driveway-gate setback on laned roads, and, if the covenants say so, fencing in front of the house's front-most building line. Bring us your HOA's fence guidelines and we'll match the style they approve.
HomeGuide's 2026 guide puts wood fence at $20 to $50 per linear foot installed and cedar privacy fence at about $35 to $40. Those are national figures, not our quotes. Your written quote lists posts, rails, pickets, gates, tear-out and haul-off on separate lines.
Want something that never needs stain? See our R-panel metal fence or vinyl and composite fence. Already have cedar that's turning gray? Our fence staining page covers it.
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