vinyl fence pricing

[Jeffrey Abrams 14]

I could use some help in pricing a vinyl fence. The fence is 5 foot high and is not a solid fence. I has 4 rails only between post. Each section is 8 foot wide and there is over 4000 linear feet total. My customer wants to have the job broken down into section and would consider cleaning every 6 months to keet the mold/mildew off . Since its runs along the propery it is very long. Some of the fence however is horse and live stock corrals. I was wondering if anyone had any experience in pricing this type of job or how much I should charge per section. Thanks

[squirtgun 122]

Jeff,

1st of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

We gave a price on about 2000 linear ft earlier this year.This isn't as easy a job as it appears,remember you have to clean both sides,posts and tops and bottoms of the rails.I gave a price around $.50 a linear ft.(per side)/plus chemicals.The customer freaked(funny the people with $$$ always do.)and said they would do it themselves(the wife did it all with clorox and a scrub brush.she said it took her a month to complete).

If you get the job use pump up sprayers to apply chem to keep waste to a minimum.

[mtnframer 14]

jeff

we did a white vinyl privacy fence last month,it is much harder than i thought

due to the amount of dust.

steve

[PLD 14]

I disagree with Jeff on the pump up. Burn the chems and save the labor.

FWIW, I did two 250lf sections (solid fence) at an apartment complex and charged $0.50/lf/side. Great money!! Applied chems (housewash) with an old style xjet (low press) and removed the remaining gook with a #40100 tip. Used a gun with no lance for all of it. It took about an hour per 250lf (one side). One section was even on a main highway and only afforded 6ft of working room. That added about 30 minutes. My neighbor has two 75ft sections (also solid) that I do for free twice a year. Takes about an hour and a half.

Some people love flatwork, but give me my Xjet and some housewash and I'll take ALL the vinyl fencing you can offer up.

[squirtgun 122]

Philip,

Jeff was the poster,I was the replier.

If this were a solid vinyl fence I would have also suggeted using the xjet.

However, with 4 rails you'll be spraying a huge amount of chems on the ground.Also, Jeff states there is live stock around so controlling chem exposure to a minimum would possibley keep help prevent making any of the property owners animals sick.

[PLD 14]

If this were a solid vinyl fence I would have also suggeted using the xjet. However, with 4 rails you'll be spraying a huge amount of chems on the ground.Also, Jeff states there is live stock around so controlling chem exposure to a minimum would possibley keep help prevent making any of the property owners animals sick.

You're right. I just got so excited about 4000ft of vinyl fencing that I forgot about that little detail...

[Jeffrey Abrams 14]

Squirtgun, thanks for the well wishes. I'm really feelilng the heat this year know that I,m older. Everyone thanks for the infromation- its going to be a diffilcult quote