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Boral Fence Installation: The Austin Owner’s Guide
Boral fence installation in Austin typically runs $3,500 – $9,000 for a standard residential run, including all materials, concrete footings, and labor. We stock Boral-compatible post systems, rails, and pickets on our trucks so we can usually start within a few days of your estimate, not weeks. Most homeowners discover they need us when a post starts leaning after a storm or a picket cracks along the grain and won’t hold a fastener anymore. Boral makes a heavy, engineered composite fence that handles Texas heat well, but the installation details matter more than the brand name when posts start moving in clay soil.
Key takeaways:
- Full Boral fence installation in Austin averages $3,500 – $9,000 depending on linear feet, post spacing, and gate hardware.
- We’re an independent installer, not a Boral dealer or affiliate, so we match the right components regardless of where the original fence came from.
- Mason Remodeling Co Austin delivers a written price before any work starts, and every installation is covered for 365 days from completion.
Which Boral Models This Applies To
Boral’s fence line breaks into two main families: the original composite picket system and the newer steel-reinforced post-and-rail configuration sold through lumberyards and fence suppliers across Austin. The compatibility gotcha is in the post profile. Boral posts are manufactured in both a 4×4 solid composite block and a 5×5 post sleeve that slides over a pressure-treated 4×4 core. If your existing fence uses the sleeve style and the wood core has rotted below grade, you can often salvage the sleeve and replace only the core, which cuts material cost roughly $40 – $60 per post versus a full Boral post replacement. If the posts are the solid composite block and they’re cracked or leaning, the post has to come out entirely.
Check the back of a picket or the base of a post for a molded-in code. Boral stamps a date and series identifier that unlocks the exact color match for replacement pieces. Colors fade differently in Austin’s UV than they do in, say, Ohio, so we always pull a piece from the least sun-exposed run first when we’re matching. For rails and pickets, we typically install the OEM Boral components because the tongue-and-groove tolerances are tight enough that generic aftermarket boards leave visible gaps. For post cores and concrete footings, we use the same supplier-grade materials we trust on other Austin fence jobs, which keeps the cost reasonable without touching the visual integrity of the Boral system.
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Signs Your Boral Fence Installation Is Failing
- Post lean after rain. Austin’s clay soil expands when wet and contracts during dry spells. A post set in an undersized footing or without enough concrete below the frost line will start to move within two seasons. By the time the lean is visible, the footing has usually cracked underground.
- Pickets pulling free at the top rail. Boral pickets are heavy, and when a top rail sags because the span between posts is too long, the fasteners at the top edge work loose first. You’ll see a picket flapping or a visible gap at the top rail line.
- Bottom rail rot or crush at post connections. The bottom rail takes the most moisture and the most insect pressure in an Austin yard. If the rail is composite, rot is rare but crush from improper fastening or a shifted post is not. The fix is usually a shim and re-fasten, not a full rail replacement.
- Gate sag on the latch side. A Boral gate is denser than a cedar gate, so hinge hardware wears differently. If the gate drags on the ground or won’t close square, the hinge screws have likely stripped in the composite post.
- White chalky film or cracking at picket ends. Boral stands up to UV reasonably well, but the cut ends of pickets are more porous than the faces. Once the end caps or edge sealing fails, moisture and sun do the rest. It starts cosmetic, then the picket cracks.
If what you’re seeing is a leaning post on a fence that’s otherwise solid, don’t wait. A moving post stresses every rail and picket connected to it, and a small lean becomes a section failure faster than most people expect.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a full Boral fence installation in Austin, you’re looking at $3,500 – $9,000 installed. The spread comes down to three things: linear feet of fence, how many posts need full replacement versus core-only work, and what the gate situation looks like. A 100-foot run with two standard gates and decent access lands in the $5,500 – $7,000 range in most Austin yards we see.
Every price we quote includes the Boral pickets, rails, posts or post sleeves, concrete, fasteners, and labor. We don’t quote you a material number and then add labor later. The written estimate we hand you before work starts is the price, full stop. If the job takes longer than we estimated because we hit rock or an old footing, that’s on us, not on your invoice. Every Boral fence installation is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if anything from that install fails within a year, we come back and fix it at no cost. No claim form, no dispute process.
DIY or Call Us?
Some of this is homeowner-friendly. You can check a leaning post by pushing it gently and watching the ground at the base for movement. You can pop a picket back into a rail channel if it’s just come loose. What you shouldn’t do is attempt to reset a Boral post on your own. The post is heavy, the digging in Austin clay is genuinely rough, and getting the footing depth and concrete mix right while keeping the post perfectly plumb takes two people and the right bracing. We’ve rebuilt more than a few sections where a homeowner gave it a weekend and the post drifted out of line by Monday.
If the gate is dragging or the post is leaning, tell me what’s wrong with it. We’ll figure out what it actually needs. Call (903) 623-1966 and Isaac or one of our crew leads will walk through what you’re seeing and give you a straight read on what it’ll take.
FAQs
A properly installed Boral fence should give you 20 – 30 years in Central Texas, and the pickets will almost always outlast the post footings. The composite itself handles sun and moisture well. What fails first in Austin is the part you can’t see: the wood post core inside a sleeve, or the concrete footing under a solid post. If you buy a house with an existing Boral fence, assume the posts are the old part even if the pickets still look new.
Sometimes. If the post is the sleeve-over-wood-core style and the sleeve is intact, we can dig around it, remove the rotted core, set a new pressure-treated core, and re-fill the footing without touching your pickets or rails. That runs far less than a full post replacement. If the post is cracked, leaning badly, or the concrete footing has broken apart, replacement is the honest fix. Call (903) 623-1966 and we’ll tell you which one you’ve got before you spend a dollar.
Most Austin installs run two to four working days from post holes to final gate adjustment, depending on length and how many old posts need to come out. Smaller repair-and-reset jobs are often finished the same day. We’ll give you a written schedule with the written price, and the crew lead’s name and photo before anyone shows up.
We keep Boral-compatible post cores, rails, fasteners, and common picket profiles stocked so we can usually address a failing section without waiting on a supplier run. For full installs, we order the exact Boral line and color to match your existing run, which typically reaches us in a few days. If you’re in the Mueller area or anywhere else in Austin, you’ll see the same thing: a crew that arrives on time, shows a photo ID, and gets the fence right the first time.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co Austin at Mason Remodeling Co Austin, serving Austin and nearby areas.
