Fence Installation in Cornwall, Ontario

The City's fence by-law sets maximum heights, and they differ between front yards and rear or side yards — front yard limits are lower, because of sightlines at driveways and corners. Pool enclosures have their own separate requirements. We check the current by-law against your specific lot before quoting rather than assuming, since the limits are also affected by corner lots and by whether the fence sits on a retaining wall.

Not always, but it is the safest thing you can bring us. If you have a survey we work from it. If you do not, we can work from visible boundary evidence and existing pins, but the risk of an encroachment sits with the property owner, so for a contested or tight boundary we would rather you get it surveyed than guess. It costs far less than moving a finished fence.

Below the frost line for our area, set in concrete. Shallow posts are the single most common cause of a fence going crooked, and it usually shows up in the second or third spring. Gate posts get extra depth and bracing, because they carry a swinging load that the rest of the run does not.

You are not obliged to, but we would. If the fence sits on the shared line, Ontario's Line Fences Act contemplates the cost being shared, and a conversation before the posts go in prevents a dispute afterwards. If you would rather avoid the discussion entirely, we can build the fence fully inside your own property line instead.

Yes. There are two approaches: racking, where the panels follow the slope and the pickets stay vertical, and stepping, where each panel stays level and steps down, leaving triangular gaps at the bottom. Racking looks cleaner on a gentle grade; stepping suits a steeper one and some panel systems only allow one or the other. We will show you both before you decide.