Privacy, wood, vinyl, aluminum, chain-link, and pool-code fencing from an experienced, family-owned crew. Whether you're closing in the backyard, meeting pool code, or replacing a fence the last storm took down, we set every post right and put a free written estimate in your hands first.
A fence is equal parts function and curb appeal, it keeps kids and dogs in, keeps deer and neighbors out, and frames the whole look of your yard. Gray & Sons Contracting installs residential fencing of every kind for homeowners across Calvert, St. Mary's, and Charles County. We handle the full job from layout to cleanup: locating the line, digging and setting posts in concrete, hanging the panels and gates, and hauling off the old fence if there's one to remove.
The most-requested fence we build. A solid six-foot wood or vinyl privacy fence closes in the backyard, blocks the sightline from the road or a close neighbor, and cuts wind and noise. We set posts deep and true so a long run of privacy fence stays straight instead of leaning after the first wet winter.
Classic and warm. We build pressure-treated pine and cedar fences, full-privacy board, shadowbox, split-rail, and traditional picket for a front yard. Wood costs less up front than vinyl and looks natural against Southern Maryland's older homes and wooded lots; it just wants a coat of stain or seal every few years to go the distance.
Low-maintenance and clean-looking for decades. Vinyl never needs painting or staining and shrugs off our humid summers. We install quality vinyl systems from lines like ActiveYards and Bufftech in privacy, semi-privacy, and picket styles, in white and popular color-through finishes that don't fade or chalk the way cheap panels do.
When you want to define the yard without blocking the view, ornamental aluminum is the answer. It gives you the wrought-iron look with none of the rust, and it follows sloped ground cleanly with racked panels. We install Ameristar and comparable aluminum systems around front yards, gardens, and pools.
The workhorse. For a back property line, a dog run, or a play area, galvanized or black vinyl-coated chain-link is the most budget-friendly way to enclose a lot of ground. Black-coated mesh practically disappears into a tree line while still doing its job.
Maryland requires a barrier around residential pools, and the details matter, height, picket spacing, and self-closing, self-latching gates all have to meet code. We build pool enclosures that pass inspection the first time, most often in ornamental aluminum, with gates that latch every single time on their own.
Most fences run roughly $20 to $60 per linear foot installed, or about $3,000 to $12,000 for a typical residential yard. Chain-link sits at the low end, wood and vinyl fall in the middle, and ornamental aluminum lands near the top. Four things move that number: the total length you're fencing, the material and height you choose, how many gates you need (gates cost more than a run of straight fence), and the terrain, sloped, rocky, or root-bound ground means more labor per post. The only way to price it honestly is to walk the property line, so we do that for free and put an exact number in writing with no surprise add-ons later.
A single leaning post or a bad gate is often a repair. But once posts start rotting off across a whole run, patching becomes throwing money at a fence that's on its way out, and that's when a fresh install is the smarter spend.
We build in whatever material fits your yard and budget. For wood, that's pressure-treated Southern yellow pine for value and Western red cedar when you want natural rot resistance and a richer grain. For vinyl, we install heavy-gauge systems from ActiveYards and Bufftech that carry real warranties and hold their color instead of yellowing. For ornamental fencing and pool enclosures, we install Ameristar aluminum. And for chain-link we use galvanized and black vinyl-coated mesh. Whatever you choose, we set posts in concrete to the right depth and install to spec so the fence stands straight for the long haul.
We install fences throughout Calvert, St. Mary's, and Charles County, including Prince Frederick, Solomons, Lusby, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, Owings, St. Leonard, Leonardtown, California, Lexington Park, Hollywood, Waldorf, and La Plata. See our full service area.
Because a fence is rarely the only thing happening in a backyard. As a full home improvement company, we can build your fence and, in the same coordinated project, add the deck you've been wanting, install fresh landscaping along the new line, or handle the retaining wall that a sloped lot needs before a fence will sit right. One contractor, one crew, one standard, no chasing separate trades to finish your yard.
Tell us what you're enclosing and we'll come walk the line. Privacy, pool-code, or a full property line, you'll get a straight answer and a free written estimate.