About the author

Roy Tillman

Editor & Fence Builder, FenceContractors.online
Fence contractor. Fifteen years building wood, vinyl, aluminum, and chain-link fence for residential and commercial clients.

Roy Tillman has built fence for fifteen years, setting posts in clay, sand, and Carolina red dirt, in wood, vinyl, aluminum, and chain-link. He has seen which fences sag in three years and which stand for twenty, which is why the guides here lead with what the post and the install actually determine, not with whatever material has the prettiest brochure. He is blunt about where homeowners can DIY and where a bad install costs more than hiring out.

He built FenceContractors.online for both sides of the property line. Homeowners get straight answers on material choices, cost per foot, and how to vet a contractor. Working fence builders get a free directory listing so local customers can find an insured crew instead of a lowball weekend operation.

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