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Where I'm at in California the average price to have a pipe fence built is about $20 a foot and that is just a standard 5ft hight 8 foot on center post with no climb pipe fence.My question is what about when doing a 4 rail pipe fence? Do you charge $20 for every foot of pipe including post or just for the pipe running horizontal? Time and material rather than per foot?
 
Bostick's numbers would have been about my guess range for a decent fabricated fence, semi-custom. Obviously one can get into the "how long is a rope" question regarding a fence, though: Not every fence is created equal, even with a similar description.

Good (heavy) 10' cattle/ranch panels would run in the $ 13-16 range---and they're making those by the mega-ton including paint. Cheap lightweight versions run about $ 8/ft (just bought some Canadian made cheepies for that price). That's just for comparison of something which has similar construction---and high volume pre-jigged assembly-line cost-cutting build-up procedures.

If you want to pee yourself a little, you can go back to the old standards of about 1970 for pricing similar fabricated (custom) stuff: It used to run $ 20/lb from U.S. Steel. They'd not even bother to get into much detail because in those days, everyone made decent money and the game wasn't cutting to the bone. Trying to stab a competitor was the same as stabbing yourself in the long run. That's really how U.S. Steel supply would calculate jobs from bins to structural stuff to gate structures for commercial lots: Add up the weight, multiple by $ 20, put it on the quote.

Damn, I wish I could get away with that these days...and not even adjusted for inflation. And no, I'm not THAT old...my Father used to work for USS Supply and it always bothered him that the $ 20/lb rule he raised 5 kids on got tossed and replaced with cut-throat pricing.
 
I build a lot of pipe fence and the last 3 rail I built worked out to $11.80 a ft. in labor with the posts on 10' centers. If I was building a fence for myself then I would go with welded wire panels and a top rail of pipe.
 
Just to verify.....the prices you guys have stated,,,, per foot. Is that per linear ft of fabricated fence, or per ft of all materials in fabricated fence?
If it's the first, that sounds way cheap to me.
 
Does the stated prices include paint and installation?
 
My price was for material and labor excepting the holes and concrete. With the rock around here, you never know what it will take to get holes dug.

As for as paint, are you a painter? I'm not, I'm a weldor. I never paint any thing that needs more than a rattle can.

I don't know what you mean by installation. I'm building fence. I have installed premade metal picket fencing but I think this guy is talking building fence.
 
I build pipe fence all the time. In southwest missouri it runs from 13-14 dollars per linear (running) foot, depending on the what you can get the material for. Thats 54 inches tall, 2 3/8 od pipe top with 4 7/8 rods, 2 3/8 od posts on 8 foot centers, 3 inch corners, gate and end posts. Using reject material, it's a waste to use #1 material on pipe fence. I'd say in California that number is low. My wife is a Californian and from what I know about out there that ain't enough.
I don't paint anything either, for me to paint it it would be double, I'd rather be beat with a stick.
 
Just to verify.....the prices you guys have stated,,,, per foot. Is that per linear ft of fabricated fence, or per ft of all materials in fabricated fence?
If it's the first, that sounds way cheap to me.
It has to be linear feet of fabricated fence. If it was the other way then a 10' section with 2 posts and 4 cross pipes would cost $780.00 at $15.00 per foot.
 
You can get reject material here in CA but its not going to be near that price, your looking at damn near $50+ a foot installed around here.
 
This may have caused some confusion?
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Here in Texas pipe fence capital of the world it's 13.50$-15$ a foot meaning every piece on that fence.
Ya I know that I've been confused reading some threads of people quoting what they charge per ft for handrail, fence, etc. and I always assumed they meant per linear ft of completed fence/rail. To build a 10ft handrail on a staircase charging $30 per ft means you make $300 for the whole thing?? yea right. Maybe most guys have been refering to the overall length of used material on a job. If were talking the same 10 ft hand rail example I used above and Its basic schedule 40 pipe with the handrail, one runner and two or three vertical posts inbedded in core drilled holes. then $30 per ft sounds more like it.
 
They use 1" diameter bar wire in texas.


I set 12 2 7/8" posts today.
I think if I was to build horse fence for guppy horse people I'd buy knew material. The rusted magnatized used ****s not super cheap. Only cool thing is 30ft toprail. Can sometimes get longer than 20ft from farwest

Price ****. I'm not sure 15ft would cover it. I have to build more and keep track
 
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