Composite for people who are done with the stain cycle. Colour runs through the board, it does not warp or splinter, and we are a Trex Certified Installer.
Get a Free QuoteComposite is engineered as a matched set: posts, rails and infill designed to move together. Most composite failures come from treating it like wood, mixing components between brands or stretching spans past what the rail is rated for.
We build to the manufacturer’s span and fastening spec, and we leave the expansion gaps the material needs. Composite moves with heat, and a Dallas summer is exactly when a fence built tight will start to buckle.
The full privacy system: composite posts, rails and interlocking pickets.
Composite infill on steel posts where you want maximum wind rating.
Selected against your house and any existing composite decking.
Built as one job so the colour and line actually match.
Composite makes the most sense on two kinds of Dallas job. The first is HOA-governed neighbourhoods where the covenant wants a uniform look held for years, and a stain cycle across a whole street never stays uniform. The second is west-facing runs that bake all afternoon, where a wood fence greys within two seasons. The trade-off is heat movement: composite expands more than cedar in a Dallas August, so the gaps we leave at install are deliberate, not sloppy, and a fence built without them is the one that buckles.
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Questions from people who are done with the stain cycle.
It warms more than wood, which matters on a deck underfoot and much less on a vertical fence you walk past. Colour choice makes a real difference, and lighter tones stay noticeably cooler on a west-facing run.
Because composite moves with temperature and the system is designed for it. Those gaps are deliberate. Fitting the boards tight is how you get buckling in August, and it is the most common fault we see on composite installed by someone treating it like wood.
We would not. Composite is engineered as a matched set, so posts, rails and infill are designed to expand together, and mixing components is where most composite failures start. It also tends to void the warranty that made composite worth buying.
Composite removes the maintenance that makes people tired of a timber fence. What it asks in return is respect for how much it moves in heat. A composite board in full Texas afternoon sun expands measurably along its length, and a fence built tight, because tight looks better on install day, has nowhere to put that expansion.
Composite suits people who want the fence to look the same in year eight as it did in year one, and who would rather not spend a weekend staining to get there. Composite costs more up front than cedar and the case for it is made over ten or fifteen years of not staining. If you are likely to move within a few years, cedar is usually the better financial decision, and we will run that comparison with you honestly rather than steering you to the larger invoice.
We walk your Dallas property, give you a straight price, and show you exactly how we build it to last.
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