Fence Company in Bulverde, TX for Rocky Lots and Acreage

Its Own City, Its Own Rules. We Check Them First.

This is its own city in Comal County, east of Boerne along Hwy 46. Boerne's permit and site plan rules don't apply here. Construction permits and contractor registration go through the city's Building Review and Inspection office, so we check what applies to your fence before it goes up.

HOA rules matter a lot on subdivision lots. They can set the fence height, the material, the style of the top, and which side of the boards faces the street. We'd rather find that out before the estimate than after the posts are set.

On acreage outside the subdivisions, the rules are usually lighter, but it's still worth a quick check. We'll help you find out what applies to your property.

Rocky Lots Up Front, Long Drives Out Back

The ground here is rocky, plain and simple. Post holes hit limestone often, so we drill and set every post in concrete. On a sloped lot we either step the panels down the hill or rack them to follow the grade, depending on the style and what looks right from the house.

The work splits two ways. On subdivision lots it's mostly cedar or pine privacy fence along the back and sides, with iron across the front or around a pool. On acreage it's longer runs, pipe or wire fence, and a driveway gate at the road.

Long, sloped drives come up a lot on those bigger tracts. That slope decides whether a swing gate will clear the ground or whether a slide gate is the better fit, and it's one of the first things we look at when we come out to see the entry with you.

Building Fences in Bulverde's Growing Subdivisions

Bulverde is a Comal County city east of Boerne, where Hwy 46 meets US 281, with Cibolo Creek running just south of town. It has grown fast, and a lot of that growth landed on new subdivision lots that still need a first fence.

Five cities, one Bulverde. The city you live in today was put together from five separate incorporated cities, and it took twenty-two elections to make them one. That's part of why Bulverde is a patchwork of subdivisions rather than one old grid. Say you're on a newer lot: the HOA rules homeowners follow in your subdivision can be quite different from the one next door, so we read yours before we price the fence.

The old rock fences. Between 1850 and 1890, settlers in this corner of Comal County built many rock walls, laid dry and shimmed with chips. In the late 1920s and through the 1930s, ranchers sold a lot of those stone fences for extra income, and many miles of them ended up as fill for widening what became FM 1863. Say your acreage still has a stretch of old dry-laid wall along a line. It's part of the land's history, and we can build new fence to meet it instead of tearing it out.

The wild turkeys in the photo at the top belong here too. The city calls itself the Front Porch of the Texas Hill Country, and it says deer, turkey and quail are abundant around Bulverde, which is why deer fence comes up on the acreage outside the subdivisions.

The city describes its own ground as shallow soil over limestone on the high ground, with deeper clay down on the creek terraces. Up on the rock an auger stops short, so we drill post holes into the limestone and set every post in concrete. On acreage outside the subdivisions, the work shifts to longer runs and a driveway gate at the road.

Landmarks and streets we work near: Cibolo Creek (Comal and Bexar county line) · Bulverde City Hall on Cougar Bend