Subtract gate openings from the run used for repeated fence sections.
WOOD FENCE PROJECT PLANNER
From fence length to a full material order.
Estimate sections, posts, rails, pickets and concrete from a straight fence run, account for gate openings and extra terminal posts, see what material on hand can cover, work backward from a budget, or compare panel and linear-foot supplier quotes.
Posts + railsPickets + wasteExact hole concreteBudget lengthQuote comparison
PROJECT SETUP
Define your straight fence run
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WHY THIS PLANNER IS DIFFERENT
Count the fence and the concrete, not just the panels.
A fence order fails when one category is missing: posts, rails, pickets, concrete, gate hardware or the budget to cover them. This planner keeps the layout inputs and whole-unit purchase quantities visible instead of applying one cost-per-foot average.
Plan the orderConvert a straight run into sections, posts, rails, pickets, concrete bags and a local-price material estimate.
Check what you already haveEstimate how much straight fence a known count of posts, rails, pickets, panels or concrete can support.
Plan from a budgetSearch half-foot increments for the longest straight run that stays under your entered material budget.
Compare real quotesNormalize panel and linear-foot supplier pricing against the same fence infill length.
HOW THE MATH WORKS
How the wood-fence estimate is built
Count sections and posts from your spacing, then rails per section and pickets from actual board width plus gap.
Calculate concrete from hole geometry and post displacement, then round every material to whole purchase units.
Worked example
the deterministic test case uses a 100 ft fence with one 4 ft gate, 8 ft post spacing, 3 rails per section, 5.5 in pickets, a 0.5 in gap and 10% picket waste. It returns 15 posts, 36 rails, 212 pickets and 35 concrete bags.
The example above is tied to this planner’s deterministic regression test. Change the inputs in the planner for your project, and verify product labels, local requirements and supplier terms before ordering.