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Wood-look composite fence — no rot, no stain.
With these inputs:
| Result | Value |
|---|---|
| Total project cost | $10,734 |
| Panels | 25 |
| Posts | 28 |
| Concrete Bags | 44 |
| Cost / LF | $71.56 |
Composite mimics wood with no rot, splinters, or annual sealing.
Counts panels by dividing length by panel width, adds end and gate posts, then totals materials and labor.
Panels = ⌈length / panel width⌉
Yes if you plan to stay 10+ years — zero maintenance, no fading, no splinters, lasts 25–30 years.
Yes — leave 1/8 inch expansion gaps per manufacturer specs to prevent buckling in heat.
Roughly $35 to $75 per linear foot installed, depending on the brand, height and how much of the work you hire out. This calculator's defaults ($220 per 6 ft panel, $65 posts, $18 per foot labor) land at about $68 per foot for a 150 ft run with no gate and $72 with one gate. The site's install cost calculator uses a lower-end $48 per foot for a 6 ft composite fence ($32 materials, $16 labor).
Divide the run by the panel width and round up for panels, then add one post for the end and two for every gate. A 150 ft fence in 6 ft panels takes 25 panels and 26 posts; add a gate and it is 28 posts. Each 10 by 30 inch hole holds about 0.93 cubic feet of concrete around a 5 inch post, roughly 1.6 eighty-pound bags.
Not up front. At 6 ft tall the install cost calculator puts pine at about $24 per foot, cedar $34 and composite $48, so a 150 ft run is about $3,600, $5,100 and $7,200. Spread over a typical 15, 25 and 30 year life that is roughly $240, $204 and $240 a year — before the staining and board replacement that wood needs and composite does not.
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