Professional Fence Contractor in Mountain View CA - Durable Fences Built for Local Conditions

Most of Mountain View's single-family housing stock was built during the postwar boom of the 1950s and 1960s. Homes from that era are now 60 to 75 years old, and the original or first-replacement fences on many of those properties are well past their useful life. The city sits on the same Santa Clara Valley clay soils that affect most of the South Bay - soils that swell during wet winters and shrink during dry summers, applying steady lateral force on fence posts year after year. A contractor who sets posts to minimum depth in Mountain View clay is guaranteeing a callback within five years on a fence that should hold for fifteen.

Mountain View's summers are hot, dry, and long, with temperatures regularly reaching the mid-80s to low 90s from June through September. That heat, combined with nearly 300 annual days of direct sun, accelerates UV breakdown on untreated wood surfaces and dries out exterior caulking and sealants. When the rains arrive in November, any small cracks or gaps in fence rails let moisture in and begin the cycle of rot and splitting that ultimately costs more to repair than a properly treated fence would have cost upfront. Local permit requirements add a step to every project - Mountain View reviews fence applications through its Community Development Department - and knowing how to submit a complete application the first time saves weeks of delay.

Mountain View is a city of about 82,000 residents in the northern part of Santa Clara County, best known as the home of Google's headquarters and a number of other major tech employers. The city is compact but diverse in character: older residential neighborhoods near downtown Castro Street consist largely of one-story ranch homes from the 1950s and 1960s, while areas closer to the Caltrain corridor and the bay include newer townhome developments and a significant rental stock. Home values in Mountain View have been well above the million-dollar mark for several years, and homeowners here tend to invest seriously in keeping their properties in good shape.

The city is flanked by Sunnyvale to the east and Los Altos to the south, both of which we also serve. Shoreline at Mountain View, a large waterfront park and amphitheater on the edge of San Francisco Bay, is the city's most widely recognized public space and a landmark that nearly every Mountain View resident knows. The streets closest to Shoreline tend to have newer construction, while the neighborhoods between Castro Street and El Camino Real are where the city's older housing stock is concentrated - and where much of our fence installation and repair work happens.