PicketPilotFENCE MATERIAL PLANNING

FENCE MATERIAL & COST CALCULATOR

Estimate your fence
materials. Find
an installer.

Count posts, pickets and rails. Build a material estimate using prices you enter, then check a company reference for a direct conversation.

Free calculator · No signup · Your measurements, your budget

Use observed supplier reference prices or enter your own. The company reference list is limited to an Atlanta-region resource; exact ZIP coverage must be confirmed directly.

Illustrative cedar privacy fence with a walk-through gate and black hardware
1 Enter your location & fence plan2 Get an itemized materials list3 Check installer contact options

SEPARATE CALCULATOR EXAMPLE — NOT THE PHOTO

A 16 ft straight fence run

Two 8 ft bays, 5.5 in pickets with no gaps, three rails per bay and no extra pickets. This arithmetic example does not describe the fence pictured above.

3posts
36pickets
6rails
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FROM MEASUREMENTS TO A SHOPPING LIST

Plan the materials. Then price the work.

YOUR FENCE

Include every run and gate.

Enter fence lengths and gate openings. Shared corners count once, and pickets stay out of gate openings.

YOUR MATERIALS

See quantities and missing prices.

Get posts, pickets, rails and optional concrete. Add supplier quotes by item; unverified prices stay unknown.

YOUR INSTALLER

Take a clear plan to a specialist.

Review available regional contacts and prepare a project summary. Installation is quoted separately by the company.

PRACTICAL FENCE GUIDES

Get the details right before buying.

All five guides →
FIELD GUIDE / 01

Count fence posts without doubling the corners

Dividing total footage by spacing misses the shape of the fence. Start by naming the posts where runs begin, end, turn or meet a gate.

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FIELD GUIDE / 02

Put gate openings into the fence plan

A gate replaces a section of fence, but it does not eliminate the posts and hardware that support it. Give it its own segment.

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FIELD GUIDE / 03

Pickets, rails and panels are different shopping lists

A nominal board name is not a coverage measurement. Pick the construction approach before turning fence footage into purchase quantities.

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