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Privacy Fence Installation in Austin, TX

Thrive Landscape and Design builds cedar privacy fences for Austin homeowners who want their backyard back. Board-on-board, shadowbox, and tongue-and-groove styles, built for HOA rules, sloped Hill Country lots, and pool screening.

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Privacy is the number one reason Austin homeowners call us about a fence. Lots in Mueller, East Austin, Tarrytown, Hyde Park, and Bouldin sit close together, and neighbors’ second-story decks and additions look right into your yard. We build cedar privacy fences sized and styled to your property: standard 6-foot residential builds, 8-foot deer-exclusion or special-zoning fences with permits, and pool and spa enclosures that block sight lines without making your backyard feel like a box. Every project starts with a walk of your property line, a conversation about HOA rules, and an honest quote in writing. For permit and height questions, we work directly with City of Austin Development Services.

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  • 500+ Projects Completed
  • 19+ Years Experience
  • 5/5 Average Rating
What We Do

Full-Service Fence Installation

  • Cedar slat wood fence built on a Westlake Hills property

    Wood Fences

    Cedar, pine, and treated wood fences built for Austin heat and sized to your lot and HOA.

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  • Clean low-maintenance slat fence on a modern Westlake Hills home

    Vinyl Fences

    Low-maintenance vinyl fences that never need staining and shrug off Austin sun and storms.

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  • Custom-built fence with stone columns and an iron entry gate at a Smithville-area ranch

    Custom Fences

    Horizontal slat, steel-and-cedar, and architect-drawn fence designs built to spec for your Austin home.

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  • Range of fence styles shown by an iron driveway fence at a Smithville-area ranch

    All Fence Contractor Services

    Privacy, cedar, wood, and custom fences plus gates, repairs, and full project planning across the Austin area.

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Our Process

  1. Privacy screen along a Bee Cave property line where sightlines are blocked

    Privacy Goals Interview

    We meet you at the property and walk every run of the proposed fence. We ask what you want to block: a neighbor’s upstairs window, the road, a pool deck. We pull up your HOA design guide, talk through height limits, and flag anything that may need a City of Austin permit before we start drawing.

  2. Layout & Style Selection

    We mark the fence line, confirm post spacing, and pick the right style for your goals: board-on-board for no-gap privacy, shadowbox for breeze and a finished look from both sides, or tongue-and-groove for total opacity and the best sound buffer. We finalize gate locations, lattice toppers, and stain color.

    Cedar slat privacy fence laid out along a Westlake Hills backyard
  3. Board-on-board cedar privacy screen built around a Bee Cave backyard

    Build

    We set posts in concrete at depths that hold up to Austin clay and summer storms, then hang rails, pickets, and gates. On sloped Hill Country lots, we step or rake the fence to follow your grade without leaving gaps under the boards. We protect your existing landscape, sprinkler lines, and pet runs while we work.

  4. Stain & Finish

    Once the cedar has had time to acclimate, we apply a UV-blocking, semi-transparent stain in your chosen color. Stain keeps the wood from going silver, slows checking and warping under Texas sun, and locks in the look you saw on the sample board. We walk the finished fence with you so you sign off on every run.

    Stained cedar privacy fence after final walk-through along a Fayetteville lawn
Bee Cave backyard deck and firepit screened from neighboring sightlines by a privacy fence
Planting beds layered along a Bee Cave cedar privacy screen
Our Services

Signs You Need More Privacy

Privacy Fence Installation in Austin

Dense infill, two-story remodels, and elevated Hill Country lots have changed what Austin backyards feel like. If any of these sound familiar, a properly sized privacy fence, sometimes paired with a Texas mountain laurel or wax myrtle hedge, can solve the problem fast.

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  • Second-story additions, pool decks, and elevated houses on sloped lots are looking directly into your backyard, pool, or hot tub. Board-on-board or tongue-and-groove fencing closes those sight lines without making the yard feel walled in.

  • If you can hear traffic, a neighbor’s pool party, or a rental next door from your patio, a solid privacy fence paired with thick evergreen plantings buffers sound and softens echoes.

  • Pickets shrink, posts lean, and rails sag. If you can see daylight through your fence or it has been patched more than twice, it is usually cheaper long-term to rebuild than to keep repairing.

Tall cedar slat privacy fence wrapping a custom Westlake Hills home
Privacy screen fence enclosing a Bee Cave Hill Country backyard

Why Choose Thrive Landscape and Design?

  • Local, HOA-Savvy Builds

    We know the picket specs, stain colors, and submittal forms used by major Austin-area HOAs, so approvals move quickly.

  • Built For Hill Country Slopes

    Stepped and raked fence lines on sloped lots, with no gaps under boards and posts sunk to handle Austin clay and storms.

  • Fence + Landscape Together

    As a full-service landscape company, we pair fences with Texas mountain laurel, wax myrtle, or viburnum hedges for sound and visual buffer.

  • Written, Itemized Quotes

    Every estimate lists footage, post depth, picket grade, gate hardware, and stain so you can see exactly what you are paying for.

Our Service Areas

Austin’s Go-To For Privacy Fence Installation

Build a cedar privacy fence for your front yard, backyard, pool, or commercial property, designed for Austin’s heat, HOA rules, and Hill Country terrain. For privacy hedge inspiration, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center plant database is a great starting point.

  • Lakeway
  • Driftwood
  • Westlake Hills
  • Round Rock
  • Lake Point
  • Bee Cave
  • Shoal Creek
  • River Place
  • Cedar Park
  • Steiner Ranch
  • Pflugerville
  • & more
Our Portfolio

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See recent cedar privacy fence builds across Austin: backyard rebuilds in Mueller and Hyde Park, pool screening in Tarrytown, sloped Hill Country runs in Westlake Hills, and deer-exclusion fences out toward Driftwood. Each project is built to HOA spec and finished with a UV-blocking stain.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • In most Austin residential zoning districts, a 6-foot fence is the standard maximum for side and rear yards without a permit. Front-yard fences are typically capped at 4 feet. You can go up to 8 feet in specific cases, such as deer-exclusion fencing or in certain zoning overlays, but those generally require a permit through the City of Austin Development Services Department. We pull permits when needed and confirm the rules for your exact address before we cut a single post.

  • Board-on-board overlaps each picket by about an inch, so there are no gaps even after the cedar shrinks. Shadowbox alternates pickets on either side of the rail, which gives privacy from both sides plus a breeze that helps in Austin’s heat. Tongue-and-groove locks the pickets together with no gaps at all, which is the most opaque option and the best for sound dampening, but it costs more and offers less airflow. We help you pick the right style based on your goals, neighbors, and lot orientation.

  • A solid wood fence on its own gives you a modest reduction in sound, more of a buffer than a wall. The real noise drop comes from combining a tight-build privacy fence, such as tongue-and-groove or board-on-board, with a thick evergreen planting like Texas mountain laurel, wax myrtle, or evergreen viburnum on the inside face. The fence blocks line-of-sight and direct sound paths while the dense foliage absorbs the rest. We design these combos for clients near busy streets and short-term rentals.

  • Most Austin-area HOAs cap fences at 6 feet and require specific cedar pickets, post types, and stain colors. Some neighborhoods, especially newer master-planned communities, allow taller fences only on rear property lines that back to greenbelts or major roads. We review your HOA’s design guidelines, prepare the submittal drawings, and answer architectural-review questions on your behalf so you do not have to chase approvals.

  • Yes. A lattice topper, trellis panel, or planter cap is a popular way to add 1 to 2 feet of visual height and screening without rebuilding the fence. We can install it on a fence we just built or retrofit one onto an existing structure, as long as the posts are sound and the height stays within HOA and city limits. Toppers also pair well with climbing vines like crossvine, which adds living privacy without much maintenance. The Texas A&M Forest Service has good guidance on plants that thrive in our region.

  • Yes. Pool and hot tub privacy is one of the most common reasons Austin homeowners call us, especially on Hill Country lots where neighbors look down from elevated decks. We build self-closing, self-latching pool-code compliant fencing, screen specific sight lines from upstairs windows, and integrate the fence with surrounding hardscape and plantings so the enclosure looks intentional, not bolted on.

  • A well-built cedar privacy fence in Austin tends to hold its value at resale because buyers in this market expect a usable, screened backyard. The biggest factors are material quality, post depth, straight lines, and whether the stain has been kept up. We build to standards that look as good on a listing photo three years from now as they do on install day.

  • Fill out the contact form on this page, or call us directly at (512) 503-1935. We will set up a free, on-site visit, walk your property line, talk through privacy goals and HOA constraints, and send a written, itemized quote within a few business days.

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Ready to take your backyard back? Thrive Landscape and Design builds cedar privacy fences across Austin and the surrounding Hill Country, with free on-site quotes and HOA-friendly designs.

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