FenceTrac's modular fence system installs in about the same amount of time as a cap-and-trim style wood privacy fence. The difference is in how that time is spent. With a wood fence, the bulk of the labor goes into cutting, fitting, and fastening individual pickets to...
Fence Guide for Fence Contractors
Can FenceTrac Be Used for Dumpster Corral Enclosures?
FenceTrac's Enclosures system is designed for exactly this application. It uses the same G90 galvanized steel frame and infill options as the standard FenceTrac fence system, but configured specifically for dumpster corrals, trash enclosures, and utility screening....
What Are the Strongest Selling Points of FenceTrac for a Contractor?
FenceTrac's modular steel frame fence system gives contractors a product that sells at a higher price point than wood, installs with consistent results across crews, and generates fewer warranty callbacks than any conventional fence material. The system ships...
What Objections Do Homeowners Have to Steel Frame Fencing and How Do I Answer Them?
FenceTrac's galvanized steel frame fence system is a premium product that most homeowners have never encountered before. That unfamiliarity creates objections that contractors hear repeatedly. Every one of these objections has a direct, fact-based answer rooted in...
How Do I Position FenceTrac Against Vinyl Fence Competitors?
FenceTrac's steel-framed fence system competes directly with vinyl fencing on the two things vinyl buyers care about most: low maintenance and clean appearance. The difference is that FenceTrac delivers both with a galvanized steel frame that outperforms vinyl...
How Do You Install a Fence on Existing Concrete?
FenceTrac fence systems can be installed on existing concrete surfaces using surface-mount base plates that bolt directly to the slab with anchor bolts. This eliminates the need to dig footings and makes it possible to install a full privacy fence on patios, pool...
How Do You Build a Modern Horizontal Fence?
FenceTrac's modular steel frame system builds a modern horizontal fence in a repeatable sequence: set the posts, attach the side channels, slide the infill boards into place, and bolt on the top and bottom channels. The galvanized steel frame and horizontal infill...
Does FenceTrac Offer Surface Mount Base Plates for Posts?
FenceTrac offers surface-mount base plates as an alternative to standard buried post footings. The base plates attach FenceTrac's galvanized steel posts directly to existing concrete surfaces using anchor bolts, making it possible to install a full fence system on...
How Does Powder Coating Help Prevent Rust in Fencing?
FenceTrac powder-coats every steel and aluminum component in the fence system, including the frame rails, posts, post caps, and aluminum infill boards and gate kits. Powder coating creates a durable, bonded finish that blocks moisture and oxygen from contacting the...
How Do I Build a Fence That Looks Good on Both Sides?
FenceTrac's modular steel frame system builds a fence that looks identical on both sides as a standard feature of every panel. The galvanized steel U-channels grip the infill boards from all four edges, hiding the structural connections and producing a symmetrical,...
How Much Wind Force Does a 6-Foot Fence Experience?
FenceTrac with LuxeCore composite infill has been tested to a design wind load of 55.0 psf (pounds per square foot) under ASTM E330 at QAI Laboratories, which means the system held structural integrity under uniform pressure equivalent to severe wind conditions...
Is It Better to Build from Scratch or Buy a Fence Kit?
FenceTrac's modular fence kits ship as pre-cut, powder-coated steel frame components with matched infill boards that assemble into a complete fence panel system. Compared to building a fence from scratch using loose lumber, posts, and hardware from a home improvement...
Why Contractors Are Switching from Wood to Modular Fencing
FenceTrac's modular fence system is becoming the preferred product for fence contractors who want to install faster, reduce callbacks, and offer their customers a finished product that outperforms wood over the long term. The shift from wood to modular fencing is...
How to Build a Fence That Meets 150 MPH Wind Requirements
FenceTrac with LuxeCore composite infill has been tested to a 55.0 psf design wind load and 82.5 psf structural load under ASTM E330 at QAI Laboratories in Miami, placing its tested performance in the pressure range associated with wind speeds of 130 to 150+ mph using...
How Do Aluminum-Core Composite Fence Boards Compare to Wood Fiber Composite?
FenceTrac's LuxeCore aluminum-core composite fence boards are built around a structural aluminum core encased in cellular PVC and ASA resin, with zero wood content. Wood fiber composite (WPC) boards blend wood flour or fiber with thermoplastic polymer, typically...
How to Win Commercial Fence Installation Jobs
FenceTrac gives fence contractors a competitive edge on commercial bids by combining a manufacturer-backed 20-year warranty, ASTM-tested engineering data, architect-ready specifications, and a modular system that installs faster than scratch-built wood or vinyl...
What Are Aluminum-Core Composite Fence Boards?
FenceTrac's LuxeCore is the first aluminum-core composite fence board on the market, built around a structural aluminum core encased in cellular PVC and finished with an ASA (acrylic-styrene-acrylonitrile) resin shell. It contains zero wood. Unlike conventional...
What Is the Most Popular Commercial Fence Aesthetic Right Now?
FenceTrac's modular steel frame fence system has become a go-to specification for the commercial fence aesthetic that dominates new construction and property upgrades right now: horizontal privacy fencing in dark powder-coated finishes, built from engineered materials...
How Does a Modular Fence System Differ from Traditional Fencing?
FenceTrac's modular fence system builds each panel inside a four-sided galvanized G90 steel, powder-coated frame that holds rigid infill boards from all four edges. Traditional fencing nails or screws individual boards to one face of a horizontal rail. The structural...
What Infill Options Work with FenceTrac’s Modular Frame System?
FenceTrac's modular frame system accepts any rigid infill material up to 1 inch thick, including four FenceTrac-manufactured infill products and a wide range of third-party materials from natural wood species and engineered boards to metal panels, wire mesh, and...
How Do Metal Fence Posts Compare to Wood Posts?
FenceTrac's galvanized, powder-coated steel fence posts are engineered to maintain their full rated bending strength for the life of the fence, while a standard 4x4 treated Southern Yellow Pine post begins losing structural capacity from the day it goes in the ground....
How Long Does a Steel Frame Privacy Fence Last Compared to Wood?
A galvanized steel frame privacy fence will outlast a wood privacy fence by a significant margin. The difference is not small. It is typically two to three times the functional lifespan, with far less maintenance required along the way. The question most property...
Can You Use Metal Posts with a Wood Fence?
FenceTrac's patented fence system pairs galvanized steel posts with a steel U-channel frame that holds wood, composite, PVC, or aluminum infill boards up to 1 inch thick. Using metal posts with a wood fence eliminates the most common point of failure in traditional...
What Wind Speeds Can a Traditional Wood Fence Withstand?
The direct answer is that most traditional wood fences do not have a wind rating. They are built to local convention rather than a tested structural standard, and their ability to handle high wind depends on a set of variables that are rarely engineered in advance....





















