I bought our pool fence online and was pretty happy with what I got. I found it to be about 1/2 to 1/3 the price of the quotes that I received. However, I installed it myself. One thing to look out for is assembly. Ours was the cheap black aluminum pool fence and it came unassembled, which I new it would. What I didn't realize was that it would take so long to assemble. It took 2 people about 7-8 hours to assemble all of the sections. Our neighbors bought the next higher grade and it came pre-assembled.

Doesn't sound too bad to me, here is what we had installed almost 2 years ago for extra storage/privacy on the side of our house. One 5 foot tall arched top gate with metal privacy mesh, 4 ft wide, and 16 feet of 5 foot tall fence with privacy mesh as well. It was unpainted and we did one footer ourselves, the rest was attached to existing concrete. Cost was $1400 for fence and install by a sub we use rarely, definitely not A quality either. 400 ft of chain link and 100 ft of ornamental needs a lot of footers unless you have concrete deck to attach to. Thats still a big labor bill. Your quotes don't seem out of line to me. Before you buy online, better get a "labor only " quote,hope this helps, Barb

I am actually going to start installing my fence today and I purchased 80' of a very good grade aluminun fence for about $1,700.00...it does have to be assembled thoough. I am lucky enough to have a manufacturer about 10 miles away and they even delivered for free.
Home Depot was about $1,900.00 for not as good of quality and Lowes was $2,300.00 and they get it from the same vendor I was buying it from.
A good grade fence is not cheap

Hi:

I bought my fence from greatfence.com. I am very satisfied. I installed between pillars so installtion wasnt to bad. The rest od the pool area I hired a local compant to install the black chainlink. It was 300 linear feet and I paid 3k installed. The nice fence cost me about 4500 and that was for about 120 linear feet and a few gates.
good luck.

Hi all!
Thanks so much for your input. I hadn't realized that we may have to actually assemble the sections! No way do we have the time! If we go the on line route I will definitely ask if it is pre assembled! Thanks for that head's up!
Barb, one fence guy did tell us his labor fee; $50/hole. Since that is my hourly rate for private swim lessons I guess he deserves his $50, too! I'd rather teach than do manual labor! I feel better now that you all have chipped in w/ your experiences. The sticker shock has worn off a bit so I guess I'll just be writing another HELOC check... Ugh...
Thanks!
Joanne

I used Fencecity.com for my Delguard purchase. I have to say like Reeko above I must have put in a months time researching different manufacturers. The thing I liked about Delguard best was the shape of the horizontal rails, they are not square but kind of a rounded rectangle with no sharp angles. Plus the delguard sections came pre assembled. I think it was the aero sentry line I purchased. I put it in with a friends help, and it was very simple when you rent an auger for the holes. I couldnt be happier with the fence at all. Good luck!

Hi guys
As per usual, we got off track w/ the fencing to put yet another fire out. We haven't done anything about our fencing except to write to you here on gardenweb. We have our mtg in front of the zoning board in 2 weeks for our home-based swim lesson business so we've been frantic about making sure we are all set for that. I did just get a letter today from our town's building inspector informing us that we never got our final inspection done for the pool build and that if not done in the next 15 days there would be some sort of hell to pay. Our installation of the enclosure isn't 100% done yet so I didn't think we were even on the radar for final inspection. Can we pass inspection w/ our orange temporary construction fence?? We can't put the permanent fence up yet until we get our answer from the zoning board; if we get a yes, we need to connect our enclosure to the house by way of a vestibule to make it truly an in-home business. If not, the two structures stay separated. Our fencing needs will depend on the board's answer. Aye yi yi...
Joanne

Most fence companies will offer a free quote if you provide a basic line drawing. Each fence brand has differences such as plain horizontal rails or a beveled design. Most brands have racking fence panels that will follow the slope of your yard. The amount a panel will rack depends on how the brand secures the vertical pickets to the horizontal rails, and how large the holes in the rails are punched. When shopping for aluminum fence it's better to look at several different brands to find the right style and function for your fence project. You can get a free quote on www.FenceTown.com and there are several brands and styles to choose from.