How Much Does a Concrete Fence Cost?

How much does a concrete fence cost is one of the first questions we get asked at the yard, and the honest answer is that it depends on a handful of things you can work out yourself in a few minutes. A concrete fence is made up of separate parts, each with its own price, so once you know what those parts are and how many you need, the total stops being a mystery. This guide breaks down the cost of a concrete fence in plain terms, so whether you are fencing a garden in Gainsborough or a longer boundary out across Lincolnshire, you can budget with confidence.

What Goes Into the Cost of a Concrete Fence?

A standard post and panel fence has four main ingredients, and the cost of a concrete fence is really just the sum of them:

• Concrete fence posts: one at each end, one at every join between panels, and a corner post wherever the fence turns.
• Fence panels: one panel per bay, in whatever style and height you choose.
• Gravel boards: one along the base of each bay to keep the panel clear of the wet ground.
• Fixings and footing material: postcrete or a ballast mix to set the posts, plus a little hardcore.

On top of the materials, the other big variable is labour. If you are fitting the fence yourself, that cost is your time. If you are paying a contractor, fitting is often a similar figure to the materials again, and sometimes more on a difficult site. We will come back to that below.

Concrete Fence Post Costs

The posts are the backbone of the fence and usually the part people price up first. Cost per post depends on height and type: a taller post for a 6ft panel with a gravel board costs more than a short one, and slotted, morticed, end and corner posts are each priced slightly differently. As a rough rule, the more posts your run needs, the more the total climbs, so getting an accurate post count matters. Our guide on how many concrete fence posts you need walks through the sums, and what size post you need for 6ft panels helps you pick the right height. You can see our current rates on the prices page, and browse the range on our concrete fence posts page.

Gravel Boards and Panels

Gravel boards are the most cost-effective upgrade on the whole fence. For a modest cost per bay, a concrete gravel board lifts the panel off the soil, stops the bottom edge rotting, and adds a little height. Skipping them to save money is a false economy, because a panel sitting in damp ground is the first part to fail. Panels themselves vary widely in price depending on style, from lighter lap panels up to heavier closeboard, so the panel choice is often where a budget flexes most.

Supply Only vs Supply and Fit

There are two ways to buy a concrete fence, and they sit at very different price points. Supply only means you buy the materials and put the fence up yourself or with a handy friend, which keeps the cost to the parts alone. Supply and fit means a contractor prices the whole job including labour, and that labour can easily match or exceed the materials cost, especially on hard ground, long runs, or sites with awkward access.

Many customers across the East Midlands buy the materials from us and either fit the fence themselves or hand our materials to a local fencer to install. Concrete posts are heavy but the build itself is straightforward once the posts are in, and our step-by-step guide on building a concrete panel fence shows exactly how it goes together.

Concrete vs Timber: The Long-Term Cost

Concrete fencing costs more up front than a cheap timber-post fence, and that puts some people off at first glance. The picture changes completely once you look past the first year. Timber posts rot at the base and typically need replacing within 10 to 15 years in the heavy, damp soils we get around Lincolnshire, and every replacement means new posts, new labour, and often new panels too. Steel-reinforced concrete posts last 30 years or more with no treating, no painting and no rot, so you pay once. Spread the cost over the life of the fence and concrete usually works out cheaper, which is the point we make in our comparison of concrete fence posts versus timber.

How to Get an Accurate Price

The quickest way to a firm figure is to measure the length of your boundary, decide on a panel height, and count the corners. With those three numbers we can tell you exactly how many posts, panels and gravel boards you need and what the materials will cost. Prices do move with the market, so rather than quote a figure here that dates, we keep every current rate listed openly on our prices page, with no vague "from" pricing and no hidden extras. If you would rather just tell us the boundary and let us do the sums, that is what we are here for.

So, how much does a concrete fence cost? It is the price of your posts, panels and gravel boards, plus footing material, plus fitting if you are not doing it yourself. Get an accurate count and the total is easy to pin down, and remember that a concrete fence is a buy-once job that outlasts timber many times over. We supply steel-reinforced concrete fence posts, gravel boards and concrete slabs from our base near Gainsborough, with delivery across Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire.