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Cedar fencing & patio enclosures
New cedar fencing across a multi-unit residential property — private patio enclosures at each unit, runs along the shared walkways, and a stepped line down the parking lane, built around residents staying in place.
- Project type
- Fence construction
- Client sector
- Multi-unit residential
- Location
- West Vancouver, British Columbia
- Status
- Completed
A multi-unit property with patchy fencing
Single-storey and two-storey blocks set around shared lawns, walkways and a parking lane. The fencing already on site was old and weathered, uneven in height and line, and did not run continuously — several unit patios had no enclosure at all.
One fence, three jobs, on sloping ground
One fence had to give each ground-floor unit a private patio, hold a clean edge along the walkways residents use every day, and carry a line down a parking lane on ground that falls the whole way. Most of the line ran past occupied homes, the walkways and parking stayed in daily use, and there were sheds, planting and mature trees to work around.
Fencing scope
Pressure-treated posts set to a surveyed line, framing and kickboards, vertical cedar boards, capped top rails and post caps throughout. Patio enclosures at the units, runs along the shared walkways, a stepped run down the parking lane, and tie-ins to the existing fencing where it was staying.
Setting out the line first
We set out the line and spaced the bays before a single post went in, so panel widths, gate positions and the points where the fence steps down with the ground were all decided in advance. That is what keeps a row of post caps reading as one level rhythm across a sloping site, instead of drifting out of line bay by bay.
Building it with residents at home
Posts across the whole run first, then rails, then boards — so no section was left standing open overnight beside somebody’s home. Materials were staged along the line itself rather than piled on the shared lawn, and the walkways and parking stayed in use throughout.
A continuous cedar line
A private patio at each ground-floor unit, a clear edge to the shared walkways, and a stepped run along the parking lane — one material and one detail from end to end, tied into what was staying.
What changed for residents
Ground-floor units that opened straight onto shared lawn now have a patio of their own. What decides how long it lasts is the least visible part: cedar carried on pressure-treated posts, capped at the top and held clear of the soil by a kickboard at the bottom.