Timber Fencing
The most common run we take out
Panel, picket, privacy and post-and-rail fencing of any height.
Fence & Gate Removal in Central Kentucky
Wood, chain-link, vinyl and metal fencing and gates out, posts and concrete included, priced by the running foot. On a boundary line there is one question to settle first.
- Crown’s own published range: $200 to $1,200+, posts included
- Priced by the running foot and the post type: pace it out and you can place yourself
- On a boundary, whose fence it is comes before the quote. See below
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What fence & gate removal costs
Published ranges, because almost nobody in this market will give you a number before a site visit. You get a firm figure before anything starts and only pay for work completed.
Short run or single gate
$200 to $450
Up to roughly 50 feet, or a gate and its posts on their own.
Standard garden run
$450 to $1,200
The common job: one or two boundaries of a suburban plot.
Long runs and heavy posts
$1,200+
Acreage boundaries, ornamental metal, and anything set in substantial concrete.
- Running feet
- The base of the number, and you can pace it out in two minutes.
- Post type and setting
- A post in a deep concrete plug is most of the work on any fence.
- What the fence is made of
- Chain-link fabric rolls. Ornamental metal does not.
- What is growing through it
- A fence line taken by honeysuckle is a clearing job as well as a fence job.
These are Crown’s own published fence and gate ranges, split across the tiers people ask in. If the fence line has disappeared into growth, right-of-way clearing prices the vegetation by the running foot and the two are usually quoted together.
On a boundary, it may not be yours alone to remove
Nobody else selling fence removal in this market raises this, which is why it keeps turning into a dispute after the fence has gone.
256
The chapter of Kentucky statute that governs division fences between adjoining landowners
Kentucky Revised Statutes, Chapter 256, Fences (KRS 256.020 and 256.030)
Kentucky legislates on division fences. KRS 256.020 provides that “persons owning adjoining lands may agree to erect division fences between them and keep them in repair”, and where such an agreement is put in writing and recorded in the county clerk’s office, it takes on the standing of a deed. That is a document that can outlive both the people who signed it.
And it assumes shared responsibility. Where a division fence exists, KRS 256.030 provides that “each party shall keep a lawful fence on his portion of the line.” The statute is describing something both neighbors are already inside, rather than one person’s property standing on a line.
What this chapter is and is not. Much of KRS 256 is written around farm boundaries, lawful fences and livestock, so it will not answer every question about a suburban privacy fence: those usually come down to the plat, the survey and any recorded agreement instead. We are not lawyers and this is not advice. But the practical question it points at is the right one.
So ask it first. Is the fence on your side of the line, on the line, or on theirs? Is there a recorded agreement? Has the neighbor been told? Ten minutes with a plat and a conversation over the fence is the cheapest part of this job, and it is a great deal cheaper than the version where we find out afterwards.
This is a plain-English summary of a statute, not legal advice, and it does not establish where your boundary runs. Your plat, a survey and the county clerk’s records are the authorities on that. Where a fence is clearly inside your own line, none of this applies and it is simply a fence.
What we take out
Crown’s own scope is wood, chain-link, vinyl and metal. What actually sets the price is what the posts are set in.
Chain-Link
Fast fabric, slow posts
Chain-link fabric, top rail, tension bars and the posts behind them.
Vinyl & Composite
Light to carry, usually deep-set
Vinyl, PVC and composite panel systems.
Metal & Ornamental
Heavy, and often set in a lot of concrete
Aluminium, steel and wrought-iron fencing and railings.
Gates & Gate Posts
Gate posts are the deepest on any run
Pedestrian and vehicle gates, frames and their footings.
Posts & Footings
The part that decides the day
Post concrete dug out or cut below grade, and the holes backfilled.
How fence & gate removal works
Four steps, no obligation, and you only pay for work completed.
Free quote from photos
Pace out the run, photograph it from both ends and photograph one post at ground level. That is enough for a number.
The boundary question
On a property line we ask whose fence it is before quoting, because that is a better time to find out than afterwards.
Take-down
Fabric or panels first, then posts and their concrete, loaded as we go rather than left along the line.
Holes filled and walked
Post holes backfilled and raked level, debris gone, and we walk the line with you.
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Fence & Gate Removal across Central Kentucky
Based in Lexington, working the counties around it. Send the address rather than the town: access decides more than distance on most of these jobs.
The questions we get asked
Answered properly rather than deflected to a phone call.
Not sure it’s this job?
Send two or three photos. If it is really a different service we will say so and point you at the right page. It costs you nothing either way.
Send photos insteadThe fence is on the property line. Can I just have it taken out?
Sometimes, and it is worth ten minutes of checking rather than an argument afterwards. Kentucky has a whole chapter of statute on fences, and it treats a fence between adjoining lands as something both owners can have an interest in: KRS 256.020 provides that “persons owning adjoining lands may agree to erect division fences between them and keep them in repair”, and such an agreement, once written up and recorded with the county clerk, carries the standing of a deed. KRS 256.030 goes further, providing that where a division fence exists, “each party shall keep a lawful fence on his portion of the line.” Much of that chapter is written around farm boundaries and livestock rather than suburban privacy fencing, so it will not settle every garden question, but the practical point stands: establish where the line is and whether anyone else has an interest, before the fence is on a truck.
Do the posts and concrete come out?
Yes, both are in Crown’s published scope rather than extras, and the post footings are genuinely most of the work. The choice is between digging the concrete plugs out whole and cutting them below grade and backfilling. If a new fence is going in on the same line, your fence contractor will usually have a preference: ask them before we start, because it is easier to do it their way first time.
How do I measure the run?
Pace it. A normal adult stride is close enough to three feet for a quote, and fence pricing is linear, so a pace count puts you in a band before you call anybody. Count gates separately, because a gate and its two posts carry more work than the same length of panel.
There are plants and a hedge growing through it. Is that a problem?
It is normal, and it is worth saying in advance because it changes the method. A fence with a hedge, honeysuckle or a climber through it has to be cut free before it can come apart, which is clearing work rather than fencing work. Where that is most of the job we price it as right-of-way clearing by the running foot instead, and we will tell you which side of that line you are on rather than quietly adding to the day.
How long does a fence removal take?
Most suburban runs are a half to a full day including the posts. What extends it is deep-set concrete, ornamental metal, and growth through the line. You get a time with the price.
Which areas do you serve?
Lexington and the surrounding counties: Lexington, Georgetown, Nicholasville, Richmond, Frankfort, Winchester, Versailles and Paris. The ZIP codes are listed above. Fence work is one of the jobs where the out-of-town counties are worth the drive, because acreage boundaries are long runs.
Get a price on your fence
Pace out the run, photograph it from both ends and photograph one post where it meets the ground. If it sits on a boundary, check whose fence it is before you book anyone.
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