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Fence Company in Cheddar, SC
A rural stretch of Highway 20 with pasture, woods and houses set well back from the road. Out here the fence is measured in hundreds of feet, not panels.
Finding a fence company in Cheddar, SC that will actually drive out is half the battle, and that is the easy part for us because Cheddar is inside Anderson County and we charge no trip fee anywhere in it. We have built 55 plus fences since 2018 and hold 4.7 stars from 24 Google reviews, and rural work on acreage is a regular part of that.
Quotes are free, done standing on the line with you, with no deposit taken and no obligation. We work 7am to 7pm seven days a week, which helps on properties where somebody has to be home to open a gate and show us where the lines run.
A rural locality on Highway 20 between Williamston and Belton
Cheddar is not a town and never was one. It is a rural community along South Carolina Highway 20 between Williamston and Belton, with mail going out under Belton and Williamston addresses. The landmark most people use to place it is the Cheddar Volunteer Fire Department on Highway 20, which serves as Station 12 of the Anderson County Fire Service. It shows up on the USGS quad as Belton East.
Highway 20 itself runs from Abbeville up through Belton and Williamston toward Greenville, which means the corridor through Cheddar carries real traffic past properties with long road frontage. That combination, fast road and deep lots, is why so much of the fencing here is about the road side rather than the neighbor side.
There is no municipal government and no city fence ordinance covering Cheddar. This is unincorporated Anderson County, and South Carolina sets no statewide fence permit and no state height limit, so county regulation plus anything recorded against your deed is the entire rulebook.
We will not pretend Cheddar has more character than it does. It is pasture, woods, a fire station and houses set well back off the highway, and the fencing that suits it is the plain, durable kind.
What acreage changes about a fence
Length rules everything. On a 40 foot back yard run the material barely moves the total, but on a 900 foot property line it decides whether the job happens. That is why the honest answer here is usually woven wire field fence, barbed wire or two rail cedar rather than a privacy panel you could not afford to carry across the whole parcel.
Where the money actually goes on a long run is the corners. A stretched wire fence pulls hard at every direction change, and a corner set like an ordinary line post will lean inside a season and take the tension out of the entire span behind it. We build H braces or heavy set terminals sized for the pull, and we would rather spend on four good corners than on heavier wire in between.
Ground conditions here are the same Cecil series red clay that covers the Piedmont, kaolinite heavy so it holds its shape but drains slowly. A narrow hole becomes a bucket that keeps a post wet at grade, which is where wood rots and steel corrodes, so hole diameter and depth get chosen for saturated clay and wind load rather than for frost.
48 inches of rain a yearFalls on Anderson County against a US average of 38, and on a long rural line that water collects in the low spots where the posts will fail first.
Most Requested
The fence services Cheddar asks for most
The short list in Cheddar is practical: chain link near the house, wood where screening is needed, and repair or replacement on wire lines that have been up for decades.
Chain Link Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCOn acreage chain link works best as a contained area near the house rather than as a boundary line around the whole parcel.
Wood Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCWood here is a short targeted run, a screened patio or a yard around the house, because wood priced across a full rural boundary stops being realistic.
Vinyl Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Aluminum Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Privacy Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCWith neighbors this far apart, screening in Cheddar usually faces Highway 20 rather than another house.
Fence Repair in Cheddar, SCMost repair calls out here are a storm drop or a failed corner, and on wire fence one lost corner slackens everything behind it.
Fence Replacement in Cheddar, SCWhen we pull an old rural line we take the concrete and the broken posts with us rather than leaving them for you to mow around.
Wood & Composite
Wood and composite fencing in Cheddar, SC
Wood does targeted work on acreage rather than boundary work. Cedar and ground contact rated pine cover it, and split rail handles the road frontage.
Cedar Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Pressure Treated Pine Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Picket Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Shadowbox Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Board on Board Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Horizontal Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Composite Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Split Rail Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCTwo and three rail cedar along Highway 20 frontage marks the property and the driveway without closing off a view of open ground.
Fence Staining and Sealing in Cheddar, SC
Metal, Farm & Specialty
Metal, farm and specialty fencing in Cheddar, SC
This is the main event around Cheddar. Field fence, horse safe mesh, hot wire and deer fencing, sized to the pasture instead of to a catalog.
Wrought Iron Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Metal Privacy Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Farm and Ranch Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCWoven wire and field fence is the everyday work around Cheddar, and the corner and brace assemblies are what separate a line that holds from one that sags in year two.
Horse Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCNo climb mesh at horse safe spacing costs more than field fence and is still cheaper than the vet bill from a hoof through square wire.
Electric Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCA single hot wire run along the top of an existing Cheddar pasture line stops the leaning and pushing that has been slowly flattening it.
Pool Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Dog Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCA dog on open ground needs a fence it cannot get under more than one it cannot get over, so the bottom edge and a dig guard matter most.
Garden and Deer Fence Installation in Cheddar, SCDeer move freely through the woods and pasture edges here, so a garden enclosure needs seven feet or more to be worth building.
Custom Fence Building in Cheddar, SC
Backyard Fence Installation in Cheddar, SC
Gates & Commercial
Gates and commercial fencing in Cheddar, SC
Long driveways make the gate the piece that gets used every day, so it is built heavier than the fence it hangs from.
Gate Installation in Cheddar, SCA 12 or 16 foot field gate puts real leverage on its hinge post, so that post goes deeper and heavier than anything else in the run.
Automatic Gate Openers in Cheddar, SC
Commercial Fencing in Cheddar, SC
Commercial Chain Link Fencing in Cheddar, SC
Commercial Wood Fencing in Cheddar, SC
Security Fencing in Cheddar, SC
Industrial Fencing in Cheddar, SC
Dumpster Enclosure Installation in Cheddar, SC
Sports Field and Tennis Court Fencing in Cheddar, SC
Temporary Construction Fencing in Cheddar, SC
HOA and Community Fencing in Cheddar, SC
Rated 4.7 on Google
What Upstate customers say
Every review below is a real Google review from a customer in the Upstate. 24 reviews, 4.7 star average.
They delivered exceptional craftsmanship and service. The personnel made sure I was satisfied at every turn, and the fence is strong.
I called and they came out quickly. They assessed the property and gave me the best offer around. My family and I are grateful.
Questions we get asked
Fence questions from Cheddar homeowners
Do you actually come out this far for a quote?
Yes. Cheddar is inside Anderson County and we do not add a trip charge anywhere in the county, so the estimate costs nothing whether your job is 100 feet or 2,000. We come to the property, walk the line with you and leave a written number with no deposit attached.
Scheduling is 7am to 7pm, seven days a week. On rural properties that flexibility matters, because somebody usually needs to be there to open a gate, point out the well head or say where the old line used to run.
What is the cheapest fence that will hold cattle or horses?
For cattle, woven wire field fence on wood posts with properly braced corners is nearly always the lowest cost per foot that actually works. Barbed wire is cheaper still, but it limits what you can safely keep behind it. For horses the answer changes, because standard field fence has openings large enough for a hoof, so no climb mesh or coated wire at horse safe spacing is the right call even though it costs more.
In both cases the savings on a long run come from post spacing and brace design, not from buying thinner wire. Skimping on the corners is how a cheap fence becomes an expensive one, because a leaning corner takes the tension out of the whole span and you end up rebuilding rather than repairing.
Can you add a hot wire to the fence I already have?
Usually, and it is one of the better value repairs on a rural property. Offset insulators and a single strand along the top or at push height stop animals leaning on wire and rubbing on posts, which is the slow damage that eventually pulls a line apart. It needs an energizer sized to the fence length and proper grounding rods, and the grounding is the part most do it yourself installs get wrong.
What a hot wire will not do is rescue a fence whose posts have already rotted at grade. If the wire is sound but the posts are gone, the honest answer is resetting posts first. We will tell you which situation you are in rather than selling you an energizer that makes no difference.
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