8 ft Trex Seclusions Fence in Woodland Brown in Dallas

This is a Trex fence we built in Dallas, Texas: 8 ft tall Trex Seclusions in the Woodland Brown color, more than 200 linear feet of it, with two Trex gates. It gave the homeowner extra privacy, and now they have a fence around their beautiful backyard that never needs staining.

What the homeowner wanted

Two things: more privacy, and no more fence maintenance. A wood fence can do the first, but in Dallas sun it grays, and it needs staining to slow that down. Trex composite takes that chore off the list. Trex says its fencing never needs painting or staining, so there’s no prep-and-stain weekend on the calendar.

What we built

• Trex Seclusions. Seclusions is Trex’s vertical-picket privacy system. The pickets interlock, so from the street and the yard it reads as a solid, upscale privacy fence with no gaps to look through.
• 8 ft height. The tallest option on most of our privacy fences, for the most screening from neighbors and the street. In the City of Dallas a fence taller than 6 ft outside the front yard needs a permit, and our Dallas fence permit guide covers the rest of the rules.
• Woodland Brown. A warm, rich brown that looks like stained cedar. You can see it best in the sunlit corner photo, where the post caps finish the top of each post.
• Two Trex gates. Both gates are Trex, built into the same fence line, so the fence looks continuous all the way around instead of switching material at the openings.

How it went in

Over 200 feet, the job is about keeping a long, tall line straight. The first photo shows it: a clean run along the side yard, every post plumb and every section the same height, all the way down to the gate. On an 8 ft fence that’s the detail you notice from across the yard, and it’s set by the posts long before the first board goes on.

The result

A tall, warm-brown privacy fence around the whole backyard, with matching gates, and nothing to stain, seal or paint. That’s the trade Trex makes: it costs more than cedar up front, and you skip the upkeep from then on.

If you’re weighing composite against wood, our Trex fencing installation page covers the systems, colors and warranty, and our privacy fence installation page compares Trex with cedar for screening a yard. We’re a Dallas fence company and we’ll measure your yard and price both options in writing.