Trex Fencing Installation in Dallas, TX

Trex is not a plastic fence pretending to be wood. It is a composite board molded from roughly 95% recycled content, mostly reclaimed wood fiber and polyethylene film, pressed into pickets and rails that mount to a steel or aluminum frame. You get the profile and shadow lines of a real board-on-board wood fence with none of the rot clock ticking behind it.

That distinction matters in Dallas. Cedar is beautiful the day it goes up and starts losing that fight almost immediately against our sun, our humidity swings, and our clay. Trex sidesteps the whole cycle. There is no grain to raise, no board to cup, no picket to gray out. A rinse with the garden hose is the entire maintenance program.

As certified Trex installers, we build it the way the system is engineered to be built: posts in properly sized footings, rails locked into the framing, pickets seated so the wall stays flat and gap-free through a 40-degree temperature swing. Done right, it is one of the few fences you install once and stop thinking about.

• Zero refinishing — no sanding, staining, sealing, or painting, ever.
• Full privacy — interlocking pickets close tight with no shrink gaps.
• Won't rot or feed termites — composite gives insects and fungus nothing to eat.
• Recycled by design — about 95% reclaimed wood and plastic, diverted from landfills.

If you want the honest cedar-versus-composite conversation before you commit, our wood fence installation page lays out the other side, and we are happy to walk you through both. Cedar looks great on day one, but Trex pulls ahead over the life of the fence once you factor in the staining, repairs, and mid-life replacement cedar demands in North Texas — and the dozen-plus weekends you never spend refinishing.

A fence in Dallas has to survive things that fences in mild climates never face. Trex is engineered for exactly this.

100°F-plus heat and UV. Our sun destroys stain and grays cedar within a season. Trex carries pigment throughout the entire board rather than a surface coat, so there is no finish to bleach off. Expect the color to lighten slightly over the first 12 to 16 weeks as it acclimates, then stabilize and hold for the long haul. A scratch or scuff shows less too, because the color runs all the way through — the material under the surface is the same shade.

Straight-line winds and storms. Trex Seclusions is rated to withstand winds up to 130 mph at 6 feet tall. North Texas storm gusts and the occasional straight-line event rarely approach that, which is a big part of why composite walls come through spring storm season standing while board-on-board cedar sheds pickets.

Expansive clay soil. This is the quiet fence-killer in Dallas. Our clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and that movement heaves wood posts and cracks concrete over time. Trex mounts to steel or composite-sleeved aluminum posts that we set in deep, correctly sized concrete footings built for expansive soil. The frame does not rot at the ground line the way a buried cedar post does, so the structure stays true through the wet-dry cycle that eventually loosens everything else.

Serious about long-term durability across your whole property line? Compare notes with our aluminum fence installation option for open sections and our privacy fence installation page for full-seclusion layouts.

Trex fencing comes in two systems, and the right one depends on whether you want traditional privacy or a modern look.

Trex Seclusions is the classic board-on-board privacy system. It uses vertical pickets on stout composite-sleeved aluminum posts (a 5" by 5" post) and reads as a solid, upscale wood fence from the curb. It is the most popular choice for Dallas backyards and the more straightforward, no-frills build of the two.

Trex Horizons runs horizontal planks on a black galvanized steel frame for a cleaner, contemporary line that suits modern architecture. It is the more design-forward system of the two, and it is the pick when you want the fence to feel like a design element rather than a boundary.

Both come in three through-body colors:

• Woodland Brown — a warm, rich brown that mimics stained cedar. The go-to for homeowners who want the traditional wood look without the upkeep.
• Winchester Grey — a cool, sophisticated gray that pairs with modern and transitional homes.
• Saddle — a lighter golden-brown that keeps smaller or shaded yards feeling open.

Because the pigment is molded in, none of these need to be refreshed or recoated. The color you approve is the color you keep.

If you live behind a Dallas-area HOA, this is usually the first worry, and it is usually the easiest one to clear. Architectural committees care about three things: height, setback, and appearance. Trex checks all three. Seclusions in Woodland Brown presents as a clean, high-end board-on-board wood fence, which is precisely the aesthetic most covenants are written to protect.

Composite is also increasingly written directly into approved-materials lists across North Texas neighborhoods, because it holds its finish and never becomes the sagging, gray eyesore boards worry about. We have installed Trex across HOA-governed communities in Dallas and the surrounding suburbs, and we can supply the product specs, color samples, and warranty documentation your committee typically asks for. If you are in one of the newer master-planned areas in Frisco, Plano, or Coppell, submit before you sign a contract and we will help you package the request.

A composite fence is only as good as the crew that builds it. Ours follows the same disciplined sequence on every job.

1. Consultation and measure — we walk the line, confirm height and layout, and help you choose the product line and color, with a clear written scope and no vague hand-waving.
2. Layout and demolition — we clear the old fence, mark the line, and locate utilities before anything goes in the ground.
3. Set the frame — steel or composite-sleeved posts go into concrete footings sized for Dallas clay, squared and plumbed before the concrete cures.
4. Assemble the system — rails and interlocking pickets install to spec so the wall sits flat, tight, and gap-free.
5. Final walkthrough — we inspect every section, clean the site, and walk you through the 25-year warranty and the (very short) maintenance routine.

Every fence we build is backed by our own 5-year workmanship warranty on top of Trex's 25-year material coverage, so the product and the installation are both guaranteed.

Ready to see what Trex looks like on your yard? Call (469) 809-2424 or request a free Trex estimate and we'll walk you through your options on Trex, cedar, or both so you can decide with the full picture in front of you.