If you’ve been installing wood fence for years and haven’t made the switch to vinyl, here’s what your peers who have made the switch already know.
1. Faster Installation
Vinyl fence systems are engineered for efficiency. Panels, rails, and posts are pre-cut to consistent dimensions, pickets slide into rails without individual fastening, and the overall system goes up significantly faster than a comparable wood fence. On a large residential job, that time difference adds up to real money.
2. No Finishing Required
Wood fence needs to be primed, painted, or stained — either before or after installation, or both. Vinyl arrives ready to install and requires no finishing whatsoever. That eliminates labour, materials cost, and dry time from your schedule.
3. Fewer Callbacks
Wood fences generate callbacks. A board warps, a post rots at the base, paint peels, a section needs re-staining. Vinyl fences generate almost none of these issues. For contractors who price their work with warranty periods, that’s a significant reduction in unpaid return visits.
4. Easier to Quote
Vinyl fence systems are modular and consistent. Every post is the same, every panel is the same, every cap is the same. Quoting a vinyl job is straightforward — measure the run, count the panels, add posts and hardware, apply your markup.
5. Customers Love the Long-Term Value
When you can tell a customer their fence will still look great in 25 years with no maintenance required, that’s an easy sell. Homeowners who have owned wood fences before are especially receptive. Happy customers refer their neighbours — and a vinyl fence in someone’s backyard is a standing advertisement for your work.
Direct Fencing Supply offers a full range of vinyl fence products available through dealers across Canada. Contact us to find a dealer near you.
