Chain Link Fence Cost Calculator

Chain link is bought as a parts list rather than as panels, so this counts the parts. Enter the run length, the fence height, the post spacing and how many ends, corners and gate openings there are, and it returns line posts, terminal posts, top rail lengths, fabric rolls, tension bars, bands, caps and tie wires. A second form prices that same takeoff, adding concrete, gate kits, tax and labour per foot, and gives a cost per linear foot. Every price is one you type in, because fence material moves far too much by region and wire gauge for an average to mean anything.

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Every length on the form is read in whichever you pick, and so are the prices quoted per length.

Counts what a chain link run actually takes, down to the tension bands and the tie wires.

Measured around the whole line, gate openings included.
Fabric is sold in 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 ft heights.
In feet. Ten feet is the maximum most codes and manufacturers allow for residential chain link.
Where the fence stops, against a wall or a building. A closed loop usually has none.
A walk gate is usually 3 or 4 ft, and a drive gate 10 to 16 ft.
Residential mesh usually comes on 50 ft rolls and commercial on 100 ft.
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Units
Every length on the form is read in whichever you pick, and so are the prices quoted per length.

Same takeoff with your supplier prices on it. Leave a price at zero and that line simply comes out as nothing.

Measured around the whole line, gate openings included.
Fabric is sold in 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 ft heights.
In feet. Ten feet is the maximum most codes and manufacturers allow for residential chain link.
Where the fence stops, against a wall or a building. A closed loop usually has none.
A walk gate is usually 3 or 4 ft, and a drive gate 10 to 16 ft.
Per foot, or per metre in metric. Divide the roll price by the roll length if that is how it is quoted.
A stick of top rail is 21 ft, which is 6.4 m. Price the stick, not the foot.
Per foot, or per metre in metric. Covers the bars, bands, rail ends, caps and ties in one figure, since they are pennies each and quoted by the bag.
A walk gate kit normally includes the frame, hinges and latch. The two gate posts are counted as terminal posts above.
Per foot, or per metre in metric.
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