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01 / 09Colour-through composite boards on an aluminum or steel frame, so the top line stays straight and nothing ever needs staining.
Composite fencing is for the homeowner whose real complaint about their last fence was not the fence. It was the weekend every third spring spent on a ladder with a stain pad. Composite boards are wood flour and polymer pressed together and coloured all the way through rather than surface-printed, so a scuff does not expose a different colour underneath.
The system we install pairs those boards with an aluminum or steel post and rail frame. That combination is the whole engineering argument. The frame carries the wind load and stays dead straight, while the boards only have to look good. It is why a composite fence does not develop the wavy top line that wood fences get after a decade of freeze and thaw cycles, and why the boards can be swapped individually years later without touching the structure.
Two profiles. Owners who have already replaced one wood fence and priced the second replacement, and owners of newer homes on exposed lots where the fence takes full wind and full afternoon sun. It is also common around pools, because there is nothing in the board for chlorinated splash to raise or blister.
Colour is through-body, so the fade behaviour is gradual and even rather than patchy. The boards will not warp, rot, splinter or need sealing. There is a 40 linear foot minimum order on the system, and runs over 100 feet attract a better per-foot material rate, so a full backyard perimeter prices more favourably than a single short return. Anything under that minimum goes to manual review rather than being priced automatically, because short runs carry a disproportionate share of the posts and end caps.
Posts are set in concrete below the 1.2 m frost line, after the Ontario One Call locate clears, which takes at least five business days for a single property. The frame is squared and levelled before any board goes in, and the boards drop into the rails rather than being face-screwed, so there are no fasteners showing on the finished face. Rear and side yard height across most GTA municipalities is capped at 2.0 m without a permit.
It costs more per foot than cedar up front and less than cedar over twenty years, and that is the honest trade. If you want wood grain and do not mind staining, cedar is better looking than a composite fence on day one. If you want zero maintenance at a lower price and can live with a shorter colour palette, vinyl does the same job. If the goal is a boundary rather than a screen, aluminum costs less and keeps the view.
| Board | Wood flour and polymer, coloured through-body rather than surface-printed |
|---|---|
| Frame | Aluminum or steel post and rail, carrying the wind load independently of the boards |
| Fixing | Boards drop into the rails, so no fasteners show on the finished face |
| Minimum order | 40 linear feet; runs over 100 feet attract a better per-foot material rate |
| Posts | Set in concrete below the 1.2 m frost line |
| Height | Capped at 2.0 m rear and side yard without a permit across most GTA municipalities |
We are an installation contractor, not a manufacturer or a materials retailer. We build decks and fences on your property across the Greater Toronto Area: layout, footings below the frost line, framing, boards, railings, stairs and gates, finished and inspected. Composite boards are a surface option we install, alongside pressure-treated lumber and western red cedar, and the boards themselves are made by manufacturers we do not represent and whose brands we do not resell. If you already have material on site we can build with it; if you do not, we specify and source what suits the deck and include it in the written fixed price. What you are buying from us is the build and the crew that stands behind it, not a product off a shelf.
