Brick and Stone Fences
Stone Columns
Freestanding masonry columns at a drive opening or at the ends of a fence, laid on an engineered footing.
Who buys this fence, and why
You want the entrance to read as permanent. Stone columns stand at a driveway opening or at the ends of a fence and carry the weight of the whole design. They pair with iron panels between them or with a wood fence running off them. Owners building the front of a house they intend to keep are the ones who buy them. They also suit a drive that has to carry a gate operator, because a column gives the hardware something solid to sit on.
What your money buys
Columns are laid on an engineered footing, in brick or in stone, with a cap on top. Our masonry crew builds them on site rather than dropping them off as a unit. Mailboxes, lights, gate hinges and keypads get built into the column while it goes up, which is the only sensible time to do it. The footing matches the column and the soil under it, and in Texas clay that footing is a real line on the quote.
What to settle before the crew arrives
Decide what goes into the column before the first course is laid. A light, a mailbox, a hinge or a keypad each need a conduit or a sleeve placed early. Tell us the opening width you need for a trailer, not just for a car. Pick the stone and the cap at the quote, since both go on order. Tell us if a gate will hang off the column, since a swinging leaf changes the reinforcement that goes inside it.
What it asks of you once it is up
Masonry is the part of your fence that outlives everything else on the line. Wash it if it picks up dirt off the road. Keep sprinklers from spraying the stone, because constant water leaves a white bloom across the face that takes real work to clear once it sets. Mortar joints are the part worth a look every few years. Everything else about a column simply stands there.
Why the Johnson build is the one to buy
A salesperson measures the fence line in your yard, so the number is yours and not a guess at it, and it covers the tear-out and the haul-off. Our footing goes below the clay movement and carries steel, which is where a cheap wall fails first, and we file the permit. One year of craftsmanship on the work, and not one callback on twenty thousand jobs last year.
Compare it against the rest
The brick and stone fences page walks through every option side by side, with what each one costs to live with and how long owners keep them.
Free estimate
Get your estimate from the largest fence company in Texas
Tell us what you need and where the fence goes, and a salesperson will come out and measure the line before anyone writes a number. You get the picket grade and the total in writing, the visit costs nothing, and there is nothing to sign.