Fence or deck costs in Columbia
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What it usually costs
- Build a wood fence$27 – $35 per linear foot
- Build a vinyl or metal fence$14 – $56 per linear foot
- Build a chain-link fence$9.72 – $24 per linear foot
- Build a wood deck$14 – $47 per sq ft
- Build a composite deck$23 – $75 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Columbia prices, so your job could land outside them.
Fence or deck in Columbia
In October 2015, Columbia's airport set its records for rain in one day and in two. It logged 6.71 inches on October 4 alone, and 10.28 inches over October 3 and 4. Estimates ran from 10 to 20 inches from the city southeast across the Midlands. Dam failures closed roads and bridges.
If your back yard runs down to a creek or a low spot, that history matters for a fence or a deck. Water pushes debris against a solid fence, and it soaks the posts of a low deck. Ask whether your lot sits in a mapped flood zone before you pick a design. A more open fence lets water pass through instead of pushing against it.
About half the city's homes were built before 1980, and about three in ten before 1960. On an older lot, the crew may be working around big trees, and their roots sit right where new posts want to go.
South Carolina sets one building code for the whole state. Its Building Codes Council adopts the residential code, and every city and county must enforce it. A local government can't use one of the code's appendices unless the Council approves it as a local change. So your deck in Richland or Lexington County is built to the same state rules.
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