RKC Wood Care Pros installs fences across Gardner — cedar and vinyl for new-build backyards that started out wide open to the neighbors. We set every post 36 inches deep against the flat, open Kansas wind that makes fences here lean, then stain the wood in-house. 4.9 stars from 85 Google reviews. Free estimate.
WHY GARDNER HOMEOWNERS HIRE US
Most Gardner jobs are first fences — a brand-new backyard that was wide open to the neighbors the day you moved in. The homeowners who call us are usually young families settling a new build before the school year, deciding between cedar and vinyl and wanting the yard closed in for the dog and the kids. Here's what they get that a quick-quote crew skips.
Gardner is flat, open, former farmland — a fence here takes the full Kansas gust with nothing to break it. Leaning fences are the number-one problem we're called to fix in town. We set every post 36 inches or deeper in poured concrete, tighten the spacing on exposed runs, and brace the worst-hit sections. Wide-open lot plus shallow posts is a fence that leans by year two.
Gardner is one of the few metro markets where vinyl genuinely rivals cedar, and we install both to the same 36-inch wind-rated footing standard. So the choice is yours — the wood look and stain versus the never-touch-it-again vinyl — not a default we push to make the job easy. We quote both on the same visit and lay the ten-year numbers side by side.
Gardner demand spikes in late summer and early fall, when families finish moving in and want the yard settled before school starts. We schedule around your closing and sod date, run the fence before the landscaping goes in so nothing gets torn up twice, and get the backyard closed in the week you actually need it.
New cedar has to dry a few weeks before it will take a finish, and most outfits use that gap to vanish — leaving you to go find a stainer yourself. RKC just comes back. The people who set your posts are the people who roll on the honey or walnut coat when the wood is ready, and the ones you call for the refresh two years out. Install and finish under one roof.
CEDAR OR VINYL? THE GARDNER FIRST-FENCE CALL
Almost every Gardner install is a first fence: you just closed on a new build, the backyard is wide open, and the real question is which material fits your household. Cedar for the look, vinyl for the hands-off, pine for the budget — every one of them anchored on the same 36-inch wind-rated footing. Find the situation that sounds like yours below and you'll see which material we'd steer you toward, and why.
The classic cedar backyard — you like the grain, the color, the way it weathers.
6-foot dog-ear Western Red Cedar, the Gardner default, on 36-inch wind-rated posts. We stain it in-house once the new wood dries.
Two-income household, young kids, no weekend to spend re-staining a fence every couple of seasons.
Vinyl privacy — the pick with a massive foothold here. Aluminum-reinforced rails, UV-stabilized, still set 36 inches so the wind doesn't win.
The lot's on the larger side, you want it enclosed, and the number matters more than the material.
Pressure-treated pine built to the same 36-inch spec as cedar — the honest budget option. Give it 90 days to dry before we stain it.
Former flat farmland, no windbreak, the backyard catches the full Kansas gust off the plains.
Any material, but a heavier build: tighter post spacing, 36-inch-plus depth, and bracing on the exposed runs. Wide-open plus shallow posts is why Gardner fences lean.
Brand-new build, you closed this season, and the neighbor's yard behind you is still wide open too.
We set posts just inside your line, finish the smooth side out toward the neighbor, and time the install to your move-in so the yard's closed in when you need it.
The whole reason you're fencing: a safe backyard for the dog and the toddlers before school starts.
No bottom gap, self-closing latched gate, height matched to the dog — containment built in, not added on. The young-family driver behind most Gardner jobs.
WHAT WE INSTALL IN GARDNER
Wood, vinyl, chain link, and privacy fencing — plus gates, fence repair, and in-house staining, each on its own Gardner page. RKC installs and repairs every type of fence — wood, vinyl, chain link, ornamental iron, aluminum, and commercial security — plus custom gates and in-house staining. Tap any of the four material builds or three services below for a Gardner-specific page with its own pricing and subdivision notes.
Western Red Cedar in the 6-foot dog-ear that is the Gardner default, plus 4-foot and 5-foot picket for the front-yard cottage look you see more of out here than in the pricier suburbs. Set 36 inches deep against the wind.
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The set-it-and-forget-it pick that has a massive foothold in Gardner — white, tan, and gray privacy for busy two-income households who don't want to re-stain a fence every couple of seasons. Aluminum-reinforced rails, still set 36 inches.
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Solid-panel cedar — board-on-board or shadow-box — to wall off a brand-new subdivision backyard that sat wide open to the neighbors the day you moved in. The #1 first-fence request in Gardner.
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Galvanized and vinyl-coated chain link for dog runs and back-lot enclosures on the budget-minded, larger Gardner lots — run new, repaired, or replaced whenever a simple low-profile enclosure is all the job calls for.
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A leaning fence is Gardner's most common repair call — shallow-set posts give up in the open Kansas wind. We pull the failed posts and re-set to 36 inches in poured concrete so the run stands the next gust.
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Walk gates, double-drive gates, and horizontal-slat entry gates on welded steel frames with diagonal bracing, so the gate keeps swinging true on a flat, wind-loaded Gardner lot instead of dropping in year two.
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Semi-transparent penetrating stain in honey, mahogany, and deep-walnut tones — applied once new cedar has dried, by the same crew that installed it. No second company showing up 90 days later.
Gardner detailsAlso serving Gardner across the metro: Aluminum fencing · Ornamental iron · Pool fencing · Commercial fencing · HOA-compliant fencing. Aluminum, iron, pool, and commercial work runs off our metro crews out of Olathe.
GARDNER NEIGHBORHOODS
From the Waverly Hills and Stone Creek new builds to the growing north-and-west edge, we install fences across every Gardner subdivision. Flat, wind-exposed lots and a household weighing cedar against vinyl — that's the through-line on nearly every block in town. A quick read on the subdivisions where we work most.
One of Gardner's established newer subdivisions — post-2000 homes on flat quarter-acre lots. Standard 6-foot cedar dog-ear and vinyl privacy dominate the backyards, closing in yards that started out wide open to the neighbors.
A family-heavy new-build neighborhood where the fence goes up almost as soon as the sod does. Dog owners and young parents drive the demand — most installs are first fences, cedar or vinyl, sized for containment.
Flat, open lots that catch the full west wind with no windbreak. Every fence here gets 36-inch-plus posts and tighter spacing on the exposed runs — a leaning fence is the one thing a Willow Chase homeowner does not want to call back about.
Newer construction pushing Gardner's growth to the north and west. Vinyl is especially strong here with the busy two-income households, though cedar still holds the yards of owners who want the wood look and don't mind the upkeep.
Named for the creek and the old rail stop — a mix of newer homes and a few larger lots toward the edge of town. Bigger perimeters here sometimes run pressure-treated pine or chain link where budget and enclosure matter more than the finish.
The industrial and commercial edge near New Century AirCenter and the Edgerton intermodal hub. Security fencing, chain link, and gates run off our metro commercial crews out of Olathe rather than the residential city pages.
Landmarks near our Gardner service areas: Gardner Celebration Park, the Johnson County Fairgrounds, Veterans Park, Gardner Golf Course, and the New Century AirCenter. If you're within a mile of any of them, we install fences in your subdivision regularly.
RECENT GARDNER PROJECTS
These are RKC crews on real Gardner lots — no stock photos. Fresh dog-ear cedar, a picket run in a fall yard, shadowbox under a stain coat, a horizontal-slat entry gate. Tap through to the full metro portfolio for more.
GARDNER FENCE PRICING
There's no Gardner surcharge and no Gardner discount — RKC quotes the same rates all over the metro. If anything, a Gardner job runs efficient: the flat, post-2000 new-build lots have no rock to drill, no grade to step down, and no mature-tree roots to work around, so the crew moves fast. Your number really comes down to how many feet you're closing in, the gate count, and the one big fork — cedar or vinyl.
The estimate comes back free and on paper, with posts, concrete, gates, and haul-away broken out so you see exactly where the money goes. If there's an old fence to tear out first, that's its own line — never buried in the total.
REVIEWS
4.9 ★ · 85 Google reviews
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The things Gardner homeowners actually ask us on the driveway, before the first post goes in. Don't see yours? Call (913) 286-1091 — Josh usually picks up.
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