Fortenberry Project Solutions installs fences in New Hope, Lowndes County MS. Deep posts for Steens clay near Tombigbee. Privacy, chain link, gates. Free quotes.
If you're in New Hope and you need a fence built or repaired, we can be there. Fortenberry Project Solutions runs out of Starkville and covers the New Hope community in eastern Lowndes County - around the New Hope Schools campus on New Hope Road, the New Hope Community Center on Stadium Road, and the US-45 corridor back toward Columbus. Whether you want backyard privacy, a clean front-yard line, kid and pet containment, or a secured driveway gate, we'll walk your property, talk through your options, and give you a straight estimate.
Here's the thing about the ground here: New Hope sits on the edge of the Black Belt and Tombigbee watershed, and some of it maps to the USDA Steens series - nearly level upland and stream-terrace soil that holds water in the low spots. That standing water can move posts if they aren't set deep and drained right, so it changes how we do the job (more on that below). And on the paperwork side, New Hope is a census-designated place rather than an incorporated city, so for most addresses your permit and setback questions go through Lowndes County Building Inspection instead of a city hall - and the county requires permits before construction starts. You don't have to sort that out alone; we'll help you handle it.
If you're in one of the school-area neighborhoods or on an infill lot off New Hope Road, board-on-board wood privacy gives you solid backyard containment and pet separation - and because we can rack it, it handles the mild grade changes common on the upland-to-terrace transition here.
If you're on a larger suburban lot near the New Hope Schools campus, black coated chain link is a durable pick for your side-yard and backyard runs - it keeps kids and pets in, is easy to maintain after storms, and blends in better than galvanized in a residential setting.
If you want to define a front-yard line near Stadium Road or another higher-visibility stretch, 3-rail flat-top aluminum gives you an open, neighborhood-friendly boundary that won't block your sight lines at driveways and intersections.
If you want a locked, secure entry point for your driveway or side yard, a privacy gate matched to your main privacy panels gives you that without giving up everyday convenience.
Parts of New Hope map to the USDA Steens series - nearly level upland and stream-terrace soil that holds water in the low spots and after a long rain - and here's what that means for your fence: standing water at the base is exactly what rots wood and works posts loose. So on wood privacy and gate installs near New Hope Road, we set posts to a true 30 to 36 inch depth, put a gravel base at the bottom of the hole for drainage, and save the concrete collars for your structural posts - the corners and gates - to beat the bathtub effect around your line posts. And because the local drainage runs west toward the Tombigbee River system, we route your fence line so it doesn't dam a natural swale or outfall, which is what keeps a section from washing out after a heavy storm. You won't see this once it's done, but it's why your fence stays put.
For most New Hope addresses, fence permits go through Lowndes County Building Inspection, and the county requires a permit before construction starts. You don't have to figure this out on your own - tell us where your property is and we'll help you confirm the fence requirements and handle the step - https://www.lowndescountyms.com/159/Building-Inspection.
Most likely yes, and you don't have to sort it out alone. Lowndes County Building Inspection requires a permit before construction begins, and that applies to most New Hope addresses since the community is an unincorporated census-designated place governed at the county level rather than by a city hall. The county doesn't spell out fence-specific rules and setbacks on its page, so the right move is to check with Lowndes County Building Inspection before you set posts - especially for a tall privacy fence, a driveway gate, or anything near a road right-of-way. We'll walk you through that confirmation step before we schedule your install.
Formal HOA enforcement is less common in New Hope than in larger incorporated subdivisions, but some nearby developments - including Hillcrest, referenced in area listings - and newer builds do carry recorded covenants. If your deed restrictions spell out fence materials, heights, or gate types, we build to those standards and also check the layout against Lowndes County easements and your property lines. If no HOA governs your address, we focus on setbacks, utility easements, and verifying your property line before we install - so nothing ends up in the wrong spot.
We plan around it. New Hope's drainage flows west toward the Tombigbee River system, so some lots have shallow swales that stay wet for days after a heavy rain. On those runs we shift your fence line to avoid blocking the natural flow paths, put a gravel-drained base at the bottom of each hole, and set posts to a 30 to 36 inch depth so they stay anchored in the seasonally wet terrace soils - including the Steens series ground mapped in this part of Lowndes County. Where your fence has to cross a low spot, we build in grade breaks or step-downs instead of spanning it with a continuous rigid panel.
We can. Around the New Hope Schools campus on New Hope Road, we'll usually put open styles - aluminum rail or chain link - along your front-yard and driveway-adjacent sections, where driver sight lines and pedestrian visibility matter most. Then for full privacy we transition to wood panels behind your home's building line and line the gates up with your everyday access points. That keeps your yard private and functional while holding the clear sight lines that count on a busy school-area road.
Gate sag is really a hinge-post problem: in clayey, seasonally wet soil, a hinge post set at standard line-post depth works loose as the ground wets and dries. So we set your gate posts to a minimum of 36 inches and run concrete on the gate and corner posts specifically, so they resist the torque of a swinging gate through the wet-dry cycles. Then we align the gate hardware square at install, so a little seasonal ground movement never compounds into a gate that drags or binds on you down the road.
Call 601-562-2540 or send the project details and FPS will follow up.