A Custom Redwood Fence Project for Terry Elkins in Santa Fe, Texas
Terry’s 117-foot redwood fence had sections with missing top trim and uneven height. Here is the trim and height work Mustang completed — 2×12 top trim replaced where it was missing, 2×12 bottom trim added to restore a consistent height — and the sourced reason a separate bottom trim board matters on redwood.
Mustang Fencing corrected trim and height on Terry Elkins’ 117-foot redwood fence in Santa Fe, TX. Sections missing their top trim were fitted with 2×12 boards, and sections with inconsistent height got an added 2×12 bottom trim to bring the whole run to a uniform height.
Sources: this project’s own documented facts and photos; USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Wood Handbook FPL-GTR-282 (2021), Table 14-1. Checked November 4, 2026.
The job: trim and height correction on a 117-ft redwood fence
Terry Elkins had a 117-foot redwood fence in Santa Fe with sections that needed attention: some had never gotten their top trim, and others sat at an inconsistent height along the run. Mustang Fencing measured the full 117-foot perimeter first, to map exactly where the 2×12 top trim was missing and where a 2×12 bottom trim was needed to even out the height.
Redwood was already the material on the fence — a wood known for resisting decay, weather, humidity and insects. The crew replaced the missing top-trim sections with new 2×12 boards and added 2×12 trim at the base where it was needed, then inspected the full run so the trim sat tight and consistent end to end.
Why a separate bottom trim board matters on redwood
USDA’s Forest Products Laboratory groups old-growth redwood heartwood among the domestic species with documented natural decay resistance (Table 14-1) — in the “Resistant” tier, one step below the handbook’s shortest “Very resistant” list of four domestic hardwoods. But that rating comes with a caveat printed in the same table: decay resistance “may be less for members placed in contact with the ground and/or used in warm, humid climates.” A bottom trim board sitting closest to the soil is exactly that condition. Running a separate, replaceable 2×12 along the base — instead of letting the main fence boards touch the ground — keeps that higher-exposure zone on a board that is easy to inspect and swap, rather than on the panel itself.
Redwood heartwood decay resistance, by growth stage
| Redwood heartwood | USDA decay-resistance category | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Old growth | Resistant | Table 14-1 |
| Young growth | Moderately resistant | Table 14-1 |
USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Wood Handbook FPL-GTR-282 (2021), Table 14-1 and footnote a: “Decay resistance may be less for members placed in contact with the ground and/or used in warm, humid climates.”
Trim board estimator
Straight-footage arithmetic for how many trim boards a fence run needs, based on standard board lengths. Not a quote — waste, corners and overlap are not included.
Arithmetic: boards per row = ceiling(run length / board length); total boards = boards per row × trim rows.
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Sources
Checked November 4, 2026. Rules change, so confirm with the City before you build.
- USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Wood Handbook FPL-GTR-282 (2021), Table 14-1 (Decay Resistance of Wood) — Groups old-growth redwood heartwood in the “Resistant” decay category (young-growth redwood “Moderately resistant”), with footnote a on reduced resistance in ground contact or humid climates.
Have a redwood fence that needs trim or height correction?
We’ll walk the run and point out ground-contact sections before any order goes on a written estimate.