Fence Contractor in Marble Falls, TX, Granite Shoals and Horseshoe Bay

Marble Falls takes its name from a limestone shelf in the river that early settlers mistook for marble, but the town is better known for granite. Granite Mountain, on FM 1431 west of town, supplied the stone for the Texas State Capitol in Austin, completed in 1888, after the town donated its granite in 1885 in exchange for a railroad and labor to quarry the rock.

Texas Parks and Wildlife describes Hill Country soils as shallow and rocky, and lots around Marble Falls are no exception. Post holes that meet granite or a rock shelf need a different approach from holes dug in deeper soil, and the material under a lot changes how a building pad is cut. We walk the line and look at the ground before we price a fence, so the estimate fits the property instead of a guess.

Where a fence crosses a slope down toward the water, we plan the post spacing and the line around the grade, so the fence follows the land rather than fighting it.

Marble Falls sits between Lake LBJ upstream and Lake Travis downstream, and the Lower Colorado River Authority regulates land disturbance in this part of the Highland Lakes through its Highland Lakes Watershed Ordinance. The ordinance covers the Colorado River watershed in Burnet County and a portion of Llano County. The LCRA asks for notice before clearing, grading or excavating, and requires a development permit once disturbance passes one acre or new impervious cover passes 10,000 square feet.

For land clearing Marble Falls property owners plan, that means it pays to know the size of the job early. Our estimate states the area we intend to clear, so you can confirm with the LCRA what applies before work begins. Texas Parks and Wildlife also notes that Hill Country soils are shallow and erode easily when disturbed, so we clear what the project calls for and leave the rest.