Press & Media
Facts about Smart Fencing Calculator, for anyone writing about it, linking to it or deciding whether to. Everything on this page is checkable against the site itself.
What the site is
Smart Fencing Calculator is a free set of fencing calculators, reference tables and build guides. You enter your measurements and it returns a material list — posts, rails, pickets, concrete, chain link parts — with the arithmetic shown. There is no account, no email gate and no paywall on any tool.
The facts
- Site: smartfencingcalculator.com
- What it does: fencing material and cost calculators, plus written guides
- Calculators: 38 interactive tools
- Indexable pages: 86
- Cost to use: free, with no sign-in required for anything
- How it is funded: affiliate links to tools and materials, disclosed on every page that carries them
- Also available as: a free Android app
What the numbers mean
Two different kinds of figure appear on the site and they do not carry the same weight, which matters if you are citing one.
Geometry and counts are exact. Board counts, post spacing, picket coverage, chain link part lists and concrete volumes are arithmetic. Each calculator shows its formula and a worked example, so any result can be checked by hand.
Cost figures are estimates. Prices vary by region, supplier and season. Cost outputs are ranges meant to sanity-check a quote, not to replace one. The site has no proprietary database of contractor quotes and does not claim one. The about page says the same thing at more length.
What the site does not do
- It does not publish reviews with star ratings or review counts.
- It does not display product prices.
- It does not carry testimonials, and has never solicited any.
- It does not require an email address for any calculator.
Most-cited pages
- How many fence pickets do I need? — the nominal-versus-actual width trap, with tables per foot, per section and per run
- Board on board calculator — why an overlapped fence is about 1.22 times a solid one at a 1 inch lap, not twice
- Chain link parts calculator — every band, cap, tie and rail end for a run
- Post driver rent or buy — break-even from your own quote rather than a published price
- Fence cost calculator — installed cost ranges by material
Using our material
You are welcome to quote figures from the site with a link to the page they came from. If you want a specific calculation checked before you print it, or a figure explained, use the contact page — corrections are genuinely welcome, and a number that is wrong gets fixed rather than defended.