Describe the projects you quote. Makeform creates a request form for dimensions, materials, gates, access, terrain, photos, and contact preferences before a site visit.
Route fence requests to email, Google Sheets, Slack, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, adapt it to your service area, or send it to the builder. The example fields do not calculate a quote.
Audience
Homeowners planning a new privacy fence
Format
Detailed estimate request with photos
Prompt size
212 chars
Example form structure
Detailed estimate request with photos
Contact details and project address
Approximate fence length and height
Preferred fence material
Gates and existing-fence removal
Photos of the proposed fence line
Suggested routing tags
New installation
Repair or replacement
Site visit needed
Ask separately for fence length, gates, and old-fence removal so each scope item is easy to review.
Step 1
Describe
location, purpose, dimensions, and material
Step 2
Document
gates, access, terrain, removal, and photos
Step 3
Review
contractor checks scope and missing details
Step 4
Schedule
site visit or estimate follow-up gets arranged
Better project intake
Gather the physical details and visual context an estimator needs to choose the next step.
Collect footage, height, material, gates, demolition, and terrain in distinct, scannable fields.
Show damage fields for repairs, removal fields for replacements, and gate details only when relevant.
Uploads reveal slope, vegetation, structures, and narrow access that footage alone misses.
Built for fence contractors
Tailor one form to your materials, crews, and service area.
Capture purpose, length, height, style, gates, timing, and photos before scheduling measurements.
Record affected posts, rails, panels, and sections with close and wide photos.
Branch from privacy, pet, pool, boundary, livestock, garden, or security purposes.
Tag by territory, material, type, or urgency and notify the assigned estimator.
Build your intake
Generate the structure, add your real services, test it, and share.
Provide your service area, materials, project types, and required intake details.
Add styles, gate widths, materials, and budget bands; label customer measurements as approximate.
Route repairs, new builds, and rural work to relevant question paths.
Share the form, notify the estimator, and prepare a focused call or visit.
Intake options compared
The estimate still needs contractor review; the form improves the starting information.
Field guide
Answer each scoping question while leaving measurements and pricing to contractor review.
Customer and property
Collect contact preferences, project address, and whether the requester owns or coordinates work for the property.
Purpose and layout
Ask for purpose, fence-line areas, approximate footage, and desired height because each use suggests a different scope.
Material and style
List the wood, vinyl, ornamental, wire, or composite options you quote, plus an undecided choice.
Gates and removal
Capture gate type, count, width, location, and hardware. Ask separately about existing fence and debris removal.
Site conditions
Record slope, roots, vegetation, hard surfaces, and equipment access with checkboxes, dimensions, and wide photos.
Timing and next step
Ask for timing and an optional budget range. Explain that dimensions are preliminary and your team chooses the next review step.
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Open toolFAQ
Answers for contractors handling residential fencing inquiries.
It is an intake form for a proposed installation, repair, or replacement. It gathers address, purpose, approximate dimensions, materials, gates, removal, site conditions, timing, and photos for contractor review; it is not a final price.
Collect contact and address, project type, approximate footage, height, materials, styles, gate sizes, removal, terrain, access, timing, and uploads. Separate major scope drivers into scannable fields.
Yes. Request wide fence-line views, damage close-ups, sketches, or existing surveys. Clear labels explain useful views. The contractor may still need to inspect and measure.
Yes. Send repairs to damage fields, replacements to demolition fields, and new installations to layout, purpose, style, and gate fields. Each visitor sees a shorter, relevant path.
No. It organizes preliminary information. Quantities, boundaries, access, grade, removal, labor, and local requirements may need verification. Explain whether you review remotely or visit before estimating.
Yes. Makeform supports unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and collect fence inquiries without an invented response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Tag submissions by area, project type, material, and urgency, then notify the responsible estimator. Use the confirmation message to explain your normal follow-up timing without promising an outcome.
Ask about known surveys, markers, easements, utilities, or permits as preliminary context. Explain customer and contractor responsibilities. Do not imply the submission confirms a boundary, approval, or clearance.
Replace vague inquiries with organized details.
