About The Fence Authority Not all Fences are Created Equal When we started building fences in 1996, the products and methods were pretty basic. Since then, technology has afforded us state of the art equipment, sustainably sourced natural products and synthetic products with outstanding ingenuities. The way we build our fences and gates has evolved and so has the way we install them. Today we build our wooden fences on larger backers (2×4), which gives them more strength and stability. We also hang our gates on larger posts (5×5), which keeps them standing stronger and straighter than ever before. These changes seem small, but they add so much to the life of our fences, which we are always improving.