Arlington, VA
Super Fabrications builds fences across Arlington County — aluminum, wood, vinyl, and chain link — inside some of the tightest zoning in Northern Virginia. We know the county's fence diagram: 4 feet near public rights-of-way, 6 to 7 feet elsewhere. As a VA Class A contractor we file what the county asks for and call Miss Utility before we dig.
Fence installation in Arlington
Arlington's grid of colonials, Craftsman bungalows, and brick rows near Ballston and Clarendon puts fence decisions close to the sidewalk. Front fences here are usually open black aluminum or low wood picket, sized to the county's 4-foot limit within 25 feet of a public right-of-way. Side and rear yards take the privacy: six-foot wood shadowbox or vinyl panels between rowhouses, with solid runs where a cut-through street backs the yard.
Small lots mean every foot works. We set gates where bikes and trash cans actually travel, notch panels around AC units and meters, and keep the finished face toward the neighbor as courtesy and code both expect. Townhouse rear courts get board-on-board runs on narrow footings, and shared driveways get a single gate leaf sized to the real opening.
Aluminum suits Arlington's slopes better than most materials — panels rake a few degrees per bay, so a hillside run follows grade without a sawtooth jump. Chain link covers the utilitarian corners, side yards and school-adjacent runs, in galvanized or black vinyl-coated fabric that disappears against green.
Corner lots in Arlington deserve their own paragraph, because the county treats both street-facing yards as front yards. The practical result: privacy gathers behind the building line, and the two exposed sides get open fence that keeps the corner bright. We have built enough of these to know where the sight lines matter — to traffic, to the school walking route, to the neighbor's kitchen window — and we design to them rather than around them.
Materials get chosen for the maintenance you will actually do. Rowhouse owners with street parking lean vinyl and aluminum; homeowners with alleys and gardens lean wood and enjoy the staining ritual as seasonal theater. Both are correct answers, and we price them side by side rather than steering. Chain link stays available for the honest corners where budget and duty beat decoration.
Winter salt, summer shade, and the constant foot traffic of a walkable county test every material differently. Aluminum shrugs off the road salt; vinyl fades imperceptibly under the shade line; wood tells the truth about its maintenance schedule every spring. We match the material to the exposure on your lot, not to the photo you saved, and we say why in writing.
Rowhouse rows and corner lots suit aluminum fence installation at the front and wood fence installation behind the building line. For the garage courts and alley storage, see chain link fence installation.
Repair and replacement
Narrow Arlington yards show damage fast — a heaved post closes a walkway quickly. We repair or replace section by section, keeping alleys and gates working through the job. Repairs respect the same district rules as new work, which is why we confirm the address before the truck rolls. And when a vehicle meets a fence line — it happens on these narrow streets — we secure the section first and schedule the rebuild second.
Heaved posts and gate drops get corrected in place, with footings sized to the tight urban lots.
Old rowhouse lines come out section by section so alleys and walks stay open during the work.
Open black aluminum solves Arlington's street-side 4-foot limits without hiding the facade.
Recent work
Finished projects from across the region fill our gallery, and close-in neighborhoods like Arlington's appear throughout. Every image is a completed fence or gate — nothing rendered, nothing rented. Bring us the photo that matches your yard.
Cost
Access drives Arlington numbers as much as material — alley haul-out and tight side yards cost crew time. Expect $30–$60 per linear foot installed for wood privacy, $40–$70 for vinyl, and your estimate confirms the number. Permit and district review time belongs in your schedule math, even when it costs nothing in fees. Removal of an old chain-link or wood line is quoted from the walk-through, since Arlington's alleys hide the footings.
| Wood privacy (per linear foot, installed) | $30–$60 |
|---|---|
| Vinyl privacy (per linear foot, installed) | $40–$70 |
| Aluminum open fence (per linear foot, installed) | $40–$75 |
| Walk gate | $600–$1,500 |
| Old fence removal | Quoted on the estimate |
Read the full fence cost guide for Northern Virginia and Maryland.
Permits
Arlington County writes its own fence rules, separate from Fairfax. Within 25 feet of a public right-of-way, height is capped at 4 feet; elsewhere on the lot, the county's fence diagram allows 6 to 7 feet. A handful of districts carry exceptions that go to the county's Zoning Division for review, so we check your parcel before proposing a tall run. Most standard residential fences move through the county process without special approvals.
We handle the county side end to end: the zoning check, any submission the permit desk requires, and the Miss Utility call to 811 that locates buried lines for free before digging. Pool barriers follow Virginia's base code — 48 inches minimum with self-closing, self-latching gates on the pool side. Any fence inside one of the county's special districts may need Zoning Division review, which we build into the schedule rather than discover mid-job.
The 25-foot right-of-way measurement confuses almost everyone the first time. It is not the sidewalk, the curb, or the fence line — it is the public right-of-way boundary, and on older Arlington streets it can sit further back than you expect. We identify that line on the county's maps before any height is proposed, which turns a guessing game into a drawing.
Special districts add their own vocabulary — overlay, conservation, review — and the practical effect is simple: some addresses need a second look from the Zoning Division before a tall fence gets built. We prepare that submission with the same drawings the install crew will use, so the reviewed plan and the built fence are the same plan. And when a project straddles the Arlington–Fairfax line, both counties' rules get checked, because the fence does not care where the tax boundary sits — only where the posts land.
FAQ
Arlington County caps fences at 4 feet within 25 feet of a public right-of-way and allows 6 to 7 feet elsewhere, per its fence diagram. Whether your address needs a submitted permit or a simple zoning confirmation depends on height and district. We handle the county paperwork and confirm the requirement for your lot before work starts. The right-of-way line comes off the county map, not off the curb, and we mark it on your plat at the estimate.
Arlington fences price by material and access. A typical planning range: wood privacy at $30–$60 per linear foot installed, vinyl at $40–$70, and black aluminum at $40–$75, with walk gates from $600 to $1,500. Narrow side yards and alley access add handling time. Your estimate confirms the number, and alley staging is planned in the proposal rather than improvised on install day.
Keep it open and 4 feet or less — the county's right-of-way buffer runs 25 feet back from the street, and open picket or aluminum styles fit it cleanly. Privacy belongs behind the front building line, where six-foot wood or vinyl is the usual answer. Open picket reads friendly at four feet, and the facade stays visible, which is what the buffer is for.
Yes — shared lines, tight gates, and neighbors on three sides. We confirm the property line from your plat, keep post footings inside your side, and coordinate the one day the alley is blocked. Haul-out goes through the alley or the smallest gate, so nothing crosses a neighbor's yard. Shared runs get quoted to both parties from the same drawing, so plats settle it.
The fence itself goes up in crew days measured by footage, but the county review and the Miss Utility locate set the start date. We sequence permits, locates, and material orders in that order, then give you an install window on the proposal. Rushing the locate is how lines get cut. Reviews set the date and installation keeps it — we would rather quote the process honestly than promise past it.
Reviews
★★★★★
Ray was awesome! He was very knowledgeable and got everything permitted and had the project pushed through very fast. The install crew also did an amazing job. Fast precise and did a final walk through to make sure everything was installed correctly. The fence looks incredible and my experience with this company was definitely 5/5.
★★★★★
Ray was professional and his team worked through the day with no break to finish my fence project, also I had a little issue with the installation but he sent his people back to rectify, very pleased with the service.
Estimate
Tell us the Arlington address, the fence you have in mind, and whether the old one comes out. If you would rather talk now, call (888) 820-6099.
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