Fencing in Plainville, CT

Fencing help in Plainville

Plainville is a town of mostly single-family homes. About 55 out of every 100 homes here are single-family houses, and about 68 out of every 100 are lived in by the people who own them. Those are the homes that get fences for pets, kids, pools, and privacy. Many of them are not new. About two out of three Plainville homes were built before 1980, and the middle home was built around 1971. That means a lot of the fences in town are old wood or chain link that have leaned, rusted, or rotted over the years. A&L Fence fixes these and puts up new ones that hold up.

Winters in Connecticut are cold, and the ground freezes deep. The state building code sets the frost line at 42 inches, which is more than three and a half feet down. If fence posts do not sit below that depth, the frozen ground can push them up each winter, so the fence starts to lean and gates stop closing right. Our crew sets posts below the 42 inch frost line so your fence stays straight for years. On the east side of town, near Pinnacle Rock and Bradley Mountain, the ground can be rocky, so we come ready to dig through tough ground when we hit it.

Plainville has clear rules for fences, and we follow them. A fence at a single-family home needs a building permit from the town, and we can handle that for you. In the front-yard area, a solid wood, vinyl, metal, or masonry fence can be up to 36 inches (3 feet) tall, and a split-rail fence can go a little higher. In the back yard and along the sides, you can go up to 72 inches (6 feet). The town also asks that the finished, good-looking side of the fence face out toward your neighbors, and that is how we build. If your yard is near a wetland, the town may want extra approval first, and we will help you sort that out.

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