Fence Contractors in Arlington Heights, IL

Fence contractors in Arlington Heights work under a rule that covers every job: no fence may be built without a permit from the Director of Building. The town has about 76,005 residents, and the page covers 40 businesses, two of them in Arlington Heights itself and many more in the northwest suburbs and Lake County. The trade here leans toward cedar, vinyl, aluminum and chain link, with gates and commercial work close behind.

Raupp Fencing is in Arlington Heights and specializes in custom wood, mostly Western Red Cedar, with stain and sealcoat on request. It also installs pergolas, arbors, trellises and sport fencing, and installs and services gate operators. It is rated 5.0 from 3 reviews. Hubs Landscaping Co., rated 4.6 from 11 reviews, is a landscaping and property maintenance company that builds fences alongside patios, walkways, decks, sheds and retaining walls. Cedar runs through the wider area too. Fenceworks: The Guy on 41 has served Northbrook and the North Shore since 1967, is in its third generation, and builds with Western Red Cedar and Michigan White Cedar. It is rated 4.9 from 150 reviews.

Several of the larger review histories come from companies based outside town. Midtown Home Improvements is based in Wood Dale and rated 4.6 from 568 reviews. Advanced Fence & Gate is based in Mount Prospect and rated 4.8 from 240 reviews. Innova Fence is rated 5.0 from 217 reviews, and American Fence Professionals, a father and son team in Elk Grove Village with more than 20 years in the trade, is rated 4.6 from 217 reviews. Peerless Fence & Supply is rated 3.9 from 262 reviews.

Chicago is the place these companies name most often, followed by Mount Prospect, Des Plaines, Schaumburg, Palatine and Skokie. Durabilt Fence works out of Wheeling. Diamond Fence Corp. is in Palatine and has pages for Wheeling, Inverness, Arlington Heights and Buffalo Grove. Fence Builders Inc. installs out of Palatine and has more than 35 years of experience. Fence Solutions Co. builds for Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Palatine, Libertyville and Kenosha, Wisconsin. Des Plaines Fence Company, led by owner Julio, works in towns within about 10 miles that include Arlington Heights, Park Ridge, Mount Prospect, Skokie and Evanston.

A group of companies reaches Arlington Heights from the north and northwest. John's Fence serves Lake County and nearby communities, including Wauconda and Crystal Lake, and installs aluminum, chain link, ornamental steel, vinyl and wood fences for homes, businesses and farms. The North Fence 1 LLC serves Lake and McHenry counties, including Crystal Lake, Vernon Hills and Cary, and rents fence as well as installing it. A.M. Woodland Outdoor Design is a landscape design-build company in Mundelein serving Lake, Cook and Kenosha counties, rated 4.7 from 121 reviews. Aronson Fence Co., Inc. is based in Wauconda and CONTINENTAL Fence Company & Installation is based in Lake Zurich.

The permit rules here are detailed. Side and rear yard fences may be solid, open or semi-open and up to six feet tall. Front yard fences are limited to 36 inches, must be open style, and cannot have sharp points. On a corner lot, the parts of the side and rear yard facing a street may have a six-foot fence only if it sits at least five feet back from the lot perimeter, with landscaping at least three feet high planted along the street side. Barbed wire fencing is prohibited, and slatted chain link is prohibited except in the M-1 and M-2 industrial districts. The finished side of every fence must face the adjoining properties, and metal fences must be nine-gauge woven wire or equivalent. The details are summarized at /permits/arlington-heights/.

Rolling Meadows, Mount Prospect, Palatine, Wheeling and Buffalo Grove each have their own page and share many of the same companies.