Fence or deck costs in Atlanta
Here’s the ballpark for common fence or deck jobs around Atlanta, GA. Want one for your own project? A photo is all it takes.
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What it usually costs
- Build a wood fence$30 – $38 per linear foot
- Build a vinyl or metal fence$25 – $33 per linear foot
- Build a chain-link fence$13 – $26 per linear foot
- Build a wood deck$15 – $50 per sq ft
- Build a composite deck$25 – $80 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Atlanta prices, so your job could land outside them.
Fence or deck in Atlanta
Around Atlanta, fence rules change when you cross a city line, so first find out whose rules you're under. Take Peachtree Corners in Gwinnett County. There, a fence needs no permit unless it needs footers, which usually means a brick or stone wall. You still email the city a site plan before you build.
Peachtree Corners measures heights from finished grade: four feet in a front yard, eight feet on the sides and in back. Peachtree Corners' approved list is brick, stone, wood, stucco, split rail, wrought iron, and aluminum made to look like wrought iron. Vinyl-coated chain link is allowed only in side or rear yards. Plain chain link, woven wire and hog wire are not allowed at all.
If you build in wood, the soil is part of the plan. University of Georgia Extension notes that subterranean termites are a normal part of the soil around buildings.
Corner lots get their own math in Peachtree Corners. On the street side, a fence can reach six feet if it lines up with the house, but only four if it sits between the house and the right-of-way.
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