Fence or deck costs in Baltimore
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What it usually costs
- Build a wood fence$30 – $39 per linear foot
- Build a vinyl or metal fence$16 – $63 per linear foot
- Build a chain-link fence$11 – $27 per linear foot
- Build a wood deck$16 – $52 per sq ft
- Build a composite deck$26 – $84 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Baltimore prices, so your job could land outside them.
Fence or deck in Baltimore
Half the homes in the city of Baltimore are attached single-family houses, and only about one in seven stands alone. If you own a rowhouse, your fence is probably a short run across the back yard to the alley. That's a small job in feet. But a mid-row house has no side yard, so posts, boards and concrete come in through the alley or straight through the house.
The city's building code keeps fences low by default. A fence can be no taller than 42 inches, measured on the high side. Around a house, it can go up to 6 feet, but only in a side or rear yard. So a privacy fence belongs out back, and the front stays low.
Age adds to the job. About four in ten homes in the city were built before 1940. If yours is one of them, ask the crew how they'll deal with old posts and footings that sit where the new ones go.
The city's design criteria table sets the frost line at 30 inches, so new deck footings go at least that deep. The same table rates termite risk as moderate to heavy and weathering as severe.
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