Fence or deck costs in Honolulu
Here’s the ballpark for common fence or deck jobs around Honolulu, HI. Want one for your own project? A photo is all it takes.
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What it usually costs
- Build a wood fence$28 – $51 per linear foot
- Build a vinyl or metal fence$17 – $67 per linear foot
- Build a chain-link fence$11 – $44 per linear foot
- Build a wood deck$17 – $56 per sq ft
- Build a composite deck$28 – $89 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Honolulu prices, so your job could land outside them.
Fence or deck in Honolulu
Before you replace a fence in Honolulu, find out whether your lot is in a flood zone. FEMA released updated flood insurance maps for Oʻahu after a study that ran from 2019 to 2024, and they mark many streams that had never been studied before.
That matters because the Department of Planning and Permitting's fence exemption has strings. A fence up to six feet can go up without a building permit only if the lot isn't on a street corner and isn't in a flood zone. A retaining wall gets the same pass up to 30 inches. DPP's own answer for anything bigger is plain: fences over six feet and walls over 30 inches need a building permit.
On decks, DPP's answer is a plain yes: you'll need a building permit. Its storm-water FAQ also counts a wood deck as impervious surface, even with gaps between the boards, so a new deck can add to the impervious area on a project's storm-water form.
Big storms have changed the rules for a while, too. After the Kona Low storm, DPP let like-for-like emergency repairs start before a permit was issued, as long as the application went in on the next working day, and it waived permit fees for storm cleanup and repair.
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