Fence or deck costs in Phoenix
Here’s the ballpark for common fence or deck jobs around Phoenix, AZ. Want one for your own project? A photo is all it takes.
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What it usually costs
- Build a wood fence$15 – $46 per linear foot
- Build a vinyl or metal fence$15 – $62 per linear foot
- Build a chain-link fence$10 – $41 per linear foot
- Build a wood deck$15 – $52 per sq ft
- Build a composite deck$26 – $83 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. All of these are national averages adjusted for Phoenix prices, so your job could land outside them.
Fence or deck in Phoenix
If you have a pool in Phoenix, part of your fence can't change without the city. The city's Planning & Development pool-barrier handout says once a barrier passes inspection, it has to stay for the life of the pool. Enlarging, repairing, removing or replacing it takes a new permit.
That barrier has a recipe. The fence must be five feet tall, measured from the outside. No opening can let a four-inch ball through. Gates have to close and latch on their own, swing outward away from the water, and carry the latch at least 54 inches above the ground.
The rest of the yard has its own limits. The city's fences-and-walls handout says you can't build a wall on a hillside lot steeper than a 10% slope without a permit. Nothing can go in the right-of-way, and the city warns that the right-of-way can reach past the sidewalk. At a street corner, nothing in the visibility triangle can stand over three feet.
So if a quote for a pool-side section includes a permit, an inspection or a gate rehung to swing the other way, that's the barrier rule at work. Ask how the new section meets it before the old one comes down.
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