Granada Hills fencing questions and answers

Installed, chain link comes in around $18 to $40 a linear foot, wood $30 to $60, vinyl $40 to $70, and wrought iron $50 to $120. Three things decide where inside a range you land: how long the run is, whether the lot sits south of Rinaldi on flat ground or north on a foothill slope, and the grade of material you pick. Short and flat sits at the bottom of a range, while a hillside line needing deeper footings sits at the top.

Chain link sits at the bottom, $18 to $40 a linear foot, which is why it belongs on a back line or a pet run and not on street frontage. Wood carries the value for a solid six foot privacy fence: 150 feet of cedar generally comes to $4,500 to $9,000 installed. Vinyl at that same height asks more at the start, and hands back the upkeep.

Usually not, provided the fence sits at or under the allowed height. A permit is required once a fence passes six feet, for a retaining wall that holds back soil, or for work in the public right of way, and all three go through LADBS. In Knollwood, the HOA architectural review comes first, ahead of any city paperwork.

City of Los Angeles rules generally permit six feet in the side and rear yards, and about three and a half feet in the required front yard. South of Rinaldi, where the tracts are flat and the lots run forty feet and more across, that side and rear figure can go to eight. North of it, up in the foothills, the hillside designation usually keeps it at six. A corner lot also carries a visibility triangle near the street, where the allowed height drops so drivers can see through. Above that ceiling, the fence needs a permit through LADBS.

Usually. The Good Neighbor Fence Act, California Civil Code section 841, presumes that adjoining owners share the reasonable cost of a boundary fence equally. Before building, you owe your neighbor at least 30 days written notice setting out the problem, the fence you propose, and what it is estimated to cost. Add the two people forget: that the statute presumes an even split, and when you would put the fence in. A different split stays open to the two of you, so long as it is put in writing.

The material decides it. Cedar or redwood gives about 15 to 20 years with a seal every few years, chain link a similar 15 to 20, vinyl 20 to 30 years or more on almost no upkeep, and wrought iron can pass 40 years where the coating is kept up. What cuts a wood fence short here is the hot, dry inland-valley sun.

Yes. State law requires a safety barrier around a residential pool, at least five feet high, with a self-closing and self-latching gate that opens away from the water, and Granada Hills enforces it through the City of Los Angeles. Two ways to satisfy that: removable mesh at $15 to $30 a linear foot, or a permanent metal barrier at $40 to $90 that can double as the yard fence.

Yes. Knollwood Country Club Estates reviews fence material, color, style, and height before work begins, so we prepare that submittal for you. We quote a fence the guidelines will actually approve and build the review time into the schedule, rather than discovering a restriction after the posts are ordered.

Yes. The semi-rural, horse-keeping lots north of Devonshire and Rinaldi typically call for three-rail ranch fence backed with no-climb horse wire rather than a solid privacy panel, so the animals are safely contained and the open, rural character of the street is kept. We set it for the wider post spacing those runs use.