Perimeter · Security · Screening · Enclosures
Commercial fencing, gates and enclosures.
A fence is a post-setting job with panels attached to it. Posts set in properly dug, poured footings below frost depth stay plumb for decades; posts tamped into a shallow hole start leaning the second winter. That is the entire difference, and it is invisible on the day of install.
Specifying a commercial fence
Most fence problems on managed properties are specification problems, not workmanship problems. The fence was chosen from a price list rather than from what it needs to do.
Start with the job. Keeping people out of a utility yard, screening a dumpster from a storefront, marking a property line, containing a dog park and keeping a pool area code-compliant are five different fences. Height, gauge, spacing and gate type follow from that, not from a catalogue.
Gates are where the money goes. The run of fence is the cheap part. Gates take the hardware, the bigger posts, the deeper footings and all of the wear. A property with the right fence and undersized gates will be calling about the gates within two years.
Vehicle protection pays for itself. Dumpster enclosures get hit by haulers. Bollards at the corners cost a fraction of rebuilding the enclosure, and they are the difference between an enclosure that lasts and one that is a recurring line item.
What we install
Sized and specified for what the fence is actually there to do.
Perimeter and security fence
Chain link in commercial and industrial gauges, with or without privacy slats and top rail, for property lines, yards, equipment areas and utility enclosures.
Ornamental aluminum and steel
Where the fence is visible from the street or the front of a building — communities, campuses, office properties and amenity areas. Powder-coated, with matching gates and hardware.
Vinyl and wood screening
Privacy and screening runs along property lines, around amenity areas and where a community wants a residential look.
Gates and access
Swing gates, double gates, cantilever slide gates and pedestrian gates, with hardware sized for the gate rather than the cheapest set that fits.
Dumpster and equipment enclosures
Corrals for dumpsters and compactors, generator and HVAC screening, and the bollards that keep a hauler from taking out the enclosure twice a year.
Repairs and section replacement
Storm damage, vehicle strikes, leaning runs and failed gate hardware. We repair sections rather than selling a full replacement when a repair is the right answer.
Where fence jobs fail
All four of these are decided before the first panel goes on.
Footings
Posts belong in dug, poured footings below the frost line. Anything less and the run starts moving after the first freeze cycle. This is the cost most low bids cut.
Gate posts
Gates put enormous leverage on their posts. Gate and end posts need to be larger and set deeper than line posts, and a sagging gate a year later usually means they were not.
Grade changes
On sloping ground a fence either steps or rakes. Choosing wrong leaves gaps at the bottom that defeat the point of a security or screening fence.
Utilities and property lines
Locates before digging, and confirmation of where the line actually is. Fences built on assumption get moved at somebody's expense.
Recent work
What it looks like.
A direct line to the owner
When it matters most, you're talking to me.
Not a dispatcher. Not an answering service that takes a message and gets back to you Monday. The number on this site reaches the owner — at two in the afternoon and at four in the morning during a snow event. If a tree comes down on your building, or a lot has to be clear before your doors open, you're talking to the person who can make the decision and send the crew.
- Answered 24/7 — snow events, storm damage and emergencies, any hour of any day.
- Decisions made on the call — nothing gets escalated to someone you have never met.
- One point of contact from the first site walk through the final invoice.
- I am on the job sites — not managing them from a desk three counties away.
— Mike Aquilante Jr., Owner
Common questions
Before you call
How deep do you set posts?
Below the frost line, in dug and poured concrete footings, with depth and diameter set by the post size and what the fence has to resist. Gate and end posts go deeper and larger than line posts. We do not drive posts on commercial work.
Can you repair a fence rather than replace the whole run?
Yes, and often that is the right call. Storm damage and vehicle strikes usually take out a defined number of sections. We will tell you honestly whether the rest of the run has life left in it.
Do you handle permits and property line questions?
We handle utility locates before any digging, and we will tell you where permits or association approvals are typically required. Where a property line is uncertain, we recommend a survey before installing — moving a fence afterward is expensive.
What fence works best for a dumpster enclosure?
Depends on visibility. Where it is seen from a storefront or entrance, ornamental or vinyl screening looks appropriate; where it is back-of-house, heavy chain link with slats is more durable for less money. Either way, put bollards at the corners.
How long does a commercial fence install take?
Footings need to cure before panels and gates go on, so most commercial runs are a two-visit job spread across several days rather than one continuous day on site. We will give you the schedule with the quote.
Do you work on pool and amenity fencing?
Yes. Pool enclosures have specific code requirements for height, gap spacing and self-closing, self-latching gates. Tell us the property is a pool area and we will specify to code rather than to appearance.
Service area
Working across Chester & Montgomery County.
Based in Oaks, PA and on job sites throughout the area every week.
Don't see your town? Call anyway — we cover most of the surrounding area, and we travel for multi-property work.
Get a number you can budget against.
Free written estimate, itemized, usually walked within 48 hours. No obligation and no pressure.