Fence & Gate Installation in Friendswood, TX

What we install for Friendswood customers

We build and repair the full range of residential and commercial fencing and gates, served from our Galveston office:

• Wood fences in cedar and pine, as board-on-board privacy, dog-ear, capped or rail styles.
• Vinyl privacy and picket fencing, a low-maintenance choice for side yards and backyards.
• Aluminum and wrought iron fencing and walk gates, including pool and ornamental styles.
• Chain link, including black vinyl-coated, for side, rear and commercial use.
• Gates: walk gates, driveway gates, and automatic gate operators and access control.
• Fence and gate repair, and commercial and HOA fencing.

We do not have a Friendswood office, and we are not showing Friendswood jobs on this page. The photos below are from our project archive and are captioned for what is visible. Financing is available through the providers on our financing page, subject to credit approval.

The Friendswood front-yard fence rule

Friendswood’s Appendix C (Zoning), Sec. 8.B starts with where a fence can go at all. Fences and walls are permitted in or along the edge of a required yard, with one carve-out. In a front yard, they are only allowed on lots next to FM 528, FM 2351, or FM 518 (north of FM 2351 and south of FM 528), or on lots greater than two acres, provided no hazardous visual obstruction is created. Any size lot may build a front-yard fence when all adjoining lots facing the same street or private street already have compliant front-yard fences.

On residential lots the rule goes further: decorative, transparent fences may be built in front yards on lots greater than two acres or with at least 150 feet of width at the street. Chain-link and barbed-wire fences are prohibited in residential front yards. And every fence must be installed with the finished side facing outward.

Where a single-family lot touches commercial land

Appendix C also governs the boundary between homes and business land. When a single-family use is established next to commercial, industrial or multifamily zoning, an eight-foot-high opaque fence or wall is to be erected and maintained along the property line, and the usual ten-foot landscaped buffer strip is not required in that case. In the other direction, a commercial or industrial use placed next to a residential district, or multifamily next to single-family, must install a ten-foot buffer plus the same eight-foot opaque fence. The fence or wall is to be wood, masonry or decorative concrete, or a combination, with metal only as a concealed structural element. The city’s director may determine the rule does not apply where the two uses are separated by a driveway, easement, ditch or canal at least 30 feet wide.

Permits, fees and what we could not confirm

Friendswood’s fee schedule (Appendix D) lists $75.00 for “Fences, walls, driveways, paving” under miscellaneous residential permits, plus a non-refundable permit issuance fee for non-trade permits. We did not find a plain-language fence permit page to quote, so we do not state exactly which fences need a permit. Ask the City of Friendswood before you build.

We also did not find a general height cap for backyard fences in Appendix C, so we do not state one. If you are planning something tall, ask the city for the current height rule. Many Friendswood neighborhoods also have deed restrictions or HOA rules, which are separate from the city code and can be stricter. Check yours before ordering.

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