Aluminum Fencing: Open Picket Fence for Pools, Lakes and Front Yards

Aluminum fence is made of powder coated pickets and rails assembled into panels that mount between posts. It has the look of iron at a fraction of the weight, and because aluminum does not rust it suits wet locations where steel would need regular painting.

QC Fence Contractors installs aluminum fence across the Charlotte metro. The photos on this page are from our jobs, including lakefront lots and a boat dock gate.

• Around pools, with self-closing gates. See pool safety fences.
• On lake and golf course lots where the view is the point.
• Across front yards and along driveways.
• Around apartment communities, offices and storefront patios.
• Combined with wood or vinyl privacy fence on the sides of a lot.

Panels differ in top style, picket spacing, height and grade. Flat top panels have a rail across the top. Spear top panels let the pickets run through. For small dogs, panels with closer picket spacing at the bottom keep a puppy from slipping between the pickets.

Grade is the part that is easy to overlook. Residential, commercial and industrial grades use progressively heavier pickets, rails and posts. Residential grade is right for a backyard. A fence along a parking lot needs commercial grade.

Aluminum panels rack to follow a slope, which keeps the bottom rail parallel to the ground without gaps. Very steep grades need panels made for it or have to be stepped.