Fencing in North Hollywood, California

Most of North Hollywood is a dense, flat grid of small lots, and that shapes almost every fence we build here. Homes sit close together, backyards are shallow, and the boulevards carry real traffic noise, so the number one request on these blocks is privacy. A solid six foot vinyl or wood fence buys you a quiet, screened yard between neighbors who are only a driveway apart, which is why those two materials lead everything we install around the NoHo Arts District and the streets off Lankershim and Magnolia.

The ground here is old alluvial soil, sandy to loamy and usually easy to dig, which makes for clean, straight post holes and solid concrete footings. The catch is that flat ground drains slowly, so we set posts with the grade and the runoff in mind, keeping footings from sitting in standing water after a winter rain. On the older 1920s to 1950s bungalows and ranch homes, side property lines can be vague, so a quick survey check before we dig saves a boundary argument later.

Security is the other half of the job. Dense urban streets and rear alleys make a locking driveway gate genuinely useful, and demand for sliding and swing gates with automatic openers is strong across NoHo. Even on the flat, the Santa Ana wind still leans on a tall solid panel like a sail, so posts and gate frames are set deeper and heavier than a short fence needs. That footing is the difference between a privacy run that stands for years and one that racks after the first big blow.

One thing worth knowing: the flat NoHo grid mostly sits on lots forty feet and wider outside a Hillside Area, so the City allows eight feet at the sides and rear, not the six quoted everywhere else.