Fencing in Dearborn, MI — Wood Privacy Out Back, Aluminum on the Street

Dearborn lots are older, tighter, and closer to the street than a suburban colonial. BH Fencing installs wood privacy for the backyard you actually use and ornamental aluminum or a low wood picket where a six-foot wall would look wrong on a bungalow — posts set for Wayne County clay, lines set to pins, not a guess toward the alley.

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Near the Ford campus, The Henry Ford, and the older east- and west-end bungalow streets, yards are short and the houses sit close. A full privacy box can make a lot feel like a hallway if we don't leave the front open. The pattern that works here is six-foot wood or vinyl behind the house and a lower ornamental aluminum or picket on the street so the brick and the porch still read.

Property lines on these lots are messy — additions, shared drives, and fences that have crept a foot over two generations. We don't start a Dearborn job from a row of hostas. Bring pins or a survey if you have one. Moving a finished privacy fence off a neighbor's driveway is the expensive lesson.

Wayne County clay and freeze-thaw still heave the shallow posts that came with a 1950s chain-link side yard. Spring wind is less of a sail problem than on an open Canton lot, but moisture and splash rot the bottom of wood fast if we sit boards on grade. We keep the first board up and set posts below frost so the backyard wall still stands after the thaw.

Fence installation in Dearborn, MI

Thinking about a new fence in Dearborn? We'll walk you through material choices, height, gates, and real pricing before you commit — and if a repair will honestly do the job, we'll say so. Most Dearborn installs, including wood fencing and privacy fencing, are completed fast so your yard isn't left open.

The fencing Dearborn homes need most

Dearborn's typical project is mixed: wood privacy in the backyard, aluminum or picket toward the street, and careful line work on tight bungalow lots. We also pull old chain link and repair leaning wood after the thaw. Aluminum ornamental typically runs about $32–$55/lf; wood privacy about $28–$48/lf. Typical ranges, not quotes. Gates on narrow side yards get extra attention — that's the path to the cans and the garage.