Fence Company in Edina, MN

Fence Guide

Choosing the Right Fence for Your Edina Yard

The right fence for an Edina yard depends on three things: what the fence needs to do, what your neighborhood or HOA allows, and how the material handles a Minnesota winter. Here is how a local fence company weighs the five materials we install — and when a repair makes more sense than a replacement.

Wood: Cedar, Pressure-Treated, Picket & Shadowbox

Wood is the most requested fence we build in Edina. Cedar and black locust resist ground-contact decay naturally, which is why cedar is our default recommendation for posts and pickets that will spend the next 15–20 years in Minnesota soil; pressure-treated pine is the lower-cost alternative when the ground-contact rating is right. We build solid privacy fences, classic pickets, and shadowbox “good-neighbor” fences that look identical from both sides of the property line — often the easiest style to clear with a neighbor or an HOA architectural committee. Styles and what every install includes are on our wood fence installation page.

Vinyl: Low Maintenance, If the Grade Is Right

Lower-grade vinyl is more prone to cracking in extreme cold, which is exactly the failure mode a Minnesota winter is built to find. We install heavier-gauge, cold-rated PVC panels rather than the thin big-box product, in privacy, semi-privacy, and ranch-rail styles. Maintenance is a rinse with a garden hose once or twice a season — no staining, no sealing, no repainting. See vinyl fence installation for the styles and grades we carry.

Chain Link: The Budget Workhorse

Chain link is the most budget-friendly way to contain a dog, mark a property line, or fence a side yard without blocking the view. We install galvanized and vinyl-coated mesh, with woven privacy slats available for partial screening. Line posts run about 10 feet apart, with heavier terminal posts at every corner, end, and gate opening so the mesh stays taut through the 55-60 freeze-thaw cycles a typical Twin Cities season delivers. Full options are on the chain link fence installation page.

Aluminum & Ornamental: The Iron Look, Without the Rust

Powder-coated aluminum and ornamental steel deliver the look of classic wrought iron without the rust — which matters through a Minnesota winter of road salt and snowmelt. Both stay open and visible, which makes them the right call for front yards and pool sightlines — and the wrong call if screening is your actual goal. We'll say so plainly rather than sell you a style that won't do what you want. Both still need footings set below the 42-inch frost line. More on materials and uses: aluminum & ornamental fencing.

Pool Fences: Where Code Is the Point

Minnesota's statewide pool-barrier baseline requires a 48-inch minimum barrier height, gaps and bottom clearance of no more than 4 inches, and a self-closing, self-latching gate with the latch set at least 54 inches from grade. We build every pool fence to that baseline, test the gate hardware at install, and confirm your property's exact requirement through the Edina permit. Details are on our pool fence installation page.

Repair: When You Don't Need a New Fence

Most repair calls trace back to frost heave: a footing set shallower than the 42-inch frost line gets pushed out of plumb one freeze-thaw cycle at a time. If one or two posts lean but the rest of the run is straight and the boards are sound, that's almost always a repair — a reset below frost depth in fresh concrete, not a rebuild. We diagnose on-site and tell you which situation you're in at the estimate, not the more expensive answer by default. Common fixes and what an estimate covers: fence repair.

Permits, Utility Locates, and the Minnesota Build Window

Most new residential fences in Edina need a permit through the City of Edina Building Inspections Division, with height generally capped at 6 feet in rear and side yards and 4 feet in front yards. We file the application as part of every installation and build the turnaround into your schedule up front. Before any post hole gets dug, state law requires a utility locate through Gopher State One Call — we schedule it on every job. Most Twin Cities installs happen inside the mid-spring to early-to-mid-October window, before the ground freezes again.