Does the finish need redoing eventually?

Coatings on the water have a working life. Knowing that at the start is better than discovering it, and it is part of what the material choice trades off.

Do I need a permit for this?

Often, and Miami-Dade is inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the wind rating matters too. Permits are issued locally, so we confirm what your authority wants before we start.

The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — the Florida Building Code's strictest wind-load region. It covers all of Miami-Dade, which is why the hardware spec here is not the spec further north.

Will it match the gate?

The fence is drawn from the same detail as the gate, so the picket, the rail and the finish line up.

Fence Installation in Key Biscayne, FL

Long run of ornamental iron fencing with spear-top pickets beside a planted border

Set to the grade · Key Biscayne, FL

Panels racked or stepped to the ground so the run stays deliberate.

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Fencing · Key Biscayne

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Spear-top finials

Black horizontal louvre slats silhouetted against water at sunset — Louvre, backlit

Aluminum picket fence running along a planted boundary — Aluminum picket run

Horizontal slat gate and fence at the side of a modern rendered house — Slat, side return

Ornamental iron fence running behind a clipped hedge under a line of palms — Iron behind hedge

Timber-look horizontal slat fence running along a path with planting behind — Horizontal timber-look

Black slat gate set into a wall of climbing greenery at a modern entrance — Slat into greenery

Waterfront estate seen from the water, its lawn lined with tall palms above a seawall. — The barrier islands — Ocean on one side, the bay on the other, and nothing in between to break the salt.

Key Biscayne · Miami-Dade County

Ground is rarely level and a fence set as if it were shows it immediately. Panels are either racked to follow the slope or stepped in clean increments — both are decisions, and the wrong one is visible from the road.

Aluminum does not rust, which is most of the argument on a boundary this close to the water. Steel takes the ornamental work, but the coating has to be specified for the exposure.

Waterfront and inlet addresses frequently sit under a town or association design guideline of their own, on top of whatever the county requires.

Two approvals, not one

Anything structural at the property line in Miami-Dade answers to the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone standard, and that is what sets the frame and the fixings. Separately, Key Biscayne runs a local review, and where a homeowners' association governs the street it generally runs one of its own. Neither is a thing to discover after fabrication.

Fencing — the full breakdown

Before you call

Matched to the gate
Aluminum or steel
Ornamental estate
Set to the grade
Specified for salt exposure

Does the finish need redoing eventually?: Coatings on the water have a working life. Knowing that at the start is better than discovering it, and it is part of what the material choice trades off.
Do I need a permit for this?: Often, and Miami-Dade is inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the wind rating matters too. Permits are issued locally, so we confirm what your authority wants before we start.
What is the HVHZ?: The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — the Florida Building Code's strictest wind-load region. It covers all of Miami-Dade, which is why the hardware spec here is not the spec further north.
Will it match the gate?: The fence is drawn from the same detail as the gate, so the picket, the rail and the finish line up.