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

Aluminum or steel · West Palm Beach, FL

One will not rust. The other takes ornamental work. The site usually decides.

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Grey perforated-panel modern gate across a driveway beneath a cantilevered house overhang.
The north county — From the city up to the Loxahatchee — newer construction, wider frontages, more slide gates than swings.

West Palm Beach · Palm Beach County

Aluminum is the low-maintenance answer for long runs and exposed boundaries. Steel is what you want when the fence has real ornamental detail in it. Neither is the right answer everywhere, which is why the site gets looked at first.

Long frontage is where a matched fence earns its keep — the same picket, the same rail height and the same finish as the gate, carried the whole length of the boundary.

Mature canopy is the reason these streets look the way they do, and it is also a maintenance factor — leaves, roots and shade all reach the gate line eventually.

The coastal towns add a layer

Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the product approvals differ from the two counties to the south. On top of that, several towns and associations in this county run design guidelines of their own — so what West Palm Beach expects is worth reading before a finish is chosen, not after.

Fencing — the full breakdown

Fencing · West Palm Beach

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Black horizontal louvre slats silhouetted against water at sunset

Louvre, backlit

Aluminum picket fence running along a planted boundaryConcept
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 palmsConcept
Iron behind hedge
Timber-look horizontal slat fence running along a path with planting behindConcept
Horizontal timber-look
Close view of cast spear-top finials on a black ornamental iron fence
Spear-top finials

Straight answers

  • Set to the grade
  • Matched to the gate
  • Aluminum or steel
  • Ornamental estate
  • Two-leaf openings
Is the paperwork the same as Miami?
No. Palm Beach is outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so it is a different product-approval set, and permitting is administered locally on top of that.
Why is the spec different up here?
Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that governs Miami-Dade and Broward, so the approval route the counties south of it use is the wrong one.
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.
Aluminum or steel?
Aluminum will not rust and suits long boundary runs. Steel takes ornamental work. The site usually decides.

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