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Fence installation in Tujunga runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical vinyl privacy fence, and $4,000 to $10,000 for aluminum, with permits and Chapter 7A fire-zone compliance included in our written quote. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve been building fences on hillside lots and canyon-adjacent properties since 1998. No crew shows up to a Tujunga job without knowing the difference between 91042 and 91043, what the fire marshal wants to see within five feet of a house, and why post holes on alluvial soil need more than a two-foot auger. Call (877) 610-1318 and Tom Barrett will give you a straight answer before anyone digs.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Tujunga’s Preferred Fence Installation Company
We live close enough to Tujunga that Tom can drive up Foothill Boulevard on a Saturday morning and walk a property line with you before lunch. That matters here because so much of fence work in this community turns on what’s underground: loose alluvial fan deposits, old septic leach lines, irrigation plumbing that was never mapped. Our crews have hit all three. We don’t get surprised, and we don’t hand you a change order after the fact because we scope for these conditions before we quote.
Tujunga homeowners don’t have to take our word on any of this. Tom publishes his name, address, and license number, and he’ll tell you to look it up before you sign. Our written change orders cover every scope shift, every material substitution, every allowance. The 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the completed fence: if something’s not right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call. And calls are answered by a live person, 24/7, not an out-of-state call center. That’s been the rule since day one, and it hasn’t changed.
We’re known around Tujunga for pulling permits on every eligible job and for having the inspection signed before we pack up. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him. When your fence passes Chapter 7A review the first time, that’s not luck. That’s a permit set with the fire-zone detailing documented before the first post hole goes in. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself.
Our Fence Installation Services in Tujunga
Here’s what we actually build most often in Tujunga. Every one of these starts with a site walk, a written line-item quote, and a conversation about your property’s septic, drainage, and fire-zone requirements. Nobody digs blind on a Tujunga hillside.
Privacy Fence
A privacy fence in Tujunga usually means a property line along Sunland Boulevard or one of the side streets off Hillrose where neighbors are close and sightlines are straight. Wood works, but if you’re within five feet of the dwelling, Chapter 7A often requires non-combustible materials or ember-resistant detailing. We’ll tell you before you fall in love with a specific material whether it triggers a fire-zone teardown later.
Chain Link Fence
Chain link is the quiet workhorse in the 91043 zip code, especially on larger parcels near the mouth of Big Tujunga Canyon where homeowners need to keep dogs in, deer out, and still see the hills. Post depth is the thing. In valley-floor cities like Sylmar, a two-foot auger is standard. On Tujunga’s alluvial soil, we routinely go deeper or set grade-beams so the fence doesn’t lean after the first heavy rain.
Vinyl Fence
Vinyl fence installation in Tujunga runs $3,500 to $9,000 depending on linear footage and site access. It’s a solid choice for wind exposure on canyon lots because the panels bend before they crack, which matters when Santa Ana gusts come down through Big Tujunga Canyon at 60 miles an hour. We stock white and tan vinyl locally, and parts show up fast, not in three weeks.
Aluminum Fence
Aluminum fence installation in Tujunga runs $4,000 to $10,000. It’s what we recommend on steep lots where iron is overbuilt and wood requires maintenance against dry-brush contact. Aluminum is non-combustible, so it satisfies Chapter 7A requirements within five feet of a dwelling outright. It’s also what the county inspectors are used to seeing on the newer fire-hardened properties along the canyons.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Tujunga
We install and service fence materials from manufacturers you can actually look up. When a Tujunga customer wants a paver border along a fence line or a hardscape landing for a gate, we quote Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers rather than whatever pallet shows up off a van. For concrete footings and grade-beams on hillside post lines, we use Quikrete products and engineer the depth to the slope. Parts for these brands ship to our Los Angeles yard, so Tujunga customers aren’t waiting on a container from out of state when a gate hinge fails or a post gets hit by a delivery truck.
Common Fence Installation Problems We See in Tujunga Homes
- Post holes that collapse the day after digging. Loose alluvial fan deposits along the uphill streets off Big Tujunga Canyon Road don’t hold a two-foot hole. We deepen to grade-beams or over-excavate and backfill with compacted base. If you’ve ever watched a fence post settle six inches after a February rain, that’s the soil, not the installer.
- Wood fences within five feet of the house fail Chapter 7A inspection. The fire zone requires non-combustible fence materials near the dwelling, and the inspector will flag wood every time. We document ignition-resistant detailing in the permit set so the inspection signs off first visit.
- Septic tank and leach field setbacks get ignored. An auger through an effluent line is a health department stop-work order and a mess nobody wants. On Tujunga acreage parcels, we map septic and well setbacks before quoting so the fence line doesn’t become a re-engineer job.
- Wind damage from Santa Ana events. Canyons north of Foothill Boulevard funnel wind straight down. Weak post anchors and undersized hardware pop fasteners. We build for the wind load the same way we build for the fire code: to the numbers, not a guess.
Pricing for Fence Installation in Tujunga, CA
Honest numbers, right up front. A vinyl privacy fence in Tujunga runs $3,500 to $9,000. An aluminum fence runs $4,000 to $10,000. What moves the number? Linear footage, slope, post depth requirements, and whether your property needs Chapter 7A non-combustible materials within five feet of the dwelling. Access matters too: a carry-in job down a steep hillside lot takes longer than a truck-back-to-the-hole flat parcel. Every quote is a written line-item scope, and every scope change comes as a written change order before work proceeds. No allowance that isn’t on paper survives first contact with a Tujunga auger. Call (877) 610-1318 for your free estimate.
| Fence Type | Tujunga Price Range |
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| Vinyl Fence Installation | $3,500-$9,000 |
| Aluminum Fence Installation | $4,000-$10,000 |
We Also Serve Cities Near Tujunga
Our crews serve Tujunga and the surrounding foothill communities, including Sunland, La Crescenta-Montrose, Shadow Hills, and Burbank. If you’re a few miles down the road, we’re a short drive away. The same written scope, the same permit discipline, the same Fence Installation team. While you’re here, see what we do across Tujunga and the rest of the corridor.
Serving Tujunga, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tujunga area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Fence Installation in Tujunga
Yes. Tujunga sits almost entirely inside Los Angeles’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, and any fence installation that triggers a building permit must submit Chapter 7A ignition-resistant construction documentation. That means material specs, post anchor details, and clearance language in the permit set, and the inspector will check. We pull permits on every eligible job, and we get them signed. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you whether your fence line is a permit job or a repair.
Non-combustible materials: aluminum, iron, or masonry. Wood is restricted within five feet of a dwelling because it doesn’t meet Chapter 7A ignition-resistant standards. You can have wood elsewhere on the property line, but that near-house section has to change. We’ll tell you what the inspector will pass before you pick anything. Call (877) 610-1318 for details on your specific parcel.
They dictate where posts can go, full stop. A post through a leach field or an effluent line is a health department stop-work order, an environmental cleanup, and a re-engineered fence line. On acreage in 91043, we map the septic tank, the leach field, and the well before quoting, so the fence line works on paper and in the ground. Call (877) 610-1318 and send us your parcel map.
In most cases, yes. Tujunga’s hillside lots sit on loose alluvial fan deposits that don’t hold standard post holes. We deepen to grade-beams on slope work and over-excavate on flat alluvial soil, which is exactly what a valley-floor crew isn’t used to doing. We recently scoped a fence job off Big Tujunga Canyon Road where our crew hit loose alluvial fan deposits just two feet down. Standard post holes wouldn’t hold, so we deepened to grade-beams and added a drainage swale behind the fence line to keep post-wildfire debris flows from undermining the new iron fence. The county inspector signed off on the grading and fence in the same visit because we had the Chapter 7A ignition-resistant detailing documented in the permit set. That’s how we scope Tujunga, and that’s what you’re paying for: a fence that stays straight. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote.
Vinyl or aluminum. Vinyl is the better privacy choice at $3,500 to $9,000, because solid panels block sightlines and the material bends before it snaps in Santa Ana gusts. Aluminum at $4,000 to $10,000 gives less visual privacy but handles wind and fire-zone requirements long term. The best answer depends on your slope, your setback, and how much canyon wind your specific lot takes. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your property line and give you both numbers in writing.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Tujunga since 1998.