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Fence Linear Foot Calculator

Enter your lot size or measure each side, add your gates, and get the linear feet of fence, how many panels and posts it takes, and a cut list by side. It runs in your browser; nothing is sent.

Measure along your property lines from your survey, not along the grass. Broward cities require a permit for a new fence, and the survey showing the property lines is part of the application.

A planning guide, not a quote. The counts come from the lengths you enter; the fence we build is measured on site and drawn to your city's rules.

1. Fence line
How do you want to measure?
What gets fenced?

Back yard only counts the rear lot line and both side lines. If the side fences stop at the house, enter the depth from the back of the house to the rear line instead of the full lot depth.

2. Gates
Drive gate width

Gate widths are subtracted from the fence line; each gate gets two posts.

3. Fence
Panel length (post spacing)
Fence height
Material

Height and material change the notes below, not the counts.

Your fence

Enter your lot size or each side's length to see linear feet, panels and posts.

Before you build in Broward

  • Permit and survey. Broward cities require a building permit for a new fence, and the application usually needs a copy of your property survey showing the property lines and where the fence goes.
  • Height limits.Front yards are often limited to 4 ft and rear and side yards to 6 ft, with setbacks that differ by city. Verify with your city's building department.
  • Pool barrier.Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (Chapter 515, Florida Statutes) requires a barrier at least 4 ft high around a residential pool, with no gaps or openings a young child could get through or climb, and gates that open outward away from the pool, close and latch on their own, with the latch out of a small child's reach.
  • Wind.All of Broward County is in Florida's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the Florida Building Code's HVHZ rules apply to how a fence is built. Solid fences take the full wind load; open fences let it through.
  • Wood. A solid wood privacy fence takes the full wind load. Post size, post depth, post spacing and the number of rails are what the permit reviewer looks at in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone.

Ready for a quote?

We build wood, vinyl, aluminum and chain-link fences in Broward County, to your city's rules, with the permit handled.

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Tell us the fence line, the material you have in mind and the city. We measure on site and handle the permit.

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