Fence & gate services
Ornamental Fence Installation
Ornamental fencing is what you install when the fence is part of the architecture — estate frontage, courtyard walls, driveway entries and garden enclosures.
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Ornamental Fences in Chester & Delaware County
Ornamental fencing covers the decorative end of metal fence work: spear-top and finial profiles, scrolled panels, arched gate sections, and the driveway entry treatments that set the tone for a property before anyone reaches the house.
Most ornamental work today is powder-coated aluminum rather than wrought iron, for good reason — it delivers the same profile without rust, without repainting, and at a fraction of the maintenance. Genuine wrought iron still belongs on historic restorations and on genuinely custom commissions, and we will build in it where the property calls for it, but the homeowner needs to accept an ongoing rust-management schedule.
This is frontage-and-entry work more than perimeter work. In practice it appears on estate properties along the Main Line, on the older properties around Chadds Ford and the Brandywine valley, and on borough properties in West Chester where a low decorative fence defines a front garden without enclosing it.
Options
Styles & Configurations
Spear-top
Pickets extended above the top rail with a cast or pressed finial. The classic ornamental profile.
Scrolled panel
Decorative scrollwork between rails, used on feature sections and gate leaves rather than full runs.
Arched gate section
A raised arch across a driveway or walk entry, usually paired with masonry piers.
Estate driveway entry
Double-swing ornamental gates with piers, often automated, defining the property approach.
What to expect
How the Installation Runs
- Design consultation — profile, height, finial style, pier and column interaction.
- Site walk, layout and grade assessment.
- PA One Call utility mark-out.
- Permit and HOA architectural submission — ornamental frontage almost always triggers architectural review.
- Post and pier setting, panel installation, gate hanging.
- Walk-through and, on automated entries, operator and safety commissioning.
Common questions
Ornamental Fences Questions
What is the difference between ornamental and standard aluminum fence?
Ornamental describes the decorative profile — spear tops, finials, scrollwork, arched sections — rather than a different material. Most ornamental fencing is the same powder-coated aluminum used for plain flat-top fence, built in a more decorative configuration and often at greater height for frontage work.
Should I choose ornamental aluminum or real wrought iron?
Aluminum for nearly every residential application: same profile, no rust, no repainting, lower cost. Wrought iron for historic restoration or genuinely custom ironwork where the material itself matters — accepting that iron requires ongoing rust management in this climate.
Can ornamental fencing be used around a pool?
Yes, but the configuration has to change. Protruding finials and decorative scrollwork can create climbable features or fail the picket-spacing requirement, so pool enclosures typically use a flat-top profile. Ornamental sections can be used elsewhere on the property with a code-compliant barrier around the pool itself.
Do ornamental fences need HOA approval?
Almost always, because ornamental fencing is usually frontage-facing and therefore subject to architectural review. We prepare and file the architectural submission along with the township permit.
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