Black Ornamental Aluminum Fence — Prairie Village, KS

Black Ornamental Aluminum Fence — Prairie Village, KS

We ran approximately 140 linear feet of 3-rail flat-top black powder-coated ornamental aluminum along the front and side yard perimeter. The 4-foot panel height meets Johnson County residential guidelines. Square matching posts are set on even spacing to accommodate a future walk gate if needed.

The wood picket had been listing since the last ice storm, and the homeowner wanted something that would hold its shape year-round without annual staining. The Prairie Village lot sits on a corner with mature maples that drop heavy leaf loads and hold moisture against fence bases — the exact conditions that rot wood posts fastest.

Why aluminum holds in KC winters

Johnson County logs 80-plus freeze-thaw cycles per year. Aluminum doesn't absorb moisture, so posts don't heave from frost uplift the way wood does. Every post goes 36 inches deep in poured concrete — the same installation standard we follow on every ornamental aluminum fence installation across the metro.

The finished fence

The black powder coat reads cleanly against both the white trim and the fall maple foliage. The open ornamental style keeps the streetside sightlines open, which the homeowner specifically requested. When a matching walk gate gets added at the driveway, the post spacing is already right.