Vinyl Fence Installation
Full-service installation: old fence hauled away, footings dug, and panels racked true to your yard’s slope.
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A fence sized to your South San Francisco yard, with the bay air and setback rules already worked into the plan before the crew shows up.
Since 2018 Pro Vinyl and Aluminum Fencing has fabricated and installed vinyl and aluminum across the Bay Area.


South San Francisco properties get fence and gate work built in-house, priced around each bayside yard’s actual conditions.
A lot near the Bay faces different salt air than one set back off El Camino Real, and the free estimate accounts for that difference, plus the setback and height rules on your block, before any material gets ordered.
South San Francisco sits on the bay side of the Peninsula, and salt air off the water is hard on some fencing materials over time. Vinyl is a strong fit here: the color runs all the way through the PVC rather than sitting on top, so it doesn’t chip, flake, corrode or yellow, and it never needs repainting.
A rinse twice a year keeps it looking new, and custom heights from 2 to 8 ft, racked to a slope where the lot calls for it, come in more than 10 colors and 10 styles.
Privacy panels here go in tongue-and-groove, boards joined edge to edge with no gaps between them, and semi-privacy and picket styles run alongside in vertical, horizontal, scalloped, arched, dog-ear and closed-top profiles.
Pool-code enclosures, ranch-style rail, lattice, railing and two-tone panels fill out the vinyl side, while custom acrylic-topped panels and patio covers suit homeowners after something less standard. Wall toppers raise an existing block wall without a teardown, and a matching gate comes with every style, from a single side gate to a wide rolling driveway gate.

Our aluminum line offers privacy, semi-privacy and picket styles in powder-coated black, white and wood-grain finishes, with an ASTM E84 Class A flame and smoke rating, backed by a 20-year material warranty and 10-year coating warranty plus 2 years on steel components.
That coating warranty excludes saltwater and coastal exposure and needs a documented cleaning every 6 months, so on a lot close to the water we typically steer homeowners toward vinyl instead, saving the aluminum line for yards set further back.
Every fence style ships with a matching gate, from a side-yard walk gate to a wide driveway span, with extra framing so a large gate holds its shape for years instead of sagging or dragging on its hinges. Single, driveway and rolling gates are all available in either material, built ready to accept an automation kit later; we don’t supply the motor itself, just a gate built to take one whenever you’re ready to add it.
What you pay tracks a handful of variables: how many feet of fence line, what height, which material, gate count, whether an old fence needs removal first, and how much slope needs racking. A ballpark over the phone gets you in the neighborhood; a free, no-obligation on-site estimate turns those factors into a firm number, with financing available if you’d rather spread the cost out.
Nothing gets cut until the color is settled. These panels are fabricated in our own shop, so the finish is decided at the order and never brushed on at the end. Vinyl holds the long list here. Metal is far shorter.
Mixing is allowed, which is why the families matter more than any single swatch. Even solids on one run, a milled timber grain on the next, a textured blend where a long panel needs breaking up. Gates come in all of them.
Pro Vinyl and Aluminum Fencing partners with Catalyst, one of the leading vinyl fence manufacturers in the United States. Their US-made vinyl, our custom fabrication and installation, backed by a transferable limited lifetime material warranty.
Count the aluminum options and you get three on the panel and slatted profiles: white, black, a grain finish that reads as timber. Contoured slats allow matte black alone. Heat-cured powder coat is why the tone holds outdoors.
Pro Vinyl and Aluminum Fencing is a trained and authorized SLEEKFENCE™ contractor. SLEEKFENCE™ is a premium-class aluminum fencing brand registered in the USA – their engineered material, our custom fabrication and welded install, with a 20-year material warranty behind it.
Style caps one number. The yard caps another. Out front the local rule caps a third, and the smallest of those three is what gets built. Panels are cut to order, so an in-between height is not a special request.
| Fence style | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vinyl privacy | 4 ft | 8 ft |
| Vinyl privacy w/Accent top | 5 ft | 8 ft |
| Vinyl picket | 3.5 ft | 6 ft |
| Vinyl wall topper | 2 ft | 3 ft |
| Aluminum privacy | 4 ft | 12 ft |
| Aluminum semi-privacy | 4 ft | 12 ft |
| Aluminum privacy hybrid | 4 ft | 12 ft |
| Aluminum wall topper | 2 ft | 4 ft |
Photos in this set span privacy panels, picket runs and gates built for South San Francisco properties near the water and further inland, all fitted to handle bay air without a repaint down the road, from El Camino Real frontages to quieter side streets.
South San Francisco, incorporated and part of San Mateo County, holds a population of about 66,000 on the Peninsula, roughly 20 miles south of San Francisco proper. San Bruno Mountain rises to the north, the Santa Cruz Mountains run along the west, and San Francisco Bay borders the city to the east. Brisbane, Colma, Daly City, Pacifica, San Bruno and San Francisco International Airport all sit nearby.
El Camino Real runs north to south through the city, Grand Avenue anchors the downtown commercial district, and the Bayshore Freeway (US 101) along with Interstate 280 carry traffic through and around it. Lots here range from denser parcels near downtown to larger properties further from the corridor.
Sitting directly on San Francisco Bay means salt-laden air is a constant for anything installed outdoors here, and it’s harder on metal components than it is further inland. This is exactly the condition vinyl is built to shrug off, and it’s why we recommend it over aluminum on lots closest to the water.
Under the city’s zoning code, an opaque fence in the required front or street-facing side setback is capped at 4 ft, though a transparent fence may exceed that with a Minor Use Permit. Interior side and rear yard fencing within the required setback is capped at 6 ft, up to 8 ft on retaining walls with Chief Planner approval, and fencing outside the required setback areas can run 6 ft, or 8 ft with a Minor Use Permit.
The exact point at which a separate building permit applies isn’t stated clearly in the published code, so this is worth confirming directly. An HOA, where one applies, may set a stricter limit than the city. Verify current requirements with the South San Francisco Economic and Community Development Department before finalizing plans.
Every South San Francisco install moves through the same four steps, from the first site visit measuring your lot to the final walkthrough confirming the finished fence, so nothing about materials, height or timeline is a surprise.
Send the form or give us a call, and someone is out to measure your lot and price the job this week.
Someone drives out to your South San Francisco address, walks the property line, and hands you a real number that day.
Every material, color, height and gate count gets written into the contract before any work begins on site.
The old fence comes out first, then posts go in plumb and panels go up, gate by gate, until the yard is finished.
Vinyl’s transferable lifetime warranty and aluminum’s 20/10/2-year terms are handed over at walkthrough, in writing.

Reads covering material choice, bay-air upkeep and permit basics for South San Francisco homeowners.
Dog-ear picket fencing screens a yard from view while still letting light and air pass through the gaps.
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Fence Questions From South San Francisco
Most South San Francisco homeowners have the same handful of questions before hiring a crew: how tall a front yard fence can go, whether aluminum holds up this close to the Bay, and what actually shapes the cost of a vinyl or aluminum fence installation here.
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South San Francisco’s zoning code caps an opaque fence in the required front or street-facing side setback at 4 ft.
A transparent, see-through fence may go taller with a Minor Use Permit. Verify specifics with the city’s Economic and Community Development Department.
Not the way it affects untreated metal. Vinyl’s color runs through the PVC rather than sitting on the surface, so bay-air salt exposure doesn’t cause it to corrode, pit or fade.
That’s a key reason we recommend vinyl over aluminum on lots closest to the water.
Our aluminum line’s coating warranty excludes saltwater and coastal exposure and needs cleaning every 6 months.
On lots close to San Francisco Bay we generally recommend vinyl instead, which shrugs off salt air with no special maintenance.
Interior side and rear yard fencing within the required setback is capped at 6 ft, up to 8 ft on retaining walls with Chief Planner approval.
Fencing outside the required setback area can also reach 6 ft, or 8 ft with a Minor Use Permit.
Yes. San Bruno, Daly City, Brisbane and Colma all fall inside our regular Bay Area route alongside South San Francisco, so scheduling a visit is straightforward.
Where a property sits inside an HOA, its guidelines can run tighter than Title 20’s limits, and the tighter standard applies. Check your community’s CC&Rs before finalizing a design.