Fence Installation in St. Johns, FL
Jax AA Fencing installs and replaces wood, vinyl, aluminum, and pool fences for homeowners in St. Johns, FL, one of the fastest-growing communities in northern St. Johns County. We are veteran owned, run by a nine year Army veteran, and fully licensed and insured. Bought the house with the fence already on it? Most of our work here is full fence replacement, and that page covers how the teardown and haul-off go when an aging builder fence comes out. Estimates are free, on site, and no pressure, and right now we take $250 off any job over $2,000.
Is Every Fence on Your Street Leaning the Same Direction?
Most of St. Johns is newer construction, and nearly every backyard came with the same builder-grade wood fence. Durbin Crossing and Aberdeen were built out in waves, and each wave got thin pickets, shallow posts, and just enough concrete to pass a walkthrough. Those fences look fine for a few years. Around year eight to ten they lean, rot at the post line, and fail street by street, because everything went in on the same schedule.
Privacy matters more on these lots than almost anywhere else in Northeast Florida, because the houses sit close. In Beachwalk and the communities around it, a sagging fence gives up the only real separation between your patio and the neighbor’s, so replacement is usually the goal, not a patch. One note on geography: this page covers the St. Johns community itself, not the county as a whole, so if you live elsewhere in the area, the St. Johns County fence page has you covered.
Your Fence Line Is a Property Line. We Treat It Like One.
A surprising number of replacement calls in northern St. Johns County start with a fence that was never on the line to begin with. Builders set them fast, sometimes a foot inside the line, sometimes a few inches past it, and nobody notices until a survey shows up. So we start at the corners. We locate the survey pins, pull your recorded plat, and lay the run off the actual monuments instead of the old post holes. Then we read what the plat gives back: the drainage and utility easements that run along rear and side lot lines out here, the setbacks the county enforces, and the sight triangle on a corner lot. If an easement rules out the line you wanted, you hear it at the estimate, not after the holes are dug.
Materials That Survive Full Sun and Close Neighbors
Vinyl privacy fence is what we install most in St. Johns, and for good reason. It is the natural replacement for a failed builder wood fence: full privacy on a tight lot, no rot in Florida humidity, and nothing to repaint under full-sun exposure. Our vinyl fences are US made and carry a limited lifetime manufacturer warranty, which makes them the last fence most homeowners here will need to buy.
Wood still earns its place when it is built right. A properly set wood fence with deep posts on a line you can point to on the survey is a different product from the builder version it replaces, and many area HOAs already have wood styles pre-approved, which can shorten the paperwork.
Aluminum is the answer for pond lots and pools. Plenty of homes near Julington Creek Plantation and across the newer neighborhoods back up to retention ponds, where HOAs often require an open-view fence along the water. Aluminum fencing keeps the view, meets pool-barrier needs when required, and will not rust out in the weather.
Some projects call for more than a standard spec. For estate lots, custom gates, and upgraded styles, our premium fences cover the projects a catalog fence cannot.
Fences for Homes and Businesses Around Durbin Crossing
Residential
Homeowners are most of our work in St. Johns, and full replacement is most of that. We swap out aging builder fences for vinyl privacy, set aluminum around pools and pond frontage, and handle the HOA application from start to finish, including the submission itself. Military members and first responders get a discount, no hoops to jump through.
Commercial
Commercial fencing throughout the county is the other side of the business. Offices, storage yards, churches, and community centers along the CR-210 corridor call us for perimeter, access, and amenity fencing, built on the same steel I-beam gate hardware we put in backyards, because commercial gates get ten times the traffic.
Three Steps From Estimate to Standing Fence
The estimate. We come to you, walk the fence line, and give you a real number on site, free. Before you commit to anything we check your HOA’s fence standards, St. Johns County permitting requirements, and where your property lines actually run, so there are no surprises after the deposit. If you are weighing a solid panel against what the board will sign off on, our vinyl fencing page shows the styles and colors that clear review most often around here. Phones are staffed Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm ET, and during business hours we aim to get back to you in about 30 minutes.
Install day. By the time the crew rolls up the utilities are located and your HOA approval is in hand. The first post goes where the survey pin puts the line, not where the old builder fence sat, and the whole run is pulled off that corner, which is why most fences in the newer neighborhoods are finished in 1 to 2 days.
The walkthrough. We test every gate, check the full line with you, and haul off the old fence and every scrap of debris before we leave. If spreading the cost out helps, Wisetack financing runs an average APR of 7 to 10%, and you can set it up before the job starts.
Fence Questions We Hear Across St. Johns
Builder-grade wood fences in St. Johns typically start failing at 8 to 10 years, and the compacted fill soil under the newer communities is a big part of why. Builders set posts shallow with minimal concrete, fill dirt will not hold them, and full sun and Florida rain do the rest. Because whole streets were fenced on the same construction schedule, neighbors tend to see the same leaning and rot at the same time. A replacement built with double concrete pours is the long-term fix, and the estimate is free.
Installed fence jobs in St. Johns typically land around $41 to $51 per linear foot, depending on material, height, and gate count. Vinyl privacy runs higher than basic wood, aluminum varies with style, and every quote comes from an on-site measure rather than a guess over the phone. We also take $250 off any job over $2,000, and the on-site estimate costs nothing.
We do. Jax AA Fencing prepares and submits the full HOA application for you in Durbin Crossing, Aberdeen, and the other governed communities in St. Johns, including the drawings, material specs, and site plan most boards ask for. We check your HOA's standards before you commit to anything, so you never pay for a fence a board would reject. Once approval comes back, installation typically follows in 2 to 3 weeks.
A solid vinyl privacy fence is the standard answer for close-set lots in St. Johns, where side yards are narrow and the neighbor's windows are close. Solid panels block sightlines completely, shrug off full-sun exposure that fades painted wood, and carry a limited lifetime manufacturer warranty. On lots this tight we also verify the property line before digging, because a few inches matters when there is no room to spare.
Often yes, and in St. Johns it is common because a shared fence line benefits both houses. We help coordinate shared-side cost splitting with your neighbor and quote each side separately, so everyone knows exactly what they are paying for. On streets where the original builder fences are all aging out together, two or three households replacing at once is routine.
Installation typically happens 2 to 3 weeks after HOA approval in St. Johns, and the build itself is done in 1 to 2 days for most yards. The approval is usually the longer variable, which is why we submit your HOA paperwork early and confirm requirements at the estimate. Phones are staffed Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm ET, and during business hours we aim to respond in about 30 minutes.
Yes, we offer financing through Wisetack with an average APR of 7 to 10%, so a full replacement does not have to wait on next year's budget. Plenty of homeowners in the newer St. Johns communities pair financing with the $250 discount on jobs over $2,000 to replace a failed builder fence all at once instead of limping it along. Ask about it at your free on-site estimate.
What St. Johns Homeowners Tell Us When the Job Is Done
Half Your Street Is Due for a New Fence
If your fence went in when the house was built, it is on the clock, and so is every other original fence on the street, because they all went in on the same schedule. Just over the line to the northwest? Our Julington Creek page covers that stretch. Otherwise, get a free on-site estimate, look through our gallery of recent work, or check our service areas if you are just outside St. Johns. Call (904) 330-4829 weekdays 8am to 4pm and you will get a straight answer, not a sales script. No pressure, and $250 off any job over $2,000.