Skip to content

Roland Aluminum Fencing

Roland Aluminum Fence Installation

Plenty of people move to Roland for the trees and the view toward Pinnacle Mountain, then realize they still need a fence for the dog or the garden. Black aluminum picket gets you one without walling off what you came for. Against the woods it reads as a thin dark line, and it will never need paint or rot out. We set every post in concrete and rack the panels to follow your ground.

Book a free on-site quote Call (501) 626-7024
Sightline

Keeping the Woods in View From the Porch

Stand on the back porch of a wooded Roland lot and most of what you see is trees. A board fence would put a wall across the bottom half of that picture. Black aluminum pickets are thin and spaced apart, so from a few steps back the fence mostly drops into the shadows under the canopy.

Black is the color that makes it work. It sits back against tree trunks, pine needles, and dark leaf litter in a way a white fence never will. In the fall, when the hardwoods turn, a black picket line is about the only fence that does not compete with them for your attention.

It is also the fence for an owner who wants a finished look on a property that is mostly left open. Our aluminum fencing page covers styles and heights across Central Arkansas, and the Roland service area page lists the rest of what we build out this way.

Black aluminum picket fence across a dry lawn with pines and fall-color hardwoods behind it

Racking Panels Down a Slope

Wooded lots in Roland rarely sit flat. The ground falls away behind the house or rolls gently across the whole yard. Rigid panels on a slope give you two choices, and with aluminum the better one is usually racking.

A racked panel leans with the grade. The pickets stay plumb while the rails tilt to match the slope, so the bottom of the fence holds an even gap above the ground from one post to the next. Stair-stepping does the opposite. Each panel stays level and drops at every post, which leaves a growing triangle of open space under the low end of each one.

Racking is why the line looks like it grew there. It matters for dogs too, because those triangles are exactly where a small one slips out. A panel can only rack so far, and on the steepest pitches we may step a section or two. Which runs get which is something we sort out on the walk, before anything is ordered.

Posts on a hillside go in the same way as posts on flat ground: full depth, plumb, and set in concrete. What changes is the layout. Each post height gets figured off the panel beside it so the top rail runs as one smooth line down the hill, and we mark those heights before digging. That planning is the slow part of an aluminum job on a slope, and it is the part you notice every time you look down the fence.

Fencing Only the Part You Use

On a few acres you rarely need to fence all of it. What most Roland owners want enclosed is the yard right around the house, a vegetable garden, or the pool. The rest of the property stays open, and the aluminum goes where people and pets actually spend their time.

That changes how the job gets laid out. The fence follows the way you live in the house rather than the property line: out from one back corner, around the patio and the play area, and back to the other corner, with a walk gate wherever the path to the rest of the land already runs. A garden fence is often a small square of its own, with a gate wide enough for a wheelbarrow.

A pool enclosure has its own rules, especially about gates, so we check what applies before that section goes in. A wide gate across the driveway is a separate build, covered on our secure gating page for Roland. If the outer boundary needs marking too, the ranch fencing in Roland page covers X-rail and split-rail for the far edges.

What Heavy Tree Cover Does to a Fence

Trees are why people buy these lots, and they are also the hardest thing a fence out here has to live with. Leaves pile against the bottom rail every fall. Pine straw collects in the corners. Limbs come down in storms, and a fence under a big hardwood will catch one sooner or later.

Aluminum handles the litter better than most materials. Wet leaves sitting against it for weeks will not rot it, and there is no paint to peel where they sat. A blower or a rake clears the bottom line in a few minutes. Since the pickets are open, a lot of leaves blow straight through instead of drifting into a pile the way they do against a solid wall.

A falling limb is another matter. A heavy one can bend a panel, so when we lay the line we check the canopy over it and keep the run out from under dead or leaning branches where the layout allows. If a limb does come down later, a damaged panel can be replaced on its own without pulling the whole fence.

Roots are the last piece. A post hole wants to land right where a big root runs, so we shift the spacing a few inches to miss the roots of the trees you are keeping.

Black aluminum picket fence along the base of a stacked block wall on a newly graded lot, ornamental grasses planted along it, a wooded hillside and a large house behind

Low Upkeep Through Sun, Rain and Pollen

The black finish comes from the factory, so there is no stain or paint schedule, and the metal underneath does not rust the way iron does. The fence mostly asks for a rinse with the hose when the spring pollen settles on it.

That counts for more on acreage than in town. A big lot already has plenty to keep up, between the drive, the field, and the trees, and a fence that wants a weekend of work every couple of years is one more chore on the list.

If the house sits on a slope with a block retaining wall or a planted bed along the yard, aluminum can run right along the base of it, and the black line sits neatly against block and plants alike. Where one corner should be solid, to hide the AC unit or the trash carts, a board screen from our custom fences in Roland page can sit inside the same layout. Farther out, a vinyl-coated chain link run from our Roland dog kennel fences page can stay out of sight behind the trees.

Every Aluminum Job Includes

  • Every post in concrete, down to the short posts on a garden square
  • Panels racked to the slope wherever the grade allows it
  • Gates placed on the paths you already walk, with pool rules checked where a pool is involved
  • A line laid out clear of dead limbs and big roots wherever the lot allows

You can see finished fences in our gallery. To get on the schedule, send us the address and a rough sketch of what you want enclosed.

Aluminum Fence Questions From Roland Owners

Will aluminum hold up as well as iron?

It will not rust, and rust is usually what ends an iron fence. Aluminum is lighter and can bend under a real hit, like a falling limb, but a bent panel can be swapped out without replacing the run. For most yards and gardens it is the lower-maintenance pick.

Can an aluminum fence keep my dog in?

Most dogs, yes, when the height suits the dog and the gap under the bottom rail stays small, which is what racking on a slope is for. Very small dogs can fit between some pickets, and a determined digger needs a different plan. Tell us about your dog when you call.

Does aluminum work around a pool?

It is a common pool fence material. Pool enclosures carry their own requirements, mostly about height and how the gates close and latch, so we check what applies to your property before we build that section. The rest of the yard can follow simpler rules and its own layout.

How do I clean leaves and pollen off it?

A garden hose and a soft brush take care of pollen. Leaves along the bottom rail come off with a blower or a rake. There is nothing to stain or repaint. Skip metal scrapers on the finish, since a deep scratch is the one thing that really shows on a black fence.

Can you follow a steep slope?

Up to a point. Racked panels follow moderate grade cleanly, and steeper pitches may need a section or two stepped instead. Which runs rack and which step gets settled before any panels are ordered for your job.

Can a black chain link section join the aluminum?

Yes. Where a run heads back into the trees, vinyl-coated black chain link can pick up from an aluminum end post, and in the shade the two blacks read as one line. Each fence gets its own end post so neither one pulls on the other.

Black Picket Among Roland’s Pines

Our aluminum work around Roland tends to land on wooded lots in the hills toward Lake Maumelle, where the trees are the reason for the house and the fence has to stay out of their way. If yours is one of them, (501) 626-7024 reaches the crew.

Other Roland Fence Work

Roland Ranch Fencing

X-rail and split-rail along the property line.

Ranch fencing →

Roland Custom Fences

Board screens for equipment corners and patios.

Custom fences →

Roland Secure Gating

Drive gates hung on welded steel frames.

Secure gating →

Roland Dog Kennel Fences

Black coated chain link runs and kennels.

Dog kennel fences →

Tell Us What Needs Fencing In

Send the address and a sketch or survey showing the part of the lot you want enclosed. During the free on-site visit, we walk the slope, look up at the trees over the line, and mark where the gates go. After that, a written quote lists the panel style, the height, and every gate, so nothing on the bill is a guess. We are licensed, insured, and bonded.

(501) 626-7024 kadeendl@gmail.com Send us your lot survey
Call Kade Free Quote