Leawood Fence Company
Fence Builders in Leawood, KS
Custom fence installation for Leawood homes, including wood privacy fences, open-picket wood, black aluminum and steel fencing. Our local projects include sloped yards, custom factory-built gates, traditional wood styles and low-maintenance metal fence systems.
Real local projects · Five-year workmanship warranty on qualifying projects
Local company. Local projects.
Built for Leawood homes
Leawood properties vary widely in grade, landscaping, lot size and architectural style. That makes fence layout and material selection especially important. The projects below show several real installations across Leawood neighborhoods, including aluminum designed for changing grades, traditional pressure-treated wood, full privacy fencing and black steel.
Our work
Recent fence projects in Leawood
Explore the materials, layouts and details in our local work.
Black aluminum fence with a custom drop gate
This Leawood South aluminum project was designed around a yard with changing elevation. The fence follows the ground. Even the gate was custom-made at the factory with the correct drop built in, so it follows the grade without bending, twisting or field-modifying the aluminum.
Four-foot open-picket pine fence
This project in The Woodlands uses a four-foot open-picket fence built from pressure-treated pine. The design defines the yard and adds a traditional wood look while keeping the backyard visually open.
Four-foot black aluminum fence
This Leawood Estates installation uses four-foot black aluminum to create a clean boundary around the yard while preserving sightlines. The open design works well where the homeowner wants containment without making the property feel closed in.
Six-foot pressure-treated privacy fence
This Leawood South privacy project uses six-foot pressure-treated lumber for full backyard screening. The taller wood fence creates a more private outdoor space while maintaining a straightforward residential style that can be stained after the wood has properly dried.
Black aluminum for an established yard
This Old Leawood project uses four-foot black aluminum around the property while keeping the mature, landscaped yard open visually. The system provides a crisp black boundary that works well with established homes and greenery.
Four-foot black steel fence
This Waterford project is a four-foot black steel fence. It encloses a large backyard while keeping long sightlines across the lawn.
Let’s plan your fence project.
Tell us about your yard, your priorities and the way you want to use your outdoor space.
Construction details
Plan the fence and gate around the grade
The Leawood South project shows why the gate needs to be part of the layout from the start. Its factory-made drop follows the ground without bending or twisting the aluminum in the field. We plan the fence line, openings and supports around everyday access, landscaping and changes in elevation.
Plan with confidence
Fence permits and property requirements in Leawood
We handle required city permitting for our fence projects.
We review the proposed design and property information before construction, including the conditions that can change the approved layout.
When a permit is needed
Leawood requires a permit for every fence and generally limits residential fencing to four feet.
How your property affects the plan
Six-foot fencing is limited to qualifying situations, including certain pool, hot-tub, patio and deck layouts. Recorded building lines, corner lots and approved materials affect the design.
HOA approval is separate. Bring any HOA guidelines and available survey or plat to your estimate. Utility locating does not establish property boundaries.
Explore Leawood fence requirements, diagrams and FAQs
Leawood requires a permit for every fence and generally limits residential fencing to four feet. The location, recorded building lines, lot configuration, purpose and materials all affect whether a proposed fence can be approved.
Does a Leawood fence need a permit?
Yes. A permit is required for all fences in Leawood. The city reviews the proposed location, height and material. The contractor must also hold a valid City of Leawood license.
Four feet is the usual maximum
Most residential fences and walls may be no more than four feet high. Six-foot fencing is reserved for specific pool, hot-tub, deck and patio situations.
Building lines control location
A fence generally cannot extend in front of the home or the line of the home projected to the side property line. Corner and through lots have additional limits.
Finished side faces outward
For a wood fence, posts, rails and other structural members must face inward. The finished side faces neighboring property or the street.
Private rules still matter
Recorded plats, easements, utilities, drainage, deed restrictions and homes-association requirements must be checked separately.
Where can a fence go, and how tall can it be?
A standard fence is generally limited to four feet and cannot be placed in front of the home or its projected building line. Along an ordinary interior rear lot line, a fence may be placed on the rear property line.
Typical interior lot: standard fencing stays behind the front of the home and the projected building line. The approved line must come from the property’s plot plan or survey.
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Four feet generally
The city’s standard maximum fence height is four feet, measured from the finished grade of the adjoining ground to the top of the fence.
Limited six-foot situations
Fencing associated with a patio or deck may reach six feet when it remains within three feet of that patio or deck. Pool and hot-tub fencing has separate rules.
Very short, limited sections
A fence or wall under three feet high may be placed within required setbacks, but that qualifying section cannot exceed 24 feet in length.
Posts and height measurement
Fence posts may extend no more than eight inches above the pickets. Adding a berm, wall or grade change does not create an automatic height exception.
Corner lots follow the street-side building line
On a corner lot, a fence or wall cannot extend beyond the building line of the street-side side yard. This is not a single citywide distance from the curb; the controlling line depends on the recorded plat, zoning and the property’s approved building line.
Representative corner lot: the red fence stays behind the dashed street-side building line. This illustration is explanatory and does not replace the property’s recorded plat or approved plot plan.
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Corner lotsThrough lotsPools and hot tubsSix-foot requestsEasementsMunicipal boundaries
*The recorded plat, survey, building lines, street frontage, easements, utilities, drainage, zoning and private restrictions can change the approved line. An address-specific review is necessary.
Materials, utilities, drainage and through lots
Leawood limits approved fencing materials to cedar, redwood, CCA-treated wood, wrought iron, aluminum designed to resemble wrought iron, chain link, PVC-coated chain link, and vinyl designed to resemble wood. Electric and barbed-wire fencing is prohibited except for narrowly defined agricultural situations.
Kansas 811 locates participating underground utilities; it does not mark property lines or every private line. Sprinklers, invisible dog fences and private electrical lines may need a separate private locate.
A fence in a city-owned or public-utility easement may be removed for utility or drainage access, and the property owner is responsible for rebuilding it. Fencing cannot restrict natural surface drainage or channel water at increased velocity. On a through lot, fencing must remain behind the zoning district’s setback from the street frontage.
Special situations need an extra check
Swimming pools
A fence is required to confine a swimming pool, and pool fencing must meet both Leawood’s location rules and the city’s adopted swimming-pool and spa code.
- The pool fence must be at least 4 feet and no more than 6 feet high.
- It may be placed along interior side and rear yards, but not in front of the home, beyond its projected building line, or beyond a corner lot’s street-side building line.
- Gates must swing away from the pool and must be self-closing and self-latching.
- Openings, bottom clearances, climbability, latch location and any use of the home or another feature as part of the barrier require design-specific review under the adopted code.
Because these are life-safety requirements, Total Home Fence and Deck confirms the current specifications for the actual pool and gate layout rather than assuming a standard yard fence qualifies.
Hot tubs
A hot tub also requires a confining fence. A four-foot fence may follow the interior side and rear yards. A six-foot fence is allowed only within three feet of the hot tub or within three feet of the patio or deck supporting it. The same front and corner-lot building-line restrictions apply.
Sport courts and height exceptions
A sport-court fence must adjoin the court, remain behind the applicable building lines and be approved with the sport court; it may reach 12 feet. The Board of Zoning Appeals may consider other fence-height exceptions, but cannot approve a fence or wall over six feet under that exception process.
Lots bordering another city
When a residential lot’s rear property line is also Leawood’s municipal boundary, the less restrictive height rule of the two cities governs only that shared rear line. All other fence lines on the Leawood property remain subject to Leawood’s rules.
Homes associations and deed restrictions
Private restrictions may be stricter about style, material, color, height and location. City approval does not replace private approval, and private approval does not override city requirements.
How Total Home Fence and Deck helps
We review the fence style, approved materials, height, gates and site conditions before construction, including building lines, corner lots, property lines, utilities, easements, drainage and homes-association requirements. We offer wood, aluminum, vinyl and steel options where the selected product meets Leawood’s material rules, and our wood gates use three-inch metal hinge posts to better handle long-term gate stress.
Leawood fence permit FAQ
Does every fence need a permit?
Yes. Leawood requires a permit for all fences.
How tall can a residential fence be?
Generally four feet. Six-foot fencing is limited to qualifying pool, hot-tub, deck and patio situations. Sport-court fencing may reach 12 feet when approved with the court.
Can a fence go in front of the house?
Generally no. A fence cannot extend in front of the home or the line of the home projected to the side property line. A limited fence or wall under three feet high and no more than 24 feet long may be placed within required setbacks.
What is the corner-lot setback?
Leawood does not give one universal footage for every corner lot. The fence must remain behind the recorded building line for the street-side side yard.
Which way must the finished side face?
For wood fencing, the posts, rails and structural members face inward, leaving the finished side facing outward.
Can a fence be installed in an easement?
It may be subject to city and utility review. A fence within a city-owned or public-utility easement can be removed for access, with reconstruction at the property owner’s expense.
Does Kansas 811 mark property lines?
No. Utility locating and boundary surveying are different services.
Official references
City of Leawood: Fence and Wall Permits Brochure
City of Leawood: Codes Administration and Adopted Codes
City of Leawood: Development Ordinance
This page provides general educational information, not an address-specific zoning, boundary or code determination. Requirements can change. The city, utilities, homes association and project professionals must confirm current requirements for the property and design.
What to expect
From the first visit to the final walkthrough
Site visit & design
Review your home, grade, access and how you want to use the space.
Material selection
Choose materials, colors, layout and finish details.
Construction
Build the structure around the conditions of your property.
Finish work
Complete the project-specific details and finishing touches.
Final walkthrough
Review the completed work together.
Reviews
What customers say about working with us
Feedback on our fences, decks and service. Read more reviews.
“Crew was awesome”
Brian was great to work with. He always returned calls quickly and answered all my questions. Our project was delayed by concrete removal company. Brian stayed connected and patient about starting our project. Once started, the crew was awesome. They finished in a timely manner even working around winter storms. We love our new deck and have gotten many compliments on it. They did such a nice job, we're going to do another one!
“Great work would definitely use them again.”
The Total Home Fence and Deck crew did a great job in a timely manner facing multiple rain days and the heat. They built a set of stairs from my existing deck and screened in our porch. Great work would definitely use them again.
“Courteous and very knowledgeable”
Brian from Total Home & Deck came out on time and was very helpful to our needs. He was courteous and very knowledgeable about the process. I would definitely encourage others to reach out to this company.
Your questions
Leawood fence builder FAQs
Can you install a fence on a sloped yard?
Yes. The Leawood South aluminum project follows the grade and includes a custom factory-made drop gate.
Do you install both steel and aluminum?
Yes. Waterford shows black steel, while Leawood South, Leawood Estates and Old Leawood show black aluminum.
Do you build wood privacy fences?
Yes. The Leawood South First Plat project uses six-foot pressure-treated lumber for full backyard screening.
Can a wood fence keep the yard visually open?
Yes. The Woodlands project uses a four-foot open-picket pressure-treated pine fence.
In our own words
Our Five-Year Warranty Changed the Way We Build
Why we stand behind our work for five years, and what it has taught us about building.
When we started our company, there was one thing we wanted our customers to know from the beginning:
When we finish your project and shake your hand, that shouldn’t be the end of our relationship.
If you need us, we want to be there.
In the home-improvement industry, one-year workmanship warranties are common. We never believed that was enough. We wanted to build a company that stood behind its work for much longer than that.
That’s why we offer a five-year workmanship warranty.
We’ve had employees, customers and even others in the industry ask us the same question:
“Why offer five years when almost nobody else does?”
The answer is simple.
Because we can. And because we believe we should.
A warranty is only as good as the company behind it
Putting a five-year warranty on paper is easy.
Standing behind it years later is what matters.
Some of the best feedback we’ve received has come from customers after we’ve performed warranty service. We’ve had homeowners tell us they loved the idea of our five-year warranty when they hired us, but weren’t completely sure whether we’d really come back two, three or four years later if they needed us.
Then they called.
And we showed up.
That’s what we want our warranty to mean.
But there’s another benefit to our five-year warranty that most homeowners will never see.
It has made us better builders.
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It forces us to think beyond the day we finish
When you’re responsible for your workmanship for five years, you start looking at construction differently.
It’s no longer enough to ask:
“Does this look good and work properly today?”
We also have to ask:
“How is this going to perform years from now?”
That question has changed the way we build.
A great example: our fence gates
Years ago, we noticed we were receiving occasional service calls involving wood fence gates.
We could go out, make an adjustment and take care of the customer. But after seeing the same type of issue more than once, we started asking a different question:
Why does this keep happening, and how can we prevent it?
Unlike a standard section of fence, a gate is supported by hinges on only one side. That means the gate post and hinges are constantly carrying the weight of the gate. Over time, that added stress, along with the natural movement of wood, can cause a gate to sag, twist or stop operating properly.
Instead of accepting that as a normal part of owning a wood fence, we decided to find a better way to build it.
We began incorporating metal into our gate and post construction to create a stronger, more stable system.
The result?
Our gate-related service calls dropped dramatically.
Had we not been standing behind our work for five years, we may never have recognized the pattern. We might never have had a reason to redesign the way we built them.
Our warranty helped make our fences better.
We’ve learned the same lessons from our decks
A newly completed deck can feel extremely strong.
But we’re not building only for the day the project is finished.
We’re thinking about what happens after years of weather, movement and everyday use.
Through years of building, servicing and evaluating our own projects, we’ve continued improving the way we brace, block and reinforce critical areas of our decks.
We’ve had inspectors look at our construction and tell us:
“You guys overbuild these things.”
We’re perfectly comfortable with that.
Because we’re not trying to build something that’s simply strong enough to pass an inspection today.
We’re building with the next 10 or 15 years in mind.
The greatest benefit of our five-year warranty
The biggest benefit of our warranty isn’t actually the repairs we’ve made.
It’s what those service calls have taught us.
Every time we’ve returned to one of our projects, we’ve had the opportunity to see how our workmanship performs in the real world.
And when we find something that could be better, we don’t want to simply repair it and move on.
We ask:
Why did it happen?
Could we build it differently?
How do we keep it from happening to another customer?
Those questions have led to real changes in the way we build our fences and decks.
And that process never stops.
We’re not claiming that nothing will ever go wrong. That’s exactly why warranties exist.
What we’re saying is something different:
If something can be built better, we want to know about it. And when we learn a better way, we change the way we build.
Wood projects require proper care
There is one important requirement to our five-year warranty when it comes to wood fences and wood decks:
The wood must be stained within the first year.
We didn’t add this requirement as a way to avoid standing behind our work. In fact, it’s just the opposite.
We added it because we want your fence or deck to last.
One of the biggest misconceptions we hear in our industry is that a new wood fence or deck doesn’t need to be stained. We’ve met countless homeowners who were told exactly that.
We strongly disagree.
Exterior wood needs to be maintained.
From the day your fence or deck is built, it’s exposed to sunlight, rain, moisture, temperature changes and the elements. Over time, that exposure can dry the wood, discolor it, contribute to cracking and checking, and shorten its useful life.
We sometimes compare it to taking care of your skin.
You use sunscreen to help protect your skin from the sun, and moisturizer to help keep it from drying out. Exterior wood needs protection for many of the same reasons. A quality stain helps protect the wood from UV exposure and moisture while helping it maintain its appearance and performance.
That’s why our five-year workmanship warranty on wood projects requires the fence or deck to be stained within the first year.
We believe there’s a shared responsibility when it comes to making a wood project last.
Our responsibility is to build it correctly and stand behind our workmanship. Your responsibility is to properly maintain the wood after we leave.
When we both do our part, we’re giving your fence or deck the best opportunity to perform the way it should for years to come.
And we’d rather be completely upfront about that requirement than tell a homeowner that exterior wood requires no maintenance.
We care about how your project looks and performs years from now. Not just how it looks the day we finish it.
More than a warranty
Our five-year warranty gives our customers peace of mind knowing that we’re going to stand behind our workmanship.
But to us, it represents something bigger.
It’s accountability.
It gives us the opportunity to learn from the projects we’ve built, improve our construction methods and continue raising our own standards.
Our warranty has helped us identify things that could be improved, make changes to the way we build and reduce the likelihood that the same issue will happen to another customer.
That’s something we’re proud of.
Our five-year warranty doesn’t just protect our customers. It has helped make us a better company.
And when your project is finished, we shake hands and our trucks pull away, we want you to know one thing:
If you need us, we’re still your contractor.