Castle Rock, CO · Family-owned
Owner-built by Jon & Janessa LangFences kept inside Castle Rock's 72-inch and 48-inch height lines, with posts that reach past the Town's 36-inch frost depth. New fences and repairs by Jon & Janessa Lang.
Fences in the Town of Castle Rock
The Town keeps it short. A fence up to 72 inches tall is fine in your side and back yard. Inside the front yard setback, the cap is 48 inches. Stay at or under those heights and the Town does not ask for a building permit.
That makes it easy to think nobody checks. But your HOA or metro district may have its own fence rules, a corner lot has a sight triangle to keep open, and county lots with a Castle Rock address play by county rules. We sort that out before the first post hole gets dug.
“Jonathan and his wife made our fence replacement seamless. Great communication throughout. Replaced our fence in 2 days, cleaned up the site properly and discarded the old fence panels.”
Marcos Ontiveros · Fence replacementWhat Castle Rock does to a fence
Height limits are the simple part. Frost, wind, sun and the question of town or county are where fences here go wrong.
Castle Rock's building code puts the frost line at 36 inches. Under much of town sits Dawson Formation claystone, and the Colorado Geological Survey says swelling clay can grow 10 percent or more when wet. A post that stops short rides up with it. We dig to get below the frost line.
The Town designs homes here for 115 mph wind, and a March 2021 storm brought 48 mph gusts and 3 to 6 foot drifts. A solid 6-foot fence catches all of it. On windy lots we use heavier posts, tighter spacing, or a style with gaps that let air through.
Inside town, the Town's version of building code Section R105.2 lets a fence 6 feet or under skip the building permit, but zoning rules still apply. Zoning Division: 720-733-3557. Your HOA may want its own sign-off. In Keene Ranch, the county heard a change to fence rules about distance from the road in 2025, so check the current standard.
Castle Rock gets more than 300 days of sun a year, and 1.25-inch hail fell here in 2019 and again in 2024. Sun turns cedar gray and hail dents soft boards. We go over stain, cedar grade, composite and metal so you know the upkeep before you pick.
“These guys are awesome, we had to tear down and move a fence on our property and their crew took down the old one and built the new one in record time. The new fence is beautiful and even the neighbor is happy with it.”
Richard HowertonCastle Rock fence jobs
Each of these comes with a Town rule or a local headache attached. Here is how we deal with them.
Most people want all the privacy the rules allow. In Castle Rock that's 72 inches outside the front setback. We measure from the ground along the whole run, so a fence on a slope doesn't creep past 6 feet at the low spots.
Inside the front setback, the Town caps fences at 48 inches. That means a short picket or rail fence, not a privacy wall. We mark the setback line first, so the tall section ends where it should and the short section starts there.
On a corner, the Town keeps a sight triangle open so drivers can see cross traffic. A fence inside it can draw a code complaint and have to come down. We check where the triangle falls before we lay out a post.
Founders Village homes were already there in 1990, and their fences have seen a lot of freeze and thaw. When posts lean, we check whether the old holes reached below 36 inches. If they didn't, a new post set deeper is the fix, not a brace.
Castle Rock rates wildfire as a high hazard. Town fire staff say the first 5 feet around a home should be hard surface or rock, with no shrubs. A wood fence that runs right up to the wall works against that, so we can make the last panel by the house metal.
Bell Mountain Ranch and Keene Ranch use Douglas County rules, not the Town's. Lots run bigger, so fence lines run longer, and an open rail style often suits the land. We confirm the county and HOA rules for your lot first. County building office: 303.660.7497.
Fence reviews
Three verified Google reviews from fence jobs: a two-day replacement, a tear-out and move, and a deer fence on acreage. Read what they say about the crew and the cleanup.
“Jonathan and his wife made our fence replacement seamless. Great communication throughout the project and excellent workers. Replaced our fence in 2 days, cleaned up the site properly and discarded the old fence panels. Highly recommend.”
“These guys are awesome. We had to tear down and move a fence on our property and their crew took down the old fence and built the new one in record time. The new fence is beautiful and even the neighbor is happy with it, and that's saying something.”
“CEOC did an excellent job on our deer fence. I will hire them again for our projects on our land.”
Castle Rock fence map
Town lots from The Meadows to Cobblestone Ranch, plus county acreage that shares a Castle Rock address. Decks, covers and the rest live on our Castle Rock page. Neighborhoods we work in:
Castle Rock fence questions
Tell us your address and how tall you want it. We'll check the Town limits, your HOA and your lot lines, then send an itemized estimate from the owners.
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