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Ajax has an unusually long stretch of publicly owned waterfront, and the lots in Pickering Beach and Discovery Bay behind it catch wind straight off Lake Ontario — a solid privacy fence there acts as a sail, so post spacing is tightened rather than run at the standard eight feet.
Ajax has an unusually long stretch of publicly owned waterfront, and the lots in Pickering Beach and Discovery Bay behind it catch wind straight off Lake Ontario — a solid privacy fence there acts as a sail, so post spacing is tightened rather than run at the standard eight feet.
Ajax has 126,666 residents, with Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering and Volkswagen Group Canada among its larger employers. The town was founded as a wartime munitions site on open lakeshore, and that exposure has never gone away.
The lake-effect belt gives Ajax 140 cm of snow a year and winters around -4.4°C. Heavy single-storm accumulation matters more than the season total: it is the one-metre drift piled against a fence line that racks a post, and that is what a fence and deck installation has to survive here.
Footings go to 120 cm in Ajax, below frost depth, because a post set shallow will lift the first spring after it is installed. Build season is April–November.
Ajax is a mid-sized market where we can usually hold a tighter schedule. Local employers include Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering, Town of Ajax and Durham District School Board.
Anything structural on a fence and deck installation in Ajax is reviewed by Town of Ajax Building Services. We know what they ask for, we submit it, and we schedule around their inspection windows so the build does not stall waiting on a sign-off.
What actually gets installed on Ajax property lines skews toward pressure-treated pine, with vinyl privacy fence, composite decking and aluminum picket close behind. That reflects what neighbours already have, and matching the street is usually worth more at resale than picking the premium option in isolation.
A walk score of 41 reflects a suburb built around the car, which is good news for a build: most lots in Pickering Beach, Nottingham, Applecroft and Westney Heights have driveway access and side-yard clearance wide enough for an auger.
Most Ajax properties have a side drive or a rear gate wide enough to wheel material in, so a job here usually lands in the lower part of the range above. Snowfall runs about 140 cm a year here, and that is what sets the railing and substructure spec rather than the fence rate. Footings go below the 120 cm frost line either way.
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Six or eight foot board-on-board or tongue-and-groove privacy fencing, built to the 2.0 m rear-yard limit that applies at your address.
Western red or eastern white cedar fencing that resists rot through its own heartwood oils, with 4x4 posts standard and a 6x6 upgrade.
Colour-through composite boards on an aluminum or steel frame, so the top line stays straight and nothing ever needs staining.
Privacy, semi-privacy and picket vinyl panels in white and almond that lock into routed posts and rinse clean with a garden hose.
Powder-coated aluminum picket fencing that racks to follow sloped grade and takes self-closing pool-enclosure gate hardware.
Galvanised or black vinyl-coated mesh in 4, 5 and 6 foot heights, with walk and double drive gates and effectively zero maintenance.
Walk and double drive gates with a diagonal brace from the bottom hinge to the top latch corner, so the frame cannot rack into a sag.
A straight answer on whether your fence is worth keeping, with the posts probed at grade — and a line-item price for the replacement when it is not.
Decks framed from footings below the 1.2 m frost line, in pressure-treated, cedar, composite or PVC, with permit drawings handled.
Capped composite deck boards from entry to premium tier, laid on hidden fasteners with an optional mitred picture-frame border.
PVC deck boards with no wood content at all, the coolest surface in their class underfoot and the answer for shaded damp decks.
Western red or eastern white cedar decking, cooler underfoot than composite, fastened with stainless or coated screws and sealed at the cuts.
Wood, aluminum or glass guards built to OBC 9.8.8 heights, priced per linear foot as their own line and retrofittable to an existing deck.
Stringers cut to your measured deck height so every riser is equal, with a graspable handrail on every flight and a proper landing pad.
An inspection that starts at the ledger and the footings, with a straight answer on repair versus rebuild before any money is spent.
