Fence Company in Brick Township, NJ: Fences That Hold in Wet, Sandy Ground
From the lagoon blocks near Cherry Quay to the deep sands out toward Herbertsville, posts have to be set for the ground that is actually under your yard.
Stand on the lawn at Windward Beach Park in July and the water in front of you explains most of what goes wrong with fences here. The lower Metedeconk River runs tidal and salty, a shift usually traced to the Point Pleasant Canal opening in the 1920s, and that air carries inland through the lagoon streets behind the park, into hinges, screws and rail ends.
Brick holds more privately owned waterfront than any town in New Jersey — 53.2 miles, most of it river rather than ocean. Whole neighborhoods sit on dredged canals where the back yard ends at a bulkhead and a dock. Lots run tight too, with parts of the township zoned down to 5,000 square feet on a 50-foot width, so a fence line here is a property-line question before it is a style question. Work off your survey, not the neighbor’s old posts.
The ground under your fence changes across town
Brick’s master plan splits the township by soil: the dry side, the Evesboro and Downer sands out toward Herbertsville under oak and pine, drains fast and holds a post well. Along Beaverdam Creek and the lagoon blocks near Cherry Quay the soil turns to Atsion, Berryland and muck, water table within a foot and a half of the surface. Same fence, different job underground.
The township’s own plan warns that on some soils a basement can’t be built without flooding and a house may need pilings, and it tells people to test soil on site. It belongs on a fence line too. A test hole before the quote is worth asking for. Posts go below the frost line on a gravel base so water drains instead of standing against them; on saturated ground the footings go deeper and wider.
Material follows the same logic. Vinyl and powder-coated aluminum shrug off salt, so they win on the water side; wood earns its keep inland when the hardware is galvanized. Chain link still closes a back lot or a commercial yard for less. Pool barriers get planned around gate height and latch hardware before anyone digs — confirm current rules with the township, since codes and fees change. Repairs are steady work in Shore Acres, where a lifted house meets an un-elevated ranch and the fence has to step. Get any warranty in writing first.
This site covers Brick from Toms River, a short run over the line, and up the river toward Point Pleasant too. Ask for a free estimate and ask for a test hole on your line first — the ground beside the Metedeconk and the ground near the Brick Reservoir do not take a post the same way.
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