Fence Company in Lakewood Township, NJ — Posts Set to Stay Plumb in Sand
Lakewood's ground is loose sand and its newer lots leave almost no room between houses, so the property pins come first and every post goes below frost depth.
Crossing out of Toms River Township, the first thing a fence company crew notices in Lakewood Township is how little air sits between houses. Driveways are shorter. Rear yards often have no gate wide enough for a truck. The room to guess where a property line runs shrinks to almost nothing.
Underneath it all is sand. The USDA’s official soil series named LAKEWOOD is named for this township — excessively drained, water table more than five feet down. Loose sand drains fast but grips a post poorly, and holes slump as you dig. The fix is to over-dig, set below frost depth, and pour a full concrete collar so gates still swing square years later.
Tight lots on the east and south sides
The 2020 census counted 135,158 people here, up more than 45 percent in ten years, and that growth landed on small parcels along corridors like New Hampshire Avenue and Cross Street — big single-family homes and side-by-side pairs close to the line, sometimes sharing it.
Survey pins should be located before anyone quotes, not after. Vinyl privacy panels are the usual request, and material often comes in by hand because there is no side yard to drive through. Where two homes share a run, settle which way the finished face points before anything is set. Out by Lakewood Business Park, the same sand takes chain link and commercial gates.
Leisure Village and the older streets near the lakes
South of Route 70, Leisure Village has been age-restricted since it opened for sale in 1963, and approval there runs through the association, not the homeowner alone. The fence has to match the approved height, style and color, and trucks belong off the narrow loop streets where possible.
Near Lake Carasaljo the problem inverts. Lots are larger, the pines and hemlocks are mature, and their roots run wide and shallow because sand gives them no reason to dive. Hand-dig around structural roots and shift a post rather than cut one. Aluminum keeps the view; wood closes it off.
The stretch of year that matters
Late winter into early spring is the window. Sand drains so fast that this ground is workable while heavier soil is still mud, so digging can start weeks ahead of the rush. Flat, open land with nothing to break the wind means a nor’easter takes a whole run of fence, not one panel, and repair slots fill fastest right after a storm. Pool barriers book earliest.
Fence permit and setback questions go to the Lakewood Municipal Office — check current requirements with the township before work starts, since they change. Estimates are free, and the company you’re connected with can walk your line first.
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