Black horizontal-slat aluminum privacy fence

Aluminum Fencing · Chicago, Illinois

Aluminum Fencing in Chicago.

Chicago's twenty-five-foot lots leave most gangways narrower than any stock gate size, and the post depth below the frost line matters as much as the material once that gate is cut to the actual width.

In short

A gate hung across a Chicago gangway takes weather from both sides at once, sun on one face, shade and trapped moisture on the other, and wood or iron rot and rust there faster than anywhere else on the property. Crateworks sources powder-coated aluminum factory-direct, with posts set below Chicago's frost line and gates cut to the gangway's actual width, which is rarely a standard size.

Built for Chicago’s climate

Most Chicago lots run twenty-five feet wide with a gangway, the narrow passage between two buildings, running down one side to the back yard. That gangway traps moisture on the shaded side while the sun-facing side dries and expands, which is exactly the kind of uneven exposure that rots a wood gate or rusts an iron one from both directions at once. Above ground, the freeze-thaw cycle that comes with a zone 5A winter and wind off Lake Michigan heaves any post set above the frost line, regardless of material, so depth is the first thing to get right. Composite and WPC panels can turn brittle and crack in deep cold, and vinyl does the same. Powder-coated aluminum sidesteps rot, rust, and cold-brittleness in one material.

Climate zone
5A cold-humid
Best time to spec
spring through fall
What we plan for
deep winter cold, lake-effect snow, freeze-thaw, and humid summers

Why it suits Chicago

Sourcing the whole set direct is what puts the gangway gate, the back-yard run, and a driveway gate on one order in a matching finish, rather than a mismatched gate bolted onto an older fence line later, so a twenty-five-foot-wide lot gates to match front to back. Send your layout through /brief.

Container-direct delivery into the Greater Chicago area.

How it ships to Chicago: As North America's largest rail interchange, Chicago pulls freight from either coast, Los Angeles and Long Beach from the west or New York and Norfolk from the east, whichever routes faster.
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Aluminum Fencing styles

Horizontal Slat aluminum fencing

Horizontal Slat

Wide horizontal-slat privacy screening.

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Louvered

Angled louvered slats for airflow and privacy.

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Picket / Pool

Vertical picket, pool-barrier compatible.

Slatted Gate aluminum fencing

Slatted Gate

Matching slat privacy fence and gate.

How it works

  1. 01

    Send your scope

    Drawings, a materials list, or a rough idea. No account, no obligation. Just tell us what the project needs.

  2. 02

    We source & spec

    We match products to your climate and local code, then price them factory-direct from vetted suppliers, not off a distributor's shelf.

  3. 03

    One delivered quote

    The whole schedule comes back as a single coordinated quote, delivered to Chicago. One order, one point of contact.

One source for the whole project

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Common questions

It outlasts all of them there especially. The gangway traps moisture on one side while the other bakes in sun, which rots wood and rusts iron faster than a normal fence line, and turns composite or vinyl brittle in the cold months on top of that. Powder-coated aluminum does none of it.
It's the first thing we spec. A post set above Chicago's frost line gets heaved by the freeze-thaw cycle every winter regardless of material, and your municipality sets the required depth, so confirm it locally before we finalize the plan.
Yes, whatever the property needs. Sliding gates for tight gangways, cantilever and double-swing gates for a driveway, folding gates, and a matching pedestrian gate all come in the same style and finish as the run.
The two-sided exposure, sun on one face and trapped shade and moisture on the other, is harder on a gangway gate than on an open fence line, which is why we spec it to that specific condition rather than treating it as a standard panel.

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Spec aluminum fencing for Chicago.

Send drawings or a rough scope. We quote the Chicago delivered price, all-in.

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