Fifty years in one county.
We know which subdivisions have clay two feet down, which ones flood, and what the inspector is going to look for — because we’ve fenced most of them before.
Palatka, Florida · Since [FOUNDING YEAR]
The fences you’ve been driving past your whole life.
Wood, vinyl, aluminum, chain link and ornamental — for backyards, ball fields, pools and pastures across North Florida. Free estimates.
- 50+Years in business
- PutnamCounty based, since the start
- SixMaterials, one contractor
- FreeOn-site estimates
Since [19XX]
Half a century of fence lines in one county.
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150–200 words of real company history goes here. Who started it and in what year. What the first trucks and the first jobs looked like. What has changed about fencing in Putnam County in fifty years, and what is still done exactly the same way. Who runs it now, and whether that is the second or third generation.
Ask the owner these five questions and this section writes itself: What year did you open? Who opened it? What was the first big job? What is the oldest fence of yours still standing? What is the one thing you still do the way you did it in the seventies?
What we can say today without asking anyone: there is no other fence company in Putnam County that has been here long enough to re-fence the same ball field twice, and no other one that can put a crew on a school complex for three weeks and still hang a backyard gate on Friday.
Why Lowman
Why people keep calling the same fence company.
Big enough for the ball field. Close enough to answer.
A crew that can run a three-week athletic complex and still hang a backyard gate on Friday. Most of our competition is one man and a truck.
Every material, one contractor.
Wood, vinyl, aluminum, chain link, ornamental and farm fence. We’re not going to talk you into the one we happen to like building.
Work you can go look at.
Fences we built are standing in front of houses, schools and ball fields all over this county. Ask us where the nearest one is and we’ll tell you.
What we build
Six materials, one contractor, one county.
Residential, commercial and agricultural. If it goes in the ground and keeps something in or out, we install it and we repair it.
Wood privacy & picket
Pressure-treated pine — board-on-board, shadowbox, basket weave, and traditional picket.
Get a price →Vinyl / PVC privacy
Low-maintenance panels that hold their color through Florida summers. Nothing to paint, ever.
Get a price →Aluminum ornamental
Powder-coated pickets for frontage, driveways and estate entries. Won’t rust in this climate.
Get a price →Pool safety barriers
Florida pool-code compliant enclosures with self-closing, self-latching gates.
Read the code →Chain link — residential
Galvanized and black vinyl-coated. Yards, dog runs, side lots and garden enclosures.
Get a price →Chain link — commercial & athletic
Ball fields, backstops, dugouts, parks and job-site security fence.
Send us plans →Farm, ranch & crossbuck
Field fence, no-climb, crossbuck and entry gates for acreage and livestock.
Get a price →Gates & operators
Walk gates, ornamental double drive gates, and automatic operators [confirm].
Get a price →
Commercial & municipal
Bidding a ball field, a school, or a subdivision?
Send us the plans. We’re set up for athletic complexes and backstops, schools and parks, HOA and apartment pool enclosures, industrial and security chain link, and subdivision perimeter and builder work — the jobs a one-truck outfit can’t staff.
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- Bonded and insured [confirm + carrier]
- Certificates of insurance on request [confirm]
- Plan takeoffs and itemized bid packages [confirm]
- Scheduled crews for multi-week installs [confirm]
- Prevailing-wage and public-bid experience [confirm]
Our work
Fifty years of it is still standing.
Every photo below is a Lowman job. No stock photography, and there won’t be any.
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Choosing a material
Which fence for which job.
Every material has a job it’s right for and three it isn’t. Here’s the honest version, for this climate.
| Material | Lifespan in Florida | Maintenance | Privacy | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure-treated wood | 10–15 years | Wash and seal every few years | Full | $$ | Back yards, dogs, privacy on a budget |
| Vinyl / PVC | 20–30 years | Rinse it off | Full | $$$ | Privacy with no upkeep at all |
| Aluminum ornamental | 30+ years | Essentially none | None | $$$ | Frontage, pools, driveways, curb appeal |
| Galvanized chain link | 20–30 years | None | None — slats optional | $ | Yards, dog runs, job sites, ball fields |
| Vinyl-coated chain link | 20–30 years | None | None | $$ | When you want the fence to disappear into the yard |
| Farm & field wire | 15–25 years | Occasional tensioning | None | $ | Acreage, livestock, long property lines |
Pressure-treated wood
- Lifespan
- 10–15 years
- Upkeep
- Wash and seal every few years
- Privacy
- Full
- Cost
- $$
- Best for
- Back yards, dogs, privacy on a budget
Vinyl / PVC
- Lifespan
- 20–30 years
- Upkeep
- Rinse it off
- Privacy
- Full
- Cost
- $$$
- Best for
- Privacy with no upkeep at all
Aluminum ornamental
- Lifespan
- 30+ years
- Upkeep
- Essentially none
- Privacy
- None
- Cost
- $$$
- Best for
- Frontage, pools, driveways
Galvanized chain link
- Lifespan
- 20–30 years
- Upkeep
- None
- Privacy
- None — slats optional
- Cost
- $
- Best for
- Yards, dog runs, ball fields
Vinyl-coated chain link
- Lifespan
- 20–30 years
- Upkeep
- None
- Privacy
- None
- Cost
- $$
- Best for
- When the fence should disappear
Farm & field wire
- Lifespan
- 15–25 years
- Upkeep
- Occasional tensioning
- Privacy
- None
- Cost
- $
- Best for
- Acreage, livestock, property lines
Not sure? That’s what the estimate is for — we’ll tell you what we’d put on our own property. Have us come measure →
How a job runs
Five steps, no surprises.
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You call or send the form.
Tell us the property and roughly what you’re after. A rough idea is enough to start.
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We come measure.
Free on-site estimate. We’ll flag anything about the line, the slope or the code that’s going to matter.
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A written quote.
Material, height, gates, removal and cleanup — itemized, so there’s nothing to argue about later.
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We schedule and we tell you when.
[Owner sign-off required] — publish this step only if the office will actually hold the date it gives.
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We close it out.
[Owner sign-off required] — old fence gone, spoil raked, gates adjusted, walkthrough before the final invoice.
Where we work
Putnam County and out from there.
We’re based on Reid Street in Palatka and most of our work is within about an hour of the shop. If you’re on the edge of that and it’s a real job, call and ask — we’ve driven farther for less.
Palatka
East Palatka
San Mateo
Satsuma
Interlachen
Hollister
Welaka
Crescent City
Pomona Park
Bostwick
Florahome
Hastings
Green Cove Springs
St. Augustine
Keystone Heights
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What customers say
In their words, not ours.
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Fence questions, answered
Permits, property lines, and pool code.
Usually, yes. The county land development code covers fences in sections 45-531 through 45-533. Fences over 36 inches generally go through the building permit process, and taller fences require a permit. Bona fide agricultural use is treated differently.
Putnam County Planning & Zoning is at 2509 Crill Avenue, Palatka — (386) 329-0491. We pull permits on jobs we install and we’ll tell you up front if yours needs one. [Verify against the current code PDF and link it here]
In residential zoning the county requires the finished side — the good side, without the rails and posts showing — to face out toward the neighbor and the street. If you want the finished look on both sides, that’s what board-on-board and shadowbox are for. Ask us and we’ll price it.
Not within 100 feet of residential zoning. Agricultural districts that permit livestock have more latitude. If you’re fencing acreage and you’re not sure which side of that line you’re on, tell us the parcel and we’ll check before we quote it.
Florida’s residential swimming pool safety law sets a minimum barrier height and requires gates to be self-closing and self-latching, opening away from the pool. It also governs how far apart the pickets can be and how close to the ground the barrier sits.
[Exact figures pending verification against Chapter 515, F.S. and the Florida Building Code] — we build to the code as written and we’ll walk the enclosure with you before the inspection.
It depends on your zoning and on any easements crossing the parcel. We locate the line before we dig. If it’s genuinely in question, get a survey first — a survey is cheap compared to moving a finished fence, and fences on the wrong side do get moved.
Aluminum and vinyl outlast wood by a wide margin here, and chain link outlasts nearly everything if you don’t need privacy. Pressure-treated wood is still the value pick for a private back yard, but plan on sealing it. The full comparison is in the table above.
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Yes — athletic complexes, schools, parks, HOA and apartment pool enclosures, industrial and security chain link, and subdivision perimeter work. That’s a large share of what we do, and it’s the part of the business no one else in this county is set up for. Send us plans →
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Careers
We’re hiring in Palatka.
Steady work, local jobs, and crews that have been here long enough to teach you something. If you’ve run fence before — or you want to learn it properly — come talk to us.
Confirm open roles with the office before this goes live
Currently posted: experienced salesperson / estimator [confirm still open]
Send a resume to [jobs@DOMAIN.com] or call the office at (386) 328-3778.
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Let’s come measure it.
Free estimates across Putnam County and North Florida. Residential, commercial and agricultural.
Office hours [reconcile: Mon–Thu 8–4, Fri 8–12 vs. Mon–Fri 8–6]
2510 Reid St, Palatka, FL 32177