Fences and decks built in Magnolia, Illinois.
Xcel Outdoor Living builds fences, decks, and outdoor lighting in Magnolia, Illinois. Magnolia sits about 14.7 miles south of our shop in Spring Valley, an easy run for our crew. Fully insured and registered, and easy to find after the job is done.
Magnolia at a glance
- County
- Putnam County
- From our shop
- 14.7 miles south
- What we build
- Fencing, decking, outdoor lighting
Magnolia has no fence rule published anywhere we can find, and the village website that comes up under its name is in Ohio.
Two Putnam County villages of Magnolia's size, Hennepin and McNabb, have their zoning ordinances written and published through the North Central Illinois Council of Governments, the regional planning agency for this part of the state. Magnolia is not in that library. It has no code there and no municipal site of its own. If you search for the Village of Magnolia you land on a villageofmagnolia.com that belongs to a village of the same name in Stark County, Ohio, and it carries a zoning menu that looks entirely convincing. Nothing on it applies to your yard.
Putnam County does run a building permit process, out of the Zoning and Floodplain Office at 120 North Fourth Street in Hennepin. That is the county's process, though, and a lot inside Magnolia village limits is a different question from one out in the township. Both copies of the county ordinance we could find are published as page scans we could not search, so we cannot even read the clause that would settle it. We have not been able to confirm whether the village asks for anything of its own, leaves it to the county, or has nothing written down at all. Ask us and we will find out before anything gets dug.
The approval stays in your name. We do not pull permits and we will not tell you we did. Once you have the green light, the build is ours: materials, scheduling, installation, and cleanup.
Who to ask in Magnolia
- Ask at
- Putnam County Zoning and Floodplain Office, 120 N Fourth St, Hennepin (the county, not the village)
- Phone
- 815-925-9270
North Central Illinois Council of Governments, regional zoning ordinance library (Hennepin, McNabb and Putnam County listed; Magnolia not) (opens in a new tab)Read August 1, 2026. Towns change their rules without telling anyone. Confirm before you build.
What we build in Magnolia.
The same three things we build everywhere in the valley, with the same crew and the same standards.
Recent Xcel installs.
Real jobs, photographed on site. Each caption names the county the work is in, not the town on this page. None of these are Magnolia jobs, and we are not going to imply otherwise.
Magnolia questions.
Do you actually work in Magnolia?
Yes. Magnolia is in Putnam County, one of the five counties we cover from Spring Valley. It is about 14.7 miles south of the shop.
How soon can you get out to look at a Magnolia job?
Call 815-579-2323 and we will book a consultation. Magnolia is about 14.7 miles from the shop, which is a normal working distance for us. You get a straight answer on scope and timing, with no pitch and no pressure.
Will a fence you build in Magnolia hold up to an Illinois winter?
We set fence posts below the frost line. That is the part nobody sees, and it is the reason a shallow-set fence starts leaning by year three: frozen ground lifts the post and never sets it back down. It is a fair thing to ask anyone quoting you a fence in Magnolia.
Do I need a permit for a fence in Magnolia?
We could not confirm it. Magnolia has no municipal website and no zoning ordinance in the regional library that carries the codes for the neighboring Putnam County villages of Hennepin and McNabb, so there is no published fence requirement to point you at. Be careful with a search: the villageofmagnolia.com that dominates the results belongs to a same-named village in Ohio and none of it applies here. Putnam County runs its own building permit process out of the Zoning and Floodplain Office in Hennepin, but that is the county rather than the village and we have not confirmed it governs a lot inside village limits. Ask us and we will check before work starts. The approval stays in your name. We do not pull permits and we will not tell you we did. Once you have the green light, the build is ours: materials, scheduling, installation, and cleanup.
Let’s walk your yard in Magnolia.
The estimate is free. Jake comes out to Magnolia and walks the space with you. The number comes after, built on what he saw.
Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PMCall any time.We’re usually booking a few weeks out.
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