Fence repair, straightening, and picket replacement

What we repair

• Leaning and sagging sections — straightened and re-secured, with posts reset or replaced where the footing has failed.
• Broken and missing pickets or boards — replaced and matched as closely as the original material allows.
• Storm damage — sections blown over, panels pulled out of rails, posts snapped at grade.
• Rotted posts — the most common failure on older wood fences, and the one that takes whole sections with it if it's left alone.
• Gate problems — dragging, sagging, racked out of square, won't latch, self-closer no longer closing.
• Chain link — sagging or torn fabric re-stretched or replaced, bent top rail, leaning terminal posts.
• Vinyl — panels re-seated, cracked rails and pickets swapped out.

Straightening a leaning fence

A fence leans for a reason, and the reason is almost always below the ground. Sometimes the post was never set deep enough for our sandy soil. Sometimes the footing was too small for the height. Sometimes the post rotted at grade, where wet meets dry, or a root system pushed it over. Pushing it back upright without fixing the footing gets you a fence that leans again by next summer, so we look at what's actually failed and correct that.

When repair stops making sense

We'll tell you when you're better off replacing. If most of the posts are rotted at grade, if the fence is failing in several places at once, or if the repair cost is closing in on the cost of a new run, replacement is the honest answer and we'll say so. Being straight about it is the whole reason people call us back.

After a storm

Hurricane season keeps us busy, and calls stack up fast after a named storm. If your fence is down and it's holding a dog in, holding a pool barrier together, or leaning on something it shouldn't be, say that when you call — those go to the front of the line.