What Beau fixes
Repair jobs show up in Got Fence’s Google reviews: a fence that had been “having issues for a few months due to a storm,” and some gates in a vinyl fence. Most fence repairs come down to one of these:
Chain link, an old ranch fence or something else? Ask Beau on your estimate.
- Storm damage: sections blown flat, pushed out of line or pulled off their posts
- Leaning or sagging sections
- Broken or rotted posts
- Gates that drag, sag or won’t latch
- Vinyl panels that cracked or blew out of the rails
Why fences lean and gates sag
Most of the time it’s the posts. Wood posts usually rot at the ground line, where wet dirt meets air. A solid privacy fence also catches wind like a sail. One weak post can let a whole section go over in a storm.
Gates are hard on their posts. The whole weight of the gate hangs off the hinge post, and every swing adds to it. Over time the post leans, the hinges loosen or the frame goes out of square, and the latch side drops. Rehanging a gate on a leaning post won’t hold for long.
Beau’s notes on his new gates: “4x6 gate posts with anti sag cable with 2x4 bracing,” and “steel frame gates all capped and face plated.” Other recent jobs use a “Black postmaster system with 3rd rail frame.” Whether a repair can use the same parts, ask Beau on your estimate.
Vinyl has its own problems. High wind can push panels out of the rails. Vinyl also gets more brittle in the cold, so a hard knock in winter can crack it.
4x6 gate posts with anti sag cable with 2x4 bracing
steel frame gates all capped and face plated
Black postmaster system with 3rd rail frame
