FENCE REPAIR
Fence repair for every fence type, from a leaning run to a gate that drags
We offer new fence installation, or fence repair, for all wood, metal, chain link, vinyl and farm fences.
Chapter 01
What usually goes wrong with an older fence
Most fences do not fail all at once. A post rots at the base where it meets the soil. A run starts to lean after a wet spring because the ground heaved around a footing. A few boards split or pull loose from the rail. A gate drops on its hinge side until it drags in the grass and will not latch.
Storms finish what time starts. After a hard wind in Northwest Arkansas, a fence with one weak post will show it, and the damage often spreads along the rail to the panels on either side.
The older fence in the photo above is a good example of a run that comes in for repair: weathered, gaps between the pickets, and the kind of wear that shows up behind a lot of older houses.
An older weathered spaced-picket fence behind a brick house, the kind of run that comes in for repair
When repair is the right call, and when it is not
Repair makes sense when the bones are good. If most of the posts are solid and the damage is a leaning section, a handful of broken boards, a failed rail or one tired gate, replacing those parts costs a fraction of a new fence and gives you years back.
Replacement makes sense when the problem is everywhere. If the posts are rotting along the whole run, or you are fixing the same fence for the third time, you are paying for new work in small pieces without getting a new fence. We would rather tell you that plainly than sell you a repair that will not hold.
The honest test is simple. Walk the run, push on each post, and look at the base. If the wood is soft or the post moves in the ground, note it. A few of those is a repair. Most of them is a replacement conversation.
Chapter 03
How we fix it so it stays fixed
A repair that only covers the symptom comes back in a year. If a run leans because a footing failed, nailing a brace to it does not solve anything. We find why it moved, then reset the post, replace what rotted and tie the new work into the sound sections around it.
Gates get the same treatment. A wooden gate frame sags because wood twists under its own weight and the hinge side carries the load. When a gate is beyond tightening, the lasting answer is a steel frame, which is how we build every new gate.
Sean McLaren and the crew handle repair on wood, metal, chain link, vinyl and farm fences, from Tontitown and Springdale across Northwest Arkansas. Call (479) 871-3942. Fence Pros NWA is licensed and insured under Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board licence 0466650427, and estimates are free.
Fence Pros NWA is based in Tontitown and Springdale, Arkansas. Licensed and insured, Arkansas contractor licence #0466650427. Call (479) 871-3942.
A steel-framed walk gate on a cedar fence, a Fence Pros job.
A sagging gate, fixed for good
A gate that drags is the repair call we hear about most. Tightening a hinge buys a few weeks. A steel frame solves it, because steel does not twist the way a wood frame does. The gate in the photo is built that way, and it is the same frame we put under every new gate. Read more on our steel-framed gates page.
Not sure whether your whole fence is worth saving? Our blog post how to tell when an old fence is done walks through what to check before you spend a dollar.
“One of the guys moved the tiller and broke the rear guard. Sean was sincerely concerned, apologized and offered to fix it. Everything was completed in a timely manner and looks AMAZING!”
Describe the damage to Sean McLaren on the contact page and he will tell you whether it is a repair or a rebuild.