Fence Repair in Asheville, NC
A tree took out a section, posts are leaning, the gate won't latch, the operator quit. We repair every type of fence we build — send us photos of the damage and we'll get you a number.
Repair work is a real part of what we do, not an afterthought between installs. Around Asheville the damage usually comes from the same handful of things: a limb or a whole tree comes down on a run, water and freeze push posts out of plumb on a slope, a mower or a truck backs into a corner, mesh gets stretched and torn, or a heavy drive gate slowly sags until it drags and won't latch.
We repair wood, chain-link, vinyl and PVC, ornamental aluminum and iron, farm and field fence, guardrail, and the gates and gate operators on all of them. Same crews that install, and the same phone number when the operator is the actual problem.
Photos are the fastest way to get an answer. Send a few good pictures of the damage with the form and in a lot of cases we can price the repair without driving out there first. If it's something we need to see and measure in person, we'll tell you that straight and set a time.
All types
What we repair
If it's a fence, a gate or a guardrail, it's in our wheelhouse — whether we built it or not. Here's what usually needs fixing on each type.
Wood
- Rotted or snapped posts reset in concrete
- Broken pickets, rails and dog-ear boards replaced
- Leaning or racked sections pulled back to plumb
- Sections rebuilt after a limb or tree comes down
- New boards matched as close as the wood allows
Chain-link
- Torn, stretched or cut mesh patched or re-stretched
- Bent or hit line posts and terminal posts replaced
- Top rail straightened or replaced after impact
- Tension bands, ties and tension wire redone
- Bottom gaps closed where dogs are getting out
Vinyl & PVC
- Cracked or blown-out panels and pickets swapped
- Posts reset after frost heave or a vehicle hit
- Rails re-seated where they've pulled out of the post
- Caps, brackets and hardware replaced
- Color and profile matched as close as stock allows
Ornamental aluminum & iron
- Bent pickets and damaged panels straightened or replaced
- Posts reset in concrete or core-drilled back into place
- Welding and repair on iron sections and pool enclosures
- Latches and self-closing hinges brought back to spec
- Touch-up on scraped and rusted finishes
Farm, field & rail
- Split rail and ranch rail sections replaced
- Woven and barbed wire re-stretched and spliced
- Braced corner and gate posts reset
- Downed pasture fence rebuilt after storms and trees
- Mesh added or repaired where livestock or dogs push through
Guardrail
- Damaged rail sections and posts replaced after impact
- Wood and steel guardrail on private drives, lots and roads
- Hardware, blocks and end treatments replaced
- Runs re-set to line and height
What we repair
Gate & gate operator repair
Gates take all the wear on a fence, and an automatic gate adds a motor, wiring and controls on top of that. We've built and wired plenty of these, so when one quits we can work on the whole thing — the gate, the hardware, and the operator — on one visit.
Gate itself
- Sagging gates squared back up and re-hung
- Heavy hinges, drop rods and latches replaced
- Frames welded and rewelded where they've cracked
- Posts reset when the weight has pulled them over
- Gates that drag on grade re-set or re-cut
Operators & access
- Operators that won't open, won't close or reverse on their own
- Arms, chains, gearboxes and limit settings serviced
- Loops, photo eyes and safety edges checked and reset
- Keypads, intercoms, remotes and receivers
- Wiring, transformers and power problems traced out
- Storm and surge damage on control boards
Do this and you'll get an answer faster
Which photos actually help
An estimate off photos is only as good as the photos. Four or five pictures in this order tell us almost everything.
Stand back and get the whole run
One wide shot from far enough back that we can see both ends of the fence and how much of it is affected. This is the one most people skip, and it's the most useful.
Close up on the damage
The break itself — the snapped rail, the torn mesh, the cracked panel. Get close enough that we can see how it failed, not just that it did.
The base of the posts
Where the post meets the ground on the damaged section. Rot, rust, a heaved concrete footing or a clean snap are four different repairs and four different prices.
Access and the gate
How we'd get equipment and material to it — slope, driveway, a narrow side yard. If a gate or operator is the problem, add a photo of the hinge and latch side, and one of the operator with its label if you can read it.
What we can and can't price from photos
Usually yes: a handful of broken boards, one or two posts, a torn section of chain-link, a gate that needs re-hanging, a straightforward panel swap. Send good photos and we'll come back with a number and what it includes.
Usually needs a visit: long runs, anything where we have to re-measure the line, fences on steep or rocky ground, retaining wall or drainage problems underneath the fence, and most operator faults — electrical problems have to be traced with a meter in hand, not diagnosed off a picture.
Either way you'll get the estimate in writing before we do the work, and we'll itemize it if you're turning it in on an insurance claim. When the crew gets there they check the repair against the photos before starting. If what they find changes the price, they stop and tell you — and if you'd rather not go ahead at that number, you walk away with no obligation and no charge.
Straight talk
Repair it or replace it?
We'll tell you when a repair is throwing money at a fence that's done. Rough guide:
Worth repairing
- Damage is limited to one area — a tree, a vehicle, one bad post
- The rest of the line is still plumb and solid
- Posts are sound even if boards or mesh aren't
- Hardware and gates are the only real problem
- Materials are still available to match
Time to replace the run
- Posts are rotted or rusted through in multiple spots
- Whole line is leaning, not just one section
- You're patching the same fence every year
- Old material is discontinued and a patch is unlikely to match
- The fence no longer holds the dog or meets pool barrier code
Sometimes both
- Replace the worst run now, repair the rest to buy time
- Rebuild the damaged section and re-hang the existing gate
- Upgrade just the gate and operator on an otherwise fine fence
- Add mesh or close bottom gaps instead of a full rebuild
Repair questions
Questions we get on repair calls
Will you repair a fence you didn't build?
Yes. Most of our repair calls are on fences somebody else installed, or fences that came with the house. We'll work on whatever is there — and if we can't match a discontinued material exactly, we'll tell you what the closest option looks like before we order anything.
Can you really give me a price from photos?
On a lot of repairs, yes — that's why the form asks for pictures. Broken boards, a post or two, a torn section of chain-link, a gate that needs re-hanging: good photos plus a rough length usually gets you a real number without anybody driving out. Bigger jobs, long runs, steep ground and operator electrical faults need a set of eyes on site, and we'll say which one yours is when we get back to you. The crew always verifies the repair on site before starting, and if what we find changes the price, we tell you then. You're free to walk away at that point — no obligation and no charge for the look.
My dog is getting out through the damage. How fast can you get here?
Tell us that in the notes and put it in the first line — a fence a dog is escaping through gets treated differently than a cosmetic repair. We try for a quick turnaround, but scheduling depends on the week and the weather, so we qualify each one when we call you back rather than promise a day on a web page. If it's a gap the dog is squeezing through, sometimes there's a temporary fix we can talk you through on the phone until we can get out.
A tree came down on my fence and I'm filing an insurance claim.
Common around here. We'll write the repair up in itemized form so you have something to hand your adjuster, with photos of what we found. Removing the tree itself is usually a separate trade unless it's small enough for us to clear as part of the work — ask and we'll tell you which it is.
Do you do small repairs, or is there a minimum?
There’s no minimum. We look at repairs one at a time. One leaning post, one panel a deer went through, one gate that won't latch — those are real calls and we take them.
The honest part: a very small repair a long way out costs more per post than the same repair five minutes from a crew, and where it sits in the schedule depends on what else is going on that week. We'll tell you both of those things straight when you call rather than quietly padding the price.
Do you warranty the repair?
New installations carry our two-year workmanship warranty — posts and footings, line, fastening, gate hanging and the hardware we set. What that covers →
Repairs we look at case by case, and there's a good reason for it. A repair usually ties into fence we didn't build, so how long the work holds depends partly on the condition of what's already standing there. A full section rebuilt from the footings up is close to new work. A patch spliced into a twenty-year-old line is a different proposition, and pretending otherwise wouldn't do you any favors.
So we tell you at the estimate what we'll stand behind on your particular repair, and it goes in writing with the rest of the scope. What a repair doesn't carry either way is coverage on the rest of the fence we didn't touch. How our workmanship warranty works →
Damaged fence?
Send us the photos and we'll get you a number
Wood, chain-link, vinyl, aluminum, iron, farm fence, guardrail, gates and operators — whether we built it or not. Family-run out of Asheville since 2006, serving Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Madison, Transylvania and Polk counties.