Wood and Chain Link Repairs
A leaning section or a few broken boards doesn’t always mean you need a new fence. J & W Fence repairs wood fences and chain link fences in Vancouver, WA, and across Clark and Cowlitz counties. Here’s what we fix, and how to tell when a repair stops making sense.
What We Repair
Most fence problems start in one of three places. Knowing which one you have tells you a lot about whether a repair will hold.
Best for: Storm damage, impacts, and a few worn-out boards.
We replace cracked or missing boards and the horizontal rails they’re nailed to. New boards will look brighter than weathered ones at first, and they’ll darken over time.
Best for: Fence sections that lean, sag, or move when you push on them.
A lean almost always means the post has failed at the ground. We pull the bad post and set a new one in concrete. On a wood fence, ask about a metal replacement post, which won’t rot out again.
Best for: Bent top rails, torn or loose mesh, and posts knocked out of line.
A falling branch or a car can bend a top rail or tear the mesh. We replace the damaged rail, post, or section of mesh and stretch it tight again, without redoing the whole fence.
Repair makes sense when the damage is in one area and the rest of the fence is solid. If the posts are rotting all along the line, or most of the boards are cracked and gray, you’ll spend money patching a fence that keeps failing. At that point a new fence usually costs less over time.
We’ll tell you plainly which one we’d do if it were our fence.
One wide shot of the whole section and one close-up of the damage lets us see what we’re dealing with before we come out. Mention them on the contact form and we’ll follow up.
How to Choose
A section that moves when you push on it has a failing post. Fixing it early keeps it from pulling the next section down too.
Gaps let pets out and give up privacy. Replacing a few boards is a quick fix if the rails and posts are sound.
Damaged chain link can usually be repaired section by section instead of replaced as a whole.
We repair wood fences and chain link fences. That covers boards, rails, posts, mesh, and the hardware that holds them together.
Usually because a post has rotted or loosened at the ground. Wind pushes on the section, and the weak post gives. Replacing the post, set in concrete, fixes the lean.
New wood looks lighter at first. It weathers toward the color of the older boards over time. We match the board style and height so the repair fits the rest of the fence.
Repair is cheaper when the damage is limited to one area. If posts are failing along the whole line, replacement usually costs less in the long run.
Your Property. Your Next Project.
A new fence, a repair, or a better way in. Tell us what you have in mind and start with a free quote.
