Commercial Fence Repair: Close the Gap, Then Decide on the Rest

Most commercial repair calls are one of three things: a vehicle has hit the fence, someone has cut through it, or a gate has stopped working. Each one leaves the property open until it is fixed.

New installation and replacement are the main part of our commercial work. We also repair commercial fence across the Charlotte metro when the damage is limited and the fence around it is sound.

• Bent or snapped line posts and terminal posts, reset in new concrete.
• Crushed top rail and bent framework after a vehicle strike.
• Cut or torn chain link fabric, replaced by the section and re-tensioned.
• Damaged ornamental steel or aluminum panels.
• Broken boards and frames on wood screening fence and dumpster enclosures.
• Swing and sliding gates that sag, bind or will not latch, including hinges, rollers and latches.

Repair is the right call when the damage has a clear cause and clear edges: one corner hit by a truck, one section cut. It is the wrong call when the damage is a symptom. If posts are rusting through at the ground along the whole line, the section that just fell over is only the first. If the same enclosure gate has been re-hung three times, the gate or its posts are undersized for the job.

In those cases we will price the repair you asked for and also tell you what a commercial fence replacement of the affected run would involve, so you can compare the two. Replacing a failing run once usually costs less than repairing it section by section over several years.

Matching can limit a repair as well. New galvanized fabric is brighter than weathered fabric, coated mesh fades, and some ornamental panel profiles are discontinued. We tell you how visible the repair will be before you approve it.

Photograph the damage before anything is moved, and keep any police or incident report number. If another party or an insurer is paying, they will ask for both, and our written estimate can be submitted with the claim. Tell us if the opening has to be closed right away. Where a permanent repair needs ordered parts, the gap can be closed off temporarily in the meantime.