Industrial Fence Repair: Breaches and Strikes on a Sound Perimeter

A breach in an industrial perimeter is a hole in the site security until it is closed. Most of the damage we are called to has an obvious cause: a trailer swung wide, a forklift backed into the line, a tree came down in a storm, or someone cut their way in.

Our focus is installing and replacing fence. We repair industrial fence across the Charlotte metro when the damage is confined and the rest of the perimeter is in working order.

• Replacing posts bent or sheared by vehicles, including corner and gate posts with their bracing.
• Cutting out and replacing damaged chain link fabric and re-stretching it between terminals.
• Replacing crushed top rail and broken barbed wire arms, and re-stringing barbed wire.
• Re-securing bottom tension wire where fabric has been lifted or dug under.
• Straightening or rebuilding gate frames and replacing rollers, hinges, latches and stops.
• Repairing interior chain link partitions and cages hit by forklifts.

A repair restores one piece of the fence to the condition of the rest. That is worth doing when the rest is good. It is not worth doing when the posts on either side of the break are rusted at the ground, when the fabric has been patched so often that it will not hold tension, or when the gate that keeps failing was never heavy enough for the traffic it sees.

When we find that, we say so. The estimate will cover the repair needed to close the perimeter now, and we will tell you what replacing the affected run would take. On an aging perimeter, replacing the worst stretch is usually cheaper over a few years than paying for a string of separate repairs, and it gives back the security the patched section no longer provides.

Photograph the damage and note the time, the vehicle or carrier involved if there was one, and any report number. Those records support a claim against the responsible party or your own insurer, and our written estimate can go with it. Then call us and tell us the perimeter is open. If parts have to be ordered, such as a gate frame or a length of coated fabric, the opening can be closed temporarily first and the permanent repair made when the material arrives.

If the damage was a cut-through, look at why that spot was chosen. A dark corner, a section hidden by a building, or fabric that can be lifted at the bottom will be tried again. Bottom rail, a tighter gap to grade or a topping may be worth adding during the repair.