Houston Fence Installation & Repair

A fence that leans after a storm, a gate that scrapes the slab of the driveway, pickets that crumble at the ground, or a run that a hurricane-season gust pushed over are reasons to look at the posts, not only the boards you see. Shade from live oaks in Memorial and The Woodlands keeps wood wet. Full sun on a west line in Katy and Sugar Land cooks the same species until it splits. Those are different failures.

HOAs in Cinco Ranch, The Woodlands, and many Energy Corridor townhome rows care about height, style, and which side the pickets face. A single-family street in Alief or Westchase may have no association at all. We ask. We do not treat a neighborhood name as a rule. If the fence is also the pool barrier, the latch and the height matter more than the stain color, and we will say what we see without pretending to be the inspector of record.

Cedar and pressure-treated pine are the wood fences we build most. Cedar handles the look people want on a backyard in Bellaire or West University. Treated pine is the practical run when the budget is the posts and the privacy, not the grain. Both still want the cut ends and the bottoms kept out of constant soil contact. Metal panel and ornamental steel show up on newer subdivisions and on pool yards. They do not rot, and they still rust at welds and at the bottoms if water stands in the sleeve.

A repair is honest when the existing material can be bought and the color can be lived with. A full replacement is the recommendation when every other post is soft or the style is no longer made. We do not stain a rotten fence and call it restored. Caps, trim, and a gate that matches the run are part of the scope we write down before we dig.

Fence prices follow linear feet, the number of gates, how many old posts have to come out, and whether the yard is open or full of roots and irrigation. As a planning range, not a quote, a straightforward wood privacy repair of a few sections often plans around $800 to $3,500. A full backyard run on a typical lot often plans around $3,500 to $12,000, more when the line is long, the gates are wide, or the old concrete has to be broken out. Metal and masonry columns sit above that. Those ranges are not a bid.

Tear-out, haul-off, and a slope that steps the fence down a yard in Memorial or near a bayou add time. So does working from an alley with no place to stage. We do not price a fence by the neighborhood name. We price the line we walk. If a storm knocked it down and you are filing a claim, we can photograph the failure and estimate the rebuild. Your insurer decides whether wind is covered. We do not.

Hurricane season is June 1 through November 30. That is when a privacy fence becomes a sail. Spring squalls do it too. A hard freeze is rarer and usually a pipe story, but a wet cold week still swells clay around a post. The Gulf humidity is the everyday problem: wood stays damp at the ground, and fungus finds the bottoms. We set posts with that in mind, and we do not promise a fence will ignore the next storm.

We schedule fence work from 511 Crestwater Ct, Houston, TX 77082, for yards in Houston, Westchase, Alief, the Energy Corridor, Katy, Sugar Land, Bellaire, Memorial, and The Woodlands. Slab foundations matter because the fence often meets a patio or a driveway that must keep draining away from the house. A new fence that dams water against the slab is a mistake. We keep the bottom gap and the grade in the conversation. Elite Restorations has been family-owned here since 1993. Call (713) 909-0034.

If a storm laid the fence down, we help document it: photos of the posts, the direction they fell, and the rebuild estimate. We can meet an adjuster on site. We are not public adjusters and we do not promise the claim will pay. A fence that failed from rot over years is a maintenance fact. A fence a hurricane or a straight-line wind pushed over is a different fact. Hail rarely destroys a wood fence by itself. Tornado debris can. Flooding can leave a fence standing and still ruin the bottoms. Check your policy. Flood and wind are often different coverages.

Emergency mitigation on a fence usually means making a fallen run safe, keeping a pool yard from sitting wide open if we can close it temporarily, and not leaving nails in the grass. That is help. It is not a coverage opinion. The photo log on this site is useful if you want your own record before the debris is stacked.