Fence repairs

A fence repair is the right call when most of the run is still sound and one or two things have given up. A snapped post, a split arris rail, a panel taken out in a gale. Patched properly, a good fence gets another several years. Patched badly, you do the job again next winter.

The service

What it is

Fence repairs cover the jobs that sit between "fence is fine" and "fence is gone". A post that's rotted at the ground line and snapped. An arris rail that's broken at the notch and the feather-edge is dropping. A panel blown out in a gale. A capping rail lifted off after years of weather. Storm damage where a tree or a limb has gone through the line.

Done honestly, a repair is often the right call. Done as a bodge, it buys you three months and you pay to do the job again. The honest assessment at the quote stage is what decides which is which.

When a repair is the right call

  • Snapped post, everything else sound. New properly treated post concreted in, rails and panels re-fixed. A few hours work, fence is back for years. A single fence post installation is a small job and we'd rather do it than sell you a new run.
  • Broken arris rail. Old rail out, new arris rail notched in, feather-edge re-fixed. Standard repair on an otherwise good run.
  • Panel swap. One or two panels out after a storm, posts and gravel boards fine. Replacement panels to match, fitted in a morning.
  • Capping rail lifted. Capping re-fixed or replaced along a run. Stops water getting into the end grain of the feather-edge.
  • Storm-damage triage. Tree or limb through the fence, make-safe first, then a proper repair or rebuild depending on what's survived.

When a rebuild is the better call

  • Multiple posts rotted. If more than about one post in three has gone at the ground line, the repair becomes a rebuild, and it's cheaper to do the line properly in one go.
  • Cheap posts throughout. If the original spec was the cheap grade and the whole run is at the same age, patching one post means you're back in six months for the next one.
  • Feather-edge fundamentally rotten. Capping off, boards soft, rails gone. At that point you're rebuilding in parts anyway.
  • Line has moved. If the fence has twisted or leaned from a failed post plate, the run usually needs lifting and re-setting, not patching.
How we work

How we do it

  1. Site visit and honest assessment
    We walk the run, tell you which bits we'd patch and which bits we'd rebuild, and quote both options where it's a close call. No pressure to go up a tier.
  2. Properly treated posts and proper fixings on every repair
    Even a single replacement post goes in properly treated, with postcrete and a post cap. Patching with cheaper kit is a false saving.
  3. Match the existing run
    Feather-edge timber, arris rail sizing, capping profile, all matched to what's there so the repair doesn't stick out.
  4. Storm-damage claims
    If you're claiming on the house insurance, we can provide photos, a failure report and a written quote the insurer can work from.

What we won't do

We won't nail a rotten post back together and tell you it'll last. If a post is gone, it's gone, and the neighbouring posts are usually not far behind. We'll say so, and price the job honestly for what it actually needs, even when that's less work than you expected.

Pricing guide

What fence repairs costs

Priced per repair after a site visit. Single post, single panel, arris rail or capping run all have different scopes. Storm damage is quoted on arrival because we can't price what we haven't seen. We put a written quote in front of you within two working days.

What customers say

Reviews from fencing work

5.0 across 12 Google reviews, all verifiable on our profile
★★★★★

“Absolutely brilliant”

Bob · Hastings · fencing
★★★★★

“We asked Josh to install a new post and rail fence together driveway gates. He ordered all the materials and completed the job in 11/2 days. Realising that we had dogs to keep safe he also attached wire stock fencing to stop them jumping through the rails and onto the road. He explained that he had set the wire about 4 inches off the ground so so that we could strim the grass without breaking the trimmer cord all the time; neat touch. We were so pleased with the work that we asked him if he could plant a laurel hedge along the fence. He purchased the hedging plants cheaper than any quotes I had and had the hedge in within a day. Not an easy task digging all the holes in drought hardened Wealden Clay. Another excellent job and the hedge is thriving!”

John Curchod · Northiam · fencing
Where we work

Fence repairs across East Sussex

We cover about twenty miles around Heathfield, which takes in Hastings, Battle, Bexhill, Rye and the villages between. Each town page has what the ground and the trees are actually like there.

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Fence line had its day?

Fill in the quote form or give us a call and we'll come and have a look. No charge for the visit, no hard sell.

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