Decks & Fences
Fence Repair in Charleston, SC
Replacing what failed without replacing what has not.
Replacing what failed without replacing what has not.
Quick answer: Most fence repairs are a few posts rather than a whole fence. A leaning section almost always means a post has rotted at ground level, and bracing it buys a season; replacing the post is the repair. If the posts are sound, weathered panels can be replaced cheaply. Photograph storm damage before anything is touched if a claim is possible. Southeastern Renovation repairs fences in the Charleston area and York County. Call (843) 718-8177.
Related: Charleston fence cost guide.
A leaning section almost always means a post has gone at ground level, even when the timber above looks sound. Pushing it back and bracing it is a temporary fix on a post that will not recover.
Where the posts are sound and the panels have weathered, replacing panels is straightforward and far cheaper than a new fence. Where the posts are going, replacing panels onto failing posts is money spent twice.
Storm damage is its own case, and worth photographing before anything is touched if there is any chance of an insurance claim.
We take this work across greater Charleston, from Summerville and Goose Creek to Mount Pleasant, West Ashley and the sea islands, and on the York County side around Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Tega Cay and Lake Wylie. More on our deck and fence services.
Not durably. A lean almost always means the post has failed at the soil line, and bracing a rotten post buys a season.
The post is the repair.
Yes, if the posts are sound — that is the cheap, sensible repair. If the posts are going, new panels on old posts is money you will spend again.
New timber will not match weathered timber, and honestly it will not for a year or two. It weathers in.
Anyone promising an invisible match is overselling.