+1 photosCentennial, Gresham
September 2026
Wind storm snapped three posts. Set new posts in concrete, re-hung the panels and added a kicker board where the bottom had rotted.
★★★★★Homeowner rated our work 5 out of 5
★★★★★Dan K.“Called Monday after the storm, fixed by Thursday. They saved the panels instead of selling me a whole new fence.”
In Gresham, a lot of fence repair work arrives right after a winter east wind. Solid fences catch the gusts, weak posts give way, and a whole run ends up leaning into the next yard.
NOAA research names late autumn and winter as the season when easterly winds pour out of the Columbia River Gorge into the east metro. On a Gresham fence, those gusts find the weakest posts first. A storm doesn't usually break good wood; it finishes off posts that were already soft at the soil line or set too shallow.
So a Gresham fence repair after a storm is two jobs. First we make the yard safe and closed in, since loose panels and open gaps are a problem with dogs. Then we work out why that run failed and rebuild it to resist the next wind: deeper holes, posts closer together, and galvanized steel posts behind the boards where the lot takes the full force.
Not every repair is storm work. With 53% of Gresham homes built 1960–89, many fences have been patched more than once, and some lines have drifted over the years. If a disagreement with a neighbor is holding up the fix, the city points residents to East County Resolutions, a mediation service, at 503-618-3247.
Loose panels secured and the yard closed in
Rotted, shallow or snapped posts identified
Repair scope, post type and spacing listed for insurance
Posts reset deeper, steel option on exposed runs
Sound panels reused, gates re-hung, debris hauled off
Gresham has 44,005 homes and its busiest building decade was the 1970s (24.8%), so many fences here are decades old — exactly the ones a strong east wind pushes over.
The size of a Gresham fence repair comes down to these points.
Each snapped or rotted post has to be dug out and reset.
Adding posts or switching to steel on an exposed run adds parts and labor.
Panels that cracked when they fell can't always be reused.
Limbs and broken sections are cleared before the rebuild.
A gate torn at the hinges may need a new post and frame.
Every Gresham fence repair starts with a free written estimate.
Deeper holes and steel posts where needed
Damaged posts, rails and boards listed
Covers the repair work we do
Written estimate before any work begins.