+1 photosArnada, Vancouver
July 2026
Fixed a leaning section after a tree root lifted two posts. Reset posts deeper and replaced 6 boards.
★★★★★Homeowner rated our work 5 out of 5
★★★★★Mike S.“Small job and they still treated it like it mattered. Recommended.”
From east-wind storm damage on newer east-side lots to tired fences behind 1970s houses, we fix what failed and write it up clearly enough to share with the neighbor.
Fence repair in a city this size covers a lot of ground, but two calls come up most. On the east side, toward the Gorge, the winter east wind is the usual culprit; NOAA describes easterly gap flow as able to bring strong, damaging wind to the Portland–Vancouver area, and solid fences take the brunt. On older west-side and central lots, it is plain age: posts from the 1970s and earlier rotted at the soil line.
Many fences here sit right on the property line, shared by two yards. The city's code lets a fence stand on the line only when both owners agree, so a repair on a shared fence is easier when the neighbor is part of the plan. Our written estimate lists each post, rail and board so both households see the same scope.
A typical fence repair here means digging out failed posts, resetting them with gravel below and concrete shaped to drain, and putting the good boards back. On east-facing runs we may suggest steel posts so the same section doesn't fall again next winter.
Downed sections cleared, gaps closed in
Wind, rot, shallow posts or roots
Itemized, shareable with a neighbor
Posts drained; steel on windy runs
Fence plumb, gates latching, debris gone
The city built 13,705 homes in the 1970s and even more in the 1990s, so both rotted original posts and aging subdivision fences are common here.
Storm damage and old posts drive most bills; shared fences add a conversation, not a cost.
Each failed post is dug out, its footing broken up, and reset.
Downed sections and debris have to be hauled off first.
Steel posts on windy runs add material but stop repeat repairs.
Old board sizes can take more work to match.
A racked gate frame or leaning gate post takes longer than hinges.
We put every fence repair in a free written estimate.
One itemized list for both neighbors
Steel posts where the wind hits
On the repairs we make
Written estimate before any work begins.