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Lake Norman, Mecklenburg County, NC

Fence Repair in Davidson, NC

A college town with picket fences on the old streets, privacy in the new neighborhoods, and design rules that mean it. We take larger fence projects in Davidson, about an hour from our base in Waxhaw.

Fence repair in Davidson, NC: leaning posts, broken pickets and boards, sagging gates and storm damage, $225 to $600 per repair visit, installed, plus tax, confirmed after the final measure. New fences: wood $35 to $42 per linear foot, vinyl $69 to $76 per linear foot, aluminum $66 to $80 per linear foot, installed, plus tax. You send photos and rough sizes, and we send a free written quote. Most jobs are quoted from your photos, with no visit. Davidson is in Mecklenburg County (zip 28036). We take larger fence projects in the Lake Norman area, about an hour from our base in Waxhaw. Call or text (704) 750-9173.

Most fence repairs $225-$600 per repair visit installed, plus tax, confirmed after the final measure

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What Davidson does to a fence

Davidson is built around the college and the old Main Street, and the houses on the streets around it have front yards with low wood picket fences, often painted, often older than the people who own them now. A picket fence lives at the sidewalk, where every root, mower and delivery cart finds it. The pickets get knocked loose and the posts, set long ago and shallow, lean toward the street.

Out on the edges, toward Davidson-Concord Road and the lake, the town has grown new neighborhoods with 6 foot privacy fences in back and HOAs that keep them matching. Those fences went into the same clay at the same time, so when posts start to rot at the ground line, several houses on the street notice in the same year.

We are about an hour from Davidson, so we take larger fence projects here: a picket fence rebuilt along a whole frontage, a row of posts reset on a long privacy run, or a new fence in one of the newer neighborhoods. A single picket is not a trip we can make work, and we tell you that straight when you send the photos.

Fences that fit the town

Davidson cares how the street looks, and so do its residents. We match the picket profile, the spacing and the height that is there, and we quote a new fence that fits the town rules before you take it to the planning office.

Larger projects, about an hour out

A whole frontage, a long run of posts, or a new fence: we group it into one or two work days and put them in the written quote.

What we do in Davidson

Fence repair

A picket frontage with leaning posts reset and missing pickets remade to match, or a privacy run with clay-rotted posts.

Gate repair

The front walk gate that will not latch, or the back yard gate that drags, inside a larger visit.

Storm damage repair

Limbs off the old street trees cleared, the broken sections rebuilt to match.

New wood fence

A picket fence that fits the town rules, or privacy in back, quoted from your photos and the layout.

New vinyl fence

Privacy without upkeep for the newer neighborhoods, in the colors the HOA allows.

New aluminum fence

Open black pickets where the rules want an open fence and you want a dog kept in.

Permits, design rules and HOA approval in Davidson

The Town of Davidson handles its own zoning and planning, and its planning rules go further than most towns on how a fence looks from the street: height, how open it is, and where it can sit. Mecklenburg County handles building permits and inspections. A repair that matches what is there usually needs nothing. A new fence, especially at the front, needs a conversation with the town planning office first. They have the final word.

The older in-town streets mostly have no HOA. The newer neighborhoods on the edges do, and their rules sit on top of the town's. So check with your HOA before a new fence or a visible repair, send them a plan with the fence line, height, style and gate, and get the yes in writing. We help with that drawing. Our HOA fence guide covers what to send.

Before we dig for a new fence we call 811, so the gas, water and cable lines are marked for free. On the old in-town lots the lines are not always where you expect, so we wait for the marks before the first hole.

Prices and how it works

  • Fence, gate and storm repairs: $225 to $600 per repair visit
  • New wood, vinyl and aluminum fences: see the cost page for the per-foot ranges

Every price is installed, plus tax, confirmed after the final measure. Painting a repaired picket fence is quoted separately if you want it. See what moves the price on our fence cost page.

Text us two or three photos and the rough sizes, or upload them here, and we send a free written quote. After you say yes, we confirm the exact sizes on site as part of the job. No free visit to quote. The work day is usually 6 to 10 days after you accept the quote, and it goes in writing.

North Carolina projects of $40,000 or more are contracted through our licensed general contractor partner.

Frequently Asked Questions

Davidson has strict rules about how things look. Does that cover fences?
Yes. The Town of Davidson has its own planning and design rules, and they say a lot about what a fence near the street can look like: height, openness and sometimes material. A low open picket is the usual answer in town; a tall solid fence at the sidewalk often is not. Ask the town planning office before you plan a new front fence. They have the final word.
Can you rebuild a picket fence to look like the one that was there?
Yes. We take a close-up of a picket, the rail and the post cap from your photos and match the profile, the spacing and the height. On the older streets near the college that is the whole point of the job: a new fence that looks like it has always been there.
We only have a couple of broken pickets. Will you come out for that?
Davidson is about an hour from our base, so a job that small is hard to make work for either side, and we say so. We take larger fence projects in Davidson: a run of posts, storm damage across sections, or a new fence. Send the photos anyway. If it is small, we tell you honestly and you can call someone closer.
Do the newer neighborhoods on the edge of town have the same rules?
They have the town rules plus their own HOA. The subdivisions off Davidson-Concord Road and toward Highway 73 usually have a list of approved fence styles and colors. Check with your HOA and the town both, get the answers in writing, and we quote a fence that fits both lists.

Get a Free Written Quote

Tell us about the fence and we text or call you back during business hours, usually the same day. Photos get you a faster quote: send them here.

Not sure what to measure? See our 1-page measuring guide.

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Fence repair, gate repair and storm damage repair, plus new wood, vinyl and aluminum fences, across south Charlotte, Union County and York and Lancaster County, SC.

Cities We Serve

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Not sure what to measure? See our 1-page measuring guide.