Fence services
Fence companies Detroit homeowners hire, sorted by the job in front of you
Most people land here with one of two thoughts: something out back is falling over, or there is a bare lot line that needs a fence. Both are fair places to begin. The six pages below split the work the way a contractor actually thinks about it — by the job first, then by the material — so you can read the part that fits your yard and skip the rest.
Pick by the problem, then by the material
If nothing is standing yet, or the old run is coming out entirely, the installation page follows a build step by step, from staking out the run to swinging the final gate. If posts are tipping, a gate drags across the walk, or a storm took out a section, start with repair. Once you know which of those two camps you are in, the material pages help you weigh wood, vinyl, chain link and ornamental steel against each other for privacy, upkeep, pets and curb appeal.
Fence installation in Detroit, built in the right order from the property line down
Fence installation in Detroit starts well before anyone touches a post hole digger. The line has to be found, the buried utilities marked, the city or the association has to sign off, and every post has to sit deep enough that a Michigan winter cannot lift it. Skip one of those steps and the fence gets torn out, moved at your cost, or starts leaning by its second spring. This page walks the whole job in order: locating the line, the MISS DIG 811 request, approvals, digging in heavy clay, setting posts, dealing with slope, framing gates, removing the old fence, and what a complete written quote should show. Whenever the project is ready to move, drop the property details and some yard photos into the request form and we will take a look.
Fence repair in Detroit for heaved posts, dragging gates and storm damage
A Detroit fence rarely gives out in one go. First a post goes soft where it meets the dirt, the clay heaves it up an inch, the gate starts dragging, and a spring windstorm finishes what winter started. Caught early, nearly all of that is fixable for far less than a new fence. Left alone, one weak post pulls its neighbors over with it. This page explains what actually breaks on wood, vinyl, chain link and steel fences in Metro Detroit, how each failure gets repaired, how to brace a damaged section until someone can get out to it, and how to decide whether a repair still makes sense. Got a section tipping right now? Put the location and a couple of pictures of it on the contact page.
Wood fences in Detroit, chosen and built for clay and hard winters
Wood is still the fence most Metro Detroit homeowners picture first: a tall board fence around a back yard, a short picket line along a bungalow front walk, a split rail at the edge of a bigger suburban lot. It is warm to look at and fixable one board at a time, but it lives a hard life here. Wet clay holds moisture against every post, frost lifts the ground each winter, and spring arrives soaked. This page covers the choices that decide how long a wood fence lasts in southeast Michigan -- species, ground-contact lumber, style, post size, hardware and finish -- so the proposal you get reads clearly. A quick request with the location and some yard shots gets the process moving.
Vinyl fences in Detroit and the grades that survive a Michigan winter
Vinyl fencing promises a fence that never needs paint or stain, and the good versions deliver on that. The trouble is that vinyl panels from different makers can look nearly identical in a showroom and behave very differently after a few Metro Detroit winters. Some stay straight, white and tight for a long time. Others crack when a snowblower throws a chunk of ice, sag between posts on a hot afternoon, or chalk and yellow on the sunny side. The difference lives in the plastic itself, the wall thickness, the rail design and what is hidden inside the gate. This page walks through how to tell them apart. Once you have a stretch of yard picked out, the request form takes the location and any pictures you can share.
Chain link fences in Detroit, built with the right wire and framework
Chain link is the working fence of Metro Detroit. It runs along alleys behind city bungalows, closes off side yards in Westland and Taylor, and keeps dogs home on suburban back lot lines from Warren to Farmington Hills. It is also the fence most often bought on price alone, which is how homeowners end up with thin wire, undersized posts and fabric that sags within a few winters. This page explains what separates a durable chain link fence from a flimsy one: wire gauge, mesh size, coatings, the framework that holds the fabric, how tension gets set, and how gates and slats change the job. Have a rough layout in mind? The contact page is where the property location and a few yard pictures go.
Ornamental steel and iron-look fences for Detroit homes, front yards and pools
Ornamental metal fencing is how a lot of older Detroit homes meet the sidewalk. A low run of black pickets in front of a brick colonial, a gate across a side drive, a taller section closing a back lot off from the alley -- that look has been part of the city's streets for generations. Most of what gets sold as wrought iron today is actually steel, and some of it would be better off as aluminum. This page sorts out the metals, the finishes that hold rust back, the places rust still finds, gate hardware, repainting, front-yard and security uses, and what a pool barrier rule asks of a metal fence. To get a contractor looking at your property, start with the contact page.
Why the same fence is a different job on different blocks
A chain link run behind a narrow city lot with an alley is not the same project as a vinyl privacy fence around a pool in a newer subdivision, even when the footage matches. Slow-draining clay, hard freezes, association rules and tight access all shift the plan. The community pages, listed on the areas we cover page, look at how those local conditions play out in specific cities.
Nobody can price a fence from a paragraph. The contractor looks at the property, measures, and then writes up a scope and cost. Once you want a number, use the contact page to share the property location, a picture or two, and which service above fits best.
Talk through your site
Not sure whether you need a repair or a new run? Send a couple of photos and let the contractor tell you what the posts are saying.