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Fence repair is one of those handyman jobs where the price varies a lot — a couple of pickets is fast and cheap, a leaning post on a 6-foot wood fence with concrete footings is meaningful work. This guide gives you real Rockwall-area 2026 cost ranges and the factors that move the number.
This is the biggest single cost driver. Picket and rail work is fast. Posts need to be pulled (with the concrete footing), re-dug, re-set with new concrete, and given 24-48 hours to cure before attaching rails. A repair that doesn't touch posts is half the price of one that does — sometimes less.
Per-section pricing gets better with volume. One section rebuild costs more per foot than a four-section run. We'll quote both ways if it's close — sometimes it's worth rebuilding the adjacent section while we're there for not much more.
Rockwall and East DFW sits on a lot of expansive clay soil. That's rough on fence posts — it swells when wet and shrinks when dry, cracking concrete footings over a few years. Pulling an old footing from clay takes longer than from sandy soil, and we sometimes need to widen the hole for proper re-set. This is built into post-reset pricing.
Sagging gates are almost never the gate itself — they're the post (rotting, leaning) or the hinges (undersized, loose). We diagnose first; the fix is usually one of these (all single fixes hit the $299 minimum — bundle them with other small jobs on the same visit and you get more value per trip):
North Texas storm season means downed sections, snapped pickets, and leaning posts after high winds. We cover the pre-storm prep moves in a dedicated storm-season prep guide; this section is about the after. A few notes:
Picket replacement is the most DIY-friendly fence task. If you have a circular saw, a drill, exterior-rated screws and a couple of hours:
Stay away from DIY post resets unless you've done one before — the concrete pull and reset is harder than YouTube makes it look, and a post set crooked is harder to fix than the original problem.
We'd rather quote you an honest repair than oversell a rebuild. Repair when:
Plan a section rebuild when:
Text us a few photos — one of the broken section, one of the post at ground level, and one wide shot showing the full run — to (469) 721-0145. We can usually quote without an in-person visit for standard repairs. For the full scope of work we cover, see our fence & gate repair and deck & patio repair service pages.
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Replacing a few broken pickets, re-attaching a hinge or tightening a sagging gate typically starts around $299. Anything that doesn't need a post pulled is usually a quick, low-cost fix.
Single post resets typically run $325-$475 depending on the post (4x4 vs 6x6), the depth of the existing concrete footing, and whether neighboring pickets need to come off and back on. Rockwall-area clay soil makes pulling old footings slower than in sandier markets.
Usually yes for emergency containment — re-securing a downed section, propping a gate so it latches, or boarding up a hole. Full repairs are scheduled by material availability and how many other storm calls are ahead of you.
If most of the pickets are intact, the posts are solid, and only one or two sections show real wear, repair makes sense and saves you 60-80% vs replacement. If multiple posts are leaning, large picket runs are split or rotted, and the rails are pulling loose, plan to budget for a section rebuild — repairs become a band-aid at that point.
Yes — we can stain or seal new pickets, rails or sections to blend with the existing fence as much as wood-age and weather allow. Brand-new wood next to weathered wood will never match perfectly the first season, but it gets close after one rain cycle.
Call or text for a fast, free quote — most small jobs get scheduled the same week.