Storm-Damaged Fence? We'll Make It Safe and Rebuild It Right in Kenilworth

After a storm, the fence is often the most visible casualty — and the one that matters most quickly, because an open boundary affects pets, children, security and privacy all at once. The order of work matters: make it safe first, assess honestly second, rebuild third.

Straight After the Storm

Before anyone starts clearing up, look before you touch. Fallen panels are heavy, spiked with nails, and sometimes resting under tension against posts or structures. Keep children and pets away from the gap and the debris. If any fencing or fallen timber is near electrical equipment — a cable drooping, a lighting post damaged — keep clear of it and mention it when you call. Do not climb on the fallen section or test its strength; a panel under tension can move suddenly. If interior rooms are exposed through a breached wall or roof as well as the fence, contain water, move valuables clear, and do not touch wet electrics — that is first-aid advice that applies before we arrive.

How We Assess Storm Damage

The storm tells you the wind was strong; it does not tell you which parts of your fence were weak. We assess the fallen section and the posts either side of it — because posts that survived visibly may still have been stressed or cracked, and posts are where failures hide. We check panels, gravel boards and fixings separately, since storm damage is rarely uniform: often a run of sound panels has been brought down by two failed posts, which is a very different job from a dozen shattered panels. You get a plain explanation of what is reusable, what is not, and why. The full cost is quoted and approved before permanent work starts, with parts quoted separately from labour.

Rebuilding After Storm Damage

Failed posts get replaced or braced; sound panels get re-hung; shattered panels get replaced, matched to the run where the style is still available. Rebuilding means digging for any new posts, and boundary lines often carry buried pipes, cables and drains. We locate carefully and use detectors where appropriate, but no scan guarantees what is below, so we ask that your utilities' plans are available — providing them is part of a safe dig approach and is the customer's responsibility. Where a long run needs rebuilding, the work becomes a quoted project after the survey.

Weather and Timing

There is an awkward truth about storm repair: the conditions that broke the fence are the conditions that make repairing it unsafe or pointless. Setting posts and hanging panels needs calm, reasonably dry weather, and we will say plainly when work must wait a day or two rather than risk a repair that fails in the next blow. In the meantime we can often arrange temporary boarding or sheeting to close the gap.

Insurance and Documentation

If you are claiming on insurance, photograph the damage before anything is moved, and keep the damaged parts until your insurer says otherwise. We are happy to work around that, and the honest assessment we provide is the sort of clear description claims processes ask for — though what your policy covers is a matter between you and your insurer.

When to Call Us

Call as soon as it is safe to do so, and tell us roughly how many metres are affected, whether posts are timber or concrete, and whether anything is resting on the fence or trapped under it.

You pay a booking fee when you book, and labour is charged hourly at a rate that depends on how soon you need the visit. The full cost of the work is quoted and approved before we start, and materials are quoted separately.