Farm & Livestock Fence Repair
Downed wire, kicked-out boards, rotted posts, corners that let go, gates that won't latch. We fix the break and the reason it broke, across Lexington and every farm county around it, with priority scheduling when animals are out.
Animals out right now? Call and say so. Containment failures go to the front of the schedule.
Call (859) 552-8763Farm Fence Repair, Central Kentucky
A backyard fence that fails is a project. A farm fence that fails is a phone call.
When a run of woven wire goes slack or a brace lets go, it's cattle on the road, horses in the neighbor's hay, or goats in your garden. Farm fence repair is a different trade than patching a privacy panel: the fix has to hold against animals leaning on it every day, and it has to hold for years. That's why we repair the cause, not just the symptom.
Chafin Fence repairs board, woven wire, high-tensile, no-climb and combination farm fencing across Lexington, Fayette County and the farm counties around it, whoever installed it. Rotted posts get replaced to depth, failed corners get rebuilt as proper H-braces, wire gets re-stretched after the brace is fixed, and gates get re-hung to swing true.
Residential fence repair
What Fails on a Farm Fence
Six things we get called about, and what each one usually means.
Wire down or cut
A tree limb, a truck, a bull, or a rusted-through splice. Animals find the gap within hours. We secure it the same day when we can and splice or replace the section properly.
Usual cause: storm damage, corrosion at a splice, impactCorner or end brace let go
The whole run goes slack at once because the wire has nothing to pull against. Re-tensioning without rebuilding the brace is a waste of a trip.
Usual cause: rotted brace post, frost heave, never braced rightGate sagging or won't latch
On a farm gate that's a door left open. Usually the gate post has moved, not the gate. We reset or replace the post and re-hang with adjustable hinges.
Usual cause: undersized or shallow gate post, hinge wearBoards cracked or kicked out
Horses lean, kick and chew. A missing board becomes a horse through the fence. We match dimensions and species and can paint to match black or white.
Usual cause: horse pressure, weather checking, old nailsLeaning or rotted line posts
One leaning post loads the next two. Replaced to depth, in concrete where the ground calls for it, before the lean spreads down the run.
Usual cause: ground-contact rot, shallow set, wet soilWire slack, animals leaning through
Slack woven or high-tensile wire is an invitation. If the braces are sound we re-stretch; if not, see brace repair above.
Usual cause: years without re-tensioning, brace movementEvery repair comes with the reason it won't happen again.
We don't leave until you know why the section failed and what we did about it, so the same spot isn't on the phone again next spring.
A Repair Visit
What happens after you call.
Triage on the phone
Animals out, wire down, or a slow lean? That decides whether we come today or schedule the visit.
Walk the failure
We look past the break to the braces, posts and tension on either side of it, because that's usually where the cause is.
Firm quote on site
Repair scope, materials and price in writing, and an honest call on repair versus replacement for that run.
Fix the cause, then the break
Brace rebuilt or post reset first, then wire re-stretched, boards replaced, gate re-hung.
Walk it with you
You see the repair, you hear what caused it, and our work carries the 5-Year Craftsmanship Guarantee.
Repair or Replace
The honest rule we use on every farm run.
Repair it when
The bones are good
- Line posts are solid and the failure is one section, one board, one gate
- Corners and ends are sound, or one brace needs rebuilding
- The wire is galvanized and not rusting through at the splices
- Storm or impact damage on an otherwise healthy fence
- The fence is under about 15 years old and was set to depth
Replace the run when
You'd be chasing it
- More than roughly a third of the posts in the run are rotted or leaning
- Wire is rusting through in multiple places, not just at one splice
- Boards are failing every few panels, not in one spot
- Posts were set shallow and the whole line heaves every winter
- You're changing what the fence has to hold (cattle to horses, adding goats)
Chafin Fence LLC is a BBB Accredited Business, licensed and insured across Central Kentucky. Every repair we make carries our 5-Year Craftsmanship Guarantee on the work: if a post we set or a brace we built lets go, we come back and make it right.
Farm Fence Repair FAQ
Questions from farm and horse owners.
Call (859) 552-8763 and tell us animals are loose. Containment failures go to the front of the schedule, and in most of Central Kentucky we can get a crew out the same day or the next morning to secure the breach, then come back for the permanent repair if materials have to be ordered.
We repair sections all the time: a downed board, a stretch of wire a tree came through, a rotted post, a sagging gate. If the posts and corners are sound, a section repair is the right call. If more than roughly a third of the posts in a run are failing, replacing the run usually costs less over ten years than chasing it post by post, and we'll show you the math either way.
Almost always the corner or end brace, not the wire. Wire pulls against the braces; when a brace post rots, heaves with frost, or was never braced properly, the whole run loses tension. We rebuild the brace assembly, then re-stretch the wire. Re-tensioning without fixing the brace just puts you back where you started.
Yes. Cracked or kicked-out boards, rotted line posts, loose nails and sagging runs on four-board, three-board and post-and-rail horse fence. We match board dimensions and species, set replacement posts to the original depth or deeper, and can paint to match if the fence is black or white.
Every repair is quoted after we see it, because a single board is a very different job than a corner brace, a gate post or a hundred feet of storm damage. We'll give you a firm number on site and tell you honestly if the run is worth repairing or should be replaced. Call (859) 552-8763 or request a free visit.
Yes, whoever installed it and whatever the material: board, woven wire, high-tensile, no-climb, welded wire, pipe or combination systems. We repair the failure and fix whatever caused it, so the same section doesn't fail again.
Lexington and Fayette County plus the surrounding farm counties: Woodford, Scott, Bourbon, Clark, Madison, Jessamine, Franklin and Mercer. If you're between those, call and we'll confirm your address. See our full service area.
Get the line closed before the animals find it.
Call with the problem and we'll tell you when we can be there. Firm quote on site, cause fixed with the break, 5-Year Craftsmanship Guarantee on our work.