Need a fence today: what actually moves fast, and what to do while you wait

Some fence calls are planning and some are emergencies. This page is for the second kind, and the most useful thing it can do is be honest about what moves fast and what does not.

What moves fast

A residential-sized panel line, roughly 100 to 300 feet on freestanding bases. Panels go up in hours: no digging, no locating. Ask us for a straight answer on timing when you call.

A partial fix is faster still, and it is very often the actual answer. Closing a wall opening, providing a compliant self-closing gate, or fencing a single open side is a short visit. On a flagged pool barrier that is usually the whole job.

A barricade drop for an event or a street closure, when units are available.

What does not move fast

In-ground chain link. Anything driven into the ground needs utility locating first. That is not a delay anyone invents; it is how you avoid hitting a gas line. Plan on lead time.

Large commercial perimeters. A site look and a layout conversation, because a wrong line on 1,200 feet is an expensive mistake.

Peak event weekends, October through April, and February and March in particular around spring training, when equipment across the East Valley is committed.

The urgent cases

A pool barrier that is open, flagged, or never went up. Arizona’s barrier requirement applies during construction and remodels, and an open excavation or an empty deep end with an open gate is exactly the hazard. This is the category where a call at 4pm on a Friday is the right call to make, not one to put off until Monday.

A site exposed by weather. A microburst that lays a line flat leaves the site open, and the pool version of that is an emergency.

A wall section out for equipment access. Common on remodels, and frequently not recognised as a problem until someone thinks about what it means.

An inspection tomorrow. Say what was written up when you ask for a quote, because a partial fix is often enough and is far faster than a full install.

What to do while you wait

If a pool or an open excavation cannot be fenced before dark:

• Block the access routes a child would use, genuinely rather than symbolically.
• Close and check every gate on the rest of the enclosure. If a gate does not latch on its own, secure it.
• Tell the neighbours, especially any with small children. Worth doing regardless.
• Do not rely on a tarp, a pallet, or caution tape. None of those stops a child, and treating them as a barrier is how a bad night happens.

For a job site with a theft exposure rather than a safety one, move what is portable into a locked container or off site tonight and fence tomorrow. The theft page covers what actually helps.

Have this ready when you call

1. Footage. Perimeter of what needs enclosing; rough is fine. The how much do I need page has a two-minute method.
2. Access. How a truck and trailer reach the site, and whether a gate, an alley, or a narrow side yard is involved.
3. Surface. Dirt, gravel, hardscape, slab, or excavated and uneven.
4. What it is for. Pool barrier, construction perimeter, event, or closing an opening. Pool changes the specification.
5. Someone on site, or arrangements for access.
6. Dates. Up and roughly out.

What it costs

The published rates: panels $20–$50 per panel per month, in-ground chain link $1.50–$3.00 per linear foot per month, pool barriers typically $150–$400 a month for a residential perimeter, barricades $8–$15 per unit per day, and delivery, install and removal $100–$500. A dedicated trip outside a normal route can move the delivery line, so ask for that number first.

Full table on the pricing page; the cost calculator gives you a number in a minute while you wait for a call back.

Where we work

Mesa, East Mesa, Gilbert, Tempe, and Apache Junction.