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Picket Fence Repair in McKinney, TX
Picket fences take damage differently than privacy or cedar board fences. Individual pickets break from impact, split from weather, or go missing entirely. Posts and rails can also fail, but the repairs are often smaller in scope — a handful of pickets and one reset post rather than whole panels. The goal is getting it looking right again, not just standing.
McKinney Fence Repair Pros provides picket fence repair for homeowners across McKinney, TX. Call for a free inspection and a written quote before any work begins.
When to Call
When You Need Picket Fence Repair
- A car or lawn mower clipped the fence and snapped several pickets
- Paint is peeling and wood underneath has gone soft or punky
- Gate sags to one side and drags on the ground when you open it
- Top of a rail has cracked and pickets are leaning at different angles
- Vinyl pickets have cracked or yellowed badly after years of Texas sun
- Post at the corner has heaved up out of the ground after a wet winter
How It Works
Our Process for Picket Fence Repair
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Initial Call
Call (469) 396-0135 and tell us the fence material, how many pickets are damaged, and whether the posts feel solid. That tells us if this is a half-day job or something that needs a full crew.
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Damage Assessment
We count damaged pickets and check every post and rail in the affected section. A broken picket is simple. A cracked rail means we need to look at what caused it — usually a post that shifted first.
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Material Match
Picket profile, spacing, and height need to match the existing fence. We identify what you have before ordering anything. Older fences sometimes use profiles that require custom cuts.
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Structural Repairs First
If any posts need resetting, that happens before picket work. Attaching new pickets to a loose post just means doing it twice. Post resets cure before we move to the next step.
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Picket and Rail Replacement
New pickets go in at correct spacing and height. We use the same attachment method as the original fence — face nail, toe nail, or screw — so the repair blends with what's there.
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Gate Adjustment
If the gate is involved, we adjust hinges, replace hardware if it's corroded, and check that the latch catches properly. A gate that drags or won't latch is one of the most common complaints we close out on picket jobs.
What's included
- Replacement pickets in matching profile, height, and material
- Rail replacement where cracked, twisted, or pulling away from posts
- Post reset in new concrete if one or more posts have heaved or loosened
- Gate hardware adjustment or replacement as part of a gate-related repair
- Removal and haul-away of broken pickets and old hardware
What's not included
- Painting or priming new wood pickets — raw wood needs finish work separately
- Full fence replacement if the majority of posts and rails have failed
- Repairs to attached arbors, trellises, or decorative elements beyond the fence itself
Real Situations
Common Scenarios in McKinney
A homeowner in the Historic Downtown McKinney area has a classic wood picket fence with eight broken pickets from a delivery truck that cut the corner too close.
We match the existing picket profile, which on older Downtown properties is often a pointed gothic style rather than the standard flat top. We replace the broken pickets and check the rail they were attached to for cracks. If the truck hit a post, that gets reset before any picket work starts.
A vinyl picket fence in a newer McKinney subdivision has developed cracked and discolored pickets on the south-facing side after several years of direct sun.
UV degradation on vinyl is real, and the south side always goes first in Texas. We source matching vinyl pickets and replace the damaged ones. We're honest that new pickets may have a slight color difference until the sun weathers them to match — we don't promise they'll be invisible.
A homeowner notices their front yard picket fence gate has dropped so much that it scrapes a trench in the dirt every time it opens.
A dragging gate almost always means the hinge post has moved. We check whether it's heaved, rotted, or just settled. If the post is solid, sometimes adjusting the hinges and adding a gate wheel or support cable fixes it. If the post has failed, we reset it before any hardware adjustment.
McKinney Context
Why this matters in McKinney
Picket fences in McKinney's older neighborhoods near Downtown and the Adriatica area are often original to homes built in the early 1900s through the 1960s, using profiles that aren't stocked at big-box stores. In newer subdivisions, vinyl picket fences dominate, and the intense South Texas sun degrades UV-stabilized vinyl faster than most manufacturers advertise. The freeze-thaw cycles McKinney sees in January and February also heave shallow post footings, which is why so many picket fence gates start dragging in early spring.
Straight Talk
About pricing & scope
Material matching is the biggest variable on picket repairs. If your fence is older or uses a non-standard profile, sourcing the right pickets takes extra time and may cost more than a standard repair. Vinyl and wood also behave differently — vinyl cracks clean while wood splits can hide rail or post damage underneath. We tell you what we find before adding anything to the scope.
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