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 on bases stand up within hours, with nothing to dig and no utility locate to wait on. On a normal weekday in Queen Creek and the southeast Valley, a quick turnaround is sometimes possible; ask us 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 southeast Valley is committed.

The urgent cases

A pool barrier that is open, flagged, or never went up. Whatever barrier the inspector required at permit (the state statute has no construction-phase rule of its own) has to stay closed, and an open excavation or an empty deep end with an open gate is exactly the hazard. This is the category worth calling about at 4pm on a Friday rather than waiting.

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, 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. For a quick way to measure, see the how much do I need page; it takes about two minutes.
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. Whether the panels sit on dirt, gravel, pavers, a slab, or dug-up uneven ground.
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; 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.

Areas covered

Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Gold Canyon, Florence, and Apache Junction.