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A new wood fence is ready for its first coat of stain as soon as the boards pass a simple water test, which for modern pressure-treated pine is usually within six weeks and for cedar should be sooner still. The old advice to wait six months or a full year comes from older wood treatments, […]

The yard got quiet again. The kids are back in class, the pool floats are put away, and Saturday belongs to whatever game is on. That backyard project you kept circling all summer, the one you never got to because the yard was full of people every weekend, is suddenly sitting there empty and waiting. […]

TL;DR Chain link fence maintenance in Central Ohio works best in a fixed order: check posts for movement, check fabric for slack and ground clearance, check hardware for missing ties and loose bands, then treat bare steel before it pits. Columbus sets its standard frost depth at 32 inches, while the published industry minimum footing […]

A fence contractor either owns the compliance work on a commercial project or hands it back to the person who hired them. Before Arrow Fence of Ohio puts a crew on a site, the zoning path, the utility locate and the barrier rule for that property are settled first, because those three items cause most […]

A broken fence gate almost always traces back to one of five things: the gate frame has racked out of square, the hinges have pulled loose from the post, the latch no longer lines up, the gate is dragging on the ground, or the gate post itself has shifted. Fix the gate frame with an […]

A sagging or leaning fence in central Ohio almost always traces back to one of four things: a rotted post, frost heave in our wet clay soil, a loose or cracked concrete footing, or a gate that has pulled its post out of plumb. Before calling for fence services Columbus, Ohio, diagnose which one you […]

People often ask how we know a neighborhood before we even pull up to the property. The honest answer: we’ve probably already been there. Arrow Fence of Ohio has been providing professional fence service and installing fencing across Central Ohio since 1991, and over more than thirty years, we’ve built a working knowledge of the […]

Vinyl lasts longer in Ohio. A quality vinyl fence usually holds up for 25 to 40 years with almost no upkeep, while a wood fence typically gives you 15 to 20 years, and only if you stain or seal it on schedule. When you weigh wood vs vinyl fence side by side for our climate, […]

For most Ohio yards, vinyl and aluminum hold up best against the state’s brutal freeze-thaw cycles and summer humidity, while wood still wins on looks if you stay on top of upkeep. The single best fence for Ohio depends on your goal, but here is the short version. Pick vinyl when you want privacy and […]