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Simpsonville, SC · Greenville County
Chain Link Fence Installation in Simpsonville, SC
Two things settle a chain link job in this town: what the covenant allows, and where the water crosses the back yard.
Chain link fence installation in Simpsonville runs into a rule before it runs into a property line. Most of this town went up as platted subdivisions during the same growth that carried neighboring Five Forks from 8,064 people in 2000 to 17,737 in 2020, and neighborhoods built that way arrived with recorded covenants that name materials by name. Silver galvanized is the finish most often written out. Black vinyl coated, kept behind the rear corner of the house, is the version that usually goes through.
The second thing is water, and it is the reason chain link deserves a closer look here than it usually gets. A Simpsonville back yard was graded to move stormwater, not just to be flat, and a fence that stops water becomes a problem for the whole street. Chain link does not stop water. We quote on your property, free, seven days a week, and we have been building across the Upstate since 2018.
What a Simpsonville covenant usually allows in chain link
Read the fence paragraph before you read a quote. In the larger planned neighborhoods the wording tends to restrict chain link rather than ban it outright, and the restriction usually has three parts: no chain link forward of the rear building line, black or dark green coating only, and a height cap that lands at four or six feet.
That is a workable set of rules for most of what people actually want a chain link fence for. A dog run, a pool equipment enclosure or a back line against woods all sit behind the house anyway. Where it bites is the side yard on a corner lot, because two sides of that yard read as frontage to the committee even though only one has a driveway on it.
We check the recorded document and the site plan at the quote, then write the submission around what it says: finish, height, gate locations and the run marked on your plat. A fence that gets built and then gets a letter is the most expensive version of this job.
Why chain link is the right answer at a drainage swale
Nearly every back yard in these neighborhoods carries a low line that takes roof and yard water off two or three lots and moves it to the street or a basin. A solid privacy fence set across that line has to be lifted, notched or gapped so the water keeps going, and a gap under a privacy fence is a gap a dog will find.
Chain link has no such conflict. Open fabric passes water and debris, sits tight to the ground along the whole run, and needs no relief cut at the low point. On a lot where the swale runs corner to corner, that single property is worth more than the appearance argument people usually have about the material.
One thing still needs attention. Grass clippings, pine straw and leaves collect against fabric at the low crossing, and a mat of that will back water up the same way a solid panel does. We keep the bottom of the run clear of the flow line at the crossing and tell you where to rake after a heavy week.
48 inches of rain a yearFalls on this part of the Upstate against a US average of 38, which is why the swale in your back yard is not decorative grading.
Setting steel posts in a graded subdivision lot
A builder lot is not natural ground. The topsoil came off, the pad was cut and filled, and what sits under your sod is compacted Cecil clay with very little structure left in it. Dry, it augers hard and holds a clean hole. Wet, it turns plastic and gives a post nothing to push against.
Chain link fails at the ground line before it fails anywhere else, and the reason is the water that stands in a narrow hole in that clay. We dig wide enough for concrete to grip the pipe on every side, crown the top of the footing so runoff sheds away from the steel, and set terminal, corner and gate posts heavier and deeper than the line posts they tension against.
What a chain link fencing job in Simpsonville includes
A Simpsonville chain link quote covers the paperwork side as well as the fence itself.
- A walk of the line with your plat, the swale and the rear building line marked
- Height, finish and gate locations written up for your architectural committee
- Utility locate request, plus flagging of irrigation heads common on graded lots
- Terminal, corner and gate posts set heavier than line posts in crowned concrete
- Black vinyl coated or galvanized fabric, machine tensioned and tied at correct intervals
- Bottom tension wire where a dog is the reason for the fence
- Walk and drive gates sized to pass a mower or a trailer
- Post hole spoil hauled off rather than left to bake hard on new sod
The full breakdown of materials, process and pricing factors lives on our chain link fence installation page. This page covers what changes in Simpsonville.
Why choose us
Why Simpsonville calls us for chain link fencing
We write the submission, not just the quote
A Simpsonville fence gets approved on paper before it gets built on dirt. We put the finish, the height, the gate positions and the run on your plat in the form a committee expects, then hold the install date until the approval comes back. Ordering fabric and pipe against a maybe is how a project sits in a driveway for a month while two neighbors ask about it.
We find the low line before we set the corners
Water crossing a back yard here is usually carrying runoff from lots you do not own, and it moves through a shallow swale that is easy to miss on flat ground. We walk it before the line is strung. Chain link passes water where a solid fence would dam it, so on a swale lot the material choice is doing real work rather than saving money.
Eight years on Upstate clay
We have been setting fence posts across Greenville County and Anderson County since 2018, more than 55 fences, with a 4.7 star average from 24 Google reviews. Stripped subdivision clay behaves differently wet than dry, and post spacing, hole width and footing crown get set against that rather than against a standard depth. One reviewer called the crew fast and friendly, which is the goal on a lot where neighbors are watching.
Rated 4.7 on Google
What customers say
Every review below is a real Google review from a customer in the Upstate. 24 reviews, 4.7 star average.
Had a great experience all around! Experienced installers helped make fence installation a snap. Efficient and friendly!
Great fence company knowledgeable employees that know what there doing. Fast and friendly service
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Questions we get asked
Chain Link Fence Installation questions from Simpsonville homeowners
Will a Simpsonville HOA approve a chain link fence?
Often yes, in black, behind the rear corner of the house, at four or six feet. The blanket ban people expect is less common than a set of conditions, and the conditions usually match where you wanted the fence anyway.
Silver galvanized is the version most likely to be refused outright in a neighborhood built in the last twenty five years. Send us the fence paragraph of your covenant and we will tell you before the quote whether what you want is going to clear, rather than after the pipe is on the truck.
Can a fence cross the drainage swale in my back yard?
It can, and chain link is the easiest material to do it with, because open fabric lets stormwater and leaves pass through instead of building a dam across your neighbor's runoff.
If the swale sits inside a recorded easement, the easement holder keeps the right to get equipment in there, so we set the line and the gate positions with that in mind. The practical rule is simple: nothing we build should change where the water goes or stop somebody reaching it.
Is four foot chain link enough to hold a dog in a new back yard?
For most dogs, yes. For a jumper or a climber, five or six foot is the honest answer, and a new Simpsonville back yard has no mature trees or shrubs for a dog to use as a launch point, which helps.
Diggers are the other case, and graded clay is soft enough in a wet week to matter. A bottom tension wire run through the fabric, or a buried apron along the base, costs far less than fencing the same yard twice. Tell us what the dog actually does and we will build for that.
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