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Simpsonville, SC · Greenville County
Fence Replacement in Simpsonville, SC
The fence failed, and the covenant that approved it has probably been revised since. In Simpsonville the replacement quote is really two questions: what comes out, and what the committee allows back.
Fence replacement in Simpsonville runs into an architectural committee more often than it runs into a code officer. Neely Farm, Holly Tree Plantation and Kilgore Farms all set height, material and which way the finished face points, and the standard that approved your original fence may have been rewritten in the years since. That is worth reading before anyone quotes, because it decides what can legally go back up.
The physical half is the same everywhere: the old run, the gates, the hardware and the concrete under every post come out and leave the property, the holes get packed back, and the new fence goes on the line you already have. Quotes are free and done on the property, seven days a week between 7am and 7pm.
Read the covenant before you pick the material
Simpsonville grew from 18,238 people in 2010 to 23,354 in 2020, and neighboring Five Forks went from 8,064 in 2000 to 17,737. Neighborhoods that filled in over twenty years of that growth have had time to amend their standards more than once. The common result is a homeowner who has had a six foot wood privacy fence since 2004 discovering that the current spec is four foot aluminum on the visible side, or that the finished face now has to point out.
Existing fences are usually grandfathered where they stand. Tear one out and it stops being existing. What goes back up is judged against today's standard, not the one it was built under, which is the single most expensive surprise in this town and the easiest one to avoid.
We ask for the current architectural guidelines at the site visit and quote to them. If the committee requires a submission, the written quote carries the material, the height, the picket or panel profile and the orientation, which is usually what the form is asking for anyway.
Swales, easements and the ground under a builder lot
Most Simpsonville back yards carry a shared drainage swale inside a recorded easement, and a solid privacy fence dropped straight across one turns it into a dam. Water backs up on the uphill side, the bottom boards stay wet, and the fence rots from the ground up while your neighbor's yard collects what should have run through. Replacement is the moment to fix that, and it costs almost nothing to do at the layout stage.
The fix is a deliberate gap at the swale crossing, with the panel bottom held clear of grade, or a short run of open picket or aluminum through the low point instead of solid infill. Either one keeps the run looking intentional and lets water leave. It also keeps you on the right side of an easement that the association and the county both have an interest in.
The other ground problem is what the builder left. Topsoil was stripped off these lots and the fill compacted over Cecil clay, so a narrow hole in a Simpsonville back yard holds water like a bucket against about 48 inches of rain a year. That is why the original posts often failed early, and why the new holes go in wider than the post needs, with the footing crowned so water sheds away from the post at grade instead of pooling on top of it.
What a fence replacement job in Simpsonville includes
A Simpsonville replacement quote covers the removal, the paperwork the committee wants, and the rebuild.
- Full tear out of the failed run, panels, rails, gates and hardware
- Old concrete footings dug out and hauled away rather than buried under the new line
- Old footing holes backfilled and compacted before any new layout is strung
- The written spec your architectural committee needs, material, height, profile and orientation
- A check of the drainage swale and easement before the post line is set
- New holes dug wide in the compacted fill, with footings crowned to shed water
- Rebuild on the existing line so the setback and the neighbor agreement both hold
- Debris hauled off and a final walk of the finished fence with you
The full breakdown of materials, process and pricing factors lives on our fence replacement page. This page covers what changes in Simpsonville.
Why choose us
Why Simpsonville calls us for fence replacement
We quote to the standard in force today
A fence approved in 2004 is not automatically approvable in 2026, and tearing it out ends whatever grandfathering it carried. We ask for the current architectural guidelines at the site visit and write the quote against them, with material, height, profile and which way the finished face points spelled out. That page is usually most of what the committee form wants, so the approval and the quote stop being two separate projects.
The swale gets designed for, not ignored
Nearly every back yard in these subdivisions has a drainage easement running through it, and a solid fence set flat across the low point is what rots the bottom of the run and floods the uphill neighbor. We walk the grade before setting the line and build a deliberate gap or an open section through the crossing. It costs a little layout time and it is the difference between a fence that lasts and one that sits in water.
Holes sized for stripped builder fill
Simpsonville lots were graded with the topsoil off and the subsoil packed down, so a narrow post hole here traps water against roughly 48 inches of rain a year. That is usually what killed the fence you are replacing. We dig wider than the post needs, set in fresh concrete clear of the old footing centers, and crown the top so water runs off the footing rather than standing at the post.
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Questions we get asked
Fence Replacement questions from Simpsonville homeowners
Do I need HOA approval to replace a fence that is already there?
In almost every Simpsonville subdivision, yes. Removing the old fence ends whatever standing it had, so the replacement is reviewed as a new fence against the guidelines that are in force now, not the ones it was built under.
Like for like on the same line is the easiest submission to get through, and in some neighborhoods it is handled quickly. Changing height, material or orientation is a real review. We put the full spec on the written quote so you have something to attach to the form, and we hold off ordering material until you have the answer.
There is a drainage ditch running through my back yard. Can I still fence it?
Yes, and the way to do it is to let the water through rather than across. We hold the fence bottom clear of grade at the crossing, or run a short open section, picket or aluminum, through the low point so the swale keeps working.
Blocking it is what causes the damage. Water backs up behind a solid panel, the bottom boards stay saturated and the uphill yard holds standing water after every storm. Since the swale usually sits in a recorded easement, the association has an interest in it too, which makes a fence that dams it a problem twice over.
My wood fence is only fifteen years old. Why is it already gone?
Almost always the footing rather than the lumber. These lots were graded with the topsoil stripped and the fill compacted over Cecil clay, so a narrow post hole holds water, and about 48 inches of rain a year keeps refilling it. Pine sitting in that fails a few inches below grade while the boards above still look serviceable.
That is why we do not reuse the old holes. New posts go into undisturbed ground a few inches off the old centers, in a hole dug wider than the post, with the concrete crowned so water sheds off it. Same fence, different service life.
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