Fence Installers in West Des Moines

West Des Moines Fences Lean Before Their Time

West Des Moines spans two counties and sixty years of building. Valley Junction bungalows sit on compact, long-settled soil; the 70s and 80s neighborhoods around Valley West carry mature oaks and maples whose roots wander under fence lines; and the Jordan Creek and Glen Oaks subdivisions were built fast on graded Dallas County farmland. Each one fails a fence differently.

On the newer west side, the problem is fill. Lots were cut and filled during the boom, and builder-grade fences went in with posts set two feet deep in loose soil. The first wet spring heaves them; by the third winter the gates don't latch. Along the older east side it's roots and rot — cedar posts set in soil instead of concrete, now soft at grade.

Frost reaches 42 inches here like everywhere in central Iowa, and the open ground west of I-35 takes the full force of a northwest wind. We set every post below frost in crowned concrete, use treated posts regardless of the fence wood, and brace gate and corner posts so the fence you buy in Jordan Creek stands as straight as the one in Valley Junction.

If any of this sounds like your yard, tell us what you're seeing and we'll come walk the line. No pressure, no jargon — just a clear plan and a fair price.

Builder-grade fences in newer West Des Moines subdivisions were often set shallow in graded fill — the number one reason we're called out to Jordan Creek and Glen Oaks.