Iron Fencing

A 7 to 8 foot curved-top steel fence runs about $80 to $100 a foot installed, and $140 to $300 a foot with expanded metal. Commercial-grade panels, pickets bent outward past the top rail.

Posts are usually spaced about 8 feet apart on iron panel fences, about 10 feet on chain link, and about 6 feet on railings. Depth depends on the fence height and the ground.

Bent pickets, a panel a truck hit, a leaning post, rust along the bottom rail: how each one gets repaired on an iron or steel fence, where a repair stops making sense, and what it costs.

Solid steel sheet, expanded metal, and corrugated panels on a frame: how each one goes on a fence, what it does, and what it costs per foot.

Steel panel fencing on a commercial property: what it gives you, what upkeep it takes, where it fits, and what it costs. From a Sacramento commercial fence contractor.

Flat, spear or curve top; 1-1/2 inch rail commercial grade or 1 inch lighter grade; 3 to 8 feet tall; about $55 to $100 a foot installed on a 100-foot run.