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Jerith Fence Installation: The Austin Owner’s Guide
We install and replace Jerith residential aluminum and steel fence systems across Austin, with most full installations running $3,500 to $9,000 depending on linear footage, gate count, and whether we’re pulling old posts or starting fresh. We keep Jerith-compatible posts, rails, pickets, and gate hardware on our trucks, so a failing section or a sagging gate can usually be diagnosed and quoted the same day we arrive. Most Austin homeowners call us after a storm or a hard freeze, when a gate won’t latch, a post has started leaning, or the powder coat has bubbled up along the bottom rail.
Jerith fencing is common in neighborhoods like Circle C, Mueller, and Avery Ranch, and after a decade of working on it here, we know exactly which parts fail first in Texas heat and clay soil. If you have a Jerith product and something is loose, leaning, or no longer closing the way it should, we’ll tell you honestly whether it needs a $40 hinge, a new post set in concrete, or a full section replacement. Tell me what you need, I’ll tell you what it costs, and we’ll go from there.
Which Jerith Models This Applies To
Jerith has manufactured aluminum and steel fencing for a long time, and the residential product lines in Austin are almost always one of three series: the Ornamental Aluminum line (the most common in Central Texas backyards), the Magnum Aluminum line (heavier pickets and rails, rated for higher wind and commercial settings), and the older Genesis Steel line, which you’ll find around some homes built in the 1990s and early 2000s. The good news is that Jerith’s picket spacing, rail dimensions, and post sizing are fairly consistent within each series. The gotcha is that parts are not always interchangeable across series. A Magnum rail profile will not slide cleanly into an Ornamental Aluminum post, and Genesis steel hardware is a different animal entirely.
To identify your fence, look for the small Jerith label on the inside of a gate frame or the end of a rail. If the label is gone, measure the picket width and the outside dimension of the top rail. Ornamental Aluminum pickets typically measure 5/8 inch or 3/4 inch square, while Magnum pickets run 1 inch square. For OEM Jerith parts, we order direct through distribution, which keeps the factory powder coat match exact. For discontinued Genesis steel sections, we often use quality aftermarket equivalents with a matching black finish, and we’ll show you the color sample in daylight before we order.
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Signs Your Jerith Fence Installation Is Failing
- Gate sagging or dragging on the ground. The most common cause in Austin is a failing hinge or a post that has shifted in expansive clay. Jerith gates are aluminum, but the post is only as strong as the concrete footing beneath it.
- Post leaning at the base. Central Texas soil expands and contracts with moisture. When a post starts leaning, the footing has usually cracked or been undermined. Tightening the bracket won’t fix it; the post needs to be reset.
- Powder coat bubbling or flaking. Austin’s hard water and intense UV exposure shorten the life of factory finishes, especially on south-facing sections. Once the coating fails, the aluminum underneath starts to oxidize and leave white chalk on your hands.
- Rattling or loose pickets. Jerith pickets are held in punched rail holes, and after years of wind and gate cycles, those holes can widen. A loose picket is easy to fix; a wide rail hole usually means replacing the rail.
- Gate latch that won’t catch. Often it’s a simple strike plate misalignment, but we also see worn internal springs in Jerith’s self-latching hardware. If the latch pops open on its own, that’s a safety and security issue, not just a nuisance.
Replacement Cost & What’s Included
For a full Jerith-compatible fence installation in Austin, we typically price in the $3,500 to $9,000 range. A smaller backyard with 60 to 80 linear feet and one gate lands on the lower end. A larger lot with 150-plus feet, two gates, and an existing fence to demo pushes toward the upper end. Every written quote includes the posts, rails, pickets, gate hardware, concrete footings, and the labor to haul off the old material.
What drives the price up or down: linear footage, gate count, whether we’re removing an existing fence, post spacing (Jerith sections are generally 6-foot or 8-foot), and access. If your yard has a steep grade or we’re dealing with Austin’s limestone shelves, digging post holes takes longer. You get a written line-item price before any work starts, and the number on day one is the number on the final invoice. No change orders unless you ask us to change something.
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Replacing a loose picket or adjusting a strike plate is something a careful homeowner with a rubber mallet and a level can handle in an afternoon. Replacing a post is a different job. A leaning Jerith post usually means pulling the old footing, digging through clay or rock, and setting a new post in concrete with the correct depth and cure time. If you rush the concrete cure in an Austin August, the footing fails within a season and you’re doing the whole job twice.
Gate spring work also deserves respect. Jerith self-closing gates run on internal torsion springs, and when those are under tension, a slipped tool can take off a finger. We never recommend a homeowner open a gate hinge assembly to service the spring. If your gate is sagging, slamming, or not latching, call us at (325) 225-5429 and we’ll send a tech who has done this a thousand times. The diagnosis visit and the written quote are free.
FAQs
A properly installed Jerith aluminum fence lasts 20 to 30 years in Austin’s climate, but the factory powder coat will typically show UV fading and hard-water spotting after about 10 to 12 years. The structural aluminum itself rarely fails; what fails first is gate hardware, post footings in expansive clay, and the coating on sun-exposed sections. Call (325) 225-5429 and we’ll assess the fence you have and what’s actually worth replacing.
In most cases, yes. If the post itself is still straight and the footing is cracked but intact, we can sometimes re-level and reinforce the existing post. If the footing has heaved or the post is bent at ground level, full replacement is the honest fix. We’ll tell you which one applies to your fence and why before you spend a dollar.
A single section with post reset typically takes one crew a half day to a full day, mostly because the concrete footing needs time to cure before the section goes back up. A full yard installation with two gates runs two to three days in Austin, depending on demo and soil conditions. You’ll get a written timeframe with your quote.
We keep common Jerith-compatible rails, pickets, post caps, hinges, and gate latches on the truck, and we order OEM Jerith replacements for less common or discontinued series. You never have to source parts yourself; the part cost is listed on your written estimate. Same goes for the trade brands we work with across remodeling projects, like KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone.
Get a Written Jerith Fence Quote in Austin
If your Jerith fence is leaning, sagging, or no longer closing the way it should, we’ll send a background-checked, uniformed technician to look at it, measure it, and hand you a written price before any work starts. No verbal ballparks. No surprises at the door. And every installation we do carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something fails inside the guarantee window, we come back and fix it at no charge. Call (325) 225-5429 for a free estimate, and a real person will answer.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Austin at Penhallow Remodeling Austin, serving Austin and nearby areas.
