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CGI Fence Installation: The Dallas Owner’s Guide

CGI fence installation in Dallas typically runs $3,500 to $9,000 for a full perimeter job, including posts, rails, panels, and hardware. We stock CGI-compatible fence panels, posts, and mounting hardware on our trucks, and most standard installations are completed within two to five working days once materials are confirmed. The way Dallas homeowners usually find us is after a storm: a wind gust catches a loose panel, a post rots at ground level after years of clay-soil moisture, or a gate starts dragging because the hinge screws pulled free from a warped rail. The fence is still standing, but one section is now a problem that gets worse every week.

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Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI fence systems break into two families you’ll see across Dallas: the residential ornamental steel line (often labeled as CGI Signature or CGI Estate Series) and the heavier commercial-grade industrial panels used for warehouse perimeters and multi-family properties. The residential line uses 2-inch square posts and press-fit rails that slide into pre-punched panel brackets. The commercial line runs larger: 2.5-inch posts, thicker gauge panels, and bolt-through connections that need a different mounting plate. The fastest way to know what you have is to look at the post cap – residential CGI caps are press-on plastic, while commercial caps are welded steel. If your fence came with the house, check the builder’s material sheet or look for a small CGI stamp on the inside face of any panel near a post. One compatibility gotcha we see often in Dallas: big-box aftermarket panels sold as “CGI-compatible” often have bracket spacing off by a half-inch, which forces installers to shim or re-drill. If you’re replacing a section rather than the whole fence, you want the real CGI panel or a same-spec OEM equivalent, not whatever is cheapest on the shelf. We also work with KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone on interior projects, but for fence work, we stay strictly with CGI-spec materials because mixed brands on a fence look exactly as cheap as they are.

Signs Your CGI Fence Installation Is Failing

• Gate dragging or won’t latch. The hinge side post has shifted out of plumb, usually because the concrete footing was poured too shallow for Dallas’s expansive clay soil. When clay wets and dries, shallow posts walk. A dragging gate is the first visible sign.
• Panel rattles loudly in wind. The press-fit brackets that hold the panel to the rail have loosened or the rail itself has bowed. On older CGI installs, the nylon bracket inserts wear down until there’s metal-on-metal movement.
• Rust bleeding from post bases. North Texas rain plus sprinkler overspray keeps the bottom six inches of posts damp for days. Once the powder coat is scratched during lawn work or hit by a weed trimmer, rust starts and spreads under the coating faster than it looks from the outside.
• Post leaning at the base, not the top. This is a footing failure, not a post failure. Dallas soil contracts hard in summer drought and swells in spring rain. A post that was set in a 24-inch footing in another city needed 30+ inches here, with gravel drainage at the bottom.
• Missing or cracked post caps. Water gets inside the post, sits at the bottom, and rusts it from the inside out. You won’t see the damage until the post buckles at ground level. By the time a cap goes missing, you’re on a clock.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Dallas, a full CGI fence installation runs $3,500 to $9,000 depending on linear footage, gate count, and whether we’re pulling old posts or setting new ones. A partial replacement – say, one failed post and a few damaged panels – usually lands between $800 and $2,500 installed. The two biggest variables are soil condition at the post holes and access to the work area. A standard 6-foot CGI panel with a matching post and hardware runs roughly $140 to $260 per linear foot installed, with gates adding $400 to $1,200 each depending on width and hardware. That price includes removing the old section, setting new posts in concrete with proper gravel drainage, mounting panels and rails true, and hauling away debris. What it does not include is surprise change orders – Mason Remodeling Co Dallas puts a written price in front of you before any work starts, on every job, every time. No verbal estimate that grows on the final bill. Every CGI fence installation we complete is covered by our written guarantee for 365 days from the completion date, and if a repair or installation fails within that window, the return visit is free.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check a few things yourself: whether the post cap is missing, whether the gate hinge screws are backing out, whether the panel still sits square in its brackets. Those are observation tasks. Where DIY goes wrong on CGI fences is anything involving digging out a post or re-setting concrete. A leaning post is under load from the attached panels. Cut it free without bracing, and the whole section can buckle suddenly. Pull an old footing without knowing where your irrigation lines or gas line run, and you have a much more expensive day than you planned. Setting a post in Dallas soil is not a weekend project if you want it to stay put – the hole depth and gravel base matter more than the concrete mix. If your fence needs anything beyond tightening a screw or snapping a cap back on, call (432) 302-8761. We’ll come out, look at the actual fence, and give you a written price before you commit to anything.