Chain Link Fence Installation in Elizabeth City, NC

Chain link does one job and does it cheaply and well. It puts a secure, durable boundary around a space without blocking light, air or sightlines, and it asks almost nothing of you afterwards. For dog runs, work yards, storage areas, ball fields and back property lines it is still the most cost-effective fence on the market.



It has a reputation for looking industrial. Black vinyl-coated mesh has largely dealt with that — against a tree line it comes close to disappearing, which is the opposite of what most people expect from chain link.

What to specify

  • Finish: galvanized, or vinyl-coated in black or green
  • Heights from 4 ft residential up to 12 ft for commercial and recreational work
  • 9- or 11-gauge mesh — 9 gauge where security or larger animals are the concern
  • Top rail for a rigid, finished line, or top tension wire were cost matters more
  • Walk gates, double drive gates and cantilever slide gates
  • Barbed arms and privacy slats for commercial and industrial sites
Backyard patio with black fence, green chairs, red umbrellas, trees, and parked silver SUV
Small chain-link gate leaning against a beige metal wall, with white plastic grates on the ground.

For dogs


Height should follow the dog rather than the yard: many dogs clear a 4 ft fence without much effort. For a determined digger, a bottom tension wire, ground stakes or a concrete mow strip along the line will usually settle it. We will ask about the dog before we quote, because it changes the specification more than the size of the yard does.

Repairs and replacement

Chain link is the most repairable fence there is. Stretched mesh can be re-tensioned, bent posts and rails swapped out, and gates re-hung. Before replacing a run, let us look at it — there is often less wrong with it than it appears.


Albemarle Fence & Rail Company has been installing fence and rail out of Elizabeth City since 1976. We serve Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, Bertie, Dare, and Hatteras counties and the Outer Banks from Corolla and Duck down through Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Manteo to Frisco. Family-owned, locally run, licensed and insured.


Financing is available on fencing and railing projects. See financing options.


Get a free estimate. Call 252-334-9671 or request an estimate online, and one of our two estimators will come out, walk the property with you and give you a written price. No charge and no obligation. We are Licensed and insured.

Cloudy waterfront view through a black fence, with grassy yard and apartment buildings on both sides.