Chain link · Yakima
Chain link fences in Yakima, black or galvanized
Four-foot black around a yard, six-foot galvanized around a business, built on whatever ground you have. Dustin Owen bids it himself.
Chapter 01
Chain link looks simple until the ground isn’t flat
Plenty of yards have something in the way of a straight fence: a slope, a retaining wall, a set of steps, a shed, an old fence line nobody wants to claim. A fence that ignores the ground sags, gaps at the bottom or leaves a gate that will not swing. That is where most chain link jobs are won or lost, long before the fabric goes up.
One of Dustin’s recent Facebook posts is the clearest example. A 4-foot black chain link job, he wrote, “wanted to see if I could fall off retaining walls, bend over backwards, reinvent the wheel. I wouldn’t have it any other way.” The result is a black run that steps down a terraced Yakima yard past timber stairs, with a gate at the foot, and carries on along the top of a block wall to a shed.
Black chain link fence rising beside timber steps on a terraced Yakima yard with retaining walls
How MF Fencing builds a chain link run
Dustin comes out first. Jim Hilton, who had chain link and poles put in for a shade sail, wrote that Dustin looked the job over, asked what he was thinking and made suggestions that made everything work better. When the material came in, Dustin called to set the install, and the crew finished in a day. Jim’s own summary was that he would recommend the shop “for fencing or just a pole in the ground”.
The two common builds are 4 feet and 6 feet. Black vinyl-coated fabric suits yards, decks and dog runs, where the fence is part of how the property looks. Galvanized is the plain steel choice for lots and business fence lines. MF Fencing builds both, including a 6-foot galvanized fence for a business that needed a man gate, a double drive gate and a 28-foot slide gate.
Chain link also solves small problems well. One customer needed a divider so the neighbors remembered which side their dog was supposed to stay on, and Dustin put in a fence that steps from 6 feet down to 4. Black chain link around a dog run is the same idea: a clear line that holds an animal and stays out of the way of the view.
Chapter 03
Gates, top rail and keeping the line tight
A chain link fence is only as good as its gates, its top rail and its end posts. Gates are where the daily use lands, and fabric and rail are where weather and bumps show up. Dustin’s own tune-up post lists the usual work on an older fence: stretching barbed wire, replacing fabric and top rail, adding a termination post and adding a new opening for access.
The signs a run needs attention are easy to spot from the yard: fabric bellying out between posts, a top rail bent by a storm or a bump, a gate that drags on the ground, a corner post that has started to lean. Sometimes the answer is one new section rather than a new fence, and Dustin will tell you which it is when he looks at it.
MF Fencing LLC is licensed in Washington (L&I MFFENFL804RS), insured and bonded. Call Dustin at (509) 594-9013, Monday to Friday, 8 to 5, with the height, the length and a description of the ground, or message the MF Fencing page on Facebook, and he will come out to your yard in Yakima.
“MF Fencing did a great job on my chain link fence and poles for my shade sail.” Jim Hilton, Google review. MF Fencing LLC is licensed (WA L&I MFFENFL804RS), insured and bonded.