# Removing a Chain-Link Fence **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 6, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789 "2025-09-06T14:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/21 "2025-09-09T09:33:41Z")
Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/22 "2025-09-09T14:04:31Z")
Are you sure about that? We have a dog door and the dogs free-roam in the back all of the time. If someone removed a fence, especially if we were at work, the dogs would be long gone by the time we could even know the fence was gone. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/23 "2025-09-09T14:16:34Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Are you sure about that? Did you miss where I both said IANAL and it was my WAG? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/24 "2025-09-09T14:23:51Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Did you miss where I both said IANAL and it was my WAG? No, but I focused on this assumption > [@TokyoBayer](#): > > if the fence is removed, the owner would see that and should have responsibility to not let the dog loose in the backyard. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/25 "2025-09-09T17:13:20Z")
If I was going to remove a fence which was purely mine, but upon which my neighbor(s) sorta depended, and I knew they depended, I might well do it without their permission / approval, but I sure wouldn’t do it without advance notice to them. No reason to be a dick about things. Until / unless they are. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/26 "2025-09-09T17:36:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If I was going to remove a fence which was purely mine, but upon which my neighbor(s) sorta depended, and I knew they depended, I might well do it without their permission / approval, but I sure wouldn’t do it without advance notice to them. This. It would be incredibly inconsiderate to just tear down a fence one day, when i knew my neighbor was using the fence. I’d let them know as soon as I’d hired the contractor to do it, or picked a date to do the work myself. And if they begged for a reasonable amount of extra time to make arrangements, I’d give it to them. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/27 "2025-09-09T18:47:38Z")
Sometimes a few minutes of roaming through weeds will reveal a property marker driven in the ground. I’ve cut off chainlink poles with a reciprocating saw, but a neater solution is digging a hole right next to the concrete base. That let’s you move the pole sideways and, after some wiggling about, pull the pole from the ground. Post hole diggers or a hand auger (depending on the soil) are good tools for deep digging. Ideally you convince a young person to do the digging and pulling. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/28 "2025-09-09T21:58:58Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > We have a dog door and the dogs free-roam in the back all of the time. Not stated in the original question. As @LSLGuy and @puzzlegal said, it would be inconsiderate at best. These type of questions would require a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/29 "2025-09-09T22:58:23Z")
If the zombie apocalypse and The Walking Dead have taught us anything, it is that in the future chain link fences will be easy to remove. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789/30 "2025-09-10T00:18:22Z")
The poles can often be removed with a pipe wrench if you don’t mind leaving the concrete in the ground. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-chain-link-fence/1022789.md?page=1)