Our yard slopes. How does a fence handle that?

Two ways. Stepping keeps each panel level and leaves triangular gaps at the bottom, which looks formal and suits ornamental steel. Racking follows the ground so the pickets stay vertical and the rails tilt, which suits cedar and leaves no gaps. On a Loess Hills lot the grade usually decides it for you, and we will show you both before we build.

The storm was on the Omaha side. Should we still get looked at?

Yes. Hail does not stop at the river, and Iowa properties routinely get skipped simply because the news coverage was about Nebraska. The inspection is free and the photo report is yours whether you file or not.

Do you actually come over to Iowa?

Regularly. Council Bluffs is a short run over the bridge and we treat it like any other part of the metro. Same crews, same warranty, same phone number.

The historic Squirrel Cage Jail in Council Bluffs

Service Area

Exterior work in Council Bluffs, IA

Name: Paragon Exteriors
Address: Omaha, NE, US
Telephone: (402) 526-1263

Straight across the river and squarely in the same storm path as Omaha. Older grid neighborhoods, heavy tree cover, and gutters that pay for it every autumn.

(402) 526-1263

Working in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs is a short drive over the bridge and sits under the same weather Omaha does. When hail comes through the metro it does not stop at the Missouri, so a storm that has our phones ringing on the Nebraska side usually has damage waiting on this one too.

The older neighborhoods west and south of downtown are a tight grid of homes built long enough ago to be on their third or fourth roof, with narrow side yards, original soffit and fascia, and fences that have been mended more than replaced. The scale is human and the access is tight, which is a planning problem more than a difficulty.

Up in the hills and out on the east side the lots get bigger, the builds get newer, and the mature tree canopy that makes those streets worth living on also fills gutters every autumn and drops limbs on roofs every ice storm. Council Bluffs also sits on the Loess Hills, so a lot of these properties have real grade to them, and grade changes how a fence gets built and where water ends up going.