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Guides from KRS Fabrications
Straight answers to the questions we hear most, written for our own customers.
September 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Custom Metal Work Beyond Gates: What to Have Ready Before You Call a Fabricator
A shop set up to design, cut, weld and finish custom steel is just as suited to handrails and one-off pieces as it is to a gate.
September 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Security Fencing for a Commercial Yard: What Actually Stops a Problem
Most commercial perimeter fencing is a visual deterrent; actual security fencing is built around the specific ways a perimeter fails.
September 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Powder Coat, Galvanizing and Paint: How Each Ages on the South Plains
Bare steel rusts, and powder coat, galvanizing and paint slow that down in three genuinely different ways.
September 3, 2026 · 4 min read
What a Gate Operator Actually Has to Survive Out Here
The gate itself can go decades; the motor and drive system that opens it automatically is usually the part that fails first.
September 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Cantilever Slide Gates vs. Swing Gates: What Your Lubbock Driveway Actually Decides
The gate that suits your neighbor's flat, sheltered lot might be the wrong call for a windy, sloped drive a mile down the road.