Questions we get asked
Answers before you call.
These are the questions people actually ask us, whether they're calling about a cedar fence on a rental property or a full ornamental iron gate at their own front drive. If your question isn't answered here, it's a short call to (405) 681-2301 or a quick look at our full list of services.
We make it. Cook's runs one of Oklahoma's most complete ornamental iron fabrication facilities, with the capacity to weld, bend, roll, hammer, forge, punch, shear and press iron in house. That means a gate can be drawn to your opening rather than picked from a catalogue. We also install Ameristar prefabricated fence and gates when that is the better fit, and we will tell you which is which.
Since 1949. Dick O. Cook founded the company as Cook's Fence & Awning after returning to Oklahoma from the war, where he had served as a welding instructor in the shipyards of San Diego. Bill Svejkovsky and Frank Swanda bought it in 1976, and David Swanda, who had learned the business working alongside Dick Cook, purchased it in 1985 and renamed it Cook's Fence & Iron Co Inc. Our current employees have over 175 years of combined service.
Both, and we have done for a long time. Our commercial iron fencing is trusted by the military, Boeing, GE and the University of Oklahoma. On the residential side we build cedar fence, chain link, ornamental iron, drive gates and railings across the Oklahoma City metro.
Because Oklahoma wind and Oklahoma weather are hard on wood posts. Steel posts will not rot, twist, or warp, and they hold a fence line straight through the kind of gusts that push a wood post out of plumb. We build custom cedar on steel posts as our standard, and whitewood on steel posts when you want the more economical option.
Swing, cantilever and rolling gates, and electronic gates with full access control. We can mix and match wood gates with iron gates if you want the privacy of one and the detail of the other. We work with the main operator manufacturers, including LiftMaster, Chamberlain, DoorKing, HySecurity, Linear OSCO and Nice Apollo.
We take ADA compliance seriously and provide railing systems built to help businesses stay compliant, including handrails, guardrails and stairwell railings. We also build fall protection railings, plus interior, exterior, ornamental and decorative railings. All of it is custom made, and you will get a quick turnaround on the quote.
Yes, on everything. Call (405) 681-2301 or send us a message and we will come and look at the job. We also offer military discounts, we honor manufacturers' warranties, and we are an A+ rated member of the Better Business Bureau and a member of the National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association.
More than most people expect from a fence company. Custom metal creations, mailboxes, Vent-A-Hood products, signs, Juliet balconies, bridge railings and iron furniture. If it can be drawn, we can usually detail it in AutoCAD and build it.