Painting a fence may not sound like the hardest project, but painting a metal wrought iron fence? Well that’s another story. Here’s the how-to on this do-it-yourself project.

“Essentially . . . we were told that we had to put up that wrought-iron fence that cost us $8,500,” said Peg Kane, who owns Chicago Truck Leasing Co. at 1054 W. Madison St. with her three ...

Polymer fencing is shoving aside its wrought iron ancestor. ... "Customers call us to say they like the fence because there's literally nothing to do once it's installed," says Cantley.