Our Expansion — New Ontario Facility Coming Soon
A new Ontario facility.
Production, pickup, and local delivery near you.
We’re opening a second Canadian production hub in Ontario — full manufacturing, local delivery, and in-person pickup. Shorter lead times for Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. Less freight, faster everything.
How we got here
A small family business that started in a garage.
BarrierBoss is family-owned, family-run, and still small — not a big corporation, not venture-backed, just a few people who decided to build something honest. It started with one of us in a garage, assembling corrugated steel privacy fence panels by hand for neighbours. People loved them. Word got out. It snowballed.
What began as a side project turned into a real business almost overnight, and we’ve been catching up to our own growth ever since. We built our in-house logistics from scratch because no third-party freight company would handle the panels the way they needed to be handled. We fought through cross-border tariffs that nearly killed the US side of the business. We have customers who supported us when things were rough — and we have people who have been genuinely awful to us along the way. We remember both.
And we did all of this competing against Amazon, Tractor Supply, Home Depot, and every other big-box retailer with billions in resources, established supplier networks, and decades of head start. They have the warehouses everywhere, the shelf space, and the ad budgets. We have hands-on assembly, our own trucks, and the customers who keep choosing the small family operation over the big-box default.
We’re still not big. We won’t pretend otherwise. But we’re building something that lasts, with our own hands and the help of customers who’ve grown alongside us. The thing we’ve always known but couldn’t solve from a single location: you deserve faster delivery and a more responsive team. This expansion is the answer we’ve been working toward.
What you’ve been telling us, in your words.
Lead times. Production close to one location means long trucking legs everywhere else. Long legs = days and weeks tacked onto your delivery clock. That’s the structural problem this expansion solves.
Customer service speed. As we’ve grown, our team has been stretched thin. Replies have taken longer than they should. We’re not pretending that’s OK. Each new facility brings a local team alongside it — more people answering your questions, scoping your project, following up after delivery. Better staffing is part of this build-out, not an afterthought.
Local production, local delivery, local people. Thanks for your patience while we get there.
The new facility
Ontario
- Full manufacturing & assembly
- Local pickup at the facility
- Local delivery on our own trucks
- Specialized lines starting to come in
What this means for specialized products
Today, custom finishes — Corten/rust, green, brown ZM, aluminum, custom mesh openings — run on a single scheduled batch line, which is the main reason our Special Order lead time is 6–8 weeks. With Ontario coming online, we’re distributing the specialized lines across our facilities instead of bottlenecking them in one place. Expect the Special Order wait to shrink meaningfully as tooling moves between hubs.
Why local production + pickup matters
Long-haul freight is where the time and cost stack up. By manufacturing close to where you build, we cut both:
- Days, not weeks for standard products in the served regions
- Lower freight — shorter trucking legs, less handling
- Pickup option — if you’re close to a facility, pick it up the same week and skip freight entirely
- Our own trucks for last mile — no third-party freight surprises at your driveway
Want to know when it goes live?
Drop us a line with your postal code and we’ll let you know the moment we open — plus which products and pickup hours light up first.
Notify me when a facility opens near me →A Few Words to the Curious
If you've shopped around enough, you've probably seen reviews from folks who weren't happy. We have those too. Here's the honest read.
We build fence in our own yards, on our own equipment, with our own crews. Every order goes through real production — coil to panel, cut, welded, coated, kitted, loaded onto our own trucks. There's no warehouse of pre-bagged kits from someone else's overseas factory waiting for somebody to click "ship."
Our freight isn't something a normal carrier can handle. Steel panels and kits run heavy, long, and awkward. LTL trucks don't unload — they drop pallets at the end of the driveway, and most of their trucks won't fit down a residential street in the first place. So we built out a specialized fleet for this: crane trucks, custom racking systems, drivers who know how to set product down without damaging it. Everything is made, moved, and unloaded by us. If it shows up damaged, we cover it. Full stop.
That's a feature, not a bug. It's also why a custom kit doesn't ship the same week you order — and we won't pretend it will.
What we promise
- We'll pick up the phone
- We'll tell you the real lead time before you pay
- We'll make it right if we get it wrong
- The product was made — and delivered — by people whose names we know
What we won't do
- Tell you we have stock we don't
- Drop-ship overseas product with our label on it
- Hand your fence to an LTL driver who dumps it at the curb and leaves
- Disappear after the order ships
If that's not the experience you wanted — fair. There are big-box companies with warehouses full of inventory waiting. Buy from them. They do that well.
If it sounds like the kind of company you'd rather work with — welcome. We've been doing this since the garage.
Want to own or run your own BarrierBoss location?
We’re looking for great operators who want to bring a BarrierBoss production hub to their part of the country. If you’ve got the local relationships, the operational instinct, and the appetite to build something real — let’s talk.
This might be a fit if you have:
- Existing manufacturing, fencing, or trade experience in your region
- Access to a suitable site (warehouse, light-industrial space) with truck access
- Capital to co-invest alongside us
- A clear view of regional demand and the relationships to grow it
What we’d bring: our product line and brand, the full operational playbook (production, scheduling, fulfillment, dispatch), training your team on tooling and assembly, e-commerce + lead-gen infrastructure, ongoing operational support.
Structure and terms are flexible — this is an exploratory conversation, not a fixed franchise pitch. We’d rather find the right operator and figure out the deal together than push the wrong model.
FAQ
Will product prices change?
No price increases planned with these openings. The point of building closer to you is to deliver the same pricing faster and with less freight overhead — not to charge more for the privilege.
Is this a full manufacturing facility or just a warehouse?
Full manufacturing. It will run production, assembly, and dispatch — not just stock-and-ship. That means custom and standard products can both be produced regionally as we ramp up.
Will specialized lines (Corten, custom colours, special mesh) become standard?
That’s the goal. With multiple production hubs, we can distribute custom-finish runs across facilities instead of bottlenecking them in one place. As tooling moves into each new hub, Special Order lead times will drop meaningfully. Expect this to roll out facility-by-facility over 2026–2027.
Can I actually pick up at a facility?
Yes. The facility will offer scheduled local pickup. If you’re within reasonable driving distance and your panels are ready, you can skip freight entirely. We’ll publish pickup hours and scheduling tools as it opens.
What does this do to my current order?
Existing orders continue on their current delivery schedule. Once a new facility opens and your address falls in its serviced region, we’ll route from there automatically — you don’t need to choose.
Let customers speak for us
Working with Barrier Boss was great. From product deliverd to my door to the custom fence pannels I needed , Barrier Boss listened and responded to all our requests . Would recommend them to anyone that needs fencing and any other products they sell.
One post was twisted,a bit of a challenge to make it fit the last fence panel
Exceptional product and exceptional service which is consistent with every order and all the way through, from the moment the order is placed until the order is delivered and even after that! What really stands out in addition to BarrierBoss highest quality is energy and efforts put in delivering their product to their customers. Really all in one and one of a kind!
Great product! Easy installation due to precise fencing size specifications. Very pleased :)
Great panels, but the delivery was an issue. Very pleased with the corrugated panels themselves, however, I live in a Gulf Island and the delivery truck was too long for the ferry. Because of this issue Barrier Boss refunded the delivery price. I am very impressed with the products (we purchased both the corrugated panels and the hog wire). We have future plans for additional fencing and will be certainly purchase the additional corrugated panels from Barrier Boss.
Wire mesh and the rubber coating is so well built. The catio I built looks great
Excellent quality hog panels. The delivery, however, took over 3 weeks to leave the warehouse after I was told it would leave in the next couple of days when I was placing the order. Communication from the company was poor and the tracking took the driver right past Vancouver and then all over Vancouver Island before returning to Vancouver to drop off my order. My client was extremely upset with me as a result of the delay. If you're planning well ahead of time and delivery lead-time or communication isn't a concern for you, the product itself is quite good.
Looks really nice and sturdy, I haven’t used it yet as it is for a fence that will be built in the spring.
Very happy with the product - we bought fence panels and posts. Fence looks really good. Lauren was so helpful with our order.
I love the colour & look.
Really great fence panels! Beautiful cedar wood and the metal mesh is very strong and looks great.
Exceptional quality, very well made, very sturdy and beautiful!
Nice finishing touch on the posts.
