Gate Parts & Welding in Richland Hills - Made to Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Gate Parts & Welding Across Richland Hills

If your gate drags after a rain, sags at the hinge, or refuses to latch, you’re dealing with a problem every long-time Richland Hills homeowner eventually faces: Blackland Prairie clay. It heaves and shrinks several inches every season, and your gate’s hinge post is the first thing to feel it. We fix that post the right way, weld on site, and make the gate swing true again. Most Richland Hills calls get us to your driveway the same day, and you’ll talk to Hal or a member of his crew, not a machine. Call (817) 241-4067 and tell us what the gate is doing. We’ll tell you straight what it needs.

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Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Richland Hills’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company

Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and the name you see on the invoice is the name on the shop. We work in Richland Hills all the time because the soil here creates a specific set of problems that generic gate companies misdiagnose. They’ll tell you the hinge is bad. It isn’t. The post has tilted toward the yard, and until that post is reset in a deeper concrete collar, any new hinge is a band-aid.

That’s why our Gate Parts & Welding team does the work in your driveway, not hauled off to some shop across the metroplex. We cut out what’s failed, weld in what’s needed, and stand behind it with the 90-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on every job. If it’s not done right, you call, and Hal comes back. That’s the whole promise. You can also drive to the shop and look him in the eye.

Our customers in Richland Hills know we answer the phone around the clock with a live person. Not a voicemail, not a hang-up. When your side-yard gate is dragging on the concrete at 7 a.m. and you can’t get the trash bins out, you want someone who picks up. We’re that someone, and most Richland Hills service calls see us within the day. Licensed, insured, and locally owned since 2001.

Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Richland Hills

Every gate in Richland Hills is different, but the soil under it is the same. Here’s what we do most often for homeowners in this city.

Hinge Replacement

Hinges in Richland Hills rarely fail on their own. The post they’re welded or bolted to has usually tilted toward the yard on shrink-swell clay, and the hinge is simply the first casualty. We replace strap hinges, weld-on barrel hinges, and heavy-duty ball-bearing hinges, but only after checking that the post itself is still plumb. Skip the post and you’ll fix it twice. On older ranch-style homes, we see original 1950s hinges that have been patched with shims and washers for decades. We remove all of it and start clean, with hardware sized for the gate’s actual weight.

Post Replacement

This is the heart of most Richland Hills gate work. A 2-inch galvanized pipe set 18 inches deep in 1972 cannot hold a cedar gate level on clay that moves four inches a year. We cut out the old post, excavate the footing, and set a new steel post in a minimum 36-inch concrete collar, below the active clay zone. That’s what stops the seasonal heave from racking your gate out of square. We weld or bolt the new post to your existing frame, and the gate hangs level in every season.

Rail Repair

The mid-rail and bottom rail on older wooden and tube-steel gates in Richland Hills take the brunt of the twisting force when the post moves. We see cracked mid-rails, rusted thin-wall tube, and rails that have pulled clean off the hinge side. We weld new steel rails onto tube frames, sister in new wood rails on cedar gates, and reinforce the corners so the frame resists racking. The goal is a gate that doesn’t bind on the latch side when the ground moves.

Custom Welding

Not every Richland Hills gate needs replacing. If a weld is cracked, an operator bracket is torn loose, or a cane bolt has snapped off at the base, we weld it back, on site, same day in most cases. For wider drive gates and older ranch-style properties, we fabricate custom brackets, extend gate frames, repair cantilever tracks, and reinforce post caps. We weld with care and pride, and the fix is meant to outlast the next ten clay seasons.

Trusted Brands We Service in Richland Hills

If your operator came from FAAC, BFT, or Linear, we service it in place. We stock common parts for these operators on our trucks so we don’t have to order a board and make you wait a week with a dead gate. Most Richland Hills gate motor failures we see are either a blown capacitor, a stripped limit switch, or a burned control board, and all three are repairable without replacing the operator. We also rehang gates originally built around these systems, and we know how the operator’s force settings interact with a gate that’s been racked by clay movement. Same brands, but the repair is specific to what the soil does.

Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Richland Hills Homes

• Hinge post tilts toward the yard. On Blackland Prairie clay, the near-side post heaves toward the house. The gate misses the latch because the post moved, not because the hinges are worn. The fix is a post reset at 36 inches, and we do that without replacing the gate.
• Original 1950s-1970s frames rack out of square. The frame twists as the footing shifts seasonally. You’ll see the mid-rail binding, the top rail separating from the hinge stile, or the latch missing the post by half an inch. We true the frame back and weld in reinforcement.
• Older chain-link side-yard gates sag at the top hinge. A shallow post footing heaves under the load, the top hinge separates, and the gate drags on the grass. We reset the post deeper and rehang with heavy-duty tension bands.
• Thin tube-steel gates crack at the welds. Many original 1960s-era side gates in Richland Hills were built from thin galvanized tube. After fifty years of flexing, the welds at the corners crack. We repair these in place with new welded gussets. If the frame is rusted too thin to weld, we’ll tell you so honestly and quote you a replacement.

Last spring we pulled into a Richland Hills neighborhood a few blocks off Baker Boulevard. A homeowner had a 1970s ranch with a side-yard swing gate that dragged badly after the rains. The original hinge post had tilted toward the house. We cut out the old post, welded in a new 3-inch steel post set on a fresh 36-inch footing, and rehung the gate with heavy-duty strap hinges. The latch caught on the first try, and the gate has swung true since.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Richland Hills

We work across Gate Parts & Welding in Richland Hills daily, and our service area extends to Arlington, Fort Worth, Colleyville, and Irving. If you’re just across the Tarrant County line, the same crew, the same pricing, and the same warranty apply. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll confirm a window that works for you.

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