Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Fort Worth
When a gate stops opening in Fort Worth, you don’t need a call center three states away. You need someone who knows the difference between a Walsh Ranch HOA ornamental iron gate and a pipe gate out toward Aledo, because the fix is not the same. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been repairing gates across Tarrant County since 2001, with Hal Gatewood’s name on every invoice. From Haltom City to Kennedale, we answer the phone with a live person around the clock and show up when we say we will. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll talk to someone who can actually tell you what’s wrong before we even get there.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Fort Worth homeowners have a particular frustration with gate repair, and it comes from companies that quote one price on the phone and a different one at the door. That’s not how we work. Every job gets a written price before we touch a single bolt, and every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, Hal comes back and makes it right. No runaround, no fine print.
We serve the whole Fort Worth area, from the Fairmount historic district to the new subdivisions pushing west toward Walsh. Our techs carry a pipe-gate and livestock-latch kit right next to the standard residential ornamental iron parts. That’s because Fort Worth is the only major metro where one crew routinely handles automated HOA gates in master-planned communities and working ranch gates on the western fringes in the same territory. Most Dallas-side shops won’t touch a 20-acre horse property. We do it without blinking.
Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001 and still runs it himself. His address is published, his license number is public, and if you want to look him in the eye before you hire, the shop door is open. That’s the oldest accountability there is, and it still works.
Our Gate Repair Services in Fort Worth
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Fort Worth typically runs $180 to $420 depending on whether the fault is in the control board, the loop detector, or the motor itself. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule operators, and we carry boards and parts for all nine brands on the truck. When a Presidio subdivision entrance gate loses communication with the keypad after a lightning strike, we’re usually the company the management office calls first, because we can diagnose the board on site instead of ordering parts blind.
Hinge & Post Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. In Fort Worth, the real culprit is usually the Blackland Prairie clay under the post footing. That clay swells with spring rain and shrinks in summer drought, and over a few seasons it heaves the post just enough to throw the whole gate out of square. We reset the post, weld the hinge back to true, and fix the panel without hauling your gate off to a shop. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Gate Realignment
Gate realignment in Fort Worth is a $150 to $325 job in most cases. The work is in adjusting the hinge leaves, shimming the post side, and correcting the latch engagement so the gate closes clean without dragging on the strike side. We see this constantly after North Texas ice storms, when freeze-thaw cycles push posts out of plumb and older ornamental iron starts binding at the top hinge. The gate works fine for nine months, then one cold snap and it won’t latch at all.
Weld & Rust Repair
Rust repair and on-site welding are what separate a repair-first company from a replacement-first one. We weld in your driveway. We don’t swap parts that don’t need swapping. In Fort Worth, summer heat causes metal gates to thermally expand until hardware binds, and winter rain saturates rust-weakened iron until it cracks. We grind it back, weld it solid, and prime it to hold. A rusty gate on a Fairmount craftsman bungalow should be welded, not replaced, and that’s the job we’d rather do.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Worth
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. That matters in Fort Worth because HOA communities here run everything from BFT slide operators on the east side to Viking swing arms on ranch entries to the west. We keep the common parts for these brands on the truck, so when we diagnose a Ghost Controls board in a Chapel Creek community gate, we can usually fix it the same day rather than waiting on a parts delivery from a distributor in another state.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes
- Clay soil heaving under hinge posts. The Blackland Prairie clay that underlies much of Tarrant County swells and shrinks with the seasons, shifting post footings and throwing gates out of alignment year after year. This is the single most common call we run in Fort Worth.
- HOA architectural approval mismatches. An HOA committee approves a specific gate height and finish, but the contractor installs a gate operator without entrapment protection, failing the association’s inspection. We then get called to add the safety edges and photocells to bring the system into compliance.
- Freeze-thaw damage to wood privacy gates. North Texas ice storms crack wood gate posts saturated by winter rain, causing the whole gate to lean and the self-closing hinge to fail. We see this most often in the 1920s to 1940s bungalows in Ryan Place and Fairmount, where original wood frames are now 80 years old.
- Lightning damage to operator boards. Fort Worth’s spring storm season is hard on automated gate electronics. A rack and pinion slide gate at a new subdivision entrance loses communication with the keypad entry after a lightning strike, and the HOA’s management company needs a board-level diagnosis before they’ll approve the repair.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Fort Worth, TX
Here’s what Fort Worth homeowners can expect to pay. Electric gate repair runs $180 to $420, hinge and post repair $200 to $475 depending on the post’s condition, gate realignment $150 to $325, and weld and rust repair $120 to $380 per section. If the job needs a new operator instead of a repair, that’s $650 to $1,800 installed depending on the brand and the gate’s weight. We give you the price before we start, and that’s the price on the invoice. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote, estimates are free, and we offer $40 off any repair over $200 plus no trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth
Our Gate Repair crew covers the whole Tarrant County west side and the cities that wrap around Fort Worth: Haltom City and North Richland Hills to the north, Hurst and Kennedale to the east and south. If you’re in one of those towns, you’re close enough that we don’t charge a trip fee, and you get the same 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job. Most of our work is done right in Fort Worth proper, but we’re on the road to those neighbors every week.
Serving Fort Worth, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Worth area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Gate Repair in Fort Worth
Most Fort Worth HOAs require the management company to approve any repair that changes the gate’s appearance, height, or operator system, but emergency repairs to existing hardware usually don’t need committee sign-off. The practical issue we run into is that the person calling us is the management company, not the homeowner, and the management company wants a written diagnosis with parts and labor broken out before they’ll authorize the work. We provide that same-day because we’ve done it for HOA communities in Walsh Ranch, Chapel Creek, and Presidio for years. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll walk you through the approval paperwork before we even schedule the truck.
The problem is almost never the hinge hardware itself. In Fort Worth, the Blackland Prairie clay under your hinge post swells with spring rain and shrinks during summer drought, which heaves the post out of plumb a fraction of an inch at a time. Tightening the hinges doesn’t fix the post. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and until the post is reset and re-welded to true, the gate will drag on the latch side again within a year. This is the most common Fort Worth repair we do. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free assessment and we’ll tell you honestly whether the post needs resetting or just re-shimming.
Yes, and we’re one of the few companies in Tarrant County that actually keeps a pipe-gate and livestock-latch kit on the truck. We regularly weld broken pipe-gate hinges on horse properties near Aledo and Weatherford in the same week we service automated HOA gates in Walsh Ranch. The repair usually runs $150 to $400 depending on the pipe diameter and whether the post has pulled out of the ground or just needs the hinge re-welded. Call (817) 241-4067 and tell us the gate width and pipe size, and we’ll give you a straight number before we head out.
Usually it’s a repair. The two most common causes in Fort Worth are a misaligned photo-eye after the post shifted in clay soil, or a loop detector that lost its sensitivity after the ground froze and thawed. We diagnose both on site, and in most cases the fix is $180 to $380, not a full operator replacement. Our techs worked a swing gate at a Walsh Ranch community entrance where the HOA had approved a new ornamental iron design, but the safety photocell kept tripping after installation. We traced the fault to a misaligned loop detector in the clay, reset the post footing, and confirmed the photo-eye alignment with the management company before the next morning’s school traffic. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll tell you if the photocell is the problem before you spend money on parts.
Yes, but most won’t. Fort Worth sits at the self-proclaimed “where the West begins” boundary, which means the east side of town is HOA-governed ornamental iron and automated entry gates, and the west side is working ranch-style pipe-and-cable livestock gates. Most Dallas-side competitors only do the dense suburban work. We do both, from Benbrook to Aledo to far-west Fort Worth, and we’ve done it that way since 2001. One truck, one day, two completely different markets. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll see what that kind of local range actually means for your property.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Fort Worth
If your gate is dragging, binding, or just won’t open, call (817) 241-4067. A live person answers, day or night. We’ll give you a straight price before we start, and we’ll put the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on your invoice. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, the shop is down the road, and he’ll be there himself if that’s what it takes to get your gate working right.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Fort Worth since 2001.