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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Irving
Gate repair in Irving usually comes down to one of three things: a dead operator, a post the Blackland Prairie clay has heaved out of line, or wiring that failed in a conduit nobody thought to inspect. We handle all three, and we’ve been doing it long enough to know which neighborhoods see which problem. A live person answers when you call (817) 241-4067, day or night, and we’ll tell you straight what it’ll take to get your gate working again.
What makes Irving different from the suburbs west of DFW is that so many gates here were installed as part of the original build in Valley Ranch and Las Colinas, back in the 1980s and 90s. That means the operators are aging out at the same time the posts are fighting the clay soil, and the two failures compound each other. We know what to look for before the gate is even off the hinges.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Irving’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and his name is on the shop. When an Irving homeowner calls, the person who shows up works for a local company with a published address and license number, not a franchise that swapped crews four times this year. In neighborhoods like Valley Ranch and Las Colinas, where an HOA gate that won’t cycle becomes an all-call emergency before lunch, that matters. We keep our trucks stocked with the parts Irving jobs actually need: FAAC control boards, Linear limit switches, BFT capacitors, and hinge hardware sized for the ornamental steel you see on so many Tollway-adjacent streets.
Our Irving work is backed by the 90-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on every invoice. If something we touched fails inside 90 days, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no “that must have been a different problem.” The promise is stamped on the paperwork, not buried in fine print, and it applies to every hinge, weld, board, and operator we install in Irving.
Our Gate Repair Services in Irving
Electric Gate Repair
Most electric gate failures in Irving that look like a burnt motor turn out to be a power or control-circuit problem: a voltage drop from a half-dead battery, a blown limit switch, or a loop detector that gave up. We test the entire circuit before swapping parts. On a Valley Ranch entry system that won’t respond to a clicker but hums when triggered, the fault is almost always in the control board or the shared conduit run, not the operator itself. We fix electric gates from the panel to the motor, and we don’t replace a board because we didn’t feel like tracing a wire.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates in Irving run harder than people realize. HOA entry gates on Valley Ranch boulevards cycle hundreds of times a day in spring when families are in and out and landscapers are making rounds. Corporate slide gates on SH-114 and Loop 12 move for trucks around the clock. That duty cycle eats up builder-grade hardware quickly. We service the operators built for that work: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, and the rest. If a Las Colinas gate is only opening halfway or reversing for no reason, we’ll pull the logs off the board and read what happened instead of guessing.
Hinge & Post Repair
Irving sits on Blackland Prairie clay, and that clay is the quiet killer of gate posts. During a dry summer it shrinks back from steel posts by two or three inches, then spring rain swells it back with enough force to heave a post six inches off line. A gate that sagged in August won’t fix itself by plumb-ing the post in October; the footing has to be excavated, sometimes re-poured, and the post reset with proper drainage so it doesn’t happen every year. We weld on site and true-up the hinge line in the driveway, not at a shop 30 miles from Irving.
Gate Realignment
A gate that drags on the latch side or doesn’t reach the catch after a storm has a structural problem, not a striker problem. In Irving, we find shifted hinge posts in Valley Ranch constantly; the post moved, not the gate. We’ll re-align, shim or rebuild the hinge mount, and check the operator’s travel limits so the motor isn’t fighting a misaligned load and burning itself out. Fix the panel without fixing the post and you’ll be calling again by the next rain.
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 Irving
We’re certified to work on nine major gate brands, and on Irving jobs we see FAAC, BFT, and Linear the most. FAAC is the old reliable on Valley Ranch entry swings and Las Colinas corporate ram arms; BFT and Linear show up on slide gates in warehouse districts around SH-114. We keep boards, limit switches, remotes, loop detector parts, and photo-eyes for these brands on the truck, so a common repair doesn’t wait on a parts shipment. If your operator is obsolete and parts are gone for good, we’ll tell you that plainly and show you the replacement numbers before you spend anything.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Irving Homes
- Builder-grade operators dying young: Newer Las Colinas communities often had LiftMaster LA400 operators installed as spec equipment, sized for light residential use but pushing HOA entry gates that cycle all day. Boards overheat because the original install skipped the auxiliary heat sink, and we replace them with a proper duty-cycle match.
- Clay soil moving hinge posts: This is the number one structural failure in Valley Ranch and much of Irving west of Story Road. The gate doesn’t sag in the middle; it sags because the hinge post has tilted in ground that shrank all summer and swelled with the first heavy rain.
- Shared conduit failures: In Valley Ranch’s original 1980s-90s entry systems, the operator power and the intercom sometimes share one underground conduit. When clay movement cracks the conduit, water gets in, voltage drops, and the gate shows symptoms that look like an operator failure but are actually a buried wiring fault.
- Retrofitted automation on manual posts: Early-2000s Valley Ranch homes with ornamental gates often had automation added later with solar kits, but the original post footings were only sized for a swinging gate, not motor torque. The first big storm heaves the post and the gate drags into the ground.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Irving, TX
Here’s what Irving gate work actually costs, based on the jobs we see most often. A hinge and post reset, with excavation and re-pour if needed, runs $400-$850 depending on post size and access. Gate realignment without post work is $200-$450. A common automatic gate repair like a bad limit switch or wireless receiver runs $180-$320. Electric gate board replacement runs $350-$700 depending on brand and panel access. Full operator replacement on a residential swing gate runs $900-$1,800 installed. You’ll get the exact price in writing before any work starts, and that number does not change at the door. We offer $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside Irving, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Irving
Our Gate Repair crews cover Irving and the surrounding cities every week: Duncanville, Grand Prairie, Euless, and Bedford. If you’re in one of those towns and your gate is down, the same local owner-operated crew and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise applies. Gate Repair in Irving is our home turf, but when a neighbor calls, we pick up just the same.
Serving Irving, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Irving 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 Irving
The most likely culprit is a post that moved in the Blackland Prairie clay during the drought and has thrown the gate out of alignment, so the operator runs but can’t overcome the bind. A second possibility in Valley Ranch specifically is that a shared conduit cracked as the soil shrank, and the operator is seeing low voltage at the motor. We’ll check the post line and the power run to the motor and tell you which one failed. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll diagnose it on site.
The post footings. If your ornamental gate was poured as a manual swing, the footing wasn’t sized for the torque of an operator, and the first hard season of clay movement will heave the hinge post and bind the gate. The contractor should also confirm you have a power run or a viable solar location, and that the gate’s hinges are rated for the operator’s duty cycle. We check all of that before quoting anything. Estimates are free.
That pattern points to water intrusion in the underground conduit or a failing loop detector that shorts when the soil is saturated. Valley Ranch’s original entry gates often share one conduit for operator power and intercom, and when spring clay movement cracks that PVC, moisture triggers intermittent faults after every rain. A technician has to test the circuit under load and inspect the conduit run, not just replace the board. We handle that diagnosis for HOAs throughout Irving.
Avoid residential-rated operators on a commercial slide gate; they won’t survive the duty cycle and you’ll be replacing them again within two years. What you need is an operator rated for continuous or heavy-duty commercial cycling, with proper thermal protection and a loop detector setup that handles truck traffic. We’ll spec the operator to the actual cycle count and the gate’s weight, and we’ll put the price in writing before we order anything. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come out and measure.
Photo-eyes and edge sensors do different jobs. The edge sensor detects a person or vehicle already touching the gate; the photo-eye sees an object in the gate’s path before contact. Both are required for a safe automatic gate, and most Irving municipalities and HOAs enforce that standard on shared entry systems. If your gate currently has only one, we’ll add the other and verify the entire safety circuit during the service call.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Irving since the day the shop first opened its doors.