Gate Motor & Opener in Arlington - Written Price, Install Date Set

Trusted Gate Motor & Opener for Arlington Homeowners

A dead Arlington Gate Motor & Opener isn’t something you can put off. Your gate is stuck open, which means your dogs are out, your grandkids could wander toward the street, and every car that drives by can see straight into your backyard. We fix gate motors and openers the same day we get the call in most cases, and Hal Gatewood has been doing it here since 2001. You’ll talk to a real person when you call (817) 241-4067, not a phone tree. And if we can’t get your opener running right, we’ll tell you straight instead of selling you parts you don’t need.

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That last part matters more than most folks realize. A lot of companies in Arlington won’t repair a gate motor anymore. They’ll tell you the board is fried, the arm is shot, the whole unit needs replacing. We take the cover off first. Sometimes it’s a $12 capacitor. Sometimes it’s a limit switch knocked out of alignment by the last storm. We fix what’s broken, weld what’s cracked, and stand behind it with our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, on every single job.

Key Takeaways:

• Same-day gate motor and opener repair across Arlington, Kennedale, Grand Prairie, and surrounding areas
• Owner-operated since 2001 - Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice
• We service FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, and every major brand, including older units parts houses gave up on
• 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, plus free estimates and upfront pricing agreed before work starts

What Our Gate Motor & Opener Service Includes

Gate motors do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to get out of the truck in the rain, but they’re also the most abused part of any gate system. Sun, wind, dirt, and a gate that’s slightly out of alignment all work against the motor every single day. Here’s what we handle, and how we handle it.

Motor Installation

Installing a gate motor correctly is about more than bolting a box to a post and running wire. The motor has to be sized for the weight and length of your gate, mounted square so it doesn’t fight itself, and wired with the right gauge for the run from your house. We measure the gate, check the post for plumb and concrete depth, and install the motor so it opens smoothly on day one and keeps doing it for years. If you’re replacing an old motor, we’ll also check whether the gate itself needs attention before we put a new motor on it, because a new opener on a sagging gate just burns itself out faster.

Motor Repair

Most motor failures in Arlington are repairable. We open the unit, test the capacitor and the control board, check the limit switches, and look for water intrusion or chewed wiring. A lot of the motors we repair were condemned by other companies after a fifteen-minute look. Hal will pull the cover off, show you what he found, and tell you honestly whether it’s worth fixing. More often than not, we can replace the failed component for a fraction of what a new opener costs.

Linear Motor

Linear gate motors, sometimes called ram-style openers, are common on the driveway gates we see in Arlington’s older neighborhoods and on acreage in Kennedale and Grand Prairie. The motor shaft extends and retracts to push and pull the gate, which means the mounting geometry has to be precise or the shaft binds and the motor overheats. We set the stroke limits properly, machine or weld mounting brackets when needed, and make sure the piston isn’t fighting the gate’s natural arc. A properly set linear motor should open a gate smoothly, without groaning.

Slide Motor

Slide gates are heavy. The motor has to move the entire gate along a track, which means any junk in the track, any bent wheel, any misaligned rack gear adds load the motor wasn’t designed for. We service slide motors on commercial pads and residential driveways all over Arlington and Fort Worth, and we always start by checking the gate itself: wheels, track, rack, stops. Put a new slide motor on a gate that doesn’t roll freely and you’ll be calling us again in a year. We’d rather fix the whole system once.

Intercom Integration

If you have an intercom or telephone entry system tied to your gate, the opener has to interface with it correctly. We wire new openers into existing intercom systems so the call button still opens the gate, the exit loop still works, and the fire department key switch still functions. This is one of those jobs where a handyman can leave you with a gate that opens but an intercom that doesn’t, and you won’t find out until a delivery driver is sitting at the curb honking. We test the whole system before we leave.

Battery Backup

North Texas storms knock out power regularly, and a gate with no battery backup is just a fence with no opening in it. We install and replace battery backup systems so your gate keeps working when the lights go out, which matters more than people think. If there’s a fire or a medical emergency during a power outage, your gate still needs to open, either from the keypad or from the manual release. We size the backup for the motor’s current draw and wire it so it charges automatically when power returns.

Brands We Service for Gate Motor & Opener

We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and in Arlington we see a lot of FAAC and BFT openers on the higher-end residential gates, plus Linear and Viking on older systems and commercial pads. FAAC hydraulic and electromechanical openers are well-built but finicky about limit switch adjustments, and we’ve rebuilt enough of them to know their weak points without guessing. BFT control boards are particular about voltage, and we keep a supply of the common board components so we’re not waiting on a parts truck from Dallas when your gate is stuck open.

Linear motors are workhorses, but the older Linear boards fail in predictable ways, and we stock the OEM replacements. Viking openers show up on sliding gates and barrier arms all over the Arlington and Fort Worth area, and we’ve welded enough Viking mounting pads to do it in our sleep. Whether you have one of these brands, or a LiftMaster, DoorKing, Elite, Ghost Controls, or Mighty Mule unit, we can diagnose and repair it. And if the opener is genuinely beyond saving, we’ll tell you that too, and give you a straight price on a replacement that fits your gate.

Signs You Need Gate Motor & Opener Right Now

• The gate moves slower than it used to. A slowing gate motor is usually a motor under increasing load, which means something is wearing: a capacitor fading, a bearing getting dry, a gate dragging. Catch it early and it’s a minor fix. Wait until it stops entirely and the repair list gets longer.
• The opener hums but nothing moves. That hum is usually the capacitor or the motor fighting a locked gear. Don’t keep pressing the remote button hoping it’ll break loose. Every attempt puts more heat into the motor windings, and eventually the board takes damage too.
• The gate reverses halfway or stops in the middle. This is often a limit switch problem, a blocked safety edge, or a photo eye out of alignment. It’s also a safety issue: a gate that doesn’t close fully doesn’t keep anything in or out. And a gate that reverses unexpectedly can catch a car or a person.
• The keypad or remote works sometimes, not every time. Intermittent operation is usually a receiver issue, a weak battery in the remote, a failing antenna, or interference from something new in the area. But it can also be a control board on its way out, and those don’t fix themselves.
• You hear grinding, squealing, or a knocking sound. Gear teeth on slide motors wear down over time. Bearings in swing motors dry out. These noises are the motor telling you something is wearing past its service life. A grinding gear will eventually strip, and then the motor just spins without moving the gate at all.

If any of these sound familiar, call us at (817) 241-4067. We’ll ask a few questions over the phone, give you an honest idea of what you’re looking at, and get someone out to look. Hal’s crew is background-checked, uniformed, and they’ll show up in the window they promised.

Our Gate Motor & Opener Process - Step by Step

We don’t do mystery pricing or drive-by estimates. Here’s exactly what happens when you call us about a gate motor or opener problem in Arlington.

1. 1
   You call and talk to a real person. Not a call center, not a voicemail, not a recording that says your call is important to us. A live person answers at (817) 241-4067, day or night, and starts asking the right questions: what brand is the opener, what’s it doing or not doing, is the gate stuck open or closed, is there a keypad or intercom tied in. That call gives us a head start on diagnosis before we even roll a truck.
2. 2
   We arrive and do a full inspection. Hal’s crew checks the motor, the control board, the limit switches, the gate’s movement, the hinges or wheels, the track, and the power supply. We look at how the gate hangs and rolls, because a motor failure is often a symptom of a gate problem, not the root cause. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start.
3. 3
   We show you what we found and give you a written price. Before any work starts, you know exactly what we’re going to do and what it costs. If we find a bad capacitor, you’ll see the reading on the meter. If the gear is stripped, you’ll see the teeth. No pressure, no “we should probably replace the whole thing while we’re here.” The price is the price.
4. 4
   We do the work and test everything. Repair, rebuild, rewire, or replace, we do it on site. That includes welding if the mounting bracket or hinge post needs it; we don’t haul your gate to a shop and leave you with a hole in your driveway. Once the motor is running, we cycle the gate a dozen times, test the safety features, the keypad, the remotes, and the manual release.
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   We put the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing and hand it to you. If anything we touched fails in the next 90 days, one call brings us back. No runaround, no service charge, no arguing about whether it was our fault. Hal’s been doing this since 2001, and the promise is stamped on every invoice because his name is on the shop. The shop is down the road, and that’s the oldest accountability there is.

How Much Does Gate Motor & Opener Cost in Arlington?

Gate Motor & Opener Near Arlington - Our Service Area

We work all over Arlington, plus the neighborhoods that touch it: Kennedale, Grand Prairie, Forest Hill, Duncanville, and up through Hurst, Bedford, Euless, and North Richland Hills. We also cover Gate Motor & Opener in Fort Worth and Gate Motor & Opener in Colleyville. Most calls inside the county get same-day service or next-morning at the latest, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. From our home base, we can be anywhere in the service area fast.

If you’re outside those areas, call anyway. We grew up around here, we know the roads, and if we can’t get to you quickly, we’ll tell you straight and point you to someone who can.

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Schedule Your Gate Motor & Opener Service in Arlington Today

When your gate opener quits, every hour it sits broken is an hour your property isn’t secure and your routine is on hold. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate. A real person answers, day or night, and we’ll get your gate motor and opener running right with upfront pricing, honest work, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise behind every job. You’ll talk to Hal’s crew, and you’ll see the same faces at the hardware store next month. That’s how we’ve done business in Arlington since 2001, and that’s how we’ll do business with you.

Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Arlington since 2001.