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FAAC Gate Parts & Welding in Arlington: What to Know First

We provide independent FAAC gate parts and welding in Arlington, typically within 24 to 48 hours for common hinge, post, and rail work. Most FAAC gate repairs run between $185 and $650 depending on what actually failed, and you’ll know the exact number before we ever strike an arc. If your FAAC gate is sagging, dragging, or refusing to latch, call (817) 241-4067 and Hal Gatewood will walk you through what he’s likely to find before he even pulls into your driveway. This page is for Arlington homeowners and property managers who own a FAAC gate and want it fixed right the first time, not replaced because it’s easier for the company on the other end of the phone.

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How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

FAAC makes good hardware. But Arlington’s clay soil, summer heat, and occasional ice storms find the weak points faster than a showroom brochure ever will. Here’s what we actually see on service calls:

• Hinge post lean on C720 and C721 swing systems. Arlington soil expands and contracts hard, and a FAAC swing gate that was hung level in March can be dragging by August. The operator keeps pushing, the hinge ears bend, and eventually the leaf sits an inch low at the latch. We don’t shim the gate, we cut out the old post, pour a deeper footing, and weld a new post in true. The gate gets re-hung on new greasable hinges, not the worn originals.
• Weld fatigue at the leaf frame on older 400-series operators. Those gates were often installed twenty-plus years ago by builders who used the cheapest weld shop in Tarrant County. The frame cracks at the seam where the actuator plate bolts on. We see it on original Arlington homes from the 1990s and early 2000s. We plate the crack, weld it solid, and add a gusset so it doesn’t come back. Then we check the rest of the frame while we’re there, because if one seam let go, the others are thinking about it.
• Roller and track wear on FAAC slide gate models. Slide gates in Arlington eat rollers, especially on properties with gravel drives and zero tree cover. Dirt and limestone dust grind into the bearings. The gate starts to stutter, then the motor overheats fighting it. We replace rollers with sealed-bearing units rather than the cheap open-race ones, and we verify the track is still true with a straightedge, welding and shimming where the track has dipped.
• Electric lock alignment drift on FAAC swing and slide setups. When a post shifts or a roller wears down, the lock doesn’t line up with the strike plate anymore. The opener thinks it locked, but a firm push opens it three inches. We see this on Arlington rental properties and side-yard residential gates all the time. The fix is usually welding a new strike bracket in the correct position, not replacing the lock itself.
• Ground heave cracking the buried conduit to FAAC keypads and safety loops. This one isn’t glamorous, but it’s real in North Texas. The clay moves, conduit cracks, water gets in, and the keypad starts throwing phantom codes at the FAAC control board. We locate the break, dig it up, run new conduit, and pull fresh wire. Then we dial the board back in so the safety loops and keypad talk to the operator properly.

Our FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Process

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   You call, we answer. A live person picks up at (817) 241-4067, day or night. Hal asks a few questions about what your FAAC gate is doing and what it sounded like when it started doing it. That conversation alone often narrows the problem down before we ever get in the truck.
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   We show up and diagnose on site. Hal or one of his crew comes out to your Arlington property, looks at the gate, the posts, the hinges, the track, and the operator. He’ll tell you plainly if the gate can be welded and saved, or if a part actually needs to come out.
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   We decide on parts together, and you get the honest trade-off. For FAAC hardware, a genuine FAAC part keeps your warranty intact and is usually the right call on anything electrical. On weld plates, hinge barrels, and structural steel, a quality domestic fabrication often outlasts the import casting. Hal will tell you which is which and why, and you’ll see the price difference before you approve anything.
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   We perform the repair on site. Welding stays in your driveway. We don’t haul your gate to a shop across town and leave your opening exposed for three days. The job takes as long as it takes to do right, not to do fast.
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   We test with the FAAC operator under load. Open, close, halfway stop, safety edge trip, keypad, remote, lock engagement. We don’t call it done until the gate cycles correctly with the weight of the actual leaf on it, not a bench test.
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   You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we come back and make it right. No fine print, no runaround. That’s on every job, including FAAC parts and welding.

What FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Costs in Arlington

What moves the price is how far the gate has fallen out of alignment, whether the post footing needs to be re-poured, and whether you need genuine FAAC hardware or a domestic welded component. We quote the full price upfront and it does not change at the door. We also knock $40 off any repair over $200, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.

Why Arlington Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for FAAC Work

Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates around Arlington since 2001, back when he was driving a truck with a busted AC and figuring things out one broken hinge at a time. The name on the shop is his, the address is published, and his license number is there for anyone to look up. If you want to drive to the shop and look him in the eye, that’s fine too. We weld on site, we fix what’s actually broken, and we don’t sell you a new gate because a weld would have been harder for someone else. We service FAAC every day, and we carry the same care over to LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing systems when your property has more than one brand. Every job finishes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, with Hal’s name on it.

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