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If your gate motor quit halfway open on a 100-degree day, you don’t need a website that reads like a corporate brochure. You need someone who knows Everman’s gates, the oversized work-truck openings, the post-war chain-link frames, the black clay yanking posts out of plumb every wet spring. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been repairing and replacing gate operators since 2001, and we answer the phone ourselves around the clock. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll talk to a person who can actually schedule your gate motor repair in Everman, not a recording telling you to press one.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Everman’s Preferred Gate Motor & Opener Company
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. That’s the whole business model. We’re not a franchise, not a lead-generating middleman, and not someone passing through Everman between bigger jobs in Fort Worth or Arlington. We’re a locally owned, owner-operated gate company that’s been at it since 2001, with a published address and license number you can look up before you ever pick up the phone.
The work we do in Everman carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. If something’s not right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no voicemail tag, no “we’ll have a service manager call you within two business days.” We also offer a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Those are standing offers, not promotional gimmicks we retire in six weeks.
We send background-checked, uniformed technicians to Everman. The person who shows up is the person who knows how to diagnose a thermal overload trip on a 16-foot double gate, because that’s the call we get most in this city. Everman isn’t a neighborhood we “cover” from some distant regional office. It’s a short drive from us, and we show up when we say we will.
Our Gate Motor & Opener Services in Everman
Motor Installation
Everman’s driveways weren’t built for standard residential operators. When your opening is 16, 18, even 20 feet across because you park a work truck, a trailer, and sometimes both, a 1/2 HP arm or swing opener has no business being there. A proper motor installation starts with measuring the gate’s actual weight and cycle frequency, then matching a slide or swing operator rated for that load. We install and program motors from LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. We will also tell you honestly if the gate itself needs post work before any motor goes on. Hanging a new opener on a sagging gate means you’ll pay twice. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts.
Motor Repair
Most gate motor repairs in Everman never require a full replacement. Burned capacitor, stripped limit switch, failed control board, chewed gear, bad relay, worn belt, water intrusion, a photocell that lost alignment. We fix the failed part in your driveway, on the spot, with on-site welding and stocked parts. That’s what a repair-first philosophy actually looks like. In Everman, a typical motor repair runs $160 to $420 depending on the component and the operator brand. We’ll tell you the price before we touch a screw. Hal doesn’t haul gates off to some remote shop unless there is absolutely no way to fix them where they hang. If the motor is truly fried and the cost of components pushes near 60 percent of a new unit, we’ll tell you that too, in plain language, with a written quote either way.
Linear Motor
Linear motors, especially Linear’s swing and slide models, are common on Everman’s older automated gates. They’re workable machines when matched to the gate correctly. The trouble we see repeatedly is a Linear operator installed a decade ago on a gate that has gotten heavier, with hinge posts slowly leaning and adding drag the motor was never built to fight. We service Linear’s full residential and commercial lines: troubleshooting drift, replacing limit and obstruction sensors, re-racking stripped gear teeth, and logging travel adjustments. A Linear motor repair around Everman typically runs $140 to $390. If the board is obsolete and replacements are no longer manufactured, we’ll explain your retrofit options rather than pretending it’s a simple part swap.
Slide Motor
For many Everman lots with gravel pads, RV parking, or side-entry drives, a slide motor is the right call. Slide gates don’t arc out into the yard, they ride a track or use a cantilever design, and they handle long, heavy panels far better than swing openers when the post base is nothing but gumbo clay. We install rack-and-pinion slide systems and service existing slide motors, including gear rack alignment, v-wheel replacement, and limit calibration. Converting an old chain-link swing gate off Enon Avenue to a slide opener without scrapping the panel is something we’ve done more than once. In Everman, a slide motor installation with new rack typically runs $1,800 to $3,400 installed. A slide motor repair lands in the $180 to $460 range. Free measure, written price, no trip charge inside the county.
Trusted Brands We Service in Everman
We’re certified to service nine major gate operator brands, and that matters when Everman’s gates carry legacy equipment no one else wants to touch. In particular, we see a lot of BFT, Linear, and Viking operators on Everman properties, along with Ghost Controls units on newer slide installations. We stock common parts for these brands so Everman customers aren’t waiting on a shipped component from California or overseas. If your operator has a proprietary control board, we’ll source the exact replacement. If it’s obsolete and unsupported, we’ll tell you before you spend money chasing one on eBay. We also service FAAC, LiftMaster, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. The brand matters less than whether the motor matches the gate’s actual load. That mismatch is the root of half the problems we repair in Everman.
Common Gate Motor & Opener Problems We See in Everman Homes
- Thermal overload trips on 16-20 ft double gates. Everman’s blue-collar lots don’t just have a gate. They have a gate built for a work truck and trailer, often a double swing 18 feet wide, hung on a residential 1/2 HP opener that was cheap and now cycles a dozen times a day. The motor shuts down mid-travel because it’s overheating, not because it’s broken. The fix is an operator rated for the load, not another 1/2 HP band-aid.
- Tarrant County expansive clay heaving hinge posts. North Texas black clay swells in spring rains and shrinks in August drought. Gate posts take that movement yearly. A gate that drags after every rainy season probably doesn’t need a motor at all. It needs the post re-set or re-plumbed before the motor burns itself out fighting the misalignment.
- Pre-UL 325 operators without modern entrapment protection. Everman’s housing stock predates the 2001 UL 325 entrapment standards. We still find original or early-replacement operators with no photo eyes, no reversing edge, and control boards that cannot accept modern safety inputs. Some can be retrofitted with external photocells and edges. Others cannot, and the honest answer is replacement.
- Worn wiring and rubber seals from 105-degree summers. A decade of Fort Worth-area summer heat bakes insulation brittle and dries out rubber seals on gate operators. Water gets in through the cracks, shorts the board, and the motor fails on the coldest morning of January. We check seal integrity and wiring condition on every Everman service call because half the “dead motor” calls are actually water entry.
Pricing for Gate Motor & Opener in Everman, TX
A typical gate motor repair in Everman runs $160 to $420 depending on the failed component. A full slide motor installation with rack and safety edges lands between $1,800 and $3,400. A swing arm or linear actuator replacement runs $650 to $1,500 installed, including the operator and labor. Battery backup installs run $250 to $600 depending on the operator and housing. The price of a new motor alone, no labor, sits between $400 and $1,800 depending on brand and duty rating. A commercial-duty slide motor for a 20-foot gate costs more than a residential swing arm, and anyone in Everman who quotes you a single flat number without looking at the gate is guessing. We don’t guess. We measure, we quote, we write it down, and the price doesn’t change at the door. Free estimates on every job. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Everman
Everman keeps us busy, but we also run calls into Everman‘s neighboring communities. If you live in Arlington, Fort Worth, Colleyville, or Irving and you’re dealing with a gate that won’t open, a motor that hums and does nothing, or a post that’s leaning hard after the last rain, we’ll come out the same way we do for Everman: a live person on the phone, a straight quote, and no trip charge inside the county. The name on the shop doesn’t change at the county line.
Serving Everman, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Everman 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 Motor & Opener in Everman
Because the motor is under-rated for the gate. Everman’s oversized 16-20 foot double gates, built for work trucks and trailers, put a daily commercial-level load on residential 1/2 HP operators. When summer pushes toward 105 degrees, the motor can’t shed heat fast enough and the thermal overload shuts it down. The motor isn’t defective. It’s the wrong tool for the job. We can verify this with an amperage draw test and give you a straight recommendation on whether an upgraded operator solves it for good. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate.
Sometimes, but not always. If the control board has auxiliary inputs for external safety devices, we can add photo eyes and a reversing edge to bring it closer to modern entrapment standards. But Everman’s older gates often run boards with no such terminals, and the only legitimate answer is replacing the operator. We’ll open the control box, identify the board, and tell you exactly what’s possible before you spend a dollar. We don’t install operators that can’t be made safe. Free second opinion on any written estimate.
It’s almost always the post. Tarrant County’s black clay swells hard in spring and the post heaves, tilts, or settles, pulling the gate out of alignment. The motor then labors against the drag until it overheats or burns out. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We reset posts, re-plumb them, and sometimes weld on new hinge tabs before we touch the opener. A post re-set in Everman typically runs $300 to $700 depending on depth and concrete work. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll look at the gate before you pay for a motor you may not need.
In Everman, yes, it’s a smart add. North Texas spring storm season brings lightning, wind, and power drops that can fry a control board or leave your gate stuck open or closed after an outage. A battery backup wired into the operator means the gate opens and closes through the flicker and for hours after the power drops. Most battery backup installs run $250 to $600 in Everman. We stock units compatible with Linear, BFT, LiftMaster, FAAC, and most major residential operators. Call (817) 241-4067 for a quote on your specific opener.
In many cases, yes. We’ve done this exact conversion in Everman, including an 18-foot double swing off Enon Avenue that we reset, reinforced, and moved to a slide system rather than condemning the panel. The gate needs a straight run, level post line, and adequate room for the slide path. The concrete pad work and rack installation add cost, but replacing the entire panel is usually more expensive than a slide conversion. In Everman, a swing-to-slide conversion with rack, motor, and posts runs $2,200 to $4,800. We’ll measure it free and tell you whether it makes sense before you commit.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Motor & Opener Service in Everman
If your gate is stuck, sagging, or quits every time the temperature climbs, call (817) 241-4067. A live person answers around the clock. We’ll schedule a time to look at your gate in Everman, give you a written price before work starts, and stand behind the job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Everman since 2001.