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Gate repair in Arlington usually means one of three things: a sagging wood gate whose post has rotted or heaved, an electric operator that’s stopped responding or reversing, or a hinge that’s torn loose from years of wet-dry clay movement. Most Arlington jobs run between $180 and $650 depending on what’s actually worn, and we can typically get to you the same day or next morning. If you’re standing in a driveway off Cooper Street or somewhere in the 76013 zip code with a gate that won’t close, call (817) 241-4067 and a live person picks up. That’s Hal’s shop, and the name on the invoice is his.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Arlington’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Hal Gatewood has owned and run this shop since 2001, and he has been fixing gates in Arlington long enough to know the soil here isn’t like anywhere else in the Metroplex. The Blackland Prairie clay under most of Arlington swells in spring and shrinks in late summer, and that cycle works on gate posts year after year. We don’t just straighten the panel and call it done. We start at the hinge post and the footing, because a gate sags in the post, not in the middle, and fixing the panel without the post means you’ll be fixing it again next spring.
Customers around Arlington keep our number because we answer the phone at 2 a.m. the same way we answer at noon: a person, not a recording. Every job we do carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround. And our crew is background-checked and uniformed, so the person who shows up in your drive is somebody you can recognize at the hardware store later.
Our Gate Repair Services in Arlington
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate operators in Arlington fail in patterns we can almost predict. Near the Entertainment District, around AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field, operators rack up open/close cycles on game days that most units never see in a full year elsewhere. Motors burn out, limit switches drift, and safety photocells misalign. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking operators, and we stock common boards and sensors locally so we’re not waiting on a parts truck from out of state. If your gate bangs, reverses mid-cycle, or just sits there humming, that’s usually a limit switch or a worn drive, not a reason to replace the whole operator.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates in Arlington’s 1970s through 1990s subdivisions are often running on control boards that are technically obsolete but still repairable if you know the parts. We do. Hal’s philosophy is repair-first: if the board is still safe and the motor has life, we fix what’s actually worn instead of swapping in new equipment you don’t need. A gate that opens on its own, or stops halfway, or ignores the remote after a storm is usually a sensor, a board capacitor, or a shorted wire in the conduit underground-issues our Gate Access Control in Arlington team diagnoses and repairs. Arlington’s clay shifts can pinch or stretch that buried wiring over time, and we check that before we quote anything.
Hinge & Post Repair
This is the most common gate repair we do in Arlington, hands down. Older wood gates, the ones built with the original house in the 1980s or 1990s, have 4×4 posts set directly in expansive clay. The post rots at the soil line, shifts, or both, and the gate leaf drops until it drags on the latch or the concrete. We repair this on site: dig out the old footing, set a pressure-treated post on a deeper concrete collar, and add a steel post-to-gate bracket if the geometry needs it. The gate stays in your driveway. We weld and brace on site with our Gate Parts & Welding in Arlington, not in a shop across town.
Gate Realignment
Arlington gates shift with the seasons. The wet spring heaves posts and throws panels out of square; the dry August heat warps wood and binds metal hardware. Realignment here is not a one-time fix like it might be in Fort Worth or Grand Prairie, where the soil is less volatile. It’s a recurring maintenance job, and the smart way to handle it is to correct the post footing first and then adjust the hinges and latch. We do both in the same visit. If your gate drags at the latch corner in May and binds at the hinge in September, that’s Arlington clay doing what Arlington clay does, and we know how to compensate for it.
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 Arlington
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and around Arlington we see a lot of FAAC and BFT slide operators on newer driveways, plus Linear and Viking swing-arm units on older homes. We stock local parts for these in our DFW metro shop, so most Arlington repairs don’t wait on shipping. If your opener is a Mighty Mule or a Ghost Controls service in Arlington unit from a big-box store, we service those too. If it’s a brand we don’t certify on, we’ll tell you straight rather than guess at it.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Arlington Homes
- Post heave and rot at the soil line. Blackland Prairie clay swells with spring rain and shrinks in summer drought. Posts set directly in that clay shift, lean, and rot. We fix the footing, not just the panel.
- Game-day operator wear near the Entertainment District. Gates near AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field open and close dozens of extra times on event days. Limit switches and safety sensors wear out years before the motor housing shows any cosmetic wear.
- Warped wood panels and binding metal hardware. Arlington summers over 100°F warp gate leaves and expand steel hinges. A gate that closes fine in January and binds in July is a heat and moisture problem, not a hinge tightening problem.
- Hail and ice storm damage. Spring hailstorms snap hinge welds and bend automated gate arms. Ice storms do the same, plus they push post footings when the ground freezes and thaws. We fix the damage and check the alignment underneath it.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Arlington, TX
Here are honest numbers for Arlington’s market. A hinge and post replacement on a standard wood swing gate runs $275 to $550 depending on post size, concrete depth, and whether we’re adding a steel bracket. Gate realignment without post replacement is usually $180 to $320. Electric gate repair ranges from $195 for a limit switch or sensor fix to $400 to $800 for a motor or control board replacement. Weld and rust repair on an ornamental iron gate runs $150 to $450 depending on how much metal is gone. We quote the full price before any work starts, and that number doesn’t change at the door. Every Arlington job gets the standing offers: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate.
Our Gate Repair team also handles installations, operators, and access control across the Metroplex, but the work we do in Arlington starts with what’s already in your driveway.
We Also Serve Cities Near Arlington
Most of our Arlington work comes from word of mouth, and a good chunk of it spills into Mansfield, Kennedale, Grand Prairie, and Fort Worth. If you live in one of those cities, Gate Repair in Arlington is still your closest local crew. Same phone, same live person, same written promise.
Serving Arlington, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Arlington 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 Arlington
Because the sag is in the hinge post, not the panel. Arlington sits on Blackland Prairie expansive clay that swells in the wet spring and shrinks in the dry summer, and every cycle shifts your post a little further out of square. If you keep adjusting the hinges or bracing the middle of the panel, you’re masking the problem. The fix is correcting the post footing: deeper concrete, a new pressure-treated post if the old one is rotted, and a steel bracket if the geometry needs it. Then the gate stays square. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll check your post and give you a written quote.
Usually the post and footing need replacing, but the panel can stay. That’s the cost-saving part. A 1980s wood gate panel, if it’s not rotten through, is often still sound. The post below it is the failure point. We dig out the old footing, set a new pressure-treated post on a deeper concrete collar below the shrink-swell zone, and re-hang the original panel with new hinges. That restores the gate for a fraction of what a full replacement costs. But if the panel itself is punky or split through the stiles, we’ll tell you straight and quote a new panel rather than patch something that’ll fail in a year. Estimates are free, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Your limit switches and safety sensors are likely worn out from the extra open/close cycles that come with living near the Entertainment District. Gates around AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field operate dozens of extra times on event days, sometimes hundreds of extra cycles in a single weekend. The motor housing and covers can look showroom clean while the internals are mechanically shot. We replace the limit switches, recalibrate the travel, and test the photocells under load. If the operator is truly shot, we’ll show you the worn part and give you a repair-first option before we ever suggest replacement. Call (817) 241-4067 for an inspection.
Yes, if the gate is automated. UL 325 safety standards apply to any automatic gate operator regardless of when the gate itself was built, which means your older Arlington home with a 1980s ornamental gate and a retrofitted opener still needs working safety edges, photocells, and proper force settings. We bring older automated gates up to current safety requirements during repair work. A lot of gates we see were automated years before those rules were enforced, and they’re missing the basic safety devices that would stop the gate from closing on a person or a car. We fix that as part of the repair, and we won’t leave an operator working if it’s unsafe.
Deeper and with more concrete mass than you’d use in a city on sandy or limestone soil. Arlington’s Blackland Prairie clay has a high shrink-swell potential, so a post set at 24 inches deep will heave within a few seasons. We set gate posts below the active shrink-swell zone, typically 30 to 36 inches deep depending on the gate weight and soil at your specific home, and we use a concrete collar with aggregate drainage so water doesn’t pool against the post. In a 1990s subdivision off Matlock Road in south Arlington, our crew pulled a leaning wood swing gate where the 4×4 hinge post had rotted at the base and shifted a full three inches from the original post footing. We set a new pressure-treated post on a deeper concrete collar, added a steel post-to-gate bracket, and replaced the original sagging hinges. The gate now closes square and the sag correction has held through a full wet spring and dry summer. That’s the difference between a footing built for Arlington clay and one built for somewhere else. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate on your gate.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Arlington
If your Arlington gate is sagging, binding, refusing to open, or reversing on its own, call (817) 241-4067. Hal Gatewood answers the phone himself most days, and if he’s under a gate when you call, you’ll get a real person who can schedule your repair in the next window we have. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, the price is quoted and agreed before we touch anything, and we fix what’s actually broken instead of swapping parts that don’t need swapping. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Arlington since 2001.