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Gate repair in North Richland Hills starts with a phone call to (817) 241-4067, and a live person answers, day or night. We work on swing gates, slide gates, electric operators, and everything that holds them together across NRH’s older subdivisions and newer HOA communities. Most repairs we handle in one trip, and we quote the price before any work begins. If your gate drags, binds, won’t open, or has pulled its hinges loose, we can get to it fast.
North Richland Hills isn’t a market where you can swap a latch and call it done. The clay soil here moves, and when it moves, posts move with it. That’s the repair most people in this city actually need, even when the complaint starts as “the gate won’t latch.” We’ve been owner-operated since 2001, and Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop. We’re not a call center. We’re the crew that shows up in a truck with a welder and a post hole digger.
Key Takeaways
- Most NRH gate repairs run $180-$480, with post resets and electric motor work at the higher end.
- North Richland Hills clay soil heaves posts every wet spring, so August and September are our busiest realignment months.
- Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and we answer the phone 24/7 at (817) 241-4067.
- We weld on site, so your gate stays in your driveway instead of going to a shop.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is North Richland Hills’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We’ve repaired gates on Rufe Snow Drive, along Smithfield Road, back through the 76180 and 76182 zip codes, and up into the HOA communities near Iron Horse Boulevard. People in North Richland Hills call us because they want a name they can verify and a person who shows up when promised. Hal Gatewood owns the company, works the jobs, and stands behind every repair with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not right, one call brings him back.
We service nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. That means when your LiftMaster operator fails after a storm, we don’t have to order parts from two states away. We stock common boards, remotes, photocells, and hinges for North Richland Hills homes. And because we weld on site, a cracked hinge bracket on a 1980s cedar gate gets fixed in your driveway, not hauled off for a week.
Our Gate Repair team knows the older west-side subdivisions and the tight shared driveway setups where a slide gate is the only option. We don’t send a sales rep to size up your job. We send a person who can diagnose it, quote it, and fix it in the same visit most of the time. The name is on the shop, the address is published, and the license number is there for anyone to look up.
Our Gate Repair Services in North Richland Hills
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in North Richland Hills usually means a control board, photocell misalignment, or a motor burned out after repeated strain on a post that shifted. Winter Storm Uri killed a lot of older control boards in February 2021, and spring storms here don’t help exposed hardware. We diagnose the actual fault instead of swapping parts until something works. A typical electric repair in NRH runs $220-$520 depending on whether it’s a board, a motor, or a full operator replacement.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates in North Richland Hills include slide gates on shared driveways and swing gates with operators mounted to wood or steel posts. When a slide gate loses rack and pinion engagement because the post tilted, the motor fights the track and burns out. We check the post footing before we touch the motor. That’s the difference between a repair that lasts and one that fails again in six months.
Hinge & Post Repair
This is the big one in North Richland Hills. The black clay expands with spring rain and shrinks hard in summer. Posts heave, hinge posts tilt, and gates bind on the latch side. We pull the post, re-set the footing deeper below the active clay zone, and re-hang the gate so it swings true. A post reset in NRH runs $350-$650 depending on depth and concrete work. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Gate Realignment
Gate realignment is the service most North Richland Hills homeowners actually need, even if they think they need a new gate. We reset posts, re-shim hinges, and adjust the latch so the gate closes like it should. On a 1980s wood gate off Smithfield Road, we twisted a hinge post back two inches out of level after a wet spring and got the gate closing clean again without replacing a single picket. That’s repair-first, and it saves real money.
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 North Richland Hills
We’re certified to service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If your NRH home has a LiftMaster opener on a wrought iron driveway gate or an Elite slide operator on a shared driveway, we stock the parts to fix it fast. We keep common control boards, remotes, safety edges, and photocells on the truck for North Richland Hills calls. That means fewer return trips and less waiting on a parts delivery.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in North Richland Hills Homes
- Spring clay expansion heaves gate posts out of plumb. Swing gates bind on the latch side or drag on driveways after wet springs. This is the most predictable gate failure in North Richland Hills, and the fix starts below the frost line in the footing, not at the hinge.
- Shared driveway slide gates lose rack and pinion engagement. In older west-side subdivisions, post footings tilt as soil contracts in summer, jamming the slide track. We re-set the post and re-time the rack so the gate rolls clean.
- Automatic gate operators short out after spring storms. Loop detectors sitting in over-saturated clay short out, leaving residents locked out of keypad entry. We replace or relocate the loop and seal the control box.
- 30-50-year-old wood swing gates fail at the hinge post. Most 1970s-1990s cedar gates in NRH are past their original lifespan. The panel is often fine. The post and hardware are not. We replace the hardware and weld or brace the post rather than quoting a whole new gate.
Pricing for Gate Repair in North Richland Hills, TX
We quote every repair upfront, in writing, and that price doesn’t change when the truck pulls up. No trip charge inside the county. No surprise line items on the invoice.
| Repair Type | Typical Price Range in NRH |
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| Latch or hinge replacement | $180-$320 |
| Gate realignment (no post reset) | $200-$380 |
| Post reset with new concrete footing | $350-$650 |
| Electric opener board or motor repair | $220-$520 |
| Slide gate rack and pinion realignment | $300-$600 |
Standing offers apply here: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and we only do the work you approve first.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Richland Hills
We work in Hurst, Haltom City, Bedford, and Colleyville, and we schedule North Richland Hills calls alongside those neighbors every day. If you’re in one of those cities, the same crew and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise apply. Read more about Gate Repair in North Richland Hills and call us for a free estimate.
Serving North Richland Hills, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Richland Hills 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 North Richland Hills
The expanding clay soil in Tarrant County pushes your hinge post out of plumb every time the ground gets saturated, which makes the gate drag or refuse to latch by early summer. We reset the post with a deeper concrete collar below the active clay zone, which stops or sharply reduces the cycle. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll check the post before anything else.
We work around the gate’s open position and keep the driveway accessible for your cars throughout the repair. On one job off Smithfield Road, we pulled and re-poured the post footing in the narrow strip between the fence and driveway while the homeowner’s two cars stayed parked the whole time. The gate rolled again by the end of the day.
It’s common enough that we expect it on older systems. The February 2021 hard freeze damaged a lot of control boards and exposed wiring on gates that had been fine for years. We can usually replace the board and seal the enclosure the same day for a few hundred dollars.
Because the clay under it shrank as the soil dried out, leaving the footing with less support on one side. That’s the summer drought pulling posts out of level. We schedule most post-straightening resets in August and September, after the clay has fully contracted and shows us exactly which posts moved. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll set a concrete fix that stays put.
Yes, and that’s what we prefer. A sagging gate almost always means the hinge post is moving or the hinge hardware is worn, not that the panel itself is done. We repair the post, replace the hardware, and re-hang the existing gate. You get years more out of it for a fraction of the cost of a new gate.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in North Richland Hills
If your gate is dragging, stuck, or not responding to the opener, call (817) 241-4067 today. We’ll give you a straight answer on what’s wrong and what it costs to fix. No pressure, no upsell, and the price is agreed before we start. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and the shop is down the road, not across the country.
Written by the team at Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal Gatewood is the owner and has been fixing gates since 2001. Live phone answers, 24/7, at (817) 241-4067.