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If your gate is dragging, leaning, or refusing to close, you’re not alone in Haltom City. The Blackland Prairie clay under this town heaves and shrinks with every season, and gates that were set in tight concrete footings back in the 1960s take the worst of it. We answer the phone at (817) 241-4067, we know Haltom City’s streets, and we’ll tell you straight what’s wrong before we touch a thing. You don’t get a call center and you don’t get a sales script. You get Hal or a member of his crew, and a price you agree to before any work starts.
Gate repair in Haltom City typically runs $180-$340 for the most common fixes like post resets and hinge replacements, and most calls are handled the same day. That’s the honest range, not a teaser.
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.
Why Haltom City Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
The name on the shop is Hal Gatewood, and he’s been at this since 2001. That matters in a town like Haltom City, where a lot of driveways still have the original steel gate a homeowner or a handyman set back when the house was built. We fix the post, not just the panel. We weld on site, in your driveway, because hauling a gate off to some warehouse is how a $200 repair becomes a $900 replacement.
Folks around the old neighborhoods off East Belknap and Broadway Avenue call us for the same reason they keep their mechanic for twenty years. Hal’s license number is published, the shop has a physical address you can drive to, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every invoice, not kept in a drawer. If the gate sags again, one call brings him back. No runaround, no re-dispatch fee.
We serve our North Richland Hills service area, the neighborhoods south of Hwy 10, and the streets east of Denton Highway on the regular. We know which lots run on reactive clay and which old tube steel frames are worth saving. A live person answers the phone around the clock, including weekends, because a gate that won’t close doesn’t care what time it is.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Haltom City
Gate Repair
We rebuild the gate in place. Post resets, hinge replacement, weld cracks, sag correction, latch alignment. If the hinge post is loose, we pull it, pour a proper footing, and set it plumb before we touch the panel. Learn more about our Gate Repair in Haltom City.
Gate Installation
When the old gate is beyond saving, we install new welded steel gates sized for Haltom City’s residential driveways, plus heavier slide gates for the shop and warehouse lots scattered through the industrial blocks. Measurements are free and the written quote doesn’t move. Learn more about our Gate Installation in Haltom City.
Gate Motor & Opener
We service and replace openers on LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, and most other major brands. If the motor runs but the gate won’t move, it’s usually a limit switch, a dead capacitor, or a gear stripped by the February freeze. Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in Haltom City.
Gate Access Control
Gate Access Control in Haltom City covers keypads, intercoms, loop detectors, remotes, and the wiring that connects them. We program on site and test the safety edges before we leave. Haltom City’s mixed residential and light-industrial blocks mean we see everything from a basic keypad on a ranch-style driveway to a full card reader on a warehouse slide gate.
Gate Parts & Welding
We fabricate replacement hinges, reinforce cracked frames, and weld broken pickets while the gate stays in your driveway - that’s Haltom City Gate Parts & Welding done on site. If a part can be fixed instead of replaced, we fix it. That’s the repair-first difference.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Haltom City
We work all over Haltom City and our Fort Worth service area, but we’re especially familiar with the older sections where the clay and the original gates fight each other. Typical response time for a repair call is same day or next morning, depending on when you call.
- Streets along Broadway Avenue and East Belknap
- Neighborhoods south of Hwy 10 (76111)
- Areas east of Denton Highway (US-377)
- Near North Park and Haltom High School
- The mixed residential and light-industrial blocks near Stanley Keller Road
Why Haltom City’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Haltom City sits on Tarrant County’s Blackland Prairie clay. That soil swells in wet winters and bakes into cracks in 105°F summers, and the resulting movement is brutal on gate posts. A post set in a 2-foot-deep concrete footing on this clay can heave three inches between January and August, which is why a gate that latched fine in March suddenly drags across the driveway in July. We see this cycle every year, and we set posts to handle it, not just to pass inspection.
The housing stock matters too. Most of Haltom City’s homes were built between the late 1940s and mid-1970s, and a lot of the original driveway gates are still there, tubular steel frames with thin factory welds. The February 2021 hard freeze cracked weld points on gates all over the city, and summers over 100°F warp frames enough to widen the gap at the latch post. The single most repeated repair we do in Haltom City is resetting a post that has shifted in clay. Not replacing the motor, not rewiring the opener. Resetting the post.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Haltom City
You get a firm price before we start, not after. Here’s what repair work generally runs in Haltom City:
- Post reset (single hinge post): $180-$280
- Hinge replacement and re-hang: $120-$240
- Weld repair (cracked frame or picket): $90-$200
- Opener troubleshooting and limit switch adjustment: $100-$180
- Full gate removal and salvage: $150-$350 depending on size
The price is quoted and agreed to before any work starts. No trip charge inside Haltom City, and $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get 10% off, every job, no expiration.
Service Area - Cities Near Haltom City
If you’re in a neighboring community, we likely work there too. We regularly serve homeowners in Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, Hurst, and Bedford, and we’d be glad to take a look at your gate as well.
Serving Haltom City, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Haltom City 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 About Gate Repair in Haltom City
Most gate repairs in Haltom City run between $180 and $340. The most common job we do here is resetting a post that’s shifted in the clay, which typically costs $180 to $280 depending on the size of the footing and how deep we have to dig. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll give you an exact price before any work begins.
In most cases, yes. We keep same-day slots open for Haltom City gate repair because a gate that won’t close is a security problem, not a scheduling problem. Call (817) 241-4067 and a live person will tell you exactly when we can be there.
That’s the Blackland Prairie clay under your post. Haltom City’s soil expands when wet and shrinks when dry, and the summer shrinkage lets the post lean outward, which drops the gate leaf. We reset posts with deeper footings and better drainage so they don’t move with the seasons.
Yes. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, and most other major gate opener brands. If the motor whines but the gate doesn’t move, it’s usually the capacitor or a stripped gear, and we carry the common replacement parts on the truck.
Yes. We install and repair keypads, card readers, intercoms, and loop detectors on both residential and commercial properties. Haltom City’s mix of small shops and warehouses means we’re on commercial service calls every week. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate.
If your gate is leaning, dragging, or just not closing right, give us a call at (817) 241-4067. We’ll give you a straight answer and a firm price, and we’ll show up when we say we will. Hal Gatewood’s 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 Haltom City since 2001.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local gate repair pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Haltom City Customers Say
"Hundred and forty feet of cedar privacy fence, all posts set in concrete, all of it dead level on ground that is anything but. He walked the line with me twice before a single hole was dug."
- Judith Stallworth"He builds the gates himself in his own shop. You can go and look at it. That is not something you can say about the outfits that just order a panel in."
- Doreen Whitfield"Safety photo eyes on our old gate had been bypassed by whoever serviced it last, which he was genuinely annoyed about on my behalf. Fitted proper sealed ones and wired them the way they should be."
- Otis Redmond