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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Southlake
Gate repair in Southlake is rarely a simple fix. It’s a 700-pound wrought iron swing gate with a LiftMaster operator that’s been dealing with black-clay soil movement for 15 years. We know that because we work on those gates every week. If your gate is sagging, grinding, or refusing to open, call us at (903) 829-4499 and a live person answers, day or night. We’ll send someone who knows Southlake’s neighborhoods, its soil, and its gates. Not a call center. Not a chatbot. Just Gate Repair done by people whose name is on the shop.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Southlake’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001 and he still answers the phone. That matters in Southlake, where homeowners have been burned by national outfits that quote one price on the phone and show up with a different invoice. We don’t work that way. You get a price before we touch the gate, and you’ll see the same face at the hardware store next week if anything goes sideways. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job: if it’s not done right, one call brings us back. No runaround.
Southlake homeowners call us because we show up in the window we promised, and we’ve been doing it since 2001 with a published address and license number anyone can look up. A live person answers every call, 24/7. Not a voicemail. Not a dispatch queue three states away. When a gate in Timarron won’t close and you’ve got a HOA notice coming, you want a person on the line who knows where Timarron is. That’s us.
We aren’t eager to sell you a new gate. Almost every gate we see can be repaired for less than replacement, and Hal would rather weld a cracked hinge in your driveway than haul your gate off and sell you something new. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
- Repairs done in your driveway, not hauled off. We weld on site.
- 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job.
- Live person answers the phone 24/7. Call (903) 829-4499.
- Free estimates. Price agreed before any work starts. Always.
- We work on nine major operator brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule.
Our Gate Repair Services in Southlake
We cover the full range of gate problems Southlake homeowners deal with. Here are the ones we see most often.
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gates in Southlake run on underground operators, photo eyes, keypads, and circuit boards that don’t love North Texas weather. We diagnose the actual failure, not the symptom. A control board for a Viking operator in a Carillon driveway needs factory-spec torque settings, not a generic swap. If a capacitor or relay is shot, we say so, and we show you the old part.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gate systems in Southlake’s larger estates often run on commercial-grade equipment repurposed for residential use. LiftMaster LA500s on 8,000-square-foot properties are common, and they have to handle a gate that weighs more than some pickups. We tune operators so the gate closes without straining the motor, because a straining motor fails and that’s the thing that leaves you parked in your own driveway.
Hinge & Post Repair
Southlake’s black-clay soil swells when it rains and shrinks in August, and that seasonal movement pushes hinge posts out of plumb. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. We excavate, re-plumb the post, and set it in fresh concrete so the gate hangs correctly. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We would rather fix it once.
Gate Realignment
Swing gates in Timarron and Vaquero fall out of alignment every few years no matter how well they were installed. We re-condition the hinges, set the gate square, and re-tune the operator so the gate opens without scraping or binding. It’s a repair cycle that repeats because of the soil, not because of bad workmanship. We do it right so the next adjustment is measured in years, not months.
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 Southlake
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. Southlake homes lean heavily on high-end operators like LiftMaster and Elite, and we’ve worked on enough of them to know their failure patterns. We keep common parts in our trucks so a board or a capacitor swap doesn’t turn into a two-week wait on a freight shipment. If it’s a DoorKing or Viking under your driveway, we know it.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Southlake Homes
- Posts shifting out of plumb from black-clay soil. This is the number one issue citywide. After a wet spring, the clays swell and push posts out. After a dry summer, the same clay shrinks and leaves voids around the footing. The gate binds, scrapes, or won’t close fully.
- 15-year-old operators hitting end of service life. Southlake’s big building boom ran from the late 1980s through the 2010s. Many of those original operators are now 10 to 20 years old, and their control boards and gearboxes fail more often right after a hard freeze. February 2021 killed a lot of aging equipment.
- Hairline cracks near weld joints on ornamental iron. Wrought iron that wasn’t engineered for prolonged sub-freezing temperatures develops hairline cracks at stress points. We see it all over Carillon and Timarron after hard winters. Left alone, those cracks grow.
- HOA design review slowing down repairs. Southlake’s master-planned communities often require replacement panels to match the original ornamental design exactly. A simple post-collision repair can turn into a custom fabrication project needing approval before work starts. We warn clients about this upfront, and we weld-and-repair whenever possible to keep things moving.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Southlake, TX
Here’s what you can expect to pay in this market. A typical hinge and post repair in Southlake runs $350 to $800, depending on the post size and how much concrete has to come out. Gate realignment, including re-tuning the operator, runs $200 to $450. Control board replacement on a LiftMaster or Elite operator runs $400 to $900. Welding a cracked ornamental gate panel runs $150 to $400. Full operator replacement on a heavy swing gate in Southlake typically starts around $1,200 and goes up from there with the gate weight and brand.
You get the price before work starts. Always. No trip charge inside the county, and we offer $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Call (903) 829-4499 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Southlake
You’ll see our trucks in Colleyville, Grapevine, Flower Mound, and Bedford, too. Same people, same answer-the-phone policy. If you’re just outside city limits, we’re still close by and we’re still glad to come out. We handle Gate Repair in Southlake and the surrounding communities with the same standard: show up when promised, fix it right, stand behind it.
Serving Southlake, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Southlake 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 Southlake
Black-clay soil. Southlake sits on highly expansive clay that swells with spring rain and shrinks in summer drought, shifting your hinge posts a fraction of an inch each cycle. Over a year or two, that fraction becomes a sag. We can reset the post properly and it will hold longer, but this is a repeating maintenance cycle in this town, not a sign that your installer failed. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll get it square again.
Very possibly, yes. Southlake’s HOA architectural review boards often require replacement panels to match the original ornamental design exactly, and that approval can take days or weeks. Here’s the better path: we weld and repair the damaged section on site, preserving the original metalwork. In most cases, you avoid the approval process entirely because you’re restoring, not replacing. We’ll tell you upfront which path applies to your gate. Call (903) 829-4499 to talk it through.
It depends on what failed. A control board or capacitor is worth replacing on most 15-to-20-year-old operators, especially high-end ones like LiftMaster or Elite. A seized gearbox with worn gears is usually the signal to replace the whole operator. We don’t sell replacements we don’t believe in. We’ll show you the failed part and explain the math honestly. A free second opinion on any written estimate is part of how we work. Call (903) 829-4499.
Not immediately, but it’s not something to ignore. Hairline cracks at weld joints are stress points where moisture gets in and rust accelerates. Over time, a cracked weld on a 700-pound gate can fail suddenly. We grind out the old weld, re-weld the joint properly, and blend it so it matches the original metalwork. For a gate that heavy, have it looked at sooner rather than later. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll assess it.
Automatic gates in Texas must have entrapment protection: photo eyes or contact edges that stop and reverse the gate if something is in the path, plus a warning placard on the gate. Many older Southlake gates predate current UL 325 standards and don’t meet today’s requirements. If your gate lacks working photo eyes or contact edges, repair that first. It’s a safety issue, not a code technicality. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll get yours compliant.
One Thing Southlake Homeowners Should Know
Southlake’s gates are built heavier than almost anywhere in the Metroplex. A custom estate in Timarron or Vaquero often has a 16-foot ornamental iron swing gate with a commercial operator underneath, running off a dedicated electrical feed with cameras and keypads tied in. When that gate fails, the problem is rarely one thing. It’s the soil shifting the post, the old operator’s torque settings drifting, and a hinge that’s been carrying too much weight for too long. When we show up, we don’t replace the first part we see. We work through the whole system until the gate swings silent again. That’s the only way to fix a gate in Southlake and have it stay fixed.
We reset the hinge post on a custom wrought iron swing gate in Timarron after February 2021’s hard freeze left hairline cracks at the post footing. Our tech poured a new concrete footing, re-plumbed the post, welded the cracks, then re-hung the 700-pound gate and tuned the LiftMaster operator so it swings dead silent. No more motor strain. No more sag correction every spring. That’s what repair-first looks like on Southlake’s gates.
Contact Us
If your gate is acting up, call (903) 829-4499. You’ll get a live person, right then. We’ll schedule a time that works, show up when we said we would, and give you a straight price before any work begins. Free estimates, $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every job. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, and he’ll be glad to talk to you.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Southlake and the surrounding communities since 2001.