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If your gate is sagging, dragging, or refusing to close in Hurst, the most likely culprit isn’t the hinges. It’s the black clay under the posts. We fix gates all over this city, and the pattern is as predictable as the weather: dry summer cracks the soil wide open, fall rain swells it back, and a post that was plumb in June is leaning by October. Gate repair in Hurst usually costs between $180 and $480 depending on whether we’re resetting posts, rebuilding hardware, or replacing panels. Hal Gatewood answers the phone himself at (903) 829-4499, and if your gate is stuck open or stuck shut, we’ll get someone there fast.
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 Hurst Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Because when a gate starts binding in a neighborhood like Mayfair or Bellaire Park, the person who shows up to look at it is the same person whose name is on the invoice. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and he still welds on site, in your driveway, so the gate never leaves your property. Homeowners in Hurst keep our number because we do the repair that actually lasts. Not the one that holds until the next rain.
We work throughout the older interior neighborhoods of Hurst, including Shady Oaks and Cavender, where most gates are original to 1960s and 1970s brick ranch homes. Those neighborhoods have their own rhythm. The posts have been in the ground for fifty years. The soil has moved under every one of them. A repair that ignores that fact is a temporary patch, and temporary is not what people in Hurst call us for. Hal’s crew arrives in uniform, background-checked, and clear about what the job costs before anything gets taken apart.
We carry a 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. If something isn’t right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no ticket number, no phone tree. And when you call at 10 p.m. because the gate won’t latch and the dog is eyeing the gap, a live person picks up. Not a voicemail. Not a chatbot. A person.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Hurst
Gate Repair
A sagging gate in Hurst is almost always a post problem underneath. We reset the post with a concrete footing sized for Tarrant County’s expansive clay, then re-hang the gate so it clears the latch like it should. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. Learn more about our Gate Repair in Hurst.
Gate Installation
When a gate from the 1970s has finally had enough, we build the replacement to match the house and the fence line, not just whatever’s on sale at the big box. We measure, order, fabricate, and install, and you get a written price before the first post hole goes in. Learn more about our Gate Installation in Hurst.
Gate Motor & Opener
We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If your opener is making noise but not moving the gate, we’ll tell you whether it’s worth fixing or whether the motor is genuinely done. We repair before we replace, and we never swap a board when the symptom is a bad limit switch. Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in Hurst.
Gate Access Control
Keypads, intercoms, vehicle sensors, loop detectors, card readers. If it controls who gets in, we install it, wire it, and show you how to use it. This is measured work. We schedule it, quote it, and build it right the first time.
Gate Parts & Welding
Hal welds on site. Broken hinge plate? Cracked frame? Fence post rusted through at the base? We bring the welder to your driveway and fix the gate where it stands. You don’t haul it to a shop, and you don’t buy a whole new gate because one weld let go.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Hurst
We run calls all over Hurst, typically getting to most addresses within a few hours on repair calls. The neighborhoods below are just the ones we hear from most often.
- Shady Oaks
- Bellaire Park
- Mayfair
- Cavender
- Precinct Line Road corridor
Why Hurst’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Hurst is fully built out. The housing stock skews heavily toward 1960s through 1980s brick ranch homes, and most of those properties still have their original cedar privacy gates or early ornamental iron. Those gates are forty to sixty years old now. The wood has a lifespan, and this climate doesn’t extend it.
But the bigger issue is what’s under the posts. Hurst sits on black expansive clay, the same Vertisol soil that cracks foundations across Tarrant County. It shrinks dramatically in summer drought and swells with the first fall rains. A gate post set in that soil without an oversized concrete footing will heave. We regularly find wood posts in neighborhoods like Shady Oaks that have moved two to three inches out of plumb with no visible rot anywhere on them. The wood is fine. The ground underneath is not. If you re-hang hardware without resetting that post, the gate will be binding again by spring. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing. In Hurst, it’s almost always at the post base.
Then there’s the wind. Hurst takes the same spring and fall straight-line wind events as the rest of the DFW corridor. Hail breaks pickets. Wind twists gates and stresses opener arms. Hardware that was fine in January can be loose by May. We see it every season.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Hurst
Here’s what we typically see across Hurst repair calls. Every job gets a written price before work starts. You will never get a bigger number at the door than the one you got on the phone.
- Gate re-hang and latch adjustment: $180-$280
- Post reset with new concrete footing: $320-$480 per post
- Welded frame repair (on site): $200-$350
- Opener diagnosis and repair: $150-$400 depending on the part
- Full gate replacement (wood or iron): $800-$2,500 depending on size and material
We don’t charge a trip fee inside the county. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Any repair over $200 gets $40 off. If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it and we’ll give you a free second opinion. The price we quote is the price you pay. Not a penny more.
Service Area - Cities Near Hurst
We work throughout the Mid-Cities. If you’re a few minutes away, we cover gate repair in North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, and Euless as well. Same people, same pricing, same guarantee.
Serving Hurst, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hurst 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 Hurst
Most gate repairs in Hurst run between $180 and $480, depending on whether the post needs resetting or just the hardware needs adjustment. Post resets cost more because of the concrete work involved, and Hurst’s clay soil often requires a deeper footing than a simple re-hang. Call (903) 829-4499 with a description of what the gate is doing, and Hal will give you a real number before anyone shows up.
On most repair calls, yes. If the gate is stuck open or won’t close, call us and we’ll get there as fast as traffic allows. We keep common parts on the truck specifically because we know Hurst homeowners don’t want a broken gate overnight.
Because the post is moving in the clay. In Hurst’s older neighborhoods, we often see gates that were “fixed” by someone who adjusted the hinges and left the leaning post untouched. The ground shifts again, the gate drops again. We reset the post in a concrete footing sized for the soil movement, and the sag stops for good. That’s the whole point of doing it right.
Both. We service gate motors and openers from LiftMaster, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and several other major brands. If the opener is the problem, we’ll repair it. If the opener is fine but the gate is binding from a shifted post, we’ll tell you that too. We won’t sell you a motor when the problem is the ground under the post.
We’re state-licensed and insured, with Hal Gatewood’s name on the shop and on every invoice. You can look up our license, drive to the shop, or call and ask for Hal directly. That’s the oldest accountability there is. Call (903) 829-4499 for a free estimate.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Hurst
If your gate is leaning, dragging, or stuck, don’t wait for it to fall on a car or let a dog through. Call Hal at (903) 829-4499. A live person answers, day or night. We’ll ask what the gate is doing, tell you what we think it needs, and quote a firm price before anyone gets in a truck. No trip charge in the county. $40 off any repair over $200. Permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. And every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal has been building and repairing gates since 2001 and still welds on site in driveways across the DFW area.
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 Hurst Customers Say
"Operator had died and the manufacturer no longer makes the board. Rather than sell me a whole new system he found a compatible unit and adapted the mount. Saved me a great deal of money."
- Salvador Arredondo"The fence is excellent and it was fairly priced. He is not quick to answer email, so if you need him, ring. He always picks up the phone."
- Rodney Falkenrath"Fitted a keypad and an intercom so my mother can let carers in without coming down the drive. He set it up and then made her practise with it until she was comfortable."
- Lucinda Marchbanks