Gate Parts & Welding in Hurst - Made to Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Gate Parts & Welding Across Hurst

Gate parts and welding in Hurst come down to one recurring problem: the black clay under this city moves. A gate that worked fine in July binds against the latch by November, not because the hinges wore out, but because the post underneath heaved an inch and a half out of the ground. We repair that. Most gate work in Hurst runs between $180 and $680 depending on whether it’s a hinge swap or a full post reset and custom weld, and we quote the price before any work starts. Call (903) 829-4499 and you’ll get Hal or a live person who knows the difference between a Mayfair addition gateway and a newer build off Precinct Line Road.

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We’re the Gate Parts & Welding crew that has been working Tarrant County’s mid-century neighborhoods long enough to know when to weld and when the whole post has to come out. The old tract homes around Hurst didn’t get 2020-era concrete. They got whatever footing the builder could pour before lunch in 1972. That’s the gate you’re dealing with now.

Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company

We answered our first gate call in 2001 and never got around to quitting. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, his address is published, and if you want to drive over and look the person who will weld your gate in the eye before he does it, that’s the oldest accountability there is. Hurst homeowners don’t ask us for a lot of reassurance. They ask whether we’ll actually show up in the window we promised, and we do. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail. Not a call center three states away. The person who picks up knows that Hurst sits on Tarrant County black clay and that your gate post isn’t necessarily rotten just because it moved.

The 90-Day Done Right Promise comes in writing on every job. Not “up to 90 days” and not “in most cases.” If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. Hurst customers also get a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. No haggling required. These aren’t seasonal promotions. They’re standing offers because Hal would rather fix the gate than argue about the bill.

Background-checked, uniformed crew members show up on every job, and they’re certified to service nine major gate brands including Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Mighty Mule. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. That’s true in Hurst more than almost anywhere else we work.

Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Hurst

Post Replacement

This is the big one in Hurst. The 1960s through 1980s brick ranch homes that make up most of this city sit on expansive Vertisol clay that cracks deep in summer droughts and swells hard when fall and spring rains return. Wood posts heave two to three inches out of plumb with no visible rot. You can’t see anything wrong from the outside. The gate just stops latching, or it drags on the ground, or it binds against the post. Re-hang the hinges on a heaved post and you’ll fix it twice. We pull the old post, pour a concrete footing sized for the soil movement, and set the new post so it stays where it belongs through a full wet-dry cycle. A typical post replacement in Hurst runs $280 to $520 per post depending on depth and whether we’re matching existing rails or welding new hardware.

Custom Welding

Hurst has a lot of original ornamental iron gates from the 1970s and early 1980s, and most of them are worth keeping. The scrollwork is often in decent shape while the bottom rail or the hinge plate has rusted through or cracked from years of wind load. A gate that catches the full force of a straight-line storm off the open corridor near the Tarrant County line can twist its frame enough to pop welds and bend rails. We weld on site, in your driveway. The gate doesn’t get hauled off to a shop. We cut out the bad section, weld in new steel or match the existing rail profile, grind it smooth, and hit it with primer and paint that matches. Custom welding repairs in Hurst typically run $150 to $450 depending on how much rail and plate we’re replacing.

Hinge Replacement

Hinges rust, sag, and wear out, especially on solid wood privacy gates that were installed when the house was built and haven’t been touched since. But in Hurst, we always check the post before we blame the hinge. Swap good hinges onto a heaved post and the gate still won’t latch, because the post itself moved. When the hinge is actually the problem, we replace it with heavy-duty hardware rated for the weight of the gate, not the light-duty strap hinge somebody grabbed at the hardware store in 1985. Hinge replacement in Hurst runs $120 to $340 per gate depending on gate weight and whether we’re welding new hinge plates or bolting to solid structure.

Rail Repair

Cracked bottom rails are a constant in Hurst, because wind load on solid infill gates concentrates exactly there. A solid cedar swing gate acts like a sail in a spring storm. The top hinges hold; the bottom rail takes the twist and snaps. We repair rails by either replacing the section or reinforcing it with welded steel backing where the gate’s style allows. A gate that’s been racked by wind usually needs the rail fixed and the hinges re-aligned at the same time, or you’ll be calling again after the next storm. Rail repair in Hurst typically runs $180 to $380.

Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst

We’re certified to service Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite operators along with LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Mighty Mule. That matters when your opener fails after a power surge or a storm-felled branch takes out the control wiring. We keep common boards, remotes, safety edges, and backup batteries stocked for the brands most common around Hurst, and when a part has to be ordered, Hal tells you that before any work starts. No gate-side surprises. If the motor is dead but the gate and posts are fine, we’ll tell you that too. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing.

Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Hurst Homes

• Post heave from expansive clay: In Hurst’s fully built-out 1960s to 1980s tract-home neighborhoods, black-clay Vertisol soil heaved wood gate posts two to three inches out of plumb with no visible rot. The shift is seasonal and so predictable that replacing hardware without resetting and recuring the post means a callback within one wet season.
• Wind-bent frames and snapped rails: Hurst sits squarely in the DFW severe-weather corridor, and spring and fall straight-line wind events regularly bend gate frames, snap wood pickets, and crack bottom rails on solid infill gates.
• Operator backup battery failure: Electric gate operators in Hurst drain their backup batteries during storm-related power cuts, leaving gates dead and locked until manually released. Most of these calls come in the morning after a storm.
• Latch and lock misalignment: A gate that latched fine all summer starts dropping off its latch every time it rains, not because the latch failed but because the post underneath it moved again. The latch is fine. The clay isn’t.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst

Gatewood Fence & Gate handles gate parts, welding, and full gate replacement for homeowners across Hurst and the surrounding Tarrant County communities. If you’re in North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, or Euless, the same crew, the same 90-Day Done Right Promise, and the same live-answer phone number apply. The clay doesn’t stop at the city limit, and neither do we.

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