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Gate repair in Hurst usually costs between $165 and $540 depending on whether we’re resetting a post, replacing hinges, or rebuilding a sagging frame. Most jobs are done same-day when we have the part on the truck, and we answer the phone around the clock. If your gate is dragging on the concrete, swinging into the brick, or the opener just hums and quits, that’s the kind of work we do every week across Hurst. Call (903) 829-4499 and you’ll talk to a live person who can tell you honestly whether this is a quick fix or a full rebuild.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and his name is on the shop, the truck, and every invoice. That’s still the oldest accountability there is. When you call us from a neighborhood off Harwood Road or in the Shady Oaks area, the person who picks up can actually picture the streets you’re describing because our crews serve Hurst every week. We don’t route calls through a call center in another state. You get Hal or one of his crew on the line, and the person who answers is the same person who’ll show up.
Hurst homeowners have a particular set of gate problems that national outfits don’t understand because they don’t stand in the dirt here long enough to learn it. We do. A gate that sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, is the most common call we get. We start at the post, which is where the fix belongs. And every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings us back. No runaround. No fine print.
We’re locally owned and owner-operated. Hal’s address is published and his license number is there for anyone to look up. You can drive to the shop and look him in the eye. We’ll give you an upfront price before any work starts, quoted and agreed. What we quote is what you pay.
Our Gate Repair Services in Hurst
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gates in Hurst fail differently than they do in sandy-soil towns. The black gumbo clay under your gate posts swells when it’s wet and shrinks when it’s dry, and over a few seasons that can shift a post an inch or two. That small movement binds the swing arm against the operator, which strips the gears inside and burns out the motor. We troubleshoot the whole system, not just the operator box. From board replacements to limit switch adjustment to full operator swaps on LiftMaster, Linear, Viking, or DoorKing units, we fix the cause, not just the symptom. That includes our Gate Motor & Opener in Hurst service when the motor itself needs replacement.
Automatic Gate Repair
Builder-grade operators in newer Hurst developments are a weak point we see constantly. Many were installed on post footings only 18 inches deep, which is far too shallow for Tarrant County clay. When the post heaves, the operator gets dragged out of alignment and the rack and pinion gears strip. We repair these systems and, when the post footing is the root of the problem, we reset the post in a proper 36-inch concrete collar before touching the operator itself. A gate closes on its own and we’ll show you where it’s failing.
Hinge & Post Repair
The posts are where nearly every Hurst gate problem begins. That’s true on the original wood-post swing gates from the 1955-1985 building boom off Pipeline Road, and it’s true on the steel tube gates in newer subdivisions off Precinct Line Road. Wet clay holds moisture at the base of wooden posts, and they rot right where the dirt meets the wood. Then a hard freeze like February 2021 comes along, and that rotted post snaps. We reset posts in concrete, weld cracked hinge brackets back true with our Gate Parts & Welding in Hurst, and replace what actually needs replacing rather than hauling your gate off to sell you a new one.
Gate Realignment
Show us a gate that scrapes in July and we’ll show you a gate that will hang up worse in January. The clay expands and contracts through the wet-dry cycle, and gates quietly migrate out of square. We realign by correcting what’s underneath: the post. A plastic shim or a latch adjustment won’t fix a frame that’s being torqued by a moving post. We get the post plumb, the hinges aligned, and the latch striking clean, and we do it in your driveway with our own welding gear. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
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 Hurst
We’re certified to work on LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule equipment. If your Hurst home has a Ghost Controls operator on a wood swing gate, a Viking on a steel drive gate, or a Linear keeping a side gate secure, we know the wiring and we carry boards, arms, remotes, and safety edge components for those systems locally. That means fewer waiting days for parts and fewer trips across the Metroplex. Same diagnosis, same day, most of the time.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Posts heaving out of plumb in the gumbo clay. Hurst sits on Tarrant County’s expansive black clay, and in the neighborhoods built between the mid-1950s and 1980s, a gate post that was straight last spring can be visibly off by fall. That’s not an installation failure, it’s geology, and the fix is a deeper concrete collar, not a different gate.
- Builder-grade operators failing early in newer subdivisions. Some newer Hurst developments spec’d entry-level gate openers that were never meant to fight a binding post. When the post moves even slightly, the opener’s gears take the abuse and fail inside three or four years. We replace them with high-cycle rated units like Viking, which we stock and know.
- Rotted wooden posts snapping in hard freezes. The February 2021 ice storm snapped wooden gate posts all across the DFW side of the Metroplex. In Hurst, we still find them where wet clay has been holding moisture against the post base for a decade. The rot is hidden until the gate suddenly drops and won’t hold the latch.
- Adding automation where no conduit was ever run. Most Hurst homes from the boom years never had electrical conduit run to the gate. That means trenching through shifting gumbo soil, and we bury the run deep enough that it won’t get crushed. Shallow PVC runs crack in freeze cycles and from clay movement, and then you’ve got a dead gate and an excavation bill twice.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Hurst, TX
Here’s what gate work in Hurst realistically costs. Hinge and latch repair starts around $165. Post reset and realignment runs $285 to $525, depending on how much concrete we’re breaking out and how deep the collar needs to go in the clay. Electric gate diagnosis and board repair lands between $195 and $390. Full operator replacements including a Viking or Linear unit, safety photocells, and reprogrammed keypads run $1,100 to $2,400, depending on the operator spec and whether we’re running new conduit. Every price is quoted and agreed before we start. We don’t come back with an addendum. There’s no trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (903) 829-4499 for an exact quote, which is free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Hurst is our focus, but we also run calls to Bedford, Euless, Grand Prairie, and Kennedale. If you’re in one of those cities and your gate post has shifted in the same Tarrant County clay, our Gate Repair team handles that ground every week. Or see our dedicated page for Gate Repair in Hurst for more local detail and current availability.
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 - Gate Repair in Hurst
Because the clay under the post is still moving. Hurst sits on expansive black gumbo soil that swells with rain and shrinks in drought. If your gate post was originally set in a shallow footing, or if a previous repair only straightened the steel above ground without going deeper, the post will lean again inside a year or two. The fix that lasts is resetting the post in a deeper, oversized concrete collar, usually 36 inches, so the whole footing moves with the clay instead of tipping against it. That’s standard for us in the neighborhoods off Pipeline Road and Precinct Line Road. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll tell you over the phone whether your post is a reset or a replace.
Usually, yes. Most 1990s-era swing gates in Hurst can support a modern operator as long as the hinge posts are still sound and the gate itself isn’t so heavy or rotted that it fights the motor. The bigger issue is electrical: many homes from that building era never had conduit run to the gate, so we may need to trench a new run through the gumbo. Our crews handle that here in Hurst regularly, burying conduit below the frost and clay-movement line, not in a shallow PVC scratch.
The usual cause around here is a post that has shifted out of plumb and started binding the gate arm, which trips the force limiter or the safety reversal. The operator thinks it hit an obstruction because the gate is essentially dragging. We check the post alignment first because in Hurst the clay shifts faster than the electronics fail. If the post is solid, it’s usually a failing limit switch or a bad safety photocell. Both are repairable. Call (903) 829-4499 and describe what the gate does, and Hal can usually narrow it down before we even put the truck in gear.
That’s exactly right. A gate sags at the hinge post, not in the middle of the panel. If the panel is straight but the whole frame has dropped at the latch edge, the hinge post is the problem and it’s usually moving in the clay. We can weld a reinforcement brace across the panel, but if the post keeps tilting, the gate will sag again. We start at the post: reset it, plumb it, set it in a proper collar, and then address the panel. Doing it the other way around is a repair you’ll pay for twice.
Ask whether their automated gate work includes current UL 325 compliant safety devices, specifically photo eyes and a reversing edge, and ask whether they test those devices before they leave. An automatic gate is a serious piece of machinery, and a gate without working entrapment protection can kill someone, especially a small child. That’s not an exaggeration. We install and test safety photocells and edge sensors on every automation job, and we fix or re-spec existing systems that were installed without them. Our Gate Access Control in Hurst work always includes proper safety verification before we leave. If a company can’t explain how their safety loop works, do not hire them for automated gate work. Then call (903) 829-4499 and talk to a person who can.
What Hurricane Gumbo Does to Your Gate - and How We Beat It
Hurst’s geography is the story behind almost every gate failure here, and it’s a story that doesn’t apply to Keller or Colleyville. The city sits on Tarrant County’s notorious expansive black clay, and it expands and contracts so aggressively between wet and dry seasons that gate posts in the 1960s through 1980s neighborhoods off Pipeline Road systematically heave out of plumb. The ground literally moves. You’ll set a post in March after spring rain, and by August the clay has shrunk away and the post leans toward the street. By the next freeze, it’s out by another half inch. That movement binds gates, strips operator gears, cracks welds, and makes latches stop hitting. In these older Hurst neighborhoods, realigning a gate post in an oversized concrete collar isn’t an occasional repair. It’s routine. It’s not a sign that you bought a bad gate. It’s a sign that you live on gumbo.
One job that still sticks with us was on a ranch-style home near Precinct Line Road. The homeowner had a LiftMaster swing gate operator that burned out after three years. The builder-grade post footing was only 18 inches deep in that expansive clay, and the post had heaved enough to bind the swing arm every time the gate cycled. The gears stripped, and the motor followed. Our crew reset both hinge posts in 36-inch concrete collars, replaced the operator with a Viking model rated for high cycle use, and added safety photocells before reprogramming the keypad entry. That was five years ago, and the gate still cycles true. We didn’t sell a new gate. We fixed the ground under it.
Hurst developed rapidly as a Mid-Cities bedroom community between roughly 1955 and 1985, leaving behind dense subdivisions of ranch-style and split-level homes on modest lots. The wood-post swing gates and chain-link side-yard gates from that era are now 40 to 60 years old. And the city is almost entirely built out, which means nearly all the gate work here is repair and replacement, not new construction. That shapes how we work: we’re fixing what previous builders installed, and we’re fixing it in clay that wants to undo the work. The standard Hurst fix isn’t a new panel. It’s a deeper post, a stronger hinge, and an operator that can cycle a thousand times a year without dying.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Hurst and surrounding Tarrant County communities since 2001.