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Gate parts and welding in Hurst usually comes down to one of two things: a post that has moved in the clay, or a hinge that gave up because the post moved. We fix both on site, most jobs done in a single visit. If you live off Pipeline Road, Precinct Line Road, or anywhere in the 76053 or 76054 zip codes, we know what your gate is up against. Call (903) 829-4499 and you’ll get a live person who can tell you when we’ll be there, not a recording.
Hurst is our backyard. We’ve welded gate frames in driveways east of Hurst Community Park, rebuilt hinge posts in the older ranch-style blocks south of Highway 10, and squared up chain-link gates off Thousand Oaks Drive. The soil here is its own animal, and it dictates how we approach nearly every repair. More on that below. But first, the short version: we repair before we replace, we weld on site so the gate never leaves your property, and every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Locally owned and owner-operated since 2001. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, his address is published, and his phone number is the one you call. He’s not a franchise, not a dispatch board, not somebody working through a call center three states away. When there’s a question about a weld or a hinge, you talk to the person who owns the problem.
We carry the Gate Parts & Welding crew that Hurst customers call when a gate sags, binds, or refuses to latch. Our reputation here is built on the jobs other companies walked away from. Gates that national outfits wanted to haul off and replace, we rebuilt in the driveway. That’s not a slogan. It’s the reason people off Harwood Road and Brown Trail pass our number to their neighbors.
When you call about a leaning hinge post on a Saturday morning, you get a live person on Saturday morning. We coordinate scheduling from our Dallas-Fort Worth office and crews serve Hurst locally, so response times are measured in windows we actually keep. We quote the price before any work starts. The number we give you is the number on the invoice. No trip charge inside the county, and if you have a written estimate from another company, we’ll give you a free second opinion.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Hurst
Hinge Replacement
Hinge replacement in Hurst is rarely just a hinge job. The hinge fails because the post moved, and if you swap the hinge and leave the post where it is, the new hinge starts its life already carrying the gate wrong. We fix the post first, then fit hinges that match the gate’s actual weight, not the hinge that happened to be on there since 1978. Most homes in Hurst were built between 1955 and 1985, and the original gate hardware is now 40 to 60 years old. It’s past due.
Post Replacement
This is the big one in Hurst. The city sits on Tarrant County’s black gumbo clay, which swells when wet and shrinks when dry. Every wet-dry cycle heaves the soil, and every heave tilts a gate post a little further out of plumb. Over a few seasons the gate binds at the latch, the hinges twist, and the panel starts dragging. The standard local fix is a post reset: dig out the old footing, set the new post deeper and in a wider concrete collar, and square the frame before re-hanging the original gate. It takes more work than bolting on new hinges, but it’s the difference between fixing it and fixing it twice.
Rail Repair
Rails on Hurst gates absorb a lot. Summer heat above 100°F softens and sags metal, February freezes snap wooden rails, and clay movement racks the frame until the rail bows sideways. We repair or replace rails on ranch-style wooden swing gates, chain-link side-yard gates, and tubular steel driveway gates. If the rail is still structurally sound, we weld on a reinforcement and keep it. If it’s done, we say so plainly and replace it with something that will outlast the next hard freeze.
Custom Welding
Not every gate repair comes out of a parts catalog. A twisted frame after the February 2021 ice storm, a custom-width side gate in an older Hurst subdivision, a buckled top rail on a 50-year-old chain-link panel. Those jobs need a welder in your driveway, not a replacement gate shipped from a warehouse. Hal welds on site, which means the repair is built for your exact gate, your exact post spacing, and your exact latch height. We measure, we weld, we grind, we paint, and the gate goes back on the same day.
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 service operators and openers from LiftMaster, FAAC, and BFT, and we keep the common parts those brands go through stocked locally for faster turnaround on Hurst jobs. Builder-grade operator arms are a recurring problem in the city’s newer subdivisions, where heavy wooden gates got paired with openers that were never up to the weight. When the gear strips or the arm bends, we replace the part with something properly rated and reinforce the mount so the next one doesn’t die early. Same goes for Ghost Controls and Mighty Mule units on the older manual-to-automatic retrofits around town. If you’re not sure what brand is under the cover, call and describe the gate. Nine times out of ten we already know what we’re dealing with just from the subdivision.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Leaning hinge posts from expansive clay. Hurst’s gumbo soil swells and shrinks with every wet-dry season, and the hinge post is the first thing to move. The gate starts binding at the latch, the hinges twist, and the panel drags at the bottom corner. Resetting the post in a wider concrete collar fixes the root cause; replacing the hinges alone just starts the clock over.
- Builder-grade operator arms on heavy wood gates. We see this in Hurst neighborhoods built from the 1980s to today. The gate looks fine, the opener looks fine, but the arm bends or the gear strips after a couple of tough cycles. It’s not your opener being fussy. It’s the arm being undersized. We swap it for a properly rated unit and reinforce the mount bracket.
- Missing or undersized conduit for automation retrofits. Plenty of Hurst homes were built before anyone thought about electric gates, so the conduit for the power run either doesn’t exist or is too narrow for the wire the opener needs. When we automate a manual gate, we check for conduit first. If it’s absent, we’ll trench a proper run rather than leaving exposed wiring on the ground where mowers and dogs find it.
- Post-ice-storm frame twist and buckle. The February 2021 storm froze the ground, snapped wooden posts, and buckled metal frames across the Mid-Cities. A gate that has been “a little off” ever since then usually has a hairline crack in a weld or a rail that’s slightly bowed. We find it, weld it, and square the frame back. Faster and cheaper than a new gate, and the original panel stays.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Hurst, TX
Here are the numbers we quote most often in Hurst. Hinge replacement runs roughly $145 to $285 depending on hinge size and whether we’re doing one pair or the full set with reinforcement. Post replacement, which includes digging out the old footing, a deeper and wider concrete collar, and re-hanging the gate, typically runs $380 to $650 per post. Rail repair or replacement falls between $175 and $400 depending on the material and whether we can salvage the original. Custom welding work is quoted by the hour plus material, and most residential welding repairs in Hurst land between $220 and $550.
| Service | Typical Hurst Price Range |
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| Hinge replacement (pair) | $145 - $285 |
| Post replacement (per post) | $380 - $650 |
| Rail repair or replacement | $175 - $400 |
| Custom welding repair | $220 - $550 |
Those are the numbers you should expect for a standard residential job. The exact quote depends on gate size, post depth, and soil condition, but you will hear that exact quote before any work starts. No trip charge inside the county. Take $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get 10% off, always, as a standing discount. Call (903) 829-4499 for a free estimate. If you’ve already got a written estimate from another company, we’ll review it at no cost. A second set of eyes is worth it when the difference between a post reset and a full gate replacement can be several hundred dollars.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Our Gate Parts & Welding in Hurst work regularly takes us to Bedford, Euless, Grand Prairie, and Kennedale. Same pricing, same guarantee, same live voice on the phone. If you’re just outside the Hurst city line and your gate is leaning, call (903) 829-4499. We will tell you straight whether we cover your street, and when we can be there.
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 Parts & Welding in Hurst
Because the hinge post is moving in the clay, not the hinges themselves. Hurst’s expansive black gumbo soil swells in wet months and shrinks in dry months, and each cycle pushes the post a little further out of plumb. New hinges on a leaning post don’t fix anything; they just transfer the bind to the next weakest point. The permanent fix is resetting the post in a wider concrete collar and re-hanging the gate square. We do this fix regularly, and the original gate usually goes right back on. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll tell you if your post is still worth resetting or if it’s actually beyond saving.
Yes, and it’s one of the more common requests we get across Hurst. The two issues are power and post strength. Older Hurst homes often don’t have conduit run to the gate, so we either trench a proper line or use a solar-ready operator where the layout allows. The second issue is the gate itself. A 50-year-old wooden gate is heavy, and we need to confirm the hinge posts are sound enough to carry an opener before we bolt anything on. We quote the full scope upfront, including the power run, so you know what the job actually costs before we start digging.
The best repair is to straighten and reinforce the frame, not replace the gate. The February 2021 hard freeze snapped posts and twisted metal frames across Hurst, and most of those gates are still repairable. We weld cracked joints, straighten bowed rails, and re-hang the panel on squared posts. It keeps your original gate in place, and it’s usually less than half the cost of replacement. If the frame is too far gone, we’ll tell you that directly and show you why before we recommend a new gate.
Loop detectors here live in the same gumbo clay that does everything else, and the constant soil movement cracks and flexes the saw cuts and wire runs under driveways. A loop that worked fine for five years starts false-triggering or dropping out because the ground itself shifted. In Hurst we replace the loop with a heavier gauge wire, cut deeper, and seal with a flexible compound that tolerates soil movement better than plain sealant. It doesn’t stop the clay from moving, but it stops the loop from breaking every time it does.
Usually it’s the latch post, not the hinge post. The gate sags in the hinge post, sure, but the latch side has its own post, and in Hurst that one moves too. We fix the hinge side and the gate looks straight, but the latch post has drifted a half inch sideways so the bar lands in the wrong spot. The fix is squaring and anchoring the latch post as well. It’s the second half of the same clay problem, and it’s why our post repair estimates account for both posts rather than just the one that looks the worst.
If you’re in Hurst and your gate is leaning, binding, or refusing to latch, call (903) 829-4499. We’ll quote the repair over the phone, show up in the window we promise, and fix it in your driveway. Hal’s name is on the shop, the shop is down the road, and the guarantee is on paper.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Hurst since 2001.