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When your gate stops opening at 6:45 on a Tuesday morning and your truck is stuck in the driveway, you need someone who knows Kennedale roads, not someone reading directions off a tablet from two counties away. Gatewood Fence & Gate handles gate repair across Kennedale with no trip charge inside the county and a live person on the phone any hour of the day or night. Call (903) 829-4499 and you’ll talk to a real human who can tell you what’s probably wrong before we even pull up. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, but the crew that shows up in Kennedale knows the area and the specific problems these properties throw at gates.
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 Kennedale Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001 and his name is still the one on the shop and on every invoice we hand you. That matters in a town like Kennedale, where you’ll run into your neighbors at the feed store or the high school football game. We’ve repaired gates on acreage lots off Dick Price Road and in established neighborhoods near West Kennedale Park and Falcon Wood. Homeowners here tend to ask the same question before hiring anyone: “Are you going to send someone who actually knows what they’re doing, and will you stand behind it?” The answer is yes on both counts.
Every job we do carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back, no runaround and no re-quoting the job at your expense. We’re locally owned and owner-operated, with a published address and license number anyone can look up. Background-checked, uniformed technicians show up when we say they will. And when you call, a live person answers, whether it’s noon on a Wednesday or 2 a.m. on a Sunday, not a voicemail or a robot.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Kennedale
Gate Repair
A sagging gate is almost never a gate problem. It’s a hinge post problem. The clay under Kennedale shifts with every wet season and drought, and the post goes with it. We repair gates in place, on-site, instead of hauling them off or telling you to replace a perfectly good panel. Learn more about our Gate Repair in Kennedale.
Gate Installation
New gate from scratch, from a simple welded pipe-rail farm gate to a custom steel driveway entry. We measure, order, fabricate what we can in the driveway, and set every post to hold through the North Texas clay cycles. Learn more about our Gate Installation in Kennedale.
Gate Motor & Opener
If your gate opens halfway and stops, or groans like it’s lifting the whole driveway, the motor or opener is dying or the alignment has drifted. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, and BFT openers among others, and we fix them before they burn out. Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in Kennedale.
Gate Access Control
Keypads, remotes, intercoms, and vehicle sensors for private drives and small gated properties. We handle the full power run and safety edges, and we wire it clean the first time. Learn more about Gate Access Control in Kennedale.
Gate Parts & Welding
We weld on-site. Hinges, latch posts, cracked pipe rails, bent operator arms. Hal keeps a mobile welding rig on the truck so the gate stays in your driveway and the repair happens where the gate lives. Learn more about Kennedale Gate Parts & Welding.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Kennedale
We work all over Kennedale, from older ranch-style streets to newer custom builds on half-acre and larger lots. Typical response time for a repair call in Kennedale is same-day in most cases, and emergency calls get priority when a gate is stuck open or a vehicle can’t get in or out.
- West Kennedale near West Kennedale Park
- Falcon Wood
- Properties along Dick Price Road and Sublett Road
- Neighborhoods off Mansfield Cardinal Road and Kennedale Parkway
- Newer custom-home tracts on the city’s southern edge
Why Kennedale’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Kennedale sits on Blackland Prairie clay, and that clay moves. Prolonged summer drought pulls it tight and cracks it; wet winters and spring rains swell it. Gate posts set in that soil heave and lean on a seasonal cycle, and the first symptom is almost always a gate that drags at the latch side or swings open on its own because the hinge post has drifted out of plumb. We see this constantly on older ranch-style properties from the 1970s through the 1990s, where original posts were set in concrete that wasn’t deep enough to anchor through the movement. You can fix the panel every year, but if you don’t address the post, you’ll be fixing it again next spring.
This isn’t a generic subdivision problem. Kennedale has an unusually high share of acreage-style lots compared to denser Arlington or Mansfield neighborhoods, where homes sit on quarter-acre pads with short driveways. Here, long private driveway gates are common, and so are older pipe-rail and cedar-post ranch gates that predate the city’s growth. Many homeowners are upgrading those to motorized swing or slide systems, which means service calls often involve retrofitting automation onto a gate that was never designed for it. That’s a different job than swapping an opener on a six-year-old ornamental steel gate, and it’s work we do regularly in Kennedale.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Kennedale
Every job is quoted and agreed before any work starts. No surprise invoices at the door.
- Hinge or latch adjustment and weld touch-up: typically $120 to $240
- Gate post reset or re-plumb on a single-post gate: typically $280 to $480 depending on concrete and depth
- Opener or motor repair (board, chain, or limits): typically $190 to $390 plus parts
- Full swing or slide gate replacement with new posts: typically $1,200 to $4,500 depending on size and material
- Access control add-on (keypad, receiver, sensors): typically $350 to $900
We also stand behind straightforward offers: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (903) 829-4499 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
Service Area - Cities Near Kennedale
We serve Kennedale and the surrounding Tarrant County communities. If you’re just over the line in Arlington, Mansfield, Hurst, or Grand Prairie, you’re still in our normal service area, with the same no-trip-charge policy inside the county.
Serving Kennedale, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kennedale 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 Kennedale
Most gate repairs in Kennedale run between $120 and $480 depending on whether it’s a hinge adjustment, a post reset, or an opener repair. A full replacement starts around $1,200. The number is set before we start, not after. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll give you a real number on the phone.
In most cases, yes. Repair calls get same-day scheduling when the gate is stuck open or blocking a vehicle, and we prioritize emergency calls. Call (903) 829-4499 and a live person will tell you when we can be there, usually with a two-hour arrival window.
We’re certified to service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If the opener is a brand we don’t service, we’ll tell you honestly and point you to someone who does, rather than guessing at it and charging you for the guess.
Yes. On automatic gate installations and repairs, we run the power to the opener and install or verify the safety edges and photocells. Kennedale’s building department may require the entire gate setup to meet current code if it predates annexation, and we’ll bring that up before any work starts if it applies to your property.
It’s our guarantee in writing. If the repair doesn’t hold or the part we installed fails within 90 days, we come back and make it right at no charge. No fine print, no deduction for labor, no arguing. Call (903) 829-4499 and you’ll get the same person who did the job, not a case number.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Kennedale, TX
You can drive to the shop, look at the name on the door, and know who you’re dealing with. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped on every job we write up, not tucked into a contract. When your gate won’t open or won’t stay shut, call (903) 829-4499. A live person answers. We’ll give you a straight price, a real arrival time, and a repair that holds through the next Kennedale weather swing.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate.
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 Kennedale Customers Say
"Welded the hinge back onto our wrought iron gate on site rather than taking it away for a fortnight. Ground it back and painted it and you cannot see the repair."
- Winston Achterberg"Hundred and forty feet of cedar privacy fence, all posts set in concrete, all of it dead level on ground that is anything but. He walked the line with me twice before a single hole was dug."
- Judith Stallworth"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