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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Parts & Welding Across Fort Worth
Gate post heave, snapped hinges, latch keepers corroded past saving - in Fort Worth these aren’t occasional annoyances. They’re the routine. Our Gate Parts & Welding team handles hinge replacement, post replacement, rail repair, custom welding, rollers, and latch work across Fort Worth, from Fairmount bungalows to the big lots west of Loop 820. We weld on site, so your gate stays in your driveway instead of riding to some shop. If you’ve got a gate grinding the concrete or a post leaning after the last rain, call (817) 241-4067 and describe what you’re seeing. We’ll tell you what’s likely wrong before we ever set a foot on your property.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001 and his name is still on the shop and on every invoice. That matters when you live in Fort Worth and you’ve already had a national outfit quote one price on the phone and hit you with another at the door. We operate differently: a live person answers every call, 24 hours a day. Not a recording. When you call about a gate dragging in Wedgwood or a slide gate stuck open in an Alliance corridor community, you talk to someone who can actually discuss the problem, not read a script.
Fort Worth customers also get our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. If we weld a hinge post or replace a roller and it isn’t right, one call brings us back. No runaround, no “that’s normal wear.” The promise is stamped on the paperwork, plain as day. We’re certified on LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule, so the brand on your operator doesn’t send us reaching for a manual. And our standing offer of $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside Tarrant County, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans - none of it requires haggling. It’s just the way we price.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Fort Worth
Every gate fails at a specific point. Finding that point and fixing it right - rather than swapping parts that don’t need swapping - is the whole job. Here are the welding and parts repairs we handle most often across Fort Worth.
Hinge Replacement
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. On Fort Worth’s older ornamental iron gates - common in Ridglea and along Camp Bowie Boulevard - the hinge barrels wear egg-shaped and the gate drops just enough to drag the latch side. We cut out the worn hinge, weld in a new one plumb and gapped right, then re-hang the gate so it swings square. This is usually a same-day repair on most driveway gates.
Post Replacement
This is the one Fort Worth calls about more than almost any other - because Blackland Prairie clay doesn’t hold a post still. A post set plumb in August can heave an inch or more after winter rains, and once it’s out of plumb, every other component starts fighting: hinges bind, latch keepers misalign, automatic operators trip the safety loop. Post replacement in Fort Worth means digging out the old footing, setting a proper concrete base below the frost and clay movement zone, and welding the new post in true. It’s the kind of fix that looks simple until you’ve watched somebody do it wrong - then you get to watch it fail again in a year. We fix it so it stays fixed.
Rail Repair
Rails crack at welds, bend from years of abuse, or corrode from the inside on Fort Worth’s clay-heavy large-lot properties where drainage is a guess and a prayer. We repair or replace bent rails, weld in reinforcing stock where the original builder skimped, and re-align the frame so the gate sits level on its hinges. If the rail is too far gone, we’ll say so and fabricate a replacement on site rather than jerry-rigging something that’ll fail at the next windstorm.
Custom Welding
Some gate problems don’t have an off-the-shelf answer. Fort Worth’s working equestrian properties west and southwest of town run pipe-and-rail livestock gates that take daily abuse, while upscale estate neighborhoods carry ornamental ironwork you can’t replace from a catalog. We custom-fabricate gate frames, hinge plates, drop rod sleeves, and latch receivers in steel or aluminum to match what’s there now - or to outlast it. The weld happens on site, in your driveway, where we can see exactly how the gate sits and cycles.
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 Fort Worth
We service nine major gate brands, and for Fort Worth customers we stock and source parts for Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing among them. If you’re in a newer HOA community off Chisholm Trail Parkway or in the Alliance corridor and the builder put in a DoorKing or Viking operator, we know those units well - including where they’re strong and where they fail. If you’re adding automation to an older gate in Ridglea or Wedgwood, we can match a Linear or Ghost Controls operator to the existing ironwork without fighting the geometry.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes
- Post heave from Blackland Prairie clay. Expansive clay under much of Fort Worth swells in winter and shrinks in summer. Posts drift out of plumb, gates drag the apron, and automatic operators trip the safety reverse every cycle. Post reset and realignment is a standard seasonal repair here.
- Builder-grade operators in newer HOA communities. Gates along Chisholm Trail Parkway and the Alliance corridor often ship with the cheapest operator that meets the spec sheet. Freezing-rain events like January 2023 coat limit switches in glaze ice, crack plastic components, and seize drive chains. We replace them with operators rated for real weather.
- Corroded hardware on older ornamental iron gates. West-side large-lot properties built decades ago carry beautiful iron driveway gates whose hinges, latch keepers, and manual drop rods have been sitting in clay-heavy soil for 40 years. The steel gets pitted, the latch won’t seat, and the gate hangs crooked. Weld repair beats replacement every time.
- Missing power and conduit runs for automation. Fast-growing master-planned communities rarely stubbed power out to the gate when the house went up. Adding a keypad entry or electric opener later means trenching through shifting clay - and conduit that cracks within a season. We pull proper runs with expansion joints that handle soil movement.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Fort Worth, TX
Here’s what we see as typical Fort Worth pricing for this work, and we’ll always quote a firm number and agree it with you before any work starts.
- Hinge replacement: $120-$280 per hinge, depending on gate weight and whether the post needs re-welding while we’re there.
- Post replacement (driveway gate): $450-$900 per post, including digging out the old footing, setting new concrete, and welding the post plumb.
- Rail repair: $180-$400 depending on rail length and whether we’re splicing or replacing the full run.
- Custom welding: $80-$150 per hour plus materials - simple brackets and latch receivers usually fall in the $100-$250 finished range.
- Gate rollers and truck hardware: $60-$200 per roller assembly, including adjustment to track and stops.
The heavy variable in Fort Worth is the soil work. A post set in Blackland clay needs a deeper footing than one set in sandy loam, and that affects labor. We’ll tell you exactly what you’re paying for and why before we cut or pour anything. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate on your gate, and remember: no trip charge inside Tarrant County, and $40 off any repair over $200.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth
Our Fort Worth gate parts and welding service also reaches homes in North Richland Hills, Hurst, Kennedale, and Bedford. Same crew, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live answer when you call. If your gate is acting up and you’re just outside Fort Worth proper, (817) 241-4067 still gets you a real person.
Serving Fort Worth, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth
Your gate post has likely heaved on Blackland Prairie clay. After heavy rain, the expansive soil swells and lifts the post, pulling the gate out of alignment so the free end drags the concrete. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll reset the post in a deeper footing and weld it true - this is a repair we make in Fort Worth weekly, not yearly.
Yes, and we do it regularly. The challenge in older Fort Worth neighborhoods is that most existing gates were never poured with an operator mounting plate or conduit stub. We weld in a proper hinge post footing, pull a dedicated power run, and install an operator matched to the gate’s weight and swing. No extension cords, no shortcuts.
Most driveway gate post replacements in Fort Worth run $450-$900 per post, depending on gate size and how far the old concrete footing has heaved. The price includes excavation, new concrete below the clay movement zone, welding the post plumb, and re-hanging the gate. Call (817) 241-4067 for a firm quote - estimates are free.
Most HOAs in that corridor care less about the brand than about the appearance and reliability. That said, many of those gates shipped with Linear, Viking, or DoorKing operators as builder-grade installs, and we stock parts for all three. Before you buy a replacement that fails HOA review, call us - we’ll tell you what matches the existing spec and what will actually hold up another ten years.
Fort Worth’s winter ice storms coat solar panels in glaze ice, and short December daylight barely replaces what the operator draws on cold mornings. The panel freezes over, the battery drains, and the gate quits. A hard-wired operator with a battery backup is the reliable fix for this climate, and we can run the conduit so the clay doesn’t crack it. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll walk you through the real numbers.
One More Thing About Gate Repair in Fort Worth
We ran a call in the Chisholm Trail Parkway corridor where a builder-grade LiftMaster slide gate operator was mounted on a manual ornamental iron driveway gate with no dedicated power run - just a buried extension cord. Our crew welded in a new hinge post footing, replaced the sagging post that was drifting out of plumb, and pulled proper conduit for a new BFT operator with safety photocells. The gate now cycles smoothly without tripping the loop detector every morning. That’s the difference between patching a symptom and fixing the gate.
If your Fort Worth gate is sagging, scraping, heaving, or frozen, call (817) 241-4067. A live person answers, day or night, and we’ll tell you what’s actually wrong. Hal’s name is on the shop, the shop is down the road, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is on the paperwork. That’s how we’ve done it since 2001.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Fort Worth since 2001.