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FAAC Gate Parts & Welding in North Richland Hills: What to Know First

FAAC gate parts and welding in North Richland Hills is work we do almost every week, usually for homeowners whose FAAC opener still runs fine but whose gate itself has started to sag, bind, or pull away from its posts. Most FAAC gate repairs involving parts and welding take us one visit, and you’ll know the exact price before we touch a tool because we quote it upfront and it doesn’t change at the door. Call (817) 241-4067 and a live person answers, day or night.

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This page is for FAAC owners in North Richland Hills and nearby Tarrant County towns who need hinge replacement, post repair, rail straightening, latch work, or custom welding on a gate driven by FAAC operators. We are an independent FAAC service provider, not a factory warranty center. That means we fix what’s actually broken instead of telling you to buy a whole new gate. Hal Gatewood has been doing this work since 2001, and we stand behind every job with a 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing.

How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

FAAC builds a solid operator. The gates they drive, that’s where North Richland Hills gives us most of our calls. Here’s what we see, by the model and by the symptom.

• FAAC 400 and 402 operators on sagging swing gates. These hydraulic operators are strong, and that’s part of the problem. A gate that’s lost hinge-post integrity will keep moving because the FAAC 400 forces it to, and that torque eventually cracks the hinge welds at the post. We see it on older North Richland Hills homes where the original steel posts have rusted out below grade. Solution: dig, cut the bad post section, weld in new steel, and re-hang the gate level so the operator stops fighting extra load.
• FAAC 455D on double gates, one leaf lagging. The 455D handles dual-leaf setups with a master and slave board. When one leaf lags, people assume it’s the board or the limits. More than half the time it’s a bent or seized hinge on the lagging leaf, or a cracked weld where the leaf meets its hinge plate. We bring the leaf back into plane with on-site welding and the operator evens out on its own.
• FAAC sliding gates with chewed-up rollers and pitted rail. The 844 series operators push a cantilever or wheeled gate. North Richland Hills soil shifts, and clay-heavy ground means posts and rails move over time. A FAAC 844 that trips its clutch or stops mid-travel is usually fighting a flat-spotted roller or a rail that’s dropped an inch. We replace rollers with sized-to-load units and re-weld rail anchors where the original welds cracked.
• FAAC 750 and 760 barrier-style gates used on residential driveways. These show up on newer acreage-style properties around Smithfield Road and further north. The weak point is almost never the operator. It’s the weld at the base plate where the barrier arm mounts to its pivot assembly. Texas wind loads on a long arm concentrate stress right there. We re-weld the mount, add a gusset plate where the design allows, and the operator stops shuddering on every cycle.
• FAAC C720 and C721 underground operators with water intrusion. These are the models North Richland Hills clay and occasional flooding punish hardest. Water gets past old seals and sits in the foundation box. The fix isn’t just replacing the operator, it’s core-drilling drainage, resetting the box, and re-welding the gate’s pivot pins so they don’t bind inside a tighter housing.

Our FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Process

Every FAAC job in North Richland Hills follows the same path from phone call to cleanup, and you’ll never wonder what’s happening or what it costs.

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   You call, a person answers. That’s Hal or one of his crew. We’ll ask what the gate is doing, what FAAC model you have if you know it, and what part of North Richland Hills you’re in. No menu tree.
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   We show up and diagnose in front of you. We don’t pull parts off a truck and guess. We look at the hinges, posts, welds, rollers, and the operator together. You’ll hear the verdict standing next to us, not over a phone call from a shop.
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   Parts decision made plain. If FAAC OEM parts are the right call, we tell you and we order them. If a quality aftermarket hinge or roller makes more sense for the load and your budget, we tell you that too, including the trade-off. No markups hidden under a line item.
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   The welding happens on site. Your gate stays in your driveway. Hal welds it where it hangs, so alignment is set to your actual posts and your actual ground, not a jig in a shop fifty miles away.
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   Cycle test with the FAAC operator itself. Once the metalwork is done, we run the gate through open and close using your operator, not a hand push. If the FAAC is set wrong after the metal fix, we correct limits and force settings right then.
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   You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the same weld or part fails within 90 days, one call brings us back. That’s the whole promise, no fine print, no conditions beyond that sentence.

What FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Costs in North Richland Hills

North Richland Hills FAAC welding and parts work is priced by what’s actually broken, not by what we think you’ll pay. Here are the ranges we’ve charged most often across Tarrant County.

• Single hinge replacement with on-site welding: $180-$260 depending on post condition and gate weight.
• Post repair and re-weld (cut out rusted section, weld in new steel): $350-$600 per post, including concrete work.
• Rail straightening or re-weld of cracked rail anchors: $200-$450 depending on how far the rail has dropped and how many anchors failed.
• Custom welding - a broken latch mount, bent gate frame, or cracked operator bracket: $150-$400 for typical residential FAAC applications.
• Gate roller and bearing replacement for a FAAC sliding gate: $250-$500 installed, including aligning the rail so the new rollers don’t flatten in a month.

What moves the price: how much rust we find once we open up the post, how heavy the gate is, and whether the FAAC operator needs limit or force correction after the metalwork. You get the price before the first weld, and we honor it. That’s not a promise we make lightly. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll give you a free estimate over the phone, then put it in writing if you want us to come see the gate.

Why North Richland Hills Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for FAAC Work

The name on the shop is Hal Gatewood, and the shop is down the road in North Richland Hills. Hal grew up along the Smithfield Road corridor, learned welding and fabrication at Tarrant County College’s northeast campus, and has been fixing gates in this area since 2001. That’s not marketing copy. Go to the hardware store on Rufe Snow and ask. Someone there has probably had him fix their gate.

When a FAAC operator is involved, the person working on the metal has to understand how the operator reads the gate, how the limits and force logic respond to a newly welded hinge, and what different FAAC boards expect from a properly aligned leaf. We do. We also service LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, because around North Richland Hills you’ll find every one of those brands within three streets of each other, and knowing how they all behave makes us better at every single one.

We show up when we say we will. If it’s not done right, we come back, no runaround. And the person who answers the phone at 2 a.m. if your FAAC gate jams open? It’s not a voicemail and it’s not a call center. If Hal hands you his number, use it, that’s what it’s there for.

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