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Gate repair in North Richland Hills typically runs $150 to $600 for hinge, post, and realignment work, and $250 to $900 when motors, circuit boards, or welded cracks are involved. Most repairs can be completed same-day or within 24 hours, and we keep common parts on the truck so you’re not waiting a week for a courier. If your gate is sagging, grinding, or simply refusing to open, you want someone who answers the phone, shows up on time, and fixes it in your driveway. That’s what Hal Gatewood and his crew at Gatewood Fence & Gate have been doing since 2001, and we’re still doing it across North Richland Hills every week. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get a live person, not a recording.
Here’s what matters: a gate is only as good as its hinges and posts. Fix the panel without checking the post and you’ll fix it twice. We start where the problem starts, which is usually below the ground or at the hinge joint, not at the latch where the symptom shows up. We’ve seen enough sloppy work in North Richland Hills driveways over the last two decades to know exactly what “somebody else’s patch job” looks like, and we don’t leave those behind.
If you’re in the 50-to-70 crowd that’s already been burned by a national outfit quoting one price on the phone and charging another at the door, you’re who we built this shop for. Hal’s name is on the building, his address is published, and his license number is right there for anyone to check. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
What Our Gate Repair Service Includes
Every repair starts with a real diagnosis, not a guess. We look at the gate the way it hangs, the way it swings, the way it lands, and the way the motor acts when it’s under load. Show me a gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing. Most of the time the problem is one of six things, and we’ve broken them down below so you know what to expect when we arrive.
Electric Gate Repair
Electric Gate Repair covers everything from dead keypads and burned-out transformers to receivers that have lost their programming and photo eyes knocked out of alignment. You know you need us when the gate moves fine by manual release but won’t budge with the remote or keypad. We troubleshoot the low-voltage side first because that’s where nine out of ten electric gate failures actually live. We carry spare boards, fuses, remotes, and receivers for most major brands, so we’re not standing in your driveway ordering parts for a week.
Automatic Gate Repair
An automatic gate that opens halfway, stalls, reverses on its own, or runs rough needs Automatic Gate Repair, not just a fresh battery in the remote. We test the motor under load, check the capacitor, inspect the limit switches, and make sure the arm or slide track isn’t binding. We service Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule operators regularly across North Richland Hills, which means we’ve already seen whatever problem yours is throwing at you. Hal has been inside enough burned-out operators since 2001 to tell you in about ten minutes whether yours is worth saving or has genuinely earned retirement.
Hinge & Post Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. Hinge & Post Repair means cutting out rotted or rusted anchor points, setting new post foundations where needed, and welding or replacing hinge barrels so the gate carries its weight the way it was designed to. You need this service when your gate drags the ground, leaves a fresh scrape mark every time you open it, or the gap at the latch side has grown from finger-width to fist-width. We fix the post, the hinge, and the panel alignment all in the same visit because fixing one without the other just moves the problem a few weeks down the road.
Gate Realignment
Gate Realignment is for the gate that still swings but isn’t square anymore. The latch doesn’t catch, the gate hits the post, the two leaves of a double gate meet crooked or don’t meet at all. We measure the frame, check the posts for plumb, and adjust the hinges, the catch, or the stop so the gate closes the way it did when it was new. This is one of the most common repairs we do in North Richland Hills, especially after a hard season of clay soil heaving and settling under the posts.
Lock Repair
Gate lock repair covers mechanical locks, magnetic locks, keypads with dead buttons, and the hardware that keeps a closed gate actually closed. You need it when the gate closes but won’t stay, the key turns but doesn’t throw the bolt, or the mag lock buzzes instead of holding. We re-key, replace, and re-align gate locks on site, including integrated locks on electric and automatic gates where the lock and the operator have to agree with each other. If your gate is your first line of security, a lock that “sort of” works is a lock that doesn’t work.
Weld & Rust Repair
Weld and rust repair is where a real gate company separates from a parts-swapper. We weld on site, in your driveway, with a mobile rig so your gate stays put instead of getting hauled to a shop across town. Cracked pickets, broken frame joints, rusted-through bottom rails, snapped latch housings: all weldable, and we’ve been welding Gates in Fort Worth and North Richland Hills since before most of the newer home builders put in automatic driveway gates at all. We grind out the rust, treat the metal, weld it solid, and paint to match so the repair doesn’t announce itself like a scar.
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.
Brands We Service for Gate Repair
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, but the ones we see most in North Richland Hills driveways are DoorKing, Elite, Ghost Controls, and Mighty Mule. Each of these has its own personality: DoorKing operators tend to run forever if the limit switches are set right but get grumpy when voltage drops at the end of a long wire run. Elite slide gates are built like tanks but their chain tension has to be exact or the motor works itself to death early. Ghost Controls and Mighty Mule are the two we see helping homeowners on a budget, and we know their control boards and remotes well enough to troubleshoot from memory.
We stock OEM parts for all of them on the truck, and when we don’t have a part we get it overnight, not next week. Whether you have one of those brands or something older and less common, the process is the same: diagnose the real problem, tell you what it costs to fix before we start, and stand behind it with our 90-Day Done Right Promise. If we touch it and it fails again inside 90 days, one call brings Hal back. No runaround.
Signs You Need Gate Repair Right Now
- The gate sags and drags the ground at the latch side. This is almost always a hinge post going bad, not a hinge itself. Every time the gate drags, it’s torqueing the post and making the repair slightly bigger. If you catch it early, it’s hinges and shims. If you ignore it, it’s a post excavation and a new concrete pour.
- The gate makes a hard metallic clank when it starts or stops. That’s usually the chain slapping on a slide gate or a worn sprocket on an arm operator. The longer it runs like that, the more metal it wears away. We’ve replaced sprockets that cost $30 and we’ve replaced operators that cost $900; the difference was six months of ignoring the noise.
- The remote works but the keypad doesn’t, or vice versa. This tells us the operator is getting power and the problem is in the access side, not the motor side. Could be a dead keypad, a receiver that lost its code, or a broken wire at the pedestal. We can usually sort it out same-day.
- The gate opens but won’t close without hitting the manual release. When a gate stops closing on its own, something is telling the safety circuit to stop it: a photo eye out of line, a loop detector failing, or a limit switch that thinks the gate is already closed. Running it on manual release is a short-term workaround, not a fix.
- You can see rust through the paint or dark lines where the paint is splitting. Rust never stops on its own. Every time it rains in North Richland Hills and the rust gets wet, it works a little deeper into the steel. A gate that’s rusting at the bottom rail will eventually break there, and the break always comes at the worst time. Grinding, treating, and re-welding now is a lot cheaper than a new gate panel later.
Our Gate Repair Process - Step by Step
We don’t show up with a clipboard and a vague plan. Here’s how every repair at Gatewood Fence & Gate goes, step by step, so there are no surprises.
Step 1: You call, a person answers
Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get a live person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail, not a call center three states away, not a chatbot. You’ll tell us what the gate is doing, we’ll ask a few questions, and we’ll usually know before we hang up whether this is a half-hour hinge job or something that needs operators and parts. We also schedule the window right then, not “sometime between noon and Thursday.”
Step 2: On-site diagnosis
Hal or one of his crew shows up in the driveway and puts eyes on the gate and hands on the problem. We check post plumb with a level, we run the motor and listen to it, we test voltage at the board, and we watch the gate move through its full travel. Diagnostic time is almost always free because the diagnosis is how we find the work, not the work itself. You’ll know what’s wrong before you agree to anything.
Step 3: A written price up front
You get a specific number, not a range, and that number doesn’t change when the work is done unless we find something structural we couldn’t see until we opened it up. And if that happens, we stop, call you over, show you, and get your sign-off before doing anything else. No trip charge inside the county. $40 off any repair over $200. And if you’ve got a written estimate from another company, bring it and we’ll give you a free second opinion.
Step 4: The repair itself
Most North Richland Hills gate repairs are done same-day, in your driveway. We carry welding rigs, concrete mix for post setting, and enough parts on the truck to handle the common failures without a second trip. Sub-contractors don’t show up; the person who quoted you the job is the person doing the job, or standing right there while it’s done. Hal’s name is on the invoice, not a project number.
Step 5: The 90-Day Done Right Promise
Every job, every time, a written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. Not a prorated something with fine print; one call brings Hal back, no questions asked. We’ve been doing this since 2001 and the reason we’re still doing it is that the promise costs us less than the advertising a broken promise requires.
How Much Does Gate Repair Cost in North Richland Hills?
Gate repair prices in North Richland Hills break down roughly like this: hinge and latch adjustments run $150 to $300, post repairs and realignments $300 to $600, lock and keypad repairs $120 to $350, welded cracks and rust repair $200 to $500 per affected section, and motor/control board repairs $250 to $900 depending on brand and what’s burned out. A full operator replacement runs higher, but we’ll always quote that separately and tell you honestly if your current motor is worth saving.
What affects the price: how far gone the post is, whether the operator’s control board is dead or just misconfigured, what brand you’ve got, and how much welding time the frame needs. The good news is that most of the expensive problems are the ones that got ignored for a year, which is why we always tell people: if the gate feels different than it did last month, call. The repair only gets bigger from here.
How to avoid overpaying: get a written price before work starts, ask whether the company welds on site or hauls the gate to a shop, and ask about their guarantee in writing. Then call us for a free second opinion on whatever number you got. We’ve beaten plenty of “cheap” quotes simply by quoting the real job instead of a lowball with a surprise at the end. Every estimate we give includes the diagnosis, the repair plan, and the final number. Prices are agreed before any work starts, and that’s the end of it.
Gate Repair Near North Richland Hills - Our Service Area
We work all over North Richland Hills, from the neighborhoods off Davis Boulevard to the newer builds near the Iron Horse Golf Course, and we’re in Colleyville, Hurst, Bedford, and Keller most weeks. For readers in the bigger metro, we also do a lot of Gate Repair in Fort Worth and Gate Repair in Southlake. Most days we can have someone in your driveway within one to two hours for emergency work, and same-day scheduling is the norm rather than the exception. If you’re in the county, there’s no trip charge.
Serving North Richland Hills, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Richland Hills area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions - Gate Repair in North Richland Hills
Gate repair is the diagnosis and fixing of anything keeping your driveway or pedestrian gate from opening, closing, latching, or swinging the way it should. It includes hinge and post repair, gate realignment, lock and keypad repair, electric and automatic gate repair, and weld and rust repair. At Gatewood Fence & Gate, it starts with a real diagnosis and ends with a written 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Most repairs in North Richland Hills are completed same-day, typically in one to three hours once we’re on site. Hinge adjustments and realignments are usually under an hour; post excavation and re-set may take half a day because the concrete needs to set before the gate gets re-hung. We tell you the timeline before we start, and the timeline holds.
Most gate repairs in North Richland Hills fall between $150 and $900 depending on whether it’s a hinge, a weld, a control board, or a post. We quote a firm number before any work starts, and that number doesn’t change at the door. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what your repair will cost.
Yes, we’re certified on DoorKing, Elite, Ghost Controls, and Mighty Mule, along with five other major brands. We keep OEM parts for all of them in our North Richland Hills shop and on the truck. If you’ve got a DoorKing swing arm that’s grinding or an Elite slide gate that’s lost its limits, we can usually have it sorted same-day.
Yes. A live person answers our phone 24/7, which matters a lot when your gate is stuck open at 9 p.m. and you’d like to go to bed with the gate closed. Most North Richland Hills emergency calls get someone in the driveway within one to two hours. Call (817) 241-4067 and a person will answer.
Every repair carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the repair doesn’t hold, one call brings Hal back to make it right. We don’t hedge it with “up to” or “in most cases.” Ninety days, written down, every job.
Make sure the gate is accessible and clear any vehicles or tools from the swing path or slide track. If you have a keypad or remote, have one handy so we can test the operator the way you use it. If you know who installed the gate originally or have old paperwork for the operator, bring it out; beyond that, leave the rest to us. We carry everything else on the truck.
Schedule Your Gate Repair Service in North Richland Hills Today
If your gate is sagging, grinding, stuck, or making a noise you’ve been ignoring for a month, call (817) 241-4067. A live person answers, 24/7, and we’ll get a repair on the calendar same-day in most cases. The estimate is free, the price is firm before we start, and every job is backed by Hal’s 90-Day Done Right Promise. You can call us, or you can drive to the shop and look him in the eye. The name is on the building, and the shop is down the road.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving North Richland Hills and the surrounding communities since 2001.