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If a gate in North Richland Hills won’t open, sags on its hinges, or grinds against its post after last night’s storm, you need a repair person who understands what the Tarrant County clay does to steel and cedar. We get calls from NRH homeowners every week whose gates worked fine for twenty years and then quit on a Tuesday. Hal Gatewood answers the phone himself, and if the repair is simple, he’ll talk you through it on the spot. If it needs hands, a background-checked crew shows up in a window we keep, not a four-hour “sometime today” guess. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get a live person, 24 hours a day.
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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 North Richland Hills Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Most gate repair in North Richland Hills isn’t glamorous work. It’s a hinge post that’s drifted three inches out of plumb. It’s a 1994 ornamental iron gate whose original roller has worn a flat spot. It’s a Ghost Controls opener that the February 2021 freeze took out and a national outfit quoted $1,800 to “rebuild.” Hal has been fixing gates since 2001, and his name is on the shop. When a homeowner in the Home Town neighborhood or along Davis Boulevard calls, the person who shows up is someone Hal would trust at his own gate. That’s not a slogan. The company is owner-operated, the address is published, and the license number is there for anyone who wants to look it up.
We hear the same story from homeowners in the newer sections near the Iron Horse Golf Course and the older streets tucked in near Richland Hills: they paid a company that subcontracted the work to someone they never saw again. Hal doesn’t subcontract. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every invoice, and it means exactly what it says: if the repair doesn’t hold, one call brings him back. No fine print. No “up to” language. And the standing offers are simple: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. None of it requires haggling.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in North Richland Hills
Gatewood Fence & Gate handles the full range of gate work in North Richland Hills, from a stuck latch to a full fabrication job. Here’s what that covers, with links to the detailed pages for each service.
Gate Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. We repair broken welds, rehang steel and wood gates, replace rotted posts, and straighten frames that the North Texas clay has pulled out of square. If the damage is beyond repair, we’ll tell you plainly instead of selling you a patch.
Learn more about our Gate Repair in North Richland Hills.
Gate Installation
New gate work in NRH is measured, ordered, and scheduled, not thrown in same-day. We install ornamental iron driveway gates, cedar privacy gates, and ranch-style pipe gates, and we handle the concrete footings the expansive soil demands. You get a free measure and a written price before any work starts.
Learn more about our Gate Installation in North Richland Hills.
Gate Motor & Opener
We service and install openers on nine major brands, including LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, and Linear. On older NRH manual gates that owners now want automated, the frame and posts often need reinforcement before any motor can be safely mounted. We do that structural work on site, so the gate never leaves your driveway.
Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in North Richland Hills.
Gate Access Control
We handle keypads, intercoms, vehicle sensors, safety edges, and the low-voltage wiring that North Richland Hills HOA communities rely on for entry gates. If the control board is dead, we’ll diagnose it and replace only what’s broken. Hal will quote the repair before the work starts, and that number doesn’t change at the door.
Gate Parts & Welding
On-site welding is the core of this company. We replace hinge barrels, re-weld cracked frames, fabricate replacement pickets, and rebuild gate corners in your driveway, not in a shop across town. For a 1990s ornamental iron gate with rusted-through hinge plates, welding is usually a $200 fix where replacement would run $3,000 or more.
Neighborhoods We Serve in North Richland Hills
We work across the whole city, from the older subdivisions west of Davis Boulevard to the newer builds near Precinct Line Road. These are the neighborhoods where we’re most often called:
- Home Town
- Smithfield
- Iron Horse Estates
- The Estates at Walker’s Creek
- Fossil Creek
Typical response for a gate repair call anywhere in North Richland Hills is the same day for emergencies, with a scheduled window for non-urgent work. You’ll know the arrival time before we leave, not after we’re late.
Why North Richland Hills’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
North Richland Hills is built almost entirely of single-family subdivisions from the 1980s and 1990s, many with HOA-mandated ornamental iron driveway gates and cedar privacy gates that are now past their service life. The western sections of the city, the ones closest to Richland Hills, have the most worn infrastructure: original steel hinges corroded by thirty-plus years of North Texas humidity and wood posts that have been through three decades of shrink-swell cycles.
The soil under NRH is the quiet culprit behind most repeat gate failures. The Tarrant County black clay contracts hard during summer drought, then expands dramatically in fall and spring rain. That seasonal movement tilts gate posts out of alignment and throws latch points, which is why a homeowner on Rufe Snow Drive can realign a gate in March and find it dragging again by November. The February 2021 freeze added its own damage: seized opener gears, cracked weld points, and frozen hinges that snapped under force. We also see a lot of 1990s ornamental iron gates that were installed as manual swings, before residential automation was common. Their frames and posts were never built for motor torque. Add an opener without reinforcing the post and you’ll pull the whole assembly out of plumb. We brace and weld before we mount, and that’s the difference between a repair that lasts and a repair that fails twice.
Pricing for Gate Repair in North Richland Hills
Honest numbers, before we roll a truck. Here’s what North Richland Hills homeowners can expect:
| Repair Type | Typical Range |
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| Hinge replacement (steel or wood gate) | $180 - $340 |
| Post realignment due to clay movement | $150 - $300 |
| Opener troubleshooting and repair | $140 - $400, depending on the part |
| On-site weld repair (cracked frame, broken hinge plate) | $120 - $350 |
| Full gate replacement (ornamental iron, standard width) | $2,800 - $6,500 installed |
The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, and it doesn’t change at the door. Homeowners get a free estimate on installations and free second opinions on any written estimate they’ve received from another company. No trip charge inside the county. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote.
Service Area - Cities Near North Richland Hills
We also cover Hurst, Bedford, Colleyville, and Fort Worth for gate repair, installation, and opener work. The same live-answer phone and 90-Day Done Right Promise apply everywhere we go.
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.
FAQs About Gate Repair in North Richland Hills
Most gate repairs in North Richland Hills run between $150 and $350, with hinge replacement and post realignment the most common jobs. On-site welding falls on the lower end of that scale; a full ornamental iron gate replacement runs $2,800 to $6,500. We quote every job before the work starts and that price doesn’t change at the door. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact number on your gate.
For a gate that won’t close or a security issue, yes. We answer emergency calls 24 hours a day and aim for same-day response in every North Richland Hills neighborhood. If you call in the morning, you’ll normally see a truck the same afternoon. Call (817) 241-4067 and tell whoever answers what’s happening; they’ll tell you honestly whether it needs same-day care or can wait a day.
Yes, and this is one of the most common North Richland Hills jobs we see. The original gate frames and posts from that era weren’t engineered for motor torque, so we reinforce the post, brace the frame, and weld any fatigue cracks before mounting the operator. Skipping that structural step is how cheap installs fail in eighteen months. We do the prep work on site and the price includes it.
A full installation includes removal of the old gate, concrete footings sized for North Texas expansive soil, the new gate built or ordered to spec, all hinges and hardware, and the labor to hang, align, and test it. You get a written price after a free on-site measure, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise applies to the whole job. Call (817) 241-4067 to schedule a measure.
Yes. For automated gates in North Richland Hills, we run the low-voltage power from the house or panel, install the operator, and make sure the safety edges and photo eyes are dialed in so the gate stops and reverses properly. It’s all done to current code. Same live-answer phone for that work: (817) 241-4067.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate in North Richland Hills
If your gate is sagging, grinding, or won’t open, call (817) 241-4067. You’ll reach a live person, any hour of any day. Hal Gatewood will talk through what you’re seeing, give you a straight answer on whether it’s urgent, and if it needs a truck, you’ll get a window we keep. Free estimates on new work. $40 off any repair over $200. Free second opinions on any written estimate. And the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. That’s the whole deal.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving North Richland Hills and the surrounding metro with gate repair, installation, and on-site welding.
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 North Richland Hills Customers Say
"Driveway gate had been dragging for two years and two other companies told me the whole thing needed replacing. Hal reset the posts, rehung it and it swings like it did when it went in. A fraction of the price of a new one."
- Hollis Amberly"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"Safety photo eyes on our old gate had been bypassed by whoever serviced it last, which he was genuinely annoyed about on my behalf. Fitted proper sealed ones and wired them the way they should be."
- Otis Redmond