Gate Repair Services in Arlington - Same-Day Repair, Priced Before We Start

Gate Repair Services in Arlington, TX

Gate repair in Arlington usually means one of three things: a wood gate that has sagged off its hinges, a steel frame that has rusted through, or an opener motor that quit without warning. Most jobs we handle are done inside a single visit, and we keep common parts on the truck so we’re not driving back and forth across the city. If you’re in Arlington and your gate won’t latch, drags across the driveway, or the opener just hums and does nothing, call (817) 241-4067 and a live person picks up. No voicemail tree, no call center in another state. Just someone who knows Arlington gates.

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What separates one gate repair call from another in Arlington comes down to what the house was built on. More on that below, because it’s the reason a hinge adjustment that works in our Fort Worth service area might fail again in six months in central Arlington.

Why Arlington Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate

Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and his name is on the shop. That’s the accountability part. He is not a franchise, not a nationwide outfit with a rotating cast of subcontractors. When you call Gatewood Fence & Gate, you’re calling a locally owned, owner-operated company with a published address and a license number anyone can look up. The person who answers the phone at 2 a.m. is the same person who will show up at your gate the next morning, and the same person who will come back if anything isn’t right.

Arlington homeowners across neighborhoods like Pantego, Dalworthington Gardens, and the older subdivisions around Park Row Drive call us because we repair before we replace. A rusted hinge post can be welded and reinforced in place. A sagging gate can be re-hung with new hardware. We don’t haul your gate off to a shop unless there’s no way around it, and we don’t sell you a new gate when the old one has ten more years in it. Every job we do carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written plainly on the invoice: if it’s not done right, we make it right. One call brings Hal back, no runaround.

We’re certified to service nine major gate brands including LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If your opener is a Ghost Controls or a Mighty Mule that came from a big-box store, we can usually get it running the same day. If it’s a DoorKing or Elite on a commercial-style driveway gate in a newer south Arlington neighborhood, we handle that too. The response time depends on the part, not on us passing the phone around.

Gate Repair Services We Offer in Arlington

Gate Repair

Most gate repairs in Arlington come down to hinges, posts, and latches. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. We repair wood, steel, ornamental iron, and chain-link gates across the city, and we weld on site so your gate never leaves the driveway. Learn more about our Gate Repair in Arlington or call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and the price we quote is the price you pay before any work starts.

Gate Installation

A new gate in Arlington needs to be built around the post, not the other way around. We install wood privacy gates, ornamental iron driveway gates, and automatic gates with proper post footings and hardware that holds up to clay soil movement. If you’re planning a new gate or replacing one that’s done, we measure, order, and schedule the work so you get a written price before we begin. Learn more about Gate Installation in Arlington or call for a free measure.

Gate Motor & Opener

When an Arlington gate opener stops working, it’s usually the control board, a limit switch, or a power issue, not the motor itself. We service and repair openers from Ghost Controls, Mighty Mule, DoorKing, Elite, and more. We also install new openers when the old one isn’t worth saving. Learn more about Gate Motor & Opener repair in Arlington or call (817) 241-4067. A live person answers.

Gate Access Control

Keypads, intercoms, phone entry systems, and remote controls all fail eventually, and most failures happen at the worst time, which in Arlington is usually a 100-degree afternoon or the morning after an ice storm. We diagnose and repair Gate Access Control - Arlington systems on residential and light commercial gates, and we’re not going to sell you a whole new system when a board swap or a reprogram fixes it.

Gate Parts & Welding

We keep a running inventory of hinges, latches, rollers, operators, and gate hardware on the truck. When a hinge breaks or a weld cracks, we repair it in your driveway with Arlington Gate Parts & Welding equipment on-site. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We’d rather do it once.

Neighborhoods We Serve in Arlington

We work all over Arlington, from the older mid-city neighborhoods around Park Row Drive and Fielder Road to the newer subdivisions in south Arlington and the hills around Lake Arlington. Response time for gate repairs in Arlington is typically same-day or next-day, depending on what we find when we get there.

• Pantego
• Dalworthington Gardens
• North Arlington (76006)
• South Arlington (76001, 76002)
• East Arlington (76010, 76011)

Why Arlington’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair

Arlington’s enormous suburban build-out from the late 1960s through the 1990s left tens of thousands of wood privacy gates across the city that are now 30 to 50 years old and failing en masse. The dominant housing stock is 1970s-to-1990s single-family ranch-style tract subdivisions, most featuring 6-foot wood privacy fences with single swing gates. The original cedar or pine frames are rotting. Strap hinges have rusted through. But the bigger issue sits below the surface.

Much of Arlington sits on expansive clay soil that heaves and shifts gate posts with every wet-dry cycle. In the 1975-1985 subdivisions clustered through central and east Arlington, gate posts were typically set in shallow concrete collars. That was adequate at installation. But after decades of seasonal soil movement, those posts have walked sideways, sometimes inches out of plumb. So a gate that latched perfectly in April won’t close by late summer. Hinge misalignment and dragging gates are a chronic, repeating problem across mid-city neighborhoods, not a one-time fix. The real fix is digging out and resetting the post with a deeper, belled concrete footing, not simply adjusting the hinges. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing, usually at the post.

North Texas’s summer UV and heat, routinely above 100 degrees, dry and split wood gate boards rapidly. And the wet-to-drought clay cycle means posts migrate between a wet spring and a parched August. Then there are the ice events, like February 2021, which snap gate hardware and lock up automated opener motors. When that happens, the calls come in all at once. We answer the phone around the clock, and we prioritize them by how badly the gate is compromised.

If you’re reading this and your gate hasn’t been touched in 15 years, the post has probably already moved. That’s not a repair, it’s an inevitability. The question is whether you fix it now with a proper footing or pay for hinge adjustments every season.

Pricing for Gate Repair in Arlington

Service Area - Cities Near Arlington

While this page covers Arlington, we also serve nearby communities including home neighborhoods in Kennedale, Fort Worth, Hurst, and North Richland Hills. If your gate is in one of those areas, you’ll get the same owner-operated service, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, and the same live-person phone answer.

FAQs About Gate Repair in Arlington

Key Takeaways

• Arlington’s clay soil is the root cause of most chronic gate problems, especially in central and east Arlington.
• Gate repair in Arlington typically costs $120 to $340, with post resetting at $250 to $500.
• Same-day repair is usually possible; installations are measured, ordered, and scheduled.
• Gatewood Fence & Gate is owner-operated by Hal Gatewood since 2001, with a live person answering the phone 24/7.
• Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise. $40 off any repair over $200. Free estimates.

Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal has been fixing gates and fences since 2001 and answers the phone himself. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get him or someone from his crew, not a call center.