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Gate parts and welding in Arlington usually means one of two things: a wood privacy gate that’s sagged so badly it won’t latch, or an automated driveway gate that quit moving. Most of the time, the fix is smaller than the replacement quote someone else handed you. A new hinge post set in a proper footing. A welded hinge mount instead of lag screws ripped out of rotted cedar. We handle both, on site, in your driveway, and we’ve been doing it since 2001. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get Hal or someone on his crew, not a phone tree.
Arlington’s older subdivisions have a specific gate problem you won’t see in newer neighborhoods, and we’ll get into that below. But the short version is this: clay soil moves. Wood frames break down under Texas sun. And a gate that won’t close is more than annoying, it’s an open invitation to every stray dog, solicitation flyer, and curious neighbor in the ZIP code. We fix it right the first time, and we put the 90-Day Done Right Promise on it in writing.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Arlington’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001, and his name is still on the door. That matters in Arlington, where a lot of the gate work in the older neighborhoods, think North Davis, Sherwood Forest, or along Maybrook Drive, has been patched over by outfits that swap hardware and hope for the best. We don’t hope. We look at the post, the footing, the hinge geometry, and the frame condition before we touch a single bolt.
Our Gate Parts & Welding team works Arlington weekly, and we’ve welded more hinge mounts and reset more clay-heaved posts here than we can count. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You call, you get a straight answer about what we think is wrong and what it’ll cost to fix, and then we show up in the window we gave you. No dispatch queue, no call center three states away. Just us.
The shop has a published address and a license number anyone can look up. If you want to drive over and meet the person who’ll be working on your gate, that’s fine by us. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Arlington
Hinge Replacement
In Arlington’s 1970s and 1980s subdivisions, the original strap hinges on wood privacy gates are rusting through right now. The screws have pulled out of dried-out cedar frames, and the gate hangs crooked by two inches. We cut off the old hardware, weld in heavy-steel hinge mounts where the frame still has good wood, and re-hang the gate so it swings level. When the frame’s too far gone, we’ll tell you that too, and we’ll show you the rot before we quote a repair.
Post Replacement
This is the big one in Arlington. The clay under most of this city expands when it’s wet and cracks when it’s dry, and a gate post set in a shallow concrete collar gets walked sideways season after season. A post that was plumb in 1985 can be an inch and a half out by August. We dig out the old footing, set a new post in a deeper, belled concrete base, and weld the hinge mounts so the gate stays true through the next dry spell. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. That’s the rule we work by.
Rail Repair
Wood gate rails in Arlington take a beating from the double whammy of 100°F heat and the extra weight of a sagging frame. The top rail splits, the panel drops, and the latch misses the post by a half inch. We repair or replace rails, sister in new framing where it makes sense, and weld steel strap reinforcements across the joints when the gate needs to hold up to a strong gust off the open prairie east of town. A gate that’s rebuilt right won’t need another visit next spring.
Custom Welding
Some gates need a part that doesn’t exist in a catalog. A 16-foot farm gate with a top rail that’s snapped clean through. A set of hinge brackets for an odd-sized ornamental iron gate in a south Arlington community. A receiver tube for a solar opener mounted on an 80-foot steel gate. We weld on site, in the driveway, which means your gate stays put instead of getting hauled to a shop in Fort Worth and brought back a week later. Custom welding is where Hal does his best work, and he’ll be the one under the hood.
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 Arlington
We keep parts on the truck for the brands Arlington homeowners actually have: Linear arms on older swing gates, Viking operators on ranch entrances, Ghost Controls on DIY solar setups, and DoorKing on the bigger commercial-style slide gates you see in some of the newer southside communities. If your opener is clicking but not moving, or the gate opens halfway and reverses, we can usually diagnose it on the spot and have the part in the same day. You don’t need to wait a week for a box to show up.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Arlington Homes
- Clay-heaved posts that throw the whole gate out of line. Arlington sits on expansive clay that swells and shrinks with every wet and dry cycle. Posts walk sideways, hinges bind, and a gate that latched in April won’t close by August without resetting the footing.
- Sun-rotted cedar and pine frames in 1970s-1990s ranch subdivisions. Decades of Texas UV and triple-digit summers split the original gate boards and dry out the frame until hinge screws tear out. The gate sags, scrapes the ground, and starts breaking hardware.
- Rusted-through strap hinges on original 30-50 year old gates. The eastern half of Arlington is full of these. The metal’s been holding on for forty years and one good ice event finishes it off.
- Automated openers locked up after a freeze or surge. The February 2021 ice storm killed a lot of opener motors across Arlington, and then the next big storm did it again. Solar operators on acreage entrances take the worst of it when the battery’s old and the panel’s caked in dust.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Arlington, TX
Here’s what you can expect for gate parts and welding work in Arlington. A hinge replacement on a standard wood privacy gate typically runs $125 to $275, including welding new steel mounts if the frame’s sound. A post replacement with a deeper, belled footing runs $350 to $700 depending on how much digging and concrete the job needs. Rail repair on a sagging wood gate runs $150 to $400. Custom welding jobs, like fabricating a new hinge bracket or reinforcing a snapped farm-gate rail, run $180 to $600, and we quote those by the job, not by the hour. The price we quote is the price you pay. We agree on it before any work starts, and we don’t show up with a different number at the door. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate, and if you’ve got a written quote from another company, bring it by. We’ll give you a free second opinion.
We Also Serve Cities Near Arlington
We work throughout Arlington and the surrounding cities, including Kennedale, Fort Worth, Hurst, and North Richland Hills. If you’re in one of those areas and need gate parts or welding, same number applies: (817) 241-4067.
Serving Arlington, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Arlington 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 Arlington
Because Arlington’s clay soil shrinks when it’s dry, and your gate post moves with it. The post leans out of plumb, the hinge geometry shifts, and the latch misses the strike plate by a half inch or more. The permanent fix is digging out the old shallow concrete collar and resetting the post in a deeper, belled footing. Adjusting the hinges helps for a few weeks, but the post will move again next dry season. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll take a look, no charge for the trip inside the county.
Yes, in most cases we can. If the post has failed but the operator itself is still running, we reset or replace the post, weld new hinge mounts, and re-align the opener to the new geometry. You don’t need to spend thousands on a new operator because a post rotted out. We’ll test the full cycle before we leave. Call for an exact quote and we’ll tell you what we’d do before any work begins.
UL 325 requires that automatic gates have entrapment protection, which means monitored safety edges or photo eyes, plus proper warning signs. It also sets the rules for how much force an opener can apply before it reverses. Most Arlington gates we see from the 1980s and 1990s don’t meet current UL 325 standards, especially on solar setups. We don’t just weld the hinge and walk away. We check the safety edges and the force settings while we’re there. Call (817) 241-4067 if you’re not sure your gate meets code.
You fix the post first, then the rail. A 16-foot gate is heavy, and if the hinge post has shifted even slightly, the whole weight of the gate torques the top rail until it splits. We reset the post on a belled footing, then weld steel strap reinforcement across the rail joints or replace the rail entirely. We also check the hinge pins for wear, because a worn pin on a gate that size lets the panel twist every time it opens. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come measure it, free.
Usually it’s one of three things: the roller bearings are shot, the track has shifted out of level on the clay, or the gate frame has sagged and is dragging the wheels. South Arlington’s newer communities with ornamental iron slide gates have the same clay problem as the older neighborhoods, and when the track settles, the rollers grind. We replace the rollers, level the track, and weld reinforcement where the frame’s bent. Call (817) 241-4067 for a quote, and we’ll get your gate rolling smooth again.
If the gate won’t latch, won’t open, or needs a weld that’ll actually hold, call (817) 241-4067. We answer around the clock. We’ll come to your place in Arlington, look at what’s wrong, and give you a straight number before any work starts. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the way it’s been since 2001.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Arlington since 2001.