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When a gate hinge tears loose or a post leans out of plumb in Irving, the fix usually comes down to two things: the right part and a weld that holds in black clay country. That’s the work we do every week. Hal Gatewood has been repairing gates since 2001, and the difference between a gate that sags again next spring and one that stays square for twenty years starts with knowing how Irving’s soil, heat, and HOA rules punish shortcuts. If your gate is binding, dragging, or hanging crooked, call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll tell you straight what needs replacing and what doesn’t.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Irving’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
We’re not a nationwide outfit with a rotating crew. The name is on the shop, and the person who shows up is Hal himself or someone from his crew who’s been doing this long enough to spot the problem before the gate even stops moving. Irving homeowners call us because we weld on site in the driveway, not back in some bench shop across town. That matters when a shared driveway in Las Colinas means the gate has to keep working for every neighbor while we repair it.
We answer the phone around the clock with a live person. Not a voicemail, not a call center. When your slide gate jumps its track at 7 a.m. on a Tuesday, you talk to someone who can tell you whether we can be there that morning. And every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, one call brings us back. No runaround. Local Irving reviews keep mentioning the same things: we show up when we say, we tell you the price before we start, and we don’t sell you a whole new gate when a hinge post replacement is all it needed.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Irving
Hinge Replacement
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. In Irving’s older North Irving neighborhoods, the 1960s and 1970s brick ranch homes often still have the original wrought-iron gates hung on posts that have been soaking in clay moisture for fifty years. When the hinge barrel wallows out or the weld fails at the post, we’ll cut the old hinge off, dress the post, and weld on a new saddle or strap hinge that’s sized for the gate’s actual weight, not the weight the builder guessed at forty years ago.
Post Replacement
Black clay is the thing. Irving sits on some of the most expansive Vertisol soil in the country. It shrinks in the summer droughts and swells after fall rains, and every cycle tugs on the concrete poured around your gate posts. A post that looked plumb in June can be a half-inch out by October, and that’s enough to bind a slide gate or keep a swing gate from latching. When we replace a post in Irving, we dig deeper than the original, bell-bottom the footing below the active clay zone, and brace the post while the concrete sets. It’s the same approach we’d use on a gate we planned to stand for another fifty years, because that’s the point.
Rail Repair
The top and bottom rails take every kick, every wind gust, every car bumper that gets too close. In Las Colinas, where driveway gates tend to be ornamental aluminum or powder-coated iron, a rail that’s cracked or torn at the picket welds can fail an HOA inspection even if the gate still opens. We weld the repair on the gate in place, match the finish as close as the existing powder coat allows, and don’t leave a hack patch the covenant committee will flag.
Custom Welding
Some gates weren’t built for the job they’re doing now. Maybe a homeowner added pavers that changed the ground clearance, or a shared driveway in Las Colinas needs a pedestrian pass-through cut into an existing slide gate. We do custom welding on site, in your driveway, with the gate still hanging where it lives. No hauling it off on a trailer, no three-week wait. If the frame is racked, we square it. If a picket is missing, we cut and weld a replacement to match the existing spacing and profile. The goal is a repair that doesn’t look like a repair.
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 Irving
We’re certified to service nine major gate automation brands, including BFT, Linear, and Ghost Controls. That covers the vast majority of the operators installed across Irving’s Las Colinas communities and the older North Irving neighborhoods. We keep common hinge sets, roller wheels, latch components, and welded subassemblies stocked for the brands we service most often in Irving, so a repair doesn’t have to wait on a ground shipment from a distributor two states away. If your operator is binding on a post that’s moved in the clay, we repair both the post and the operator so the whole system works together instead of fighting itself.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Irving Homes
- Hinge posts pulled out of plumb by the clay shrink-swell cycle. Irving’s black clay moves farther between seasons than almost anywhere else in the continental U.S., and a post that moves a half-inch is a gate that won’t latch, drags on the ground, or strips the operator gear. We check post plumb on every single service call, because in this soil, it’s never a one-time fix.
- Slide gate rollers binding or jumping track. When the clay heaves the post at one end of a slide gate, the whole track goes out of level. The gate still rolls, but it chews through roller wheels and eventually jumps the rail. Replacing the roller without fixing the post means you’ll replace the roller again in six months. We fix both.
- Rusted gate posts at grade level in North Irving homes. Decades of clay moisture cycling creates a rust line right where the post enters the concrete, especially on the 1960s to 1980s chain-link and iron gates. By the time you see the flaking, the post wall is often thin enough to fail under load.
- HOA-standardized automation hitting its first major repair cycle. The 1990s and 2000s ornamental gates in Las Colinas were built to the developer’s spec, which means a lot of matching hinges, rollers, and actuator arms that are now aging out together. An off-spec replacement part can work fine and still fail the covenant inspection, which is why we check the community’s approved list before we order anything.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Irving, TX
A typical hinge replacement on a standard residential swing gate in Irving runs $140 to $320, depending on the hinge type and whether the post needs any dressing before we weld. Post replacement is the bigger job: $380 to $900 gets you a new steel post, a deeper bell-bottomed footing for the clay soil, concrete, and re-hanging the gate with the hinges re-welded and aligned. Rail repair and custom welding generally fall between $120 and $480, and gate roller swaps run $80 to $220 per set, with the higher end covering heavy-duty rollers for slide gates over a dry creek bed or a steep approach. You’ll get an exact written quote agreed before any work starts, so the number on the invoice is the number we talked about. Estimates are free. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come out, look at the gate, and write it down.
We Also Serve Cities Near Irving
Our service area includes Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Bedford. If you’re in one of those cities with an HOA gate that’s sagging or a post that’s been fighting black clay, we’ll come out the same way we do in Irving: a real quote in writing before we touch anything. See what the Gate Parts & Welding page covers, or if you’re here in Irving, call directly and talk to a person who knows the neighborhood.
Serving Irving, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Irving 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 Irving
Irving’s expansive clay shrinks and swells with the seasons, which gradually pulls hinge posts out of plumb and can rust the post at the grade line. Replacing one means digging the old footing out, setting a new steel post in a deeper bell-bottom footing that reaches below the active clay zone, bracing it plumb while the concrete cures, and re-welding the hinges to hang the gate square. On a 1970s North Irving ranch, that’s usually a one-day job if the gate itself is still sound. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll tell you whether your post is worth saving or needs to come out.
Yes, and that’s how we handle most Las Colinas work. Many shared driveways and tight corner lots don’t have room to remove a swing gate for bench work, so we weld the repair on site with the gate still hung, leaving clear vehicle and pedestrian access throughout the job. Hal’s crew works around traffic instead of shutting the driveway down. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll schedule a visit that respects how your driveway has to keep working.
It can. Many Las Colinas communities specify approved gate materials, finishes, and automation brands by name in their CC&Rs, and a non-compliant hinge post, welded rail, or roller swap can generate a violation notice even when the gate functions fine. Before ordering anything, we pull up the community’s requirements or call the property management office, then match parts and finishes to spec. That extra step keeps a repair from turning into a covenant headache. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll check your HOA’s list before we do anything.
It often is. Triple-digit Irving summers degrade rubber wheel seals, wiring insulation, and safety photocell components faster than the manufacturer’s rated lifespan assumes, and a bound or misaligned gate will push the operator to reverse as a safety response. Before condemning a motor, we check the rollers, the hinge post plumb, and the safety edge and photocell wiring. Fixing the drag at the gate frame is usually far cheaper than replacing the operator. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll diagnose it on site.
In most cases, absolutely just the post. The gate frames on those older North Irving chain-link and iron gates are often still solid while the post is the part that’s rusted through at grade. We replace the post, set the new footing deeper for the clay, weld on new hinges, and re-hang the existing gate. You keep the gate and save hundreds compared to a full replacement. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll give you a free estimate on a post-only repair if that’s what the gate needs.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Irving since 2001.