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Gate post heave from Blackland Prairie clay is the number one reason automatic driveway gates fail across Keller, TX. When the soil shifts, hinge pins bend, frames rack, and openers bind, even if the motor still runs fine. Hal Gatewood has been welding and rebuilding gates since 2001, and he does the work right there in your driveway rather than hauling the gate to some shop. If your gate is sagging, dragging, or refusing to latch, call (817) 241-4067 and a live person will answer, any hour.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Keller’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Keller homeowners tend to recognize us from the neighborhood. Hal Gatewood lives where he works, his shop address is published, and his name is on every invoice. That matters when you’re hiring someone to cut, weld, and reset a gate that guards your driveway and your family. We don’t swap parts that don’t need swapping. We repair first, replace only what’s actually failing.
Crews serve Keller subdivisions directly, coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth metro office. The same person who quotes the job is usually the person who shows up to weld it. Every job we finish carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written plainly: if it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back, no runaround.
We service nine major gate brands, including Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing. So whether your Keller estate gate runs on a hydraulic operator or a solar panel, the person who arrives knows the system. And if we quote a price, that’s the price. Not an estimate that grows at your front door.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Keller
Post Replacement
In Keller, the post is almost never the innocent bystander. Blackland Prairie clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and a post set too shallow will heave several inches out of plumb within a few wet-dry seasons. We dig out the old footing, set the new post deeper, and weld the hinges back square so the gate hangs true. A post reset usually runs $380-$650 per post in Keller, depending on depth and concrete removal.
Custom Welding
Some gates can’t be fixed with a bolt-on bracket. Cracked rails, snapped hinge barrels, and rusted-through bottom corners all call for a welder, not a parts catalog. Hal welds on site, in your driveway, so a custom repair keeps your existing gate’s look and saves the cost of a whole new leaf. Typical custom welding jobs in Keller run $150-$450, depending on how much steel has to be cut out and rebuilt.
Hinge Replacement
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. That’s where we start. When a hinge pin wears or a post leans even a quarter inch, the leaf drops and the latch stops lining up. We replace hinges with heavier barrel hinges or adjustable weld-on hinges, then weld a gusset if the frame has started to tear. Hinge replacement in Keller commonly runs $180-$360 per pair, welded and adjusted.
Rail Repair
Long driveways in Keller subdivisions mean long gate leaves, and long leaves flex. Bottom rails crack at the weld joints, top rails bow, and the whole frame starts to diamond. We straighten what’s straightenable and cut out and weld new rail sections where the steel is too far gone. Rail repairs in Keller average $200-$500 depending on rail length and whether the gate has to be lifted and squared.
We also carry replacement gate rollers, latches, and locks in the truck, so a roller swap or a latch rebuild doesn’t mean waiting on a supplier. If you’re not sure what’s wrong, call and describe what the gate is doing. Hal will tell you straight whether it sounds like a hinge, a post, a rail, or something else.
What happens when you call
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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 Keller
Keller driveways are full of Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing operators, and we’re certified to service all of them, plus five more major brands. We stock common replacement parts for these systems locally, so a bad limit switch or a stripped gear doesn’t mean waiting a week on freight. If the motor’s fine but the gate still won’t close, the problem is usually mechanical, and that’s exactly what we’re built to find and fix.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Keller Homes
- Hinge post heave on Blackland Prairie clay. Keller sits on some of the most active shrink-swell soil in the country. Posts set in standard 18-inch footings shift with every wet and dry season, hanging the gate and bending hinge pins.
- Racked frames on long ornamental iron gates. The same heaving that moves posts also twists the gate leaf itself. A racked frame binds against the post and forces the operator to work twice as hard, which kills opener gears early.
- Solar opener panels shaded by live oaks. Far too many Keller acreage properties have solar gate openers mounted where afternoon shade hits the panel. The gate starts a cycle and stalls halfway, usually at the worst possible time.
- Worn rack and pinion drive rails on slide gates. Slide gates along long Keller driveways wear their drive racks unevenly because post heave knocks the guide rollers out of level, chewing the rack teeth one wet-dry season at a time.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Keller, TX
Here are straight numbers for Keller work, quoted and agreed before any tool comes off the truck. Hinge replacement runs $180-$360 per pair. Post replacement lands between $380-$650 per post. Custom welding is typically $150-$450. Rail repair averages $200-$500. On an acreage gate with solar and keypad work, you’re often looking at $900-$1,800 all in, which is the Bear Creek Parkway job described below. Every price is fixed before work starts. Not after. And remember the standing offers: $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.
Keller’s Gate Post Problem, Block by Block
Unlike Fort Worth or Southlake, Keller’s gate post failures cluster by subdivision soil pockets. When one hinge post heaves out of plumb on Florence Road, the neighbors on the same Blackland Prairie clay seam are usually 6-12 months behind. We see the pattern repeat every year: one house on the street calls us for a sagging gate, and within the season, three more on the same block call with the same symptom. That’s not coincidence. It’s the same clay seam doing the same thing to the same vintage of post footing.
The smart play is to quote a post reset alongside an operator repair, even when only the opener looks bad. The opener’s failing because the gate is binding, and the gate is binding because the post is moving. If we reset the post and weld new brackets now, we save a second trip and a second bill later. That’s the kind of thing you only know if you’ve been welding gates in Keller as long as Hal has. This is why our Gate Parts & Welding team always checks post plumb before touching a single limit switch.
What We Learned on Bear Creek Parkway
On a 2-acre lot off Bear Creek Parkway, our crew reset a badly racked swing gate whose hinge post had heaved 3 inches out of plumb after a dry summer. We dug a deeper post footing, welded a new hinge bracket, and upgraded the old LiftMaster operator to a solar gate opener with a keypad entry so the homeowner didn’t have to trench power down a 400-foot driveway. That job is a good picture of what most Keller acreage gates need: deeper footings, honest welding, and a power source that makes sense for the property.
We Also Serve Cities Near Keller
Our crews regularly work properties in North Richland Hills, Southlake, Colleyville, and Hurst, carrying the same stocked truck and the same written promise. If you’re searching for Gate Parts & Welding in Keller or one of those nearby cities, one call covers it.
Serving Keller, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Keller 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 Keller
Because the post is moving. In Keller’s Blackland Prairie clay, hinge replacement alone is a temporary fix. The new hinges wear fast because the post they’re welded to heaves a little more every wet and dry season. The correct fix is to reset and deepen the post, then weld new hinges on square. That’s the only way the sag stops coming back. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll check the post plumb before quoting anything.
Yes. We retrofit solar openers onto existing swing and slide gates all over Keller acreage. The key is sizing the panel and battery to the gate’s weight and the shade from your live oaks, then welding the operator bracket correctly. Done right, it runs reliably without trenching a power line down a long driveway. We’ll quote the full solar kit, battery, welding, and programming before we start.
Listen for a grinding or skipping sound as the gate travels, or watch for the gate stalling in spots it used to roll through. Rack teeth wear unevenly when post heave knocks the guide rollers out of level, so the pinion gear jumps and grinds against the rack. If you hear that, stop cycling the gate and get it looked at before the pinion gear strips completely. We fix it by releveling the track, replacing the rack section, and welding new guide brackets if needed.
Yes. Automatic gate operators in Keller must have functioning safety photocells, and most modern installs include contact edges as well. We test and replace photocells on every opener repair we touch. If your gate closes on a car or a kid, the photocell is the thing that should have stopped it, and a missing or bypassed one is a serious safety failure. We won’t leave a gate running without its safety loop intact.
Every two to three years, and more often if you’re on a known shifting pocket. The inspection takes minutes: we check post plumb, hinge square, and roller level, and flag any movement before it racks the frame. On Keller’s clay, a small lean becomes a bent hinge pin and a dead opener within a season or two if left alone. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll put it on the calendar, or just come look when we’re next in your subdivision.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate in Keller, TX
If your gate is sagging, dragging, or just not closing right, don’t wait for the wet season to finish the job the clay started. Call (817) 241-4067 and talk to a real person, any hour. Hal will tell you what’s wrong, what it’ll cost, and when he can be there. Free estimates, fixed pricing, and a written 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job. The name’s on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Keller since 2001.