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Gate parts and welding in Kennedale usually means one of two things: a post that’s leaning in the black clay, or a weld that finally gave out after one too many spring storms. We fix both. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been owner-operated since 2001, and we weld on site in your driveway, so the gate never leaves your property. If your hinge post is heaving or your slide gate jumped its track off Dick Price Road or up near the high school, call (817) 241-4067 and a live person answers. Not a voicemail, not a call center. Hal Gatewood will likely be the one who shows up.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Kennedale’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Kennedale is not Arlington. It’s not the flat limestone of north Fort Worth either. This is black clay country, and a lot of gate work here comes down to what’s happening underground, not just what’s bolted above it. We’ve pulled post footings out of Kennedale yards that were set 22 inches deep when 42 inches was the bare minimum for this soil. When you call us, you get someone who already knows that about your property before he steps out of the truck.
Our reputation around Kennedale is built on showing up and doing the repair the way it should have been done the first time. Homeowners off Kennedale Parkway and along the quieter acreage lots near the Johnson County line have called us after national outfits quoted a full gate replacement. We welded the hinge back, reset the post, and saved them two thousand dollars. Every job, from a latch replacement to a full post extraction and re-pour, comes with our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, Hal comes back and makes it right. Simple as that.
We answer the phone around the clock. That matters when a storm rolls through at 9 p.m. and your gate is hanging by one hinge. It also matters when you’re retired, you’ve been burned before, and you want to talk to the same person who will stand in your driveway the next morning. No dispatch queue, no ticket number. Just us. Locally owned and owner-operated, with a published address and license number anyone can look up. Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice.
We’re also the crew other companies call to fix their mistakes. We’ve re-welded hinges that a previous contractor tacked on with a wire feed and called done. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. That’s the kind of thing we say out loud, and it’s the kind of thing that saves Kennedale homeowners a second bill.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Kennedale
These are the four jobs we do most across Kennedale, and they all trace back to the same two culprits: Houston Black Clay movement and wind load. Here’s how we handle each one.
Hinge Replacement
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. On Kennedale’s older ranch pipe gates, the barrel hinges have often been on there since the 1980s, and they’ve worn egg-shaped. We cut the old hinge off, grind the post clean, and weld on a new heavy-duty barrel or adjustable hinge. If the post itself has started to lean from clay heave, we address that first because a new hinge on a moving post is a waste of your money.
Post Replacement
This is the big one in Kennedale. The Houston Black Clay under this city swells and shrinks so aggressively with rainfall cycles that posts set at the common local depth of 18 to 24 inches heave and tilt 10 to 15 degrees after a single drought-to-rain cycle. A tilting post puts the entire gate out of plumb, and no amount of hinge adjustment will fix it. We extract the old footing, dig to 42 inches minimum, and set the new post in a reinforced concrete collar that gives the clay less room to move it. If you’ve got a gate post leaning down by the creek or on any of the larger acreage lots, that’s the fix.
Rail Repair
Kennedale sits in Tornado Alley, and the severe thunderstorm winds we get each spring can reach 60 to 80 mph. When solid infill gates catch that wind, the force transmits straight to the rail-to-frame welds. We see popped welds, cracked rails, and gates that have twisted just enough to never close square again. We repair the rail in place, weld gussets where the original design was too light, and repaint the heat-affected zone so it doesn’t rust out on you.
Custom Welding
Sometimes the part you need doesn’t exist anymore, especially on the older agricultural gates still standing on Kennedale properties from before the suburban buildout. We fabricate and weld custom brackets, gate extensions, stop plates, and reinforcement on site. You don’t have to haul a 300-pound pipe gate to a shop. We bring the welder, the generator, and the steel to you.
Our full Gate Parts & Welding service covers everything from gate rollers to latches and locks. But on this page, we’re talking about what actually goes wrong in Kennedale, and that’s posts, hinges, rails, and wind damage.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kennedale
We service and stock parts for the gate openers most common around Kennedale, including BFT, Linear, and Viking. If your automated ornamental iron gate stopped responding after an ice storm cooked the control board, we can usually replace the board the same trip. For Kennedale homeowners with older systems, we also keep a working inventory of common safety edges, photo eyes, and receiver boards for Ghost Controls operators on the ranch side of town. If you’re not sure what brand you have, call us and read the label off the motor. We’ll tell you if we carry it before we ever put a truck on the road.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Kennedale Homes
- Wind-sheared hinge welds on solid infill gates. A 60+ mph gust hits the flat face of a decorative steel gate and the force has to go somewhere. Usually it goes into the hinge welds or the stop post. We re-weld the hinges and reinforce the post connection so the next storm doesn’t undo the repair.
- Post heave from Houston Black Clay saturation. After a heavy spring rain, the clay under Kennedale’s larger lots softens and loses lateral bearing. The gate post starts to lean, the swing gate binds on the latch side, and suddenly you can’t close your own driveway. This is a footing problem, not a hinge problem, and it needs a re-pour, not a shim.
- Slide gate rollers ripped off the track. Slide gates on Kennedale acreage lots ride on steel wheels and a guide track. When saturated ground lets the track settle unevenly, or when wind shoves the gate sideways, the rollers jump the rail and the gate binds. We usually find the track needs re-leveling and the roller brackets need welding back to the gate frame.
- Ice storm damage to welds and older wooden panels. The January and February freezes we get in Kennedale make steel contract unevenly. Weld points at rail-to-frame joints pop. Older wooden panels that were never sealed absorb moisture and crack. We fix the welds and replace the panels that won’t survive another freeze-thaw cycle.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Kennedale, TX
Here’s what you can expect to pay around Kennedale. A basic hinge replacement on a ranch pipe gate runs $180 to $320. Replacing a gate post that has heaved in the clay, including extraction and a new 42-inch footing, typically runs $450 to $750 depending on gate weight and access. Rail repair with welding and repainting lands between $200 and $400. Custom fabrication work, like building a new gate extension or welding cracked frame joints, usually falls between $150 and $500 depending on steel and time. Roller replacement on a slide gate runs $120 to $280. Every price is quoted upfront and agreed before we start. No surprises at the door. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate, and remember we don’t charge a trip fee inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kennedale
Gatewood Fence & Gate serves Kennedale and the surrounding Tarrant County communities, including Arlington, Fort Worth, Hurst, and North Richland Hills. If your property sits near the city line or you have family in one of those towns who needs gate work, the same crew and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise apply. One phone number covers the whole area.
Serving Kennedale, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kennedale 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 Kennedale
Because they almost certainly were not installed to the depth this soil demands. Houston Black Clay is a Vertisol that can swell up to 2 inches per foot of depth between dry and wet seasons. A post set at 18 to 24 inches, which was standard practice for years around Kennedale, sits entirely inside the active swell zone. When heavy rain saturates the clay, the footing loses lateral bearing and the post leans. We re-set posts at 42 inches with a reinforced concrete collar so the clay has less leverage. Call (817) 241-4067 if you see a post starting to tilt. Catching it early saves the gate.
An EF-1 tornado produces winds between 86 and 110 mph, which is beyond what most residential gate systems are built to handle, but a properly welded steel gate with deep-set posts can survive a close pass without structural failure. The weak points are almost always the hinge welds and the latch. If the posts are set correctly and the welds are full-penetration, the gate usually stays up even when trees go down around it. We weld for wind load on every Kennedale gate we touch because we know what the spring storm season brings. Call us for a free estimate and a straight answer on whether your gate is storm-ready.
Every automatic gate opener has a manual release mechanism, usually a pull handle or keyed release located on or near the motor unit. On most slide and swing gate operators, you pull the release handle and the gate can then be pushed open by hand. Before you do this, make sure the gate is not straining against a bent track or a block. If it feels jammed, don’t force it. A jammed gate under tension can release suddenly and cause serious injury. If you can’t get it open safely, call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll walk you through it over the phone or send someone out. High-tension gate springs and cables are genuinely dangerous, and we’d rather talk you through it than have you hurt.
It’s usually both. When the clay under your Kennedale lot gets saturated, the track bed settles or shifts, and the gate is no longer riding square on its rollers. The rollers themselves may also be worn or their brackets may have cracked welds. We fix it by re-leveling and re-anchoring the track, then welding the roller brackets back to the gate frame if needed. If you keep resetting the gate by hand after every rain, you’re treating the symptom. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll find the actual cause.
Lift up on the latch end of the gate while you push it open, and keep the movement slow. Lifting takes the weight off the bottom hinge, which is where a sagging gate loads the post. Do not drag the gate open across the ground and do not hang on it. That pries the post further out of the clay. If the gate is so far out of square that it won’t open without dragging, leave it closed and call (817) 241-4067. We’ll get it open without turning a leaning post into a snapped one. Estimates are free, and the repair is quoted before we start.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Parts & Welding in Kennedale
If you’re off Sublett Road, down toward the spillway, or back on an acreage lot near the Johnson County line, we know your gate. We know the clay under it and the wind that hits it. We weld on site, we re-foot posts the way Kennedale’s soil actually requires, and we stand behind every job with our 90-Day Done Right Promise. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate. A live person answers, and Hal’s name is on the invoice when the work is done.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Kennedale since 2001.