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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Irving
Gate repair in Irving usually starts with a phone call about a gate that won’t open, a post that’s leaning, or a motor that hums and goes nowhere. We fix all of it, usually the same day we hear from you. If you live in Las Colinas, Valley Ranch, or the older ranch neighborhoods north of Highway 183, you already know the two things that fight your gate hardest: HOA rulebooks and black clay soil. We deal with both every week, and we’re set up to get your gate moving again without creating a violation notice or a patch job that fails next spring. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get Hal or a member of his crew, not a phone tree.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Irving’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and in Irving that matters because the job rarely stops at the hinges. A gate that won’t close in Las Colinas might be a broken operator, a rusted post footing, or an HOA architectural committee issue disguised as a mechanical one. We know the difference because we’ve pulled CC&Rs in Cottonwood Valley, University Hills, and the gated sections around Hackberry Creek, and we’ve learned which management companies want a call before a part gets ordered. That local knowledge keeps you out of violation trouble and keeps the work honest.
Irving customers tend to be done with outfits that quote low on the phone and walk the number up at the door. Hal is the person who answers, and it’s his name on the invoice. We run background-checked, uniformed techs on every job, and we lay out the price before any tool comes off the truck. If the gate isn’t right after we leave, the 90-Day Done Right Promise means one call brings us back. No runaround, no re-quote.
We serve all of Irving, from the 75038 warehouse district over to the 75063 neighborhoods around North MacArthur and Riverside, and down to the 75062 corridor off Belt Line. Whether it’s a sagging chain-link side gate on a 1970s brick ranch or a rack-and-pinion slide gate at a Las Colinas office campus, we’ve seen it and we’ve fixed it.
Our Gate Repair Services in Irving
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Irving usually comes down to three things: the motor, the control board, or the safety loop. In Las Colinas and Valley Ranch, we see a lot of Gate operator failures where the board fried after a storm or the motor gave out from years of fighting a gate that was never aligned right. We carry boards, remotes, photo eyes, and actuators for Gate Repair jobs on Gate automation systems across the city, so we can often fix it in one visit instead of ordering a part and coming back next week.
Automatic Gate Repair
An automatic gate in Irving takes a beating from the heat. Three-digit summer weeks cook the rubber seals inside wheel assemblies, and the wiring insulation on exposed conduit dries and cracks years faster than the manufacturer’s rating assumes. We replace degraded safety photocells, rebuild travel limits, and reprogram open/close parameters on Gate operator systems from DoorKing, Elite, and Ghost Controls. When we repair an automatic gate in Irving, we check the post alignment first, because no motor in Texas will stay healthy pulling against a gate that’s racked out of square by clay soil movement.
Hinge & Post Repair
Hinge and post repair is probably the most common job we do in North Irving. Those 1960s and 1980s brick ranch homes off Story Road and Belt Line were built with steel posts set into concrete piers, and decades of moisture cycling through the black clay has rusted many of them right at the grade line. The gate starts sagging, then the latch misses, then somebody leans on it and the whole panel drops. We cut out the rotted section, sleeve or re-weld the post, and set the gate back to hang square. Hal welds on site, in your driveway, so your gate never has to be hauled off to a shop.
Gate Realignment
The DFW black clay underneath Irving is some of the most expansive soil in the country. It shrinks hard during summer dry spells and swells after fall rains, and over a few years it can pull a gate post two or three inches out of plumb without you ever hitting it with a car. We see swing gates start binding partway through travel, slide gates jumping the track, and latch bars missing the receiver entirely. A realignment from us starts with the post, not the panel. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
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 brands, and in Irving we stock parts for the ones you actually have. That includes LiftMaster for the slide gate systems all over Las Colinas, plus Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Mighty Mule for the swing gate openers common in Valley Ranch and the custom home neighborhoods off Riverside. Because we stock parts locally and dispatch from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, we’re not waiting on a freight truck when your gate is stuck halfway open and your car is trapped in the driveway. We show up with boards, remotes, belts, and sensors ready to go.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Irving Homes
- HOA violation notices after an off-spec repair: In Las Colinas deed-restricted communities, swapping in a panel or operator that doesn’t match the approved finish or brand can trigger a violation letter days later. We pull community CC&Rs or call the property manager before ordering parts, and we’ve saved more than a few Irving homeowners from paying twice.
- Leaning posts on black clay soil: Irving sits on Vertisol clay that shrinks and swells several inches through the year. Every summer it heaves gate posts out of alignment, binding swing motors and dragging slide gates off their tracks. Post integrity is the first thing we check on every service call.
- Rusted hinge posts at the concrete pour line: North Irving’s older ranch homes have steel posts poured decades ago, and moisture trapped against black clay has rusted many of them through right where the post meets the concrete. A sagging gate is usually the post, not the panel. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
- UV-baked operator components: Irving’s summer sun doesn’t just heat things up. It degrades rubber seals, wiring insulation, and powder-coat on exposed automatic gate systems faster than manufacturers expect. We routinely replace cracked photo eye housings and brittle sensor wiring on gates that look fine from the street.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Irving, TX
Real numbers, since you asked: a hinge and post repair in Irving typically runs $220 to $480 depending on how much post has rotted at the grade line. Gate realignment jobs land between $160 and $350. Electric gate repair is the wider spread: a control board replacement runs $280 to $650, a motor replacement $450 to $1,100 depending on the brand and horsepower, and photo eye or loop detector work is usually $150 to $400. Emergency calls after hours carry a premium, but the estimate is still upfront before work starts.
| Service | Typical Range in Irving |
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| Hinge & post repair | $220 - $480 |
| Gate realignment | $160 - $350 |
| Control board replacement | $280 - $650 |
| Motor replacement | $450 - $1,100 |
| Photo eye / loop detector | $150 - $400 |
Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. You’ll know the number before we touch a wrench. We also knock $40 off any repair over $200, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. Seniors and veterans save 10% on every job, permanently. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote, and remember that estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Irving
Beyond Irving, our team covers Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Bedford. If you’re in one of those cities or anywhere nearby, the same crew that handles Gate Repair in Irving will come handle your gate too. Same pricing, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live person on the phone.
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 Repair in Irving
Yes, if your home is in a Las Colinas HOA-governed community, most deed restrictions require approval before the gate’s finish, material, height, or automation brand changes in any visible way. A repair that replaces a broken part with an identical or approved equivalent is usually fine, but swapping to a different operator brand or a different powder-coat color can trigger a violation. We pull your community’s CC&Rs or call the property manager before ordering parts, which costs you nothing and prevents a redo. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll help you figure out what your HOA actually requires.
Because Irving sits on DFW’s expansive black clay, which shrinks during summer dry spells and swells after fall rains with enough force to move gate posts out of plumb year after year. The fix that lasts isn’t a bigger bolt or a shim under the hinge. It’s resetting the post deeper, often with a wider concrete collar or a steel sleeve, so the shrink-swell cycle can’t rack it loose again. We do post-first repairs, because the gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle.
Yes, in most Irving homes we can repair the control board rather than replacing the whole gate operator, though the answer depends on how much of the board got cooked. A power surge from a DFW thunderstorm often takes out a capacitor or a relay, which a bench repair can fix, but if the surge reached the transformer and the main IC, board replacement is the more reliable move. Either way, we quote the repair cost upfront and the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the work. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free assessment.
A loop detector is a buried wire loop in your driveway that senses a vehicle’s metal mass and tells the gate to open, stay open, or close after the car clears. If your Irving slide gate is an automated vehicle gate, you need one working to meet UL 325 safety standards and keep the gate from closing on a car or a person. When a loop goes bad, the gate usually stays closed and won’t respond to a car, even though the remote still clicks. We replace buried loops and above-ground photo eyes all over Irving’s slide gate communities.
In most Irving Irving gates, that’s a bad capacitor in the motor start circuit, a seized internal gear from heat and age, or a drive arm that’s bound because the post shifted out of alignment. The motor is getting power but can’t build enough torque to turn the gate. We diagnose it on site and tell you whether it’s a capacitor replacement, a gear rebuild, or a realignment before we quote anything. No guesswork, no “maybe this will fix it.” Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come out and tell you exactly what’s humming.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate in Irving
If your gate is sagging, stuck, or ignoring the remote, call (817) 241-4067 now. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, his name is on the shop, and he’ll tell you the truth about your gate even when the truth is cheaper than you expected. We answer live, 24/7. Free estimates. No trip charge inside the county. And every job comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Irving and the surrounding DFW metro since 2001.