Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
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AfterGate Repair Services in Kennedale, TX
A gate that won’t open at 6 a.m. on a workday isn’t a project, it’s a problem. In Kennedale, where half the driveways still hold pipe-panel farm gates and the other half run automated ornamental iron, we get calls every morning from people standing in their driveways with a gate that’s sagging, binding, or simply dead. We answer the phone ourselves, we know the clay soil and the hundred-degree summers that cause most of the trouble out here, and we can usually have someone out to your place the same day. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll talk to a live person, not a menu.
Most Kennedale gate repairs come down to a few familiar culprits: a hinge post that’s tilted out of plumb, a motor that burned out fighting a bound track, or a weld that finally let go after twenty summers of expansion and contraction. We fix the gate where it stands, in your driveway, without hauling it off to some shop forty minutes away. That’s how we’ve done it since 2001, and it’s why my name is on the shop and on every invoice you’ll see from us.
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.
Why Kennedale Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Because when something goes wrong with a gate on Old Mansfield Road or over in the acreage along Eden Road, you want the person who shows up to be the same person who answers the phone. I’m Hal Gatewood. I started this company in 2001, and I still run it the same way: a live person picks up every call, day or night, and if I can’t come out myself, I send someone I trained personally. Our crew is background-checked and uniformed, and every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, you call, and we come back. No fine print, no runaround.
We work a lot in the subdivisions around Kennedale TownCenter and the larger lots out toward the southeast corner near the Johnson County line. Same phone number, same people, same guarantee. Homeowners in those areas call us because they’ve already tried the outfit that quoted one price over the phone and handed them another at the door. That doesn’t happen with us. The price we quote is the price on the invoice, agreed before we lift a wrench.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Kennedale
Gate Repair
A sagging gate in Kennedale usually isn’t a bad gate, it’s a hinge post that’s moved in the black clay. We weld on site, reset posts to full depth, and rebuild hinge points so they hold for another couple of decades. If the gate is repairable, we repair it, we don’t sell you a new one you don’t need.
Learn more about our Gate Repair in Kennedale.
Gate Installation
New driveway gate, new posts, new hardware, installed to hold in Houston Black Clay, not the sandy soil a lot of installers assume. We measure, quote a written price, and schedule the work so you know exactly what’s happening before anything gets ordered.
Learn more about our Gate Installation in Kennedale.
Gate Motor & Opener
Dead opener, clicking but not moving, remote that won’t talk to the board, we diagnose and service all the major brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If it’s repairable we repair it, and if the board is fried from a January ice storm we tell you straight and replace it.
Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in Kennedale.
Gate Access Control
Keypads, intercoms, phone-entry systems, and vehicle detection loops for residential and small-acreage applications in Kennedale. We integrate access control with existing gate operators and test the whole loop, from the keypad to the battery backup, before we call the job done.
Gate Parts & Welding
Broken hinge, torn weld, bent track, rusted post cap, we fabricate and weld what needs fabricating, on site, in your driveway. Replacing a proprietary hinge with a factory part is fine when it makes sense. Welding it stronger than it was is often the smarter move, and that’s the move we recommend first.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Kennedale
We service the entire city and the acreage around it. Typical response time across Kennedale is same day for repair calls, often within a few hours depending on where you are and what’s already on the board.
- Kennedale TownCenter and surrounding residential streets
- Old Mansfield Road corridor
- Eden Road and the larger lots toward the southeast
- Near Kennedale Junior High and the switchbacks off Sublett Road
- Acres along New Hope Road out toward the Johnson County line
Why Kennedale’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Kennedale sits in a strange seam between Fort Worth’s urban edge and genuine rural Tarrant County acreage. One street has a subdivision of 1980s ranch homes with ornamental iron driveway gates. The next street over has a five-acre property with a welded pipe gate that’s been swinging since before the city incorporated. We service both, often on the same day, within the same zip code. That’s the dual demand that makes gate work here different from Arlington or Hurst.
The bigger factor is the soil. The dominant Houston Black Clay across Kennedale’s larger lots swells and shrinks so aggressively with seasonal rainfall cycles that gate posts set without deep concrete footings routinely heave several inches. On the older acreage lots near the Johnson County line, we consistently find posts installed at only 18 to 24 inches, which is adequate in sandy soil but catastrophically shallow in this clay. After a single drought-to-rain-season cycle those posts tilt 10 to 15 degrees, and the fix isn’t an adjustment, it’s a full extraction and re-pour. We set our posts deep, to 36 to 42 inches where the clay demands it, because fixing a post twice is not something we do.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Kennedale
Here’s what a typical gate repair in Kennedale costs, quoted plainly. No trip charge inside the county. $40 off any repair over $200. The price is agreed before any work starts, in writing, and it doesn’t change at the door.
- Service call and diagnosis: $85 on site, credited toward the repair if you proceed.
- Hinge replacement or repair (steel): $160 to $320 depending on weight and weld complexity.
- Gate post reset with concrete: $250 to $450 per post, deeper in clay.
- Track straightening or replacement: $180 to $340 per section.
- Opener motor replacement: $450 to $850 installed, brand dependent.
- Pull-to-open conversion for steep driveways: $380 to $700.
Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Ever. No haggling required.
Service Area - Cities Near Kennedale
We also serve Arlington, Fort Worth, Hurst, and North Richland Hills with the same crew and the same guarantee.
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 About Gate Repair in Kennedale
Most Kennedale gate repairs run between $160 and $450 for common problems like hinge replacement, post realignment, or track straightening. Full opener motor replacement runs $450 to $850 installed depending on the brand. Every job is quoted before work begins, the quote doesn’t change at the door, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote, and remember estimates are free.
In almost every case, yes. Repair and emergency calls in Kennedale are handled same day, and someone will answer the phone 24/7. If the gate is pinning a vehicle in or out, shorter than four feet from the property line. That comes under “we’re coming now.” Call before you try to force it, forcing it is how a $200 hinge job becomes a $700 post job.
Houston Black Clay, mostly. It swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and a post that’s set shallow gets jacked right out of plumb. On Kennedale’s older acreage lots we find posts set 18 to 24 inches deep, which is fine in sand but fails quickly here. We set posts to 36 to 42 inches in the heavy clay and use proper footings so they hold through wet and dry cycles.
Yes. We’re certified on nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If your Viking opener clicks but won’t run, or your BFT board is dead after January ice, call us and we’ll diagnose it on site. We repair before we replace, and if we do replace, we show you the old part and explain what went wrong.
We weld. On site. In your driveway. Broken hinges, torn pipe joints, stress cracks at the post, all welded in place. We fabricate parts when the factory part is backordered or fragile, and we stand behind every weld with the same 90-Day Done Right Promise we put on every job. If it pulls loose, you don’t pay twice.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Kennedale
You’ll get a live person, a straight answer, and a price that holds. My name is Hal Gatewood, my shop is in the metro, and my cell number’s on the truck. If your gate is sagging, binding, frozen, or completely dead on a Sunday, call (817) 241-4067. Estimates are free, there is no trip charge inside the county, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped on every job we write. I will be there myself, or you can drive to the shop and look me in the eye.
If you’re just looking for information first, the home page is a good place to start, and the Gate Repair in Kennedale page goes deeper into the repair-specific work we do around here.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Kennedale since 2001.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local gate repair pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Kennedale Customers Say
"Fitted a keypad and an intercom so my mother can let carers in without coming down the drive. He set it up and then made her practise with it until she was comfortable."
- Lucinda Marchbanks"Welded the hinge back onto our wrought iron gate on site rather than taking it away for a fortnight. Ground it back and painted it and you cannot see the repair."
- Winston Achterberg"The fence is excellent and it was fairly priced. He is not quick to answer email, so if you need him, ring. He always picks up the phone."
- Rodney Falkenrath