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Gate access control in Weatherford, TX means more than wiring a keypad to a motor. It means making sure a 20-foot pipe gate on a 76087 ranch opens for a horse trailer at 5:30 a.m. and locks again after the last hand leaves. It means keeping an ornamental swing gate on a 76085 subdivision lot from binding after Parker County clay shifts the posts. Gatewood Fence & Gate has served Weatherford properties since Hal Gatewood founded the company in 2001, and we handle the access control jobs that national outfits won’t touch: field-welded ranch gates, solar-powered openers on acreage, keypad retrofits on gates that have been re-welded three times by ranch hands. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers. Not a menu. Not a chatbot. Hal or one of his crew.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Weatherford’s Preferred Gate Access Control Company
Most of our Weatherford calls start the same way: somebody found our published address, saw Hal’s name on the shop, and called because the last company quoted one number on the phone and handed over a different invoice at the driveway. That does not happen with us. The price we quote is the price you pay, agreed before any work starts, in writing. We are locally owned and owner-operated, with a license number anyone can look up, and we’ve been doing it since 2001. Hal still shows up on jobs himself. If you want to drive to the shop and look him in the eye before you hire us, the door is open.
We serve all of Weatherford including the 76085, 76086, 76087, and 76088 ZIP codes. Our scheduling comes through the Dallas-Fort Worth office, but the crews working on your gate live and work in Parker County. We know the difference between a gate on Tin Top Road and one in a Brook Hollow subdivision. It affects how we quote, what parts we carry on the truck, and whether we recommend a solar operator or a wired one.
Every access control job we do in Weatherford carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it isn’t right, one call brings us back. No runaround. No fine print.
Our Gate Access Control Services in Weatherford
Keypad Entry
A keypad on a Weatherford gate does two jobs: it lets you in without fishing for a remote, and it keeps somebody else from driving onto your place. We install keypads on everything from ornamental driveway gates in 76085 subdivisions to 18-foot pipe gates on 76088 acreage. The keypad we recommend for ranch gates is not the same one we’d put on a post-2000s swing gate, and we’ll tell you which one fits your situation and why. A typical keypad entry installation in Weatherford runs $350-$650, including the keypad, wiring or solar panel, and programming.
Remote Control
If your remotes stopped working after a storm knocked your operator around, you don’t necessarily need a new opener. We service LiftMaster, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing operators on Weatherford properties, and we’ll tell you honestly if the remote is dead, the receiver board is fried, or the operator itself took one hit too many. Remote programming and replacement generally runs $75-$180 per remote in Weatherford. Adding a new receiver or replacing an antenna on a rural post is usually $150-$300.
Phone Entry
Phone entry systems are common on Weatherford gated driveways where the owner wants to open the gate from the house or from anywhere else, not just standing next to it. We install and service phone-based access on both cellular and landline systems. On ranches in the 76087 ZIP, phone entry often pairs with a solar operator so the gate still works when the power’s out and the cell tower up the road is still up. Expect $400-$900 for a complete phone entry system installed on a Weatherford gate, depending on whether we’re wiring into an existing operator or replacing one.
Card Reader
Card readers make sense on Weatherford properties with multiple users: a boarding stable with trainers coming and going, a family compound with three houses behind one gate, a commercial lot off I-20. We install card readers that integrate with your existing operator and track who came in and when. Most card reader installs in Weatherford fall between $450-$1,000, including the reader, credentials for up to 10 users, and programming. If you already have keypad entry and want to add a card reader, it’s less.
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 Weatherford
We stock parts and service nine major gate brands on Weatherford jobs: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For the ranch-heavy workload in 76087 and 76088, we carry Linear and Viking solar-ready parts on the truck, because we know a gate off Tin Top Road doesn’t always have conduit run to it. Ghost Controls and DoorKing show up most often on the post-2000s subdivisions in 76085 and 76086. We service all of them, and we’ll tell you when a part is worth replacing versus when it’s cheaper to swap the operator. That’s the repair-first approach Hal has run since 2001.
Common Gate Access Control Problems We See in Weatherford Homes
- Posts pulled out of plumb by Parker County clay. The expansive clay under Weatherford swells in wet springs and shrinks in dry summers. A gate post that was perfectly set in October can be leaning 1.5 degrees by May. That misalignment binds the hinge, throws off the rack and pinion on a slide gate, and makes the keypad deadbolt fail to seat. We dig out the footing, re-set the post, and often weld a brace plate for good measure.
- Storm wind bending aluminum infill panels. Weatherford sits in the I-20 tornado corridor. When a 60 mph straight-line wind hits a solid infill gate, the gate becomes a sail. We routinely replace bent rails, re-square gates that got twisted, and re-hang them on reinforced hinges. On exposed rural posts, we also see operators knocked loose or pulled off their mounts.
- Field-welded pipe gates that got re-welded too many times. On ranches in 76087 and 76088, a lot of gates have seen three or four ranch-hand welds over the years. Rust, slag, and misaligned beads eventually crack. We cut out the amateur weld, re-square the frame to actually be square, and re-weld it so an automatic opener can do its job without fighting a twisted gate.
- Solar operators that quit charging. A solar panel covered in Parker County dust and pollen stops charging the battery, and the gate dies on the third cloudy day. We clean and angle panels, test batteries under load, and replace them before you’re stuck blocking your own horse trailer.
Pricing for Gate Access Control in Weatherford, TX
We Also Serve Cities Near Weatherford
Besides our work across all four Weatherford ZIP codes, we serve Azle, White Settlement, Eagle Mountain, and River Oaks. Most of these are 15 to 30 minutes from Parker County, and the same crew that fixed your neighbor’s gate on Tin Top Road will be the one at your driveway.
Serving Weatherford, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Weatherford 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 Access Control in Weatherford
Every automatic gate operator has a manual release mechanism, usually a key or a pull handle on the operator itself. On LiftMaster and Linear residential operators, you’ll find a release key or a pull cord that disengages the motor from the drive. On a Viking or Ghost Controls solar unit, the release is typically a lever. Pull the release and the gate will swing or slide by hand. If the gate is heavy, expect to push hard. If you don’t know where your release is, call our Gate Repair in Weatherford team at (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk you through it over the phone. If the gate won’t move even after releasing, do not force it. A gate stuck due to a bent rail or a shifted post needs mechanical repair, not muscle.
Your gate is probably not sagging in the middle. The hinge post is leaning outward because the clay soil under it swelled with spring rain and lost its grip on the post. Gatewood Fence & Gate sees this every year on 76088 acreage: the post moves, the gate drops, the latch and keypad stop aligning, and the opener starts grinding. The fix is not a turnbuckle. The fix is digging out the post, re-setting it in a deeper footing, and often welding a brace plate or adding a second post, depending on gate weight and wind exposure. On a heavy 18-foot pipe gate that livestock push against, a turnbuckle just transfers the load somewhere else. We will re-set the post and re-hang the gate on hinges that are actually straight. Call (877) 610-2993 if your gate drops every spring. We will come see what the soil did this year.
Yes, but the gate has to be square first. A field-welded pipe gate that has been patched and re-patched for 15 years is often racked: one corner is higher than the other, the diagonal is off, and the latch end droops. If we bolt a keypad and a magnetic lock onto that gate, the lock will bind and the keypad will work for a week and then stop. We start by cutting out the old weld, re-squaring the frame on saw horses or in place, and re-welding clean. Then we hang the lock and keypad. A keypad retrofit on a heavy ranch gate in Weatherford usually runs $350-$650 plus any welding time if the gate needs re-squaring. That welding time is not a surprise. We quote it before we touch the gate. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a written price.
At 18 feet wide, you need an operator rated for continuous or heavy-duty cycling, not a light residential swing arm. On Weatherford ranches with horse trailers coming through multiple times a day, we usually recommend a solar-ready Linear or Viking operator paired with a keypad and a phone entry option, so the gate cycles from the truck without a remote. Solar makes sense on many 76087 and 76088 properties because there is no conduit run out to the gate. For an 18-foot pipe gate with cattle pressure, the frame has to be reinforced and the hinge posts have to be set on footings sized for the clay heave in Parker County. We have installed this exact setup on ranches throughout the Cutting Horse Capital of the World, and our Weatherford Gate Installation team will quote it honestly. Expect $1,500-$2,800 for a complete solar operator, keypad, and reinforcement on an 18-foot gate in Weatherford, depending on gate weight and wind exposure. Call (877) 610-2993 for a site visit.
First, check the power supply: if the operator is plugged into an outlet that tripped during the storm, reset the GFCI or breaker. Second, look at the operator itself. Hail in Weatherford is not a polite sprinkle. It’s golf-ball ice traveling at 70 mph, and it regularly cracks actuator housings, breaks solar panels, and knocks receiver antennas off their mounts. If the keypad is dead, the hail likely shattered the face or water got inside the enclosure. If the operator hums but the gate doesn’t move, the gate motor & opener - Weatherford technicians say the drive gear or belt may have stripped after a hail impact bent the gate or a post shifted. Do not try to force the gate. Call us at (877) 610-2993 and we’ll troubleshoot over the phone, then come out if it needs hands on it. The estimate is free, and the quote is set before we do any work.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate in Weatherford, TX
If your gate access control in Weatherford is acting up, call Hal Gatewood’s team at (877) 610-2993. We answer around the clock with a live person. We’ll quote the job before we start, and every repair carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Free estimates, no trip charge inside Parker County, and a real name behind the work. Call today.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Weatherford and Parker County since 2001.