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If your Colleyville gate is humming but not moving, or the keypad died and the gate won’t open at all, here’s the straight answer: most 1990s and early 2000s operators around here are reaching the end of their designed service life, and a replacement motor with modern safety features typically runs $1,400 to $2,800 installed, depending on gate weight and whether the pillar footing needs reinforcing. A control board replacement on a still-solid motor runs $350 to $650. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and he still answers the phone himself at (877) 610-2993. No call center, no runaround. We serve every neighborhood in the 76034 zip code, from the custom estates off Cheek-Sparger Road to the gated entries along Pleasant Run.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Colleyville’s Preferred Gate Motor & Opener Company
Colleyville is a small town in the ways that matter. People know their neighbors, they see the same faces at the hardware store, and they want a company whose name they can verify. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. His address is published. His license number is public record. That’s the oldest accountability there is, and it’s why homeowners here call us before the national outfits.
When a 22-year-old LiftMaster dies on a 1.5-acre lot off Cheek-Sparger Road, the person who shows up is someone who lives in this trade, not a rotating crew. We’ve worked on gated estates throughout Colleyville long enough to know that the brick pillar anchors on 1990s swing gates fail in a very specific way here, and that the late summer heat is when control boards start dropping. That local knowledge saves you money, because we diagnose the actual failure instead of quoting a full replacement every time.
Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings us back. We also weld on site. When a hinge tears out of a masonry pillar, we don’t haul your gate to a shop and leave you with a gap in your fence. We fix the gate in your driveway.
Our Gate Motor & Opener Services in Colleyville
Motor Installation
Most of the installation work we do in Colleyville is replacing original 1990s direct-drive operators on custom estate gates. Those 16 to 20 foot ornamental steel swing gates weigh 200 to 400 pounds, and a new motor needs to be sized to the gate, not the other way around. We install heavy-duty swing and slide motors, set the pillar anchors properly, and integrate your existing keypad, intercom, or telephone entry system so nothing gets orphaned in the swap. A typical motor installation on a Colleyville estate gate runs $1,600 to $2,900 including the operator, mounting hardware, and labor.
Motor Repair
Not every dead motor needs replacing. In Colleyville, we regularly save operators that are five to ten years old by replacing a failed capacitor, control board, limit switch, or photo eye. The question is always the same: does the motor still have service life left, and does it meet current safety standards? If the answer is yes to both, we repair it. A motor repair in Colleyville typically runs $280 to $550 depending on the part, and every repair carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Linear Motor
Linear motors are the standard for long, heavy slide gates, and Colleyville has plenty of them. When a 20-foot steel slide gate starts shuddering or crawling instead of gliding, the problem is often the motor coupling, the gear rack, or the V-wheels, not the motor itself. We rebuild linear drive systems on site, and for older slide gates that were never converted, we install modern linear motors with proper entrapment protection. A linear motor conversion in Colleyville typically runs $1,700 to $3,200 including the new motor, rack adjustment, and safety sensor integration.
Slide Motor
Slide gates on Colleyville’s oversized lots move a lot of steel every day, and the motors need to cycle hundreds of thousands of times over their service life. We install and service slide motors from Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite, matched to the exact weight and length of your gate. We also handle the common Colleyville failure mode where clay soil shifts the gate track out of level and the motor strains itself to death. A slide motor replacement here runs $1,500 to $2,800 for a typical residential gate, and we quote the full price before any work starts.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Colleyville
Gatewood Fence & Gate is certified to service nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For Colleyville customers, that means we’re not locked into selling you one manufacturer’s equipment. If your original FAAC operator from 1998 can be saved with a board swap, we say so. If a BFT slide motor is the better long-term answer for your clay-soil site, we quote that instead. We stock common control boards, photo eyes, and remotes for all nine brands, so turnaround on Colleyville repairs is measured in days, not weeks. Our Gate Motor & Opener team handles everything from keypad programming to full operator swaps.
Common Gate Motor & Opener Problems We See in Colleyville Homes
- Original 1990s swing gate operators losing control boards in late summer heat. Those early LiftMaster, Elite, and FAAC units were designed for 15 to 20 year service lives, and Colleyville’s July and August ground temperatures above 110°F cook the circuit boards and wiring harnesses. The motor looks fine, but the gate is dead.
- Brick and stone pillar-mounted hinges tearing loose from aging mortar. Decades of Blackland Prairie clay movement cause the footings to heave, the pillars to lean, and the anchor bolts to pull free. The gate sags suddenly, catches on the driveway, and the operator grinds against the load.
- Painted-over or sun-damaged safety photocells on early 2000s units. The UV exposure in Colleyville fogs the sensor lenses, and years of paint from fence touch-ups seal the issue. The gate either refuses to close or reverses erratically, which is actually the safety system doing its job with bad information.
- Clay-soil track misalignment on slide gates. Colleyville’s shrink-swell soil shifts gate tracks out of level seasonally. The slide motor strains, the gear rack wears unevenly, and eventually the motor burns out trying to move a gate that’s fighting its own track.
Pricing for Gate Motor & Opener in Colleyville, TX
| Service | Typical Colleyville Price Range |
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| Control board replacement | $350 - $650 |
| Motor repair (capacitor, limit switch, photo eye) | $280 - $550 |
| Swing gate motor installation | $1,600 - $2,900 |
| Slide motor installation | $1,500 - $2,800 |
| Linear motor conversion | $1,700 - $3,200 |
| Battery backup integration | $600 - $1,200 |
These are real ranges for Colleyville’s market, where gates are heavier, pillars are masonry, and the clay soil adds footwork that lighter suburban gates don’t require. The price is agreed before any work starts, and it doesn’t change at the door. We also offer $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. Call (877) 610-2993 for a written quote. Estimates are free.
Colleyville’s 1990s Gate Motors Are Failing in Clusters. Here’s Why.
Colleyville is one of the wealthiest cities in Texas, and its custom estate gates from the late 1980s through the early 2000s were overwhelmingly sold as 16 to 20 foot ornamental steel swing gates with direct-drive operators. Those original square-flange LiftMaster, Elite, and FAAC motors with hard-wired keypads were designed for 15 to 20 year service lives. They are now hitting end-of-life simultaneously across the city, creating a dense pocket of operator replacement demand you won’t find in Southlake or Grapevine.
We can tell you exactly which of these legacy units can be saved and which need to go. A 1998 FAAC with a dead control board but a healthy motor and intact pillar anchors is often a $500 board swap. A 1996 LiftMaster with a cracked motor housing, no modern entrapment protection, and hinge posts shifted two inches from clay movement is a replacement, not a repair. That’s the honest math, and it’s the kind of answer you get from someone who has been doing this in Colleyville for over two decades, not from a phone estimate.
We recently serviced a 22-year-old LiftMaster swing gate operator on a 1.5-acre lot off Cheek-Sparger Road where the original 24V control board was dead and the hinge post had shifted nearly 2 inches from Blackland clay movement. Rather than patch a 1998-era motor with no modern entrapment protection, we recommended a full operator swap to a BFT slide motor conversion, reinforcing the post footing and integrating a wireless keypad entry with battery backup so the gate stayed operable during July’s rolling outages. The homeowner got a gate that works in a power failure and won’t pin a guest between the gate and the pillar. That’s what a proper Colleyville gate motor upgrade looks like.
What Colleyville’s Climate and Soil Do to Gate Motors
Colleyville sits on the shrink-swell Blackland Prairie clay that dominates Tarrant County. This soil expands and contracts dramatically with moisture, and the seasonal movement is relentless. Gate posts heave, brick pillar footings lean, and the geometry of an automatic swing gate gets thrown out of alignment. When the gate isn’t aligned, the motor works harder on every cycle. Harder work means more heat, and Colleyville’s summer ground temperatures above 110°F finish the job on the control boards and wiring harnesses. Our Colleyville gate motor work accounts for this soil in every diagnosis.
The signature failure in Colleyville is the brick and stone pillar-mounted swing gate from the mid to late 1990s. The anchor bolts pull loose from aging mortar, the hinge tears free, and the gate drops. The gate itself looks structurally fine until it isn’t. This repair requires a gate specialist and often a masonry contractor working together, because the fix isn’t just new hinges. It’s reinforcing the pillar footing, resetting the anchor bolts, and realigning the gate so the motor doesn’t inherit the load.
We Also Serve Cities Near Colleyville
Our gate motor and opener service covers all of Colleyville and the surrounding communities, including Bedford, Hurst, Southlake, and Euless. If you’re in one of those cities and dealing with the same clay-soil pillar issues or an aging swing gate operator, we can help. Dispatch and scheduling run from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, but the crew serving Colleyville lives in this trade and knows these neighborhoods.
Serving Colleyville, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Colleyville 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 Motor & Opener in Colleyville
If the motor hums but the gate doesn’t move, the capacitor is the first thing to test. A failed capacitor means the motor can’t build enough starting torque to move a 200 to 400 pound gate. In Colleyville’s late summer heat, we replace capacitors on early 2000s units constantly. If the motor hums only sometimes and the gate moves fine on cooler days, heat soak on the control board is a close second. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll diagnose it on site, with the price agreed before we touch anything.
On most 1990s operators the answer is yes, you can retrofit new photo eyes, but there’s a caveat. If the operator predates UL 325 entrapment protection standards, adding photocells doesn’t make it compliant. Colleyville’s custom estate gates from that era often lack independent reversing sensors, and patching safety onto a motor that pre-dates the standard gives you sensors without the behavior guarantee. If your gate is heavy and the motor is original, replacement with a modern UL 325-compliant unit is usually the cheaper long-term answer. Call us for a free on-site assessment.
No. The hinge is the symptom, not the cause. Colleyville’s Blackland clay moves the pillar footings, the anchor bolts pull loose from the mortar, and the gate sags because its support has shifted. Fix the hinges without addressing the pillar and you’ll fix it twice. We weld on site and reset anchor bolts properly, and we’ll bring in a masonry contractor when the pillar itself needs reinforcement. Call (877) 610-2993 for an honest diagnosis.
Because they were installed at the same time, in the same housing boom, and they were designed for 15 to 20 year service lives. Colleyville’s custom estate gates from the late 1980s through the early 2000s used direct-drive operators from FAAC, Elite, and LiftMaster almost exclusively. Twenty to thirty years later, the control boards, capacitors, and motor couplings in those units are reaching end-of-life in a wave. Southlake and Grapevine don’t have the same density of original estate gates, which is why the failure cluster is so visible here. We stock parts for all the legacy brands and can usually tell you over the phone whether your operator is worth saving.
In most cases you can add battery backup to an existing operator without replacing the motor. The battery and charging circuit mount alongside the existing control board, and they take over when line voltage drops. For Colleyville homeowners, battery backup is worth serious consideration given the rolling outages in July and the fact that a dead gate means no car access to a property set back from the road. A typical battery backup integration runs $600 to $1,200, and we quote the full price before any work starts. Call (877) 610-2993 to schedule a free estimate.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate in Colleyville
If your Colleyville gate motor is dead, groaning, or just not the way it used to be, call (877) 610-2993. A live person answers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We’ll give you a straight answer about whether to repair or replace, a written quote before any work starts, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, and he’ll be the one you see again at the hardware store.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Colleyville since 2001.