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Gate Installation - Applewood hinge replacement typically runs $180-$420 per hinge set, post replacement $380-$900 depending on footing depth and soil conditions, and custom ornamental welding $150-$450 per repair section. We’re on-site in Applewood most days, and we’ll give you a written price before any torch gets lit. That matters in a neighborhood where Chinook gusts topping 60 mph are a regular winter event, not a rare storm. When your gate’s been rattling in that wind for twenty winters, the failure isn’t random. It’s predictable, and it’s fixable. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal will tell you straight what’s worth welding and what’s worth replacing.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Applewood’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and he still answers his own phone. That’s not a marketing line. When an Applewood homeowner calls at 7 a.m. because a windstorm dropped the gate onto the driveway, the person picking up is the same person who’ll show up with the welder. We publish our address, our license number, and our name is on every invoice. Around Applewood, that matters. You’ll see us at the hardware store. You’ll see our truck on 26th Avenue. We’re not passing through.
Applewood homeowners have told us the same thing for years: they got burned by a company that quoted one number on the phone and charged another at the door. That’s not how we work. The price we give you is the price on the invoice, and it’s quoted before any work starts, every time. We also put our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. If something isn’t done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no fine print.
We understand Applewood’s particular gate problems because we’ve been fixing them a long time. This isn’t flat-lot Lakewood. Applewood sits where the foothills meet the flats, and the wind here is a different animal. Our crew knows what that wind does to hinge barrels and latch receivers, because we’re under the same wind.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Applewood
Hinge Replacement
Hinge replacement in Applewood is rarely just a hinge swap. When a 1960s ornamental iron gate has been leaning into Chinook gusts for decades, the hinge barrel is usually egged out and the mounting point on the post is cracked. We remove the old hardware, weld the mounting surface back to sound metal if needed, and set new hinges that are rated for lateral load. On Applewood’s sloped driveways, that last part is the difference between a gate that holds and one that’s dragging again by spring.
Post Replacement
Applewood’s clay-heavy soils heave with every freeze-thaw cycle. That movement pulls post footings out of plumb, and a post that’s even half an inch off means the latch receiver won’t engage. We dig out the old footing, re-set the post in concrete at the correct depth for Applewood’s soil, and make sure it’s braced square before backfilling. If the post is still sound and just leaning, we’ll tell you that too. We’d rather realign a good post than sell you a new one, and that’s what repair-first means in practice.
Rail Repair
Ornamental rail repairs on Applewood’s mid-century gates often involve matching decades-old scrollwork and picket spacing. We weld repairs on site, which means your gate stays in the driveway and you see exactly what’s being done. For rusted rails on 1950s through 1970s wrought iron, we cut back to sound metal, weld in matched stock, and finish the repair so it doesn’t look like a patch. You shouldn’t be able to tell where the fix was made.
Custom Welding
For Applewood’s newer high-end rebuilds with automated driveway gates, custom welding often means fabricating brackets for an underground operator, reinforcing a frame before Applewood Gate Motor & Opener installation, or building a custom drop-rod assembly because the driveway grade demands it. We weld on-site, to the gate’s actual geometry, not in a shop where we’re guessing at fit. On sloped lots, a mistake in a bracket means a gate that binds and a motor that burns out early. We measure twice, weld once, and the job holds because it was built for the actual setup.
Our Gate Parts & Welding team also handles gate rollers, latch and lock replacements, and rail straightening. If you have a gate problem that’s not on this list, call anyway. If we can’t fix it, we’ll tell you who can.
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 Applewood
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and that includes the ones we see most often on Applewood properties: Viking, DoorKing, and Linear. When Applewood homeowners call about an automated gate that won’t open, a Viking underground operator or a DoorKing swing arm is the usual suspect. We keep common parts for these systems in our truck stock, so a service call to Applewood doesn’t usually mean a “we’ll have to order that” wait. Hal’s crew has been inside more Viking and DoorKing operators than most shops in the metro area, and we know their failure points. For older systems where the control board is dead and the manufacturer has moved on, we’ll tell you honestly whether a retrofit makes more sense than another board.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Applewood Homes
- Post-Chinook hinge barrel wear. The downslope wind loads in Applewood hit gates from the side, not the front. That sideload grinds hinge barrels into ovals over a few seasons, which is why a gate that sang through its first ten years suddenly sags and drags on the driveway every spring.
- Freeze-thaw post movement. Jefferson County clay swells and shrinks through winter, and posts set at shallow depths get walked out of line. When a latch receiver is off by a quarter inch, the gate either won’t catch or it catches and then pops loose in the next gust.
- Weld corrosion at UV-degraded powder coat. Applewood’s altitude means harsh sunlight. Once the powder coat on 50-year-old wrought iron goes chalky and thin, moisture gets to the welds underneath. We see gates where the paint looks fine from ten feet but the weld at the hinge mount is a lace of rust.
- Wrong latch type for the slope. Flat-lot contractors install horizontal latches on Applewood’s graded driveways, and the gate won’t stay shut. Sloped drives need drop-rod or gravity-latch hardware, and that detail gets missed more often than you’d believe. Show us a gate closing on its own and we’ll show you where it’s failing.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Applewood, CO
Honest numbers for Applewood work: hinge replacement runs $180-$420 per hinge set, post replacement $380-$900 including footing work, rail repair $150-$450 per section, and custom welding $150-$450 per repair area depending on the fabrication involved. Your total depends on how much of the hardware has failed, which we’ll show you on site before we touch anything. If the post is still sound, you’ll hear it from us and pay for the repair, not the replacement. Before any work starts, you get a written price and you agree to it. That’s a promise, not a policy. We also stand behind every job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, and standing offers include $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 an exact quote. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Applewood
Covering Applewood means covering the neighborhoods around it. We work regularly in Gate Parts & Welding in Applewood as well as Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and Edgewater. If you’re just over the line, call anyway. The trip charge inside the county is on us, and the diagnosis is honest either way.
Serving Applewood, CO - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Applewood 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 Applewood
Applewood sits in the Chinook wind corridor where downslope gusts regularly exceed 60 mph, far stronger than the winds that reach Lakewood a few miles east, and that lateral loading wears hinge barrels into ovals within a few hard winters. The fix is heavier-duty hinge sets sized for sideload and posts that are braced against the wind’s direction. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll look at what’s on the gate now and tell you what it actually needs.
If the post is still set firm in its footing and the lean is under half an inch, realignment and re-securing the latch receiver usually solves it; if the concrete is cracked, the post wobbles when you push it, or it’s out of plumb by more than half an inch, the footing has likely heaved and the post needs to be re-set or replaced. We check this on site and show you what we’re seeing before we recommend anything. The 90-Day Done Right Promise applies either way, so if the realignment doesn’t hold, we’re coming back.
Yes, we match the original scrollwork and picket spacing as closely as the existing steel allows, and we weld on site so the repair is made to the gate’s true geometry. For mid-century Applewood gates with curved ornamental work, we hand-fit each repair section rather than cutting a square patch. When we’re done, the repair should disappear into the original design. Call (877) 610-2993 and bring a photo or the gate itself to us and we’ll tell you what’s matchable and what isn’t before any work starts.
Usually the gate was fitted with a standard horizontal latch on a sloped Applewood driveway, which means gravity and wind work against it, or the post wasn’t set plumb and the latch receiver can’t seat. A drop-rod or gravity-latch is the right hardware for graded lots, and it has to be mounted at the correct height and angle or it won’t hold. We re-check the post and the latch plane on every repair. If the gate still swings open after we’ve fixed it, the 90-Day Done Right Promise means one call brings Hal back.
Yes, when we replace a safety photocell on an automated Applewood gate, we check the operator’s force settings, limit travel, hinge load, and the wiring run as part of the same visit, because a failed photocell is often the first sign that something else on the Gate Access Control in Applewood system is out of adjustment. You get a written price for the photocell and any other work we find before we proceed. We service Viking, DoorKing, Linear, and the rest of the nine brands we’re certified on, and we’ll tell you honestly if the operator is worth repairing or if you’re better off replacing it.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Applewood since 2001.