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If your Burlingame gate sags, drags, or won’t latch, you likely don’t need a whole new gate. You need a welder who can fix the hinge, reset the post, or rebuild the rail right where it sits. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been doing exactly that since 2001. Our Gate Parts & Welding crew works on gates all over Burlingame, from the flats near Broadway up to the hillside streets along the Hillsborough line. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers, day or night.
Key Takeaways for Burlingame Gate Owners
- A sagging gate usually means a failed hinge post or rusted hinge, not a bad panel. We fix the post and hinge, not just the symptom.
- Burlingame’s salt-laden Bay air rusts steel gate hardware faster than you might think. Welding in place often beats replacement.
- Post replacement in Burlingame typically runs $450-$900 depending on footing depth and root intrusion.
- Custom welding to match 1920s-1940s ornamental iron is something we do regularly on the original pedestrian gates around 94010.
- Every job comes with our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, we make it right.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Burlingame’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood founded this shop in 2001 and his name is still on the door. We’re not a franchise and we don’t sub out work to a rotating cast. When you call about a rusty hinge or a leaning post on a Spanish Colonial Revival home off Burlingame Avenue, the person who shows up knows what those original wrought-iron gates looked like in 1935. That matters. A chain outfit will sell you a new aluminum panel. We’ll cut the old hinge off, forge a replacement that matches the vintage profile, and weld it in your driveway so the gate swings clean again.
Burlingame customers call us because we answer the phone. No voicemail tree, no call center, no chatbot. You get a live person every time, 24/7. We carry our license and our address is published. Hal’s number is the one on the truck. That’s the kind of accountability people in this town expect.
We also stand behind the work with a promise that’s stamped on every invoice: the 90-Day Done Right Promise. One call brings us back. No runaround, no fine print. And every repair over $200 gets $40 off, plus there’s no trip charge inside San Mateo County. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Burlingame
Hinge Replacement
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. That’s where we start. In Burlingame, the morning marine layer that rolls off the Bay settles on steel and wrought iron almost every day for months at a stretch. We regularly find butt hinges so pitted and seized they won’t take grease anymore. We cut them free, spec a replacement that matches the weight and swing of the gate, and weld or bolt it in. For older ornamental pedestrian gates in the flats, we match the original profile so the repair doesn’t look like a repair.
Post Replacement
Here’s the Burlingame-specific failure we see more than anywhere else on the Peninsula: mature street tree roots have pushed concrete hinge post footings up two to four inches over the decades. That throws a swing gate out of plumb and knocks an automatic slide gate clean off its track. We remove the old post, excavate a deeper footing, embed a new steel post in concrete, and shim it dead level before the weld. A new post on a residential driveway gate in Burlingame usually runs $450-$900. We’ll quote the number before we start, not after.
Rail Repair
Bottom rails take the worst of it in Burlingame. Salt air, standing water from sprinkler overspray, and decades of organic debris from those Canary Island palms and liquid ambers eat at the steel from underneath. We’ll cut out the rotted section, weld in a fresh piece of matching tube or solid stock, grind it smooth, and recoat it. Rail repair makes sense when the rest of the gate is sound. We won’t sell you a whole panel if four feet of rail is all that’s failing.
Custom Welding
The older homes in Burlingame, particularly the 1920s-1940s Craftsman bungalows and Spanish Colonials between Burlingame Avenue and Broadway, often have original ornamental iron pedestrian gates with hinge profiles and latch hardware nobody manufactures anymore. Big box stores don’t carry them. We forge and weld replacements on site, matched to the vintage profile. The same applies to high-end driveway gates on the hillside streets near the Hillsborough border: those custom steel and cast aluminum gates with ornate scrollwork need a welder who understands weight, balance, and operator geometry. Hal has been doing this kind of work since 2001.
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 Burlingame
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, including Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing. That means we understand the operator side of the equation too, not just the steel. If your automatic gate near Broadway is jumping its rack because a tree root lifted the track footing, fixing the steel is only half the job. The operator has to be recalibrated once the gate sits level again. We handle both in one visit. We also keep common hard parts in local inventory so a seized hinge or a failed strike plate doesn’t leave your driveway gate hanging open for a week.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Burlingame Homes
- Salt-air rust on hinges and strike plates. The Bay-facing marine layer blankets Burlingame most mornings. Steel hardware pits and seizes faster here than in Millbrae or San Mateo. We weld in new hinge pins and rebuild strike plates so the latch catches clean.
- Tree-root heave lifting gate posts. Mature street trees in the flats have lifted concrete footings two to four inches over decades. The gate leans toward the street and the latch stops striking. We reset the post in a deeper footing and correct the sag.
- Automatic slide gates jumping their tracks. When a tree root lifts one section of track, a Viking or Ghost Controls slide gate rides up and off the rack. We level the footing, weld the track brackets solid, and realign the gate.
- Vintage ornamental hinges failing. The original wrought-iron pedestrian gates on 1920s and 1930s homes use hinge profiles that are no longer manufactured. We forge and weld replacements matched to the gate’s original weight and swing.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Burlingame, CA
What you’ll pay in Burlingame depends on what you’re actually fixing. Here are real ranges for the work we do most often:
- Hinge replacement: $180-$340 per hinge, including the weld and finish coat
- Post replacement: $450-$900 per post, depending on footing depth and root work
- Rail repair: $250-$550, depending on the length of rotted rail and access
- Custom ornamental hinge fabrication: $300-$700 per hinge set, matched to vintage profile
- Slide gate track realignment: $350-$700, including footing shim and operator recalibration
Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. We don’t show up with an estimate and leave with an invoice that doubles it. There’s no trip charge inside San Mateo County, and any repair over $200 automatically gets $40 off. Seniors and veterans take 10% off every job. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Burlingame
While this page is for Gate Parts & Welding in Burlingame, our crews regularly work in Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Mateo, and San Bruno. If you’re on the Millbrae border or up in the hills above San Mateo, the same team comes out, the same pricing applies, and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the work.
Serving Burlingame, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Burlingame 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 Burlingame
Because the hinge post is almost certainly moving, not the hinges. Burlingame’s mature street tree roots lift concrete post footings slowly over decades, and the gate starts leaning toward the street. Tightening the hinge bolts doesn’t fix a post that’s shifted two inches out of plumb. The post has to be reset in a deeper footing, then the gate realigned so the latch strikes clean. We can do that in one visit for $450-$900 depending on root intrusion. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a straight number over the phone.
Yes, we can. The original hinges on 1920s Craftsman and Spanish Colonial pedestrian gates in Burlingame use profiles that are no longer manufactured. We forge and weld replacements on site to match the original shape, width, and pin diameter. Most of these jobs run $300-$700 per hinge set, and the finished weld is ground smooth and coated to blend with the existing iron.
In Burlingame, it’s almost always tree-root heave. A mature street tree root under the track footing lifts the rail enough that the gate’s drive rack catches and throws the gate off. The fix is leveling the footing, welding the track brackets solid, and recalibrating the operator so it rides smooth. We service Linear, VIking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing operators. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate if your gate is off its track right now.
Salt-laden marine air accelerates corrosion at welds, hinges, and strike plates noticeably faster than the drier mid-Peninsula microclimate even a few miles south. We see pitting on welded joints within a few years if they weren’t properly prepped and coated. A proper weld joint on a Burlingame gate should be ground smooth, hot-dipped or primed with a zinc-rich coating, and finish-coated. We do that as standard on every weld, and we’ll tell you honestly if a recoating makes sense for your gate. Call (877) 610-2993 to talk it through.
It depends on the extent of the rust. If the bottom rail has rotted through at the welds, we cut out the bad section and weld in fresh steel. The repair area gets primed and matched, but you should expect the recoated section to look slightly different from a powder coat that’s been weathering for years. We’ll be straight with you about what’s a weld-and-touch-up job and what truly needs a full strip and repaint. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you an honest read before you spend a dollar.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Parts & Welding in Burlingame
If your gate is sagging, rusted, jumping its track, or just not latching right, call (877) 610-2993. A live person answers, 24/7. We’ll ask what you’re seeing, give you a real price range over the phone, and set a time that works. Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. The 90-Day Done Right Promise means if it’s not right, we make it right, plain and simple.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Burlingame since 2001.