Gate Parts & Welding in Citrus - Made to Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Gate Parts & Welding Across Citrus

Gate hinge failure in Citrus usually starts the same way: a 50-year-old post footing cracks under heat expansion, the gate drops an inch, and the bottom rail starts dragging the uphill side of the driveway. We fix that. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been repairing and welding gates since 2001, and most Citrus jobs are same-week, not same-month. If your swing gate is sagging, scraping, or the hinges look like rusted pretzels, call (877) 610-2993. Hal Gatewood will be there himself, or you can drive to the shop and look him in the eye.

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Key Takeaways for Citrus Homeowners

• Hinge replacement on a mid-century Citrus swing gate typically runs $240-$460 including new heavy-duty hinges and post re-alignment.
• Sloped driveway sag is a foundation problem, not a hinge problem. We correct the post, not just the bolts.
• Welded rail repairs on wrought iron gates in Citrus run $180-$380, depending on rail length and section replacement.
• Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, one call brings Hal back.
• A live person answers the phone 24/7. No voicemail, no call center three states away.

Citrus is unincorporated LA County, and the housing stock tells a specific story. These are mid-century ranch homes carved from old grove parcels, which means long sloped driveways, original wrought iron swing gates from the 1960s and 1970s, and post footings poured thin before anyone thought about thermal expansion. When a gate sags here, it sags in the hinge post, not the middle. That is where we start.

Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Citrus’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company

We are not a franchise. Hal Gatewood founded the company in 2001, his name is on the shop and on every invoice, and his license number is published where anyone can look it up. Crews serving Citrus come from the local area, and the person who shows up at your gate is background-checked and uniformed. Not a temp. Not a salesman with a clipboard and a price list.

We earn the work here the hard way: by fixing what other companies said needed replacing. Citrus homeowners call us after a national outfit quoted a whole new gate for a bad hinge post. Most of the time the gate itself is fine. The post is the problem. The hinges are destroyed because the post moved. We weld on site, re-set posts, and keep your gate where it belongs: in your driveway, not a scrap pile.

We answer the phone around the clock. If a Santa Ana wind event knocks a gate off its track at 11 p.m., a live person picks up. Not a voicemail. Not a chatbot. The person you talk to can tell you when we will be in Citrus the next morning.

Every warranty is in writing. The 90-Day Done Right Promise means if it is not done right, we make it right. Plainly stated, not buried in fine print. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Any repair over $200 gets $40 off. A free second opinion on any written estimate means you can measure us against the other guy before you spend a dime.

Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Citrus

Our Gate Parts & Welding team focuses on the parts of a gate that actually fail: hinges, posts, rails, and welded frame corners. In Citrus specifically, the slope of your driveway changes how every one of those components wears. We plan for that before we cut or weld anything.

Hinge Replacement

Hinges on 1960s and 1970s Citrus gates are often original, rusted through, and welded in place by corrosion. We cut out the old hardware, weld in heavy-duty replacement hinges rated for the gate’s actual weight, and re-align the gate so it closes square. A typical hinge replacement in Citrus runs $240-$460 per gate. If the post is moving, hinges alone will not fix it. We tell you that before we start, not after.

Post Replacement

This is the most common real repair we see in Citrus. The original post footings were poured thin, maybe 12 to 18 inches deep, and forty years of summer heat expansion has cracked them. The post leans, the gate drops, the hinges shear. We dig the old post, pour a new footing at least 24 inches deep, and weld a steel base plate to the post before setting it. Post replacement in Citrus runs $380-$850, depending on gate weight and whether we are working with block wall or soil. Fix the panel without the post and you will fix it twice.

Rail Repair

Bottom rails on sloped driveways take abuse no flat-lot gate ever sees. On the uphill swing, the rail arc intersects the grade and gouges concrete. In Citrus, we regularly cut out the damaged rail section, weld in new steel, and if the geometry demands it, fabricate a tapered rail insert so the gate clears grade without dragging. Rail repairs run $180-$380 for most mid-century gates. Leaving the gouge means the gate keeps losing metal every time it opens.

Custom Welding

Sometimes the part does not exist anymore. A 1968 ornamental gate with decorative scrollwork needs a section recreated, not ordered from a catalog. We do that on site with welded steel, matching the original thickness and profile. Custom welding in Citrus starts around $150 for small bracket or tab repairs and ranges upward from there based on material and detail. Hal has been welding since before half the gate openers on the market were invented.

Trusted Brands We Service in Citrus

We are certified to service nine major gate brands, and in Citrus we see a lot of older DoorKing chain operators on original installs, plus Linear and Viking units on retrofits. If you have a Ghost Controls opener on a newer gate, we work on those too. We keep common parts stocked locally for Citrus customers, which means a failed limit switch or phantom-eye sensor does not put your gate out of service for a week while someone waits on a warehouse. When a Santa Ana wind event knocks a Viking slide gate off its track, the fix is rack re-alignment and re-welding the track mount, not a new operator.

Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Citrus Homes

• Sagged gates with seized hinge barrels. Original wrought iron hinges rust-weld into position over decades, and once the gate sags, the hinge barrels bind and shear bolts. We cut them out and weld in new heavy-duty hinges sized for the gate, not a generic part off a shelf.
• Sloped-driveway bottom rail gouging. On Citrus lots with uphill grade, the gate arc intersects the driveway and grinds the bottom rail into the concrete on every cycle. Welding in a tapered insert or re-hanging with corrected geometry stops the damage permanently.
• Wind-sheared hinge bolts and bent frames. Santa Ana gusts funnel through canyon mouths near the San Gabriel foothills and hit unbraced mid-century gates hard. We see bent top rails, sheared bolts, and frames knocked out of square, especially on larger double swing gates with no center stop.
• Cracked post footings from thermal cycling. Intense summer heat and cool winter nights cycle the steel and the concrete at different rates. The original 1960s footings crack, the post leans, and the gate drops. Re-setting the post in a deeper footing with a welded base plate fixes the underlying failure.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Citrus

Gatewood Fence & Gate works throughout the eastern San Gabriel Valley. In addition to Citrus, our crews regularly serve Azusa, Vincent, Covina, and Glendora. The same 90-Day Done Right Promise applies in every city, every job, every time. If you are on the line between two service areas, call us. Odds are we can be there.

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