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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Parts & Welding Across Cleburne
Gate parts and welding in Cleburne usually means one of two things: a wind-bent panel that needs straightening, or a hinge post leaning in clay soil that has finally been pushed too far. Most jobs run $180 to $340 for hinge and rail repair, and a full post replacement with re-plumbed footing runs $450 to $900 depending on post size and how much concrete has cracked. We’re Gatewood Fence & Gate, and if you need an honest look at whether a gate should be welded in place or replaced outright, call us at (877) 610-2993. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and the name on the invoice is the name on the shop.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Cleburne’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
We’re not a national outfit with a rotating cast of subcontracted crews. When you call Gatewood Fence & Gate, a live person answers the phone, day or night. The person who comes to your property in Cleburne is background-checked, uniformed, and works under Hal’s direct supervision. If the repair isn’t done right, the 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every job. One call brings us back, no runaround.
Our Gate Parts & Welding team carries the parts Cleburne gates actually need: heavy barrel hinges, weld-on post caps, roller assemblies for slide gates, latch and lock hardware for ranch-style entries. We keep common replacements on the truck so a single visit often finishes the job. For anything unusual, we measure, call the supplier, and get the part ordered before we leave your driveway.
Local reviews from Cleburne homeowners consistently mention two things: we show up in the window we promised, and we explain exactly what we’re going to do before we touch the gate. That matters in a city where word travels through church parking lots and the feed store checkout line. Hal has been owner-operator since 2001, and he’ll tell you the same thing he tells every customer: if you want to look the man in the eye, drive to the shop. The address is published. The license number is published. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Cleburne
Hinge Replacement
Most sagging gates in Cleburne fail at the hinge, not in the middle of the panel. The expansive clay soil around ZIP codes 76031 and 76033 heaves with every wet-dry cycle, and that slow movement works hinge bolts loose and bends barrel hinges over time. We replace hinges with heavier-gauge steel than what the gate originally had, and we set the gate back to plumb before we call it done. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start.
Post Replacement
This is the repair Cleburne needs more than almost anywhere else in the DFW area. Blackland Prairie clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and over years that cycle cracks concrete footings and heaves posts out of alignment. When we replace a post in Cleburne, we dig deeper than the original, pour a larger footing, and set the post with gravel drainage around the base. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Rail Repair
Solid infill gates catch wind like a sail. In Cleburne’s spring storm season, that wind load bends top and bottom rails and tears hinge brackets loose. We straighten, reinforce, and weld rails on site, and we replace the brackets with heavier stock. If the gate has been hit by storm-driven debris, we check the entire frame for hidden fractures before we re-hang it. What looks like a simple rail repair often reveals a cracked weld at the hinge post, and we’d rather find that now than have you find it when the gate drops in your driveway.
Custom Welding
Some things can’t be ordered from a catalog. A ranch gate off County Road 1234 with a bent frame, a vintage iron gate on a historic Cleburne home near the downtown core, an acreage entrance off FM 1434 with a custom dog run gate. We weld on site, in your driveway, with the gate still on the property. No hauling a gate across town to a fabrication shop. We carry stick and MIG setup on the truck, and we build replacements for sections too far gone to save. Hal has been welding gates since before half the neighborhoods in Cleburne were even built.
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 Cleburne
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and for Cleburne properties that most often means FAAC, BFT, and LiftMaster operators on residential and light ranch applications. We keep common replacement parts for these brands on the truck, so a blown capacitor or a stripped gear doesn’t mean waiting a week on a shipping delay. Call (877) 610-2993 and tell us what operator you have. Nine times out of ten, the part is on the truck the day we come out.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Cleburne Homes
- Hinge post lean from shrink-swell clay. Cleburne’s expansive soils push and pull post footings with every seasonal wet-dry cycle. What starts as a gate that drags in July becomes a post leaning 5 degrees by September. Re-plumbing solves the sag for good.
- Storm-driven wind load on solid infill gates. Cleburne sits in a documented high-tornado-risk corridor, and the June 2023 tornado showed exactly what 100 mph winds do to a solid steel panel. The gate bends at the rail and hinge bracket, and often the post underneath was already compromised by years of clay movement.
- Footing heave in saturated Blackland Prairie clay. After heavy rain, the clay around gate posts swells enough to crack concrete and throw slide gate rollers out of alignment. A gate that grinds and jumps the track after rain has a footing problem, not a track problem.
- Deteriorated original footings on older gates. Much of Cleburne’s housing stock dates to the early and mid 20th century, and many wood post-and-rail and chain-link gates are still sitting on their original pour. Decades of wet-dry cycles have crumbled those footings from the inside out. When we reset those posts, we’re also replacing what was never built right in the first place.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Cleburne, TX
Here’s what gate work actually costs in Cleburne, based on what we see week to week:
- Hinge replacement (single gate): $180-$280
- Hinge replacement (double gate): $260-$380
- Rail repair and re-weld: $160-$320
- Post replacement with re-plumbed footing: $450-$900
- Custom welding (per project, on site): $200-$650
- Gate roller replacement: $140-$240
- Latch and lock replacement: $120-$220
The jobs at the higher end are usually ranch-style gates with 16-foot spans, or residential gates in the historic district where existing ironwork has to be matched and preserved. Every quote is given before we start, in writing, and agreed to before we touch a single bolt. If you already have a written estimate from another company, bring it to us for a free second opinion. We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside Johnson County, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
The number you need to know: most Cleburne gate part repairs run $180 to $340 and are finished in one visit. A full post replacement is bigger, and we’ll tell you that before you commit.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cleburne
Gatewood Fence & Gate works throughout Johnson County and the surrounding area. We run local service to Gate Parts & Welding in Cleburne, plus Keene, Joshua, Burleson, and Crowley. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, and crews serve Cleburne locally with no county trip charge.
Serving Cleburne, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cleburne 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 Cleburne
Cleburne sits right in the transition zone between the Cross Timbers and Blackland Prairie, where the soil is a highly expansive shrink-swell clay. That clay grows and shrinks dramatically with moisture changes, which means gate post footings here heave and shift seasonally in a way you don’t see as much on the more stable soils west of Fort Worth. The fix is a deeper footing, better drainage at the base, and a re-plumbed post. We do that work all year in Cleburne, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the reset. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free look at your post.
Most bent rails and hinge brackets from wind damage can be welded straight on site, and that’s usually the cheaper repair. The exception is when the frame itself has twisted or the metal has fatigued at the weld points from repeated storm cycles. We’ll straighten and reinforce what’s salvageable, replace only what’s not, and show you the difference before any work starts. That repair-first approach is how we keep a $2,000 gate replacement from turning into a $400 weld job. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come look at it.
Every gate operator has a manual release mechanism, usually a keyed cylinder or a pull handle on the operator housing. Turn the key or pull the handle to disengage the motor from the gate, then push the gate open by hand. If your operator is a solar-backed system with a battery, it may still open normally even when the house is dark. We walk every customer through this release when we install or service an operator, and we label the release point so you can find it in the dark. If you can’t locate yours, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll talk you through it.
That’s almost always a footing problem under the roller track, not a track problem. Saturated Blackland Prairie clay swells and heaves the concrete pad that supports the track, which throws the rollers out of alignment. The fix is to re-level the track on a stable footing, replace any rollers that have flat-spotted from the grinding, and reset the guide wheels. In some cases we install a deeper, wider footing pad so the clay movement doesn’t repeat the problem every wet season. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come diagnose the track and the footing underneath it.
If you ever want the gate to open automatically when you pull up in a truck or tractor, yes, you need a loop detector cut into the driveway or approach. Loop detectors sense the metal mass of a vehicle and signal the opener to cycle. On acreage properties around Cleburne where the driveway approach is gravel or dirt, we bury the loop deeper and wider than code requires so it doesn’t shift with the clay soil. It’s a standard part of our ranch gate installations, and it prevents the gate from closing on a trailer or horse trailer still in the way. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll spec the right loop for your entrance.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Cleburne since 2001.