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Gate Installation in Everman usually means one of two things: a hinge post that’s leaned out of plumb from the clay, or a weld that finally let go after years of the same soil working it back and forth. We fix both, and we do it with the gate still in your driveway. If you live in the 76140 ZIP and your gate drags, binds, or won’t latch, call (877) 610-2993 and talk to a real person. Hal Gatewood has been welding and repairing gates since 2001, and he’ll tell you straight whether that post needs resetting, that hinge needs replacing, or the whole panel needs a steel reinforcement plate.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Everman’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
We’re the shop whose name you’ll see on the invoice, and whose owner you’ll see at the job. Hal Gatewood started this business in 2001 and still runs it himself. The address is published, the license number is published, and the phone gets answered by a live person at 3 a.m. the same way it does at noon. Everman homeowners have learned the hard way that national outfits quote one number on the phone and a different one at the door. That doesn’t happen here. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, in writing.
When we roll into Everman, we already know what we’re likely to find. The housing stock is mostly 1950s-to-1980s ranch homes with original chain-link or treated-wood gates. Posts were set decades ago with thin concrete or none at all. The Blackland Prairie clay underneath 76140 swells in wet winters and shrinks in dry summers. That cycle torques posts out of vertical, and a gate that scraped the ground in August might not even latch by January. We’ve been seeing it for over two decades. We know where to look and what holds up.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Everman
Hinge Replacement
Most Everman gate failures start at the hinge post, not the middle of the panel. The original hinges on a 1960s wood gate are usually thin-gauge steel with worn-through pin holes. We remove the old hardware, weld a heavy-duty ball-bearing hinge in place, and set the gate so it clears the driveway without dragging. A hinge replacement in Everman typically runs $95-$180 per hinge, depending on whether we’re welding onto steel or through-bolting into wood.
Post Replacement
This is the big one for Everman. The clay heaves, the post leans, and the gate binds. Pulling the old post and dropping in a new one without proper footing is how you get the same problem next spring. We bore deep, set the post in concrete rated for expansive soil, and brace it while it cures. A standard 4×4 wood gate post replacement around a 1960s ranch home off W Enon Avenue runs $220-$380. A steel post for a wide farm gate or commercial slide gate runs more, typically $400-$750 depending on depth and diameter. We tell you the price before we dig.
Rail Repair
Chain-link and wood gates sag when the rail brackets pull loose from the post or the rail itself bends. On older Everman properties, the brackets are often original and rusted thin. We cut out the bad section, weld in new steel, and re-square the panel before rehanging it. Most rail repairs run $85-$200, and we do the welding on site so the gate doesn’t leave your property.
Custom Welding
Sometimes the right fix is a plate, a gusset, or a completely rebuilt corner. Our crew recently reset a badly leaning hinge post on a 1960s ranch home off Enon Avenue after a rainy winter pushed it two inches out of plumb. We bored a deeper footing with concrete, replaced the rusted hinge with a heavy-duty ball-bearing model, and welded a steel plate over the original bracket so the swing gate clears without dragging. That’s the kind of work we do regularly here. Custom welding in Everman starts around $150 for a small reinforcement plate and goes up from there based on material and time.
We also handle Gate Parts & Welding for gate rollers, latch and lock replacement, and slide gate track repairs. If a part is worth fixing, we fix it. If it’s not, we tell you that too, and we show you why.
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 Everman
We service and stock parts for Everman Gate Motor & Opener brands including DoorKing, Ghost Controls, and Viking. Whether it’s a residential swing gate on a 1970s ranch lot or a steel slide gate at a small contractor yard along the south Fort Worth freight corridor, the opener matters less than whether the gate itself is square, plumb, and moving freely. We service the operator, sure, but we always check what the gate is bolted to. That’s where most failures start.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Everman Homes
- Clay-driven post lean: The Blackland Prairie soil under 76140 swells and shrinks constantly. A post that was plumb in March can be out by two inches by August, and the gate starts scraping or refusing to latch.
- Premature spring and hinge failure: Older chain-link and wood gates on 1950s-to-1980s ranch lots sag at the hinge post, where the thin wall brackets bend or rust through. The panel then scrapes the driveway and the latch stops lining up.
- Failed welds from decades of vibration: Gates that swing or slide thousands of times a year work welds loose. A cracked weld on a bracket or a rail joint is usually fixable without replacing the whole gate, if you catch it before the panel twists.
- Operator wear on commercial slide gates: Electric slide gate operators at light-industrial parcels near the freight corridor suffer premature rack-and-pinion wear when loop detectors aren’t adjusted for mixed truck and small-vehicle traffic. The gate reverses too often, and the rack pays for it.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Everman, TX
Here’s what we typically see in Everman. Hinge replacement runs $95-$180 per hinge. Rail repair runs $85-$200. Post replacement runs $220-$380 for a standard wood post, and $400-$750 for steel on wide farm or commercial gates. Custom welding starts around $150 for a reinforcement plate. A full gate rebuild with new post, hinges, and welded bracing generally lands between $500 and $1,100 depending on gate width and material. You get the number before we start, and that number doesn’t change at the door. Seniors and veterans get 10% off permanently, and any repair over $200 takes $40 off. Estimates are free, and there’s no trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Everman
If you’re just outside Everman in Rendon, Kennedale, Forest Hill, or Burleson, we cover those areas too. Same crew, same pricing, same 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Everman is home base for a lot of our south Tarrant County work, but we’re on the road all over the area.
Serving Everman, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Everman 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 Everman
Because the Blackland Prairie clay under 76140 expands and contracts with every wet-dry cycle, and a post set shallow or with a thin footing gets torqued out of plumb within a season or two. The fix is depth and concrete: we bore past the active heave zone, set the post in enough concrete, and brace it until cured. A post that’s set right doesn’t lean next spring. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come look at yours.
Yes, if the post itself is still sound. We cut a steel plate to span the cracked or rusted area, weld or through-bolt it in place, and mount the new hinge to the plate. That’s exactly what we did on Enon Avenue when a post had moved two inches out of plumb: new footing, new hinge, welded plate, and the gate cleared without dragging. A reinforcement plate typically runs $150-$250.
For a wide farm gate on Blackland clay, we set steel posts at least 30 to 36 inches deep with a concrete footing at or below the frost depth, usually 12 to 18 inches in diameter. Depth matters more than diameter in expansive soil. Shallow concrete just rides the heave. We’ll tell you the exact spec after we see the gate and the soil it’s sitting in, and we’ll put the price in writing first.
Yes. We install Gate Access Control in Everman including solar-compatible slide gate operators, and we can run the power from a solar panel and battery bank when mains power isn’t practical. We service DoorKing, Viking, and Ghost Controls, among others. The gate itself has to slide freely first, so we check the track, the rollers, and the rack before we ever mount an operator. A solar conversion on a commercial slide gate in Everman typically starts around $1,800 and goes up based on gate length and panel size.
Probably not. That’s the classic Everman clay problem: the post is moving with the soil, and the gate panel is still square. The dragging is misalignment, not failed metal. We fix it by resetting the post deep and re-hanging the gate, sometimes welding a bracket reinforcement at the same time. It’s a one-day job in most cases. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what’s moving.
Get Your Everman Gate Fixed Right - Call Today
If your gate is leaning, dragging, or won’t stay latched, don’t wait for the clay to finish the job. Call (877) 610-2993 and talk to a real person who serves Gate Parts & Welding in Everman directly. We answer 24/7, we show up when we say we will, and every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, Hal comes back and makes it right. No runaround. The name is on the shop, and the shop answers the phone.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Everman since 2001.