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When a gate stops closing square in Five Corners, the fix usually starts underground. In most cases we find the hinge post has moved, not the gate itself. Our Gate Parts & Welding crew runs calls into Five Corners every week, and we keep the truck stocked for the specific failures this part of Clark County throws at us: rotted cedar post bases, rusted butt hinges, obsolete opener boards, and cracked welds on steel frames. If you’re off NE 94th Ave, NE 119th St, or anywhere in the 98662 zip code, call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers. Hal Gatewood has owned this company since 2001, and he still shows up on the job.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Five Corners’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
We repair gates other companies want to replace. That’s the whole point of what we do in Five Corners. A national outfit will look at a sagging cedar gate here and quote a full replacement before they’ve even looked at the post. We know the housing stock in Five Corners, Clark County, and the clay soil under it. When a gate is binding every winter, the odds are the post heaved, not that the gate itself is done. This is true across the neighborhoods ringing the Five Corners commercial hub: the ranch-style and two-story tract homes built between 1985 and 2010, most fenced with cedar or pressure-treated wood at construction. We’ve been doing this work since 2001, and we carry parts for nine gate brands in the truck, so most hinge, post, latch, and weld repairs in Five Corners get finished on the first trip.
Every job gets the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, Hal comes back and makes it right. No runaround. No fine print. And since we answer the phone 24/7 with a live person, not a voicemail, you’ll actually reach someone when your gate fails on a Sunday afternoon after an east-wind event off the Gorge.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Five Corners
Here’s what we handle most often from the 98662 call list:
Hinge Replacement
Cedar gates in Five Corners neighborhoods bear the brunt of 43 inches of annual rain. Butt hinges and strap hinges rust at the pin, the screws pull out of the post, and the gate starts dragging. We replace hinges with heavier-gauge hardware, re-drill and bolt through the post where the wood’s still sound, and correct the gate alignment so the latch actually catches. A sagging gate usually isn’t a hinge-only problem though, which is why we check the post before we ever pick up a wrench.
Post Replacement
This is the big one in Five Corners. Clark County’s clay soil drains poorly. Gate posts installed 20-plus years ago with a bag of concrete and no gravel footing heave several inches over repeated wet-dry cycles. The gate binds. The latch misses the strike. Cranking on the hinges won’t fix it because the post itself has moved. We dig out the rotted base, set a new pressure-treated post in a gravel-and-concrete footing sized for Clark County soil, and rehang the gate square. If the gate panel is still solid, there’s no reason to replace it. Fix the post and the gate swings true.
Rail Repair
The horizontal rails on older cedar fence gates rot where they meet the stiles. Moisture wicks up from the bottom rail, especially on 6-foot gates that sit close to wet grass or garden beds through the long Five Corners wet season. We cut out the rotted section, splice in pressure-treated or cedar stock, and reinforce the corner with steel brackets when the design allows. If the rail is too far gone, we can build a new gate frame and reuse the pickets, which saves money and keeps the look of the original fence.
Custom Welding
Welding is where we save older steel and wrought-iron gates in Five Corners. A cracked weld at a corner or a broken picket doesn’t mean the gate goes to scrap. We weld on site, in your driveway, not in a shop forty miles away. That matters because heavy ornamental gates don’t move easily, and most cracks are small enough to repair without removing the gate from its hinges. We grind, clean, and re-weld, then prime and paint to match. If a weld fails, it’s usually fatigue or corrosion at the joint; we address that specific point rather than slapping a patch over it and hoping it holds.
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 Five Corners
Most automatic gates around Five Corners run LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, or Viking operators, and we service all of them. Pre-2000 FAAC and DoorKing boards are especially common here because the housing boom of the late 1980s through the 2000s put thousands of automatic driveway gates into Legacy-era subdivisions. Those boards fail from moisture and many are discontinued, but we keep compatible replacements and retrofit options in stock or ordered same-week for Five Corners customers. The brand on the gate matters less than the condition of the post it’s hung on, and that’s where we start.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Five Corners Homes
- Post heave and gate binding: Clark County clay swells and shrinks each wet season, lifting hinge posts so gates catch on the ground or miss the latch every winter. We carry extra gravel and concrete on every Five Corners call because so many hinge jobs turn into post re-footing jobs.
- Rotted cedar at the post base: Five Corners averages 43 inches of rain a year, and most older gates hang on cedar posts set directly in clay. The post rots where it meets the soil, and the gate starts leaning within two or three years of the first signs.
- Obsolete opener boards: Early LiftMaster, FAAC, and DoorKing control boards from the 1990s weren’t built for decades of Northwest damp. When they go, they usually go during the rainy months, and the exact replacement board is often no longer made.
- Racked frames after east-wind events: Clark County gets periodic Gorge wind that slams lateral load into gates that are already weakened by rust and rot. A frame that’s slightly out of square will snap hinges under that kind of force, which is why we re-align before we re-hang.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Five Corners, WA
A hinge replacement on a standard 6-foot cedar gate in Five Corners typically runs $180 to $320, depending on the hinge count and how much post wood needs repair. Post replacement with a new pressure-treated post and proper gravel-and-concrete footing runs $340 to $650 per post. Rail repair and splicing runs $160 to $380 depending on how much rot has spread. Custom welding repairs on steel gates start around $150 for small cracks and run up to $600 for structural repairs that require re-aligning a frame. These ranges are honest ballparks for our Five Corners work, and you’ll always get a quoted price before any work begins. No trip charge inside the county. Free estimates. If you already have a written estimate from someone else, we’ll give you a free second opinion. Seniors and veterans get 10% off, and any repair over $200 gets $40 off. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a number you can hold us to.
One Example of the Repair vs. Replace Math in Five Corners
We responded to a ranch-style home off NE 94th Ave in a Five Corners subdivision where a 6-foot cedar swing gate had sagged so hard the latch missed the strike. The 4×6 hinge post had heaved four inches over repeated wet-dry cycles in the clay, and the original post footing was just a bag of concrete with no gravel. Our crew dug out the rotted base, set a new pressure-treated post in a gravel-and-concrete footing, replaced the rusted butt hinges, and added a sag-correction turnbuckle. Total bill was under $500. A full gate and post replacement would have run the homeowner over $1,400 and the gate panel itself was still solid. That’s the difference between hiring someone who fixes the post and someone who sells you a new gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Five Corners
We work in Gate Parts & Welding in Five Corners and the surrounding communities of Barberton, Walnut Grove, Mount Vista, and Salmon Creek. If you’re just outside the 98662 zip code, give us a call anyway. The truck is usually in the area, and we’d rather make the trip than leave a gate hanging.
Serving Five Corners, WA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Five Corners 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 Five Corners
The sag is almost never in the gate itself. It’s in the post. Clark County’s expansive clay soil absorbs water all winter, swells, and lifts the post out of plumb, then shrinks in summer and drops it back. Each cycle moves the post a little more. No amount of hinge tightening will hold a gate square when the post underneath it is moving. We fix this with a proper gravel-and-concrete footing that spreads the load and drains water away from the wood. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free evaluation of your gate posts.
Yes, and you should. UL 325 safety requirements changed after most of the FAAC operators installed in Five Corners subdivisions were put in, and those older boards often have no photo-eye inputs or only a single edge input. We can retrofit a barrier sensor and photocells to most Legacy-era FAAC boards, and where the board’s too old to accept them, we can replace the control board while keeping the original motor and arm. That’s often half the cost of a full operator swap. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you what your specific board can take.
Yes, and that’s the right repair. We cut the post at the ground, dig out the rotted base and old concrete, set a new pressure-treated post in a gravel-and-concrete footing, and rehang the same gate. On Five Corners jobs we do this all the time because the clay and rain rot the post base while the cedar gate panel above stays dry and solid. You keep your gate, match your fence line, and save hundreds over a full rebuild. Call (877) 610-2993 for a quote.
Any crack at a corner joint, picket connection, or hinge plate can usually be ground back, re-welded, and reinforced without removing the gate from its posts. We weld on site here in Five Corners, which keeps the cost down because there’s no hauling involved. The exceptions are gates where the crack has spread into multiple members or the tubing is rusted thin from the inside; in those cases we may recommend splicing a new section rather than welding over compromised steel. Either way, you’ll get an honest answer before any torch comes out. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free welding assessment.
It’s almost always moisture. Slide gate operators here sit near the ground, where standing water from Clark County’s slow-draining clay seeps into the electrical enclosure, corrodes limit switches, or trips the safety circuit. The wheels and track also collect debris during the wet months, which overloads the motor. We start by checking the track and ground box for water intrusion, then test the board and safety inputs. It’s usually a sub-$200 fix when caught early. If your slide gate is stopping mid-cycle, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll get it squared away.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Parts & Welding in Five Corners
When your gate won’t close right, or a hinge post has moved, or a weld has cracked, you don’t need a new gate. You need someone who will look at the post, the frame, and the soil before they quote you anything. That’s how we work. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, the shop’s in Clark County, and his cell number is on every invoice. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate on gate parts and welding in Five Corners. We answer live, we show up on time, and the price we quote is the price you pay.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Five Corners, WA since 2001.