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Gate parts and welding in Flower Mound generally runs $140 to $650 depending on whether we’re replacing a pair of hinges, resetting a heaved post, or rebuilding a cracked weld joint on site. Most hinge and latch repairs in Flower Mound are finished the same day we arrive, with the work done in your driveway rather than hauled to a shop. Hal Gatewood has been repairing and welding gates by hand since 2001, which means you get a person who knows the difference between a Flower Mound gate that needs a weld and one that needs a new post. Call us at (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers, any hour.
We work in Flower Mound every week, from Bridlewood to Wellington to the neighborhoods along 2499. We know the gates here because we see them at their worst: hinges snapped after a January ice storm, posts pushed out of plumb by the gumbo clay, and builder-grade operators that quit right before an HOA re-inspection. Our Gate Parts & Welding team carries the stock to match most legacy ironwork on the first visit, and if a post footing needs cutting and re-welding, we do it without hauling your gate away.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Flower Mound’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That is the oldest accountability there is. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. Fix the panel without the post and you will fix it twice. Flower Mound homeowners call us back year after year because we have a published address, a license number anyone can look up, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise that is printed on every invoice, not buried in fine print.
Response time to Flower Mound is typically same-day for a broken hinge or a gate that will not close, because a gate stuck open at midnight is a security problem, not a scheduling preference. Calls are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no voicemail and no call center three states away. We do not charge a trip fee inside the county, and every job is priced and agreed before any work starts. That is not a courtesy. That is how Hal has done it for more than two decades.
We carry parts for Flower Mound gates that most national outfits have to order and come back for: mortise hinges for ornamental iron, heavy-gauge saddle brackets, and weldable steel in the same profile as the original pickets. If you need a free second opinion on a written estimate another company gave you, bring it to us. We will look at the gate and tell you straight whether that estimate is honest.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Flower Mound
Here is what we actually do in Flower Mound, and what each one costs in this market.
- Hinge Replacement: $140 to $380 per hinge set, including grinding off the old weld and matching the new iron to the gate’s existing finish. In Flower Mound, we replace a lot of adjustable hinges on HOA-governed drive gates where the original hardware has wallowed out from years of clay-soil movement.
- Post Replacement: $350 to $900 depending on whether we cut out the old footing and pour new concrete or can shore up and re-plumb the existing post. Gumbo clay heave is the usual culprit. We will tell you which fix the post actually needs before we quote it.
- Rail Repair: $180 to $450 to splice or weld a cracked top or bottom rail, then grind the weld and re-prime the joint. We match the picket spacing and profile so a welded rail looks like the original, not a patch.
- Custom Welding: $95 to $250 per hour on site, plus material. That covers gate leaf modifications, adding a pedestrian pass-through, welding a new operator mounting plate, or fabricating a custom latch bracket for an older gate that was never built to hold a lock.
Hinge Replacement
Flower Mound’s freeze-thaw cycles are rough on ornamental gate hinges. The powder-coating on the original 1990s-era hinges gets brittle in the cold, and the clay heave torques the leaf just enough to fatigue the steel over the course of a decade. When we replace hinges in Flower Mound, we cut the old ones off clean, weld the new set in the same position, and re-shim the gate so it closes dead level. One call brings Hal back if it ever moves again inside 90 days.
Post Replacement
The Blackland Prairie clay under Flower Mound expands in spring and shrinks in August. A gate post set without deep enough concrete will heave a half inch out of plumb every season until the gate binds and the hinges start to snap. Post replacement here means saw-cutting the old footing, setting a new post deeper, and welding the gate leaf back onto a post that will actually stay put. We tell you the actual depth we recommend and why, before we dig.
Rail Repair
A cracked bottom rail on a swing gate is usually the first sign that the gate has been torquing against a heaved post for years. If the weld crack is in the middle of the rail, the gate leaf itself may still be fine, and a good weld can buy it another ten years. We grind out the crack, bevel the steel, weld it hot, and re-prime. In Flower Mound I see a lot of tubular steel gates where the bottom rail corroded from the inside because the original builder never sealed the drain holes.
Custom Welding
Some Flower Mound gates were built before anyone thought about Gate Installation - Flower Mound with an automatic opener. When that happens in Wellington or Bridlewood, we weld a mounting plate and crossbar onto the gate leaf, then hang the operator. If you want a manually operated gate converted to keypad entry, this is the same path. We weld on site, so the gate never leaves your driveway.
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 Flower Mound
Our team is certified to service Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite operators, along with LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Mighty Mule. In Flower Mound we see a lot of DoorKing and Viking units on 1990s-era community entrances, plus Ghost Controls and Elite on newer driveway gates in Bridlewood and Wellington. We stock the boards, gears, and photocells for those brands locally, so we are not giving you a two-week wait while a part ships. The person who shows up carries a work truck stocked for our Gate Motor & Opener in Flower Mound hardware, not a brochure for a replacement gate.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Flower Mound Homes
- Builder-grade operators burning out control boards: The 20-30 year old operators installed during Flower Mound’s master-planned boom are hitting end-of-life in clusters. We replace the board, the gearbox, or the whole head, and we quote the repair before we begin.
- Hinge posts heaved out of plumb: Clay soil swell in spring and shrink in summer pushes Flower Mound posts season after season, which is why a hinge replacement alone won’t fix a dragging gate. We reset the post first.
- Missing conduit for automation: A lot of Flower Mound homes built with manual gates never had power or conduit run out to the gate. Surface-mounted or solar retrofits are the normal fix, but exposed wiring can fail HOA inspection unless it is done clean. We know what the inspectors look for.
- Weld joints cracked from gate torque: When a post shifts out of plumb, the gate leaf twists and the welds are the first thing to crack. We repair the joint and fix the post, otherwise the repair is temporary.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Flower Mound, TX
Here are the honest numbers for Flower Mound. A typical hinge replacement runs $140 to $380 per set. Post replacement runs $350 to $900, depending on how much of the old footing we are cutting out. Rail repair is usually $180 to $450. Custom welding runs $95 to $250 per hour plus material. A complete gate rebuild with new hinges, re-plumbed post, and operator re-mount generally lands between $700 and $1,500. You get the price in writing before any work starts, and that price does not change when we show up. We offer $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote; the estimate is free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Flower Mound
In addition to our work across Flower Mound, we serve Flower Mound neighbors in Highland Village, Lantana, Corinth, and Lake Dallas. If your gate is in one of those communities, give us a call and we will be out the same way we handle Flower Mound: same-day, on site, and priced before we start.
Serving Flower Mound, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Flower Mound 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 Flower Mound
Flower Mound’s winter ice storms hit the corridor along 2499 harder than areas further south, and the repeated freeze-thaw cycles embrittle powder-coated hinges that were installed 20 to 30 years ago. The clay soil heave adds torque each spring, and the combination fatigues the hinge steel until it fractures. Fixing the hinge alone will not stop the cycle; the post under it has to be re-plumbed first. We can do both in one visit. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will give you a straight answer on the phone.
Yes. In most Wellington gates we can mount the opener head on a welded plate at the hinge side and run low-voltage control wire over the top or through the gate frame, which means we do not need to trench the driveway. Photo eye wires are the main limit; if the gate is more than 25 feet from the nearest outlet, we usually recommend a small solar panel on a post near the gate. We will quote the work and show you exactly how the wire will run before we touch anything.
No. A sagging Flower Mound swing gate is almost always a hinge post problem, not a gate panel problem. The post has heaved out of plumb and the gate leaf is hanging off it at an angle. We re-set the post, re-weld the hinges, and the gate closes level again. We will only recommend a new gate if the steel itself is rotted through; otherwise we fix what is there. You will see the repair plan and the price before we start.
Yes, and we know the Bridlewood spec sheet. The Bridlewood HOA requires gate repairs to preserve the original ranch-style aesthetic, down to the hinge style and the picket profile. In Bridlewood we rebuilt a sagging double swing gate on Homestead Drive where the hinge post had heaved out of plumb on the gumbo clay; we cut out the original post footing, welded new mortise hinges to match the HOA’s approved ranch-style ironwork, and reinstalled the LiftMaster operator with a new safety photocell so the gate would hold approval on the next community inspection. When we do work in Bridlewood, we match the approved hardware. Bring us your HOA repair letter and we will work from it.
We can add Gate Access Control in Flower Mound, including keypad entry and safety photocells, to most older DoorKing operators, including the 9000 series. The keypad wires back to the operator control board, and the photocells mount on the gate posts with brackets we weld or bolt in place. We program the entry code and test the photo eye to make sure the gate reverses before it touches anything. It is a same-day job in Flower Mound. Call (877) 610-2993 for a price.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Flower Mound since 2001.