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Gate parts and welding in Keene usually means one of three things: a hinge post slowly leaning out of plumb in Blackland Prairie clay, a cracked weld on a tubular-steel ranch gate, or an operator control board from the 1990s that finally quit. We fix all three, and we do it without hauling your gate to a shop. Our Gate Parts & Welding crew comes to you, welds on site in your driveway, and finishes before the heat of a Texas afternoon or before Friday sundown, whichever matters more to your household. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a voicemail. Hal Gatewood has been running this company himself since 2001, and his name is on every invoice.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Keene’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Keene is a different kind of town to work in. It’s built around Southwestern Adventist University, and that shapes how we schedule, how we quote, and how we weld. We know that a good share of Keene residents observe Saturday Sabbath, so we plan hinge replacements, post setting, and custom welding to finish before Friday sundown. We don’t book Saturday callbacks and pretend the customer will be glad to see us. That’s not how this town works, and it’s not how we work either.
Most of the gates we repair in Keene were installed decades ago, before modern safety standards and before builders understood how much Johnson County clay moves. We’ve rehung gates on faculty housing off Mesquite Street, replaced sagging privacy gates near the university campus, and retrofitted obsolete operators on institutional access points. The reviews from Keene customers mention the same things: someone answered the phone, someone showed up when promised, and the repair held. Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround.
We’re not a national outfit. There’s no dispatch queue and no call center three states away. The phone rings, and a person answers it, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Keene is a community where people want to look you in the eye, and we respect that.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Keene
Hinge Replacement
Hinges wear out faster in Keene because the clay soil keeps shifting the posts, which twists the hinges until the barrel egg-shapes or the weld cracks. We replace weld-on barrel hinges, strap hinges, and adjustable hinges on wooden privacy gates and tubular-steel ranch gates. The hinge gets replaced on site, welded if it’s steel, and the gate gets re-hung square so it doesn’t drag.
Post Replacement
This is the repair we do most often in Keene, and it’s the one that separates a real fix from a temporary patch. Posts set 18 inches deep in expansive clay will lean again, no matter how many times the hinges get shimmed. We dig out the old footing, set a new post in concrete below the active clay layer, and pack the hole properly. The post stays where we put it. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We’d rather do it once.
Rail Repair
Cracked or rusted-through rails on a tubular-steel gate are a structural problem, not a cosmetic one. We cut out the bad section and weld in new steel, right in your driveway. No trip to the shop, no week-long wait. If the gate is too far gone for a sound repair, we’ll tell you that honestly and quote a replacement at a fair price. But most cracked rails in Keene are weldable.
Custom Welding
Some Keene properties need a gate that was never a stock size: a wider opening for a semi-rural lot, a taller privacy panel, a pedestrian gate added to an existing fence line. We fabricate and weld custom gates on site, matching the existing metal where possible, and we stand behind the work with the same 90-Day Done Right Promise as any hinge swap.
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 Keene
We’re certified to service Keene Gate Motor & Opener brands including Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing operators, along with LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Elite, and Mighty Mule. Keene has a lot of legacy equipment still in service around the university campus and on older homes, and we keep common parts on hand for the brands we see most. If you’ve got a 1990s DoorKing on a campus gate that needs a control board, we’ll be straight with you about what’s still available and what’s worth retrofitting. Straight answer, free estimate, no pressure.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Keene Homes
- Sagging wooden privacy gates. The hinge posts weren’t set deep enough when the house was built, and decades of Keene clay movement have leaned them out of plumb. The gate drags, the hinges stress, and eventually the welds crack. We reset the post and re-hang the gate square.
- Obsolete operator control boards. Legacy LiftMaster and FAAC units from the 1990s are still running gates around SWAU, but replacement boards are discontinued. We retrofit the operator with modern controls and proper UL 325 entrapment protection.
- Misaligned safety photocells on slide gates. Older slide gates around institutional access points often have photo eyes and loop detectors that no longer meet current safety standards. We upgrade those, because a gate that closes on a child is not something we’re willing to patch and walk away from.
- Cracked welds on tubular-steel gates. Keene’s alternating drought and heavy-rain cycles flex the steel, and the welds at the hinge points eventually crack. We weld them in place, and the repair holds.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Keene, TX
A hinge replacement on a standard tubular-steel gate in Keene typically runs $120 to $230, depending on how many hinges and whether we’re welding or bolting. Post replacement is the bigger job: most Keene post resets run $280 to $490, including digging out the old footing, setting the new post in concrete, and re-hanging the gate. Rail repair by welding usually falls between $90 and $180 per rail. Custom welding jobs are quoted by the hour at $80 to $110 plus materials, and we’ll give you a written number before we strike an arc. The price we quote is the price you pay, agreed before any work starts. No trip charge inside the county, and remember we offer $40 off any repair over $200, plus a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Keene
If you’re in Cleburne, Joshua, Burleson, or Crowley, the same crew that works Keene will come to you. Same on-site welding, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live person on the phone. Gate Parts & Welding in Keene is our home base for Johnson County work, but the service area covers the whole county.
Serving Keene, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Keene 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 Keene
Because the problem was never the hinges, it’s the post. Keene’s Blackland Prairie clay shrinks during drought and swells during heavy rain, and that repeated movement slowly torques the hinge post out of plumb. When the post leans, the gate sags, and the new hinges get stressed until they fail too. We reset the post in concrete below the active clay layer, then re-hang the gate. That’s the repair that lasts. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll look at it.
For most 1990s DoorKing models, the original control boards are long discontinued, and used boards are a gamble we won’t take with your Gate Access Control in Keene. We can retrofit the operator with modern controls that meet current UL 325 entrapment protection standards, which the old equipment doesn’t. It’s usually cheaper than a full operator replacement and far safer. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate on a retrofit.
Most cracked rails can be welded in place, right where the gate hangs. We cut out the fatigued steel, weld in a new section, and grind it smooth. The gate never leaves your property. If rust has eaten through too much of the rail, we’ll tell you straight and quote a replacement instead of building a weld on top of rot. Call (877) 610-2993.
A live person answers the phone 24/7, including Saturdays, and we’ll dispatch a crew if it’s a true emergency like a gate that won’t close and can’t be secured. But we respect that many Keene residents observe Saturday Sabbath, and we don’t schedule non-emergency work on Saturdays here. We plan weld jobs, post setting, and hinge replacements to finish before Friday sundown. If your emergency can’t wait, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll sort it out over the phone first.
The cheapest fix depends on why it’s dragging. If the hinge post is still reasonably plumb, we can often weld the hinges or add a gate roller for $90 to $180. If the post is leaning, the cheapest long-term fix is a post reset at $280 to $490, because spending money on hinges and rollers for a post that’s still moving is money you’ll spend again. Quoted and agreed before we start. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you which one you’ve got.
Keeping Older Keene Gates Working When Parts Are Gone and Clay Is Moving
Keene has a specific set of gate problems you won’t find ten miles up the road. The housing stock went up mainly between the 1960s and the 1990s, much of it university-affiliated faculty housing on larger semi-rural lots. That means wooden privacy gates and tubular-steel ranch gates whose original posts were set too shallow in expansive clay. It means 1990s LiftMaster and FAAC operators on campus gates with control boards that have been discontinued for a decade. And it means a repair schedule that has to work around a Saturday Sabbath, where half the town won’t authorize work between Friday sundown and Saturday sundown.
We know how to plan around that. We schedule consultations on Thursday or Friday, we complete Gate Installation - Keene before sundown Friday so a multi-day job doesn’t get stranded, and we don’t book Saturday callbacks expecting a signature. That’s not a policy we read in a manual. It’s how Hal has worked Keene since the doors opened.
We rehung a tubular-steel swing gate on a faculty residence off Mesquite Street where the original hinge post had been set only 18 inches deep in Keene’s expansive Blackland Prairie clay. After three seasons of drought-and-rain cycles, the post had leaned 6 degrees out of plumb, leaving the latch an inch shy of the strike. We excavated the footing, set a new 4×4 steel post in concrete below the active clay layer, welded fresh barrel hinges, and realigned the latch before sundown Friday so the family could secure the gate before Sabbath began. That’s the job done right, in the window the customer needed it done.
If your gate is old, leaning, or running on a control board nobody makes anymore, don’t replace it yet. Call (877) 610-2993. We’ll weld it, reset it, or retrofit it if it can be saved, and we’ll tell you honestly if it can’t. Free estimate, written price, 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job in Keene.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Keene since 2001.