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Gate parts and welding in Richland Hills usually comes down to one thing: a hinge post that has heaved out of plumb in Tarrant County clay and taken the gate with it. We fix that in your driveway, on-site, usually the same day you call. The post gets re-set or replaced, the hinges get welded or re-hung, and the gate swings true again. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers, day or night.
Richland Hills is 1.7 square miles of ranch homes built between 1950 and 1975, and nearly every gate in the 76180 ZIP is old enough to have original hardware. That is not a complaint. It’s just the job. We have been welding and repairing gate parts since 2001, and Hal Gatewood still shows up on job sites himself.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Richland Hills’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
We are the shop on the road, not the call center three states away. That matters in Richland Hills, because the city is small enough that a local company builds a reputation one block at a time. When we repair a gate on Rufe Snow Drive or along Baker Boulevard, the neighbor sees the truck, asks who did the work, and the name gets around. That is how a company survives out here for over two decades when the owner’s name is on the invoice.
Every job we do in Richland Hills carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written in plain language. If the gate sags again, binds, or a weld fails, one call brings Hal back. No runaround. No dispatcher who has never seen a fence post. We also answer the phone 24/7 with a real person, because a gate that will not close at 10 p.m. is a problem that cannot wait for business hours.
Our Gate Parts & Welding crew works in Richland Hills regularly, and we keep our trucks stocked with hinge barrels, post brackets, latch hardware, and welding rod sized for the cedar and steel gates common to the older ranches here. We are certified to service Viking, DoorKing, Elite, and Ghost Controls operators, which covers a lot of what was installed in Richland Hills two and three decades ago.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Richland Hills
Hinge Replacement
On a 1960s ranch-style gate, the original barrel hinges are often worn to a sliver or seized from decades of Texas heat and rain. We cut the old hinge plates off the post and rail, weld new ones on, and hang the gate so it clears the ground evenly across its whole swing. In Richland Hills, we always check post plumb before touching a hinge, because a gate hanging on a leaned post chews through new hinges within a year.
Post Replacement
A wooden gate post set in Richland Hills black clay in the 1950s is now sitting in soil that has heaved and shrunk hundreds of times. Most are rotted at ground line and leaning. We dig them out, pour a new footing to current depth, set a steel post, and weld or bracket the gate to it. This is the most common repair we do in the 76180 ZIP, because the problem is the soil, not the gate itself.
Rail Repair
Gate rails crack at the hinge stile, bow from heat, or pull loose where they join the latch stile. On older wood gates, the rail often splits where lag bolts were driven decades ago and have since rusted. We straighten and weld steel rails, and for wood gates we splice or replace the rail, then refasten the pickets so the panel carries its weight evenly. On welded steel gates, we grind out cracks and re-weld with proper penetration, then repaint the joint to slow rust.
Custom Welding
When a hinge plate does not exist on the shelf, we fabricate it. When a slide gate rack is worn through, we weld in new gear track. When a gate opener arm needs a custom bracket to reach an oddly placed post, we make it right there in the driveway. This is the service page for Richland Hills, and the houses here were not built to any modern gate standard, so custom welding is not a luxury. It is the job.
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 Richland Hills
We repair and retrofit operators from Viking, DoorKing, Elite, and Ghost Controls, among the other major brands we are certified on. Richland Hills has a lot of legacy units still in service, and when an old control board dies, the manufacturer often stops making the part. We help homeowners decide when a retrofit photo-eye or a new board makes sense and when a whole new operator is the cheaper long-term answer. For common wear items like hinge sleeves, rollers, and latch parts, we keep stock on the truck so most Richland Hills repairs are done in one trip.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Richland Hills Homes
- Clay-heaved hinge posts. The black gumbo soil under Richland Hills swells when wet and shrinks in drought. Fifty-year-old cedar posts set shallow ride that movement, and the gate sags or binds even when the panel is straight. New hinges on a leaning post do not fix the problem.
- Obsolete gate operator control boards. Many Richland Hills homes still run operators installed before UL 325 entrapment protection was standard. When the board fails, the exact replacement is often discontinued. We fit current boards with proper safety inputs or replace the operator.
- Worn slide gate rack and shifted track. Years of clay movement push slide gate track out of line, and the gear rack wears unevenly. That produces grinding and limit-switch faults. We re-level the track and weld in fresh rack rather than selling a whole new gate.
- Rot at ground line. Cedar posts and gate rails buried even a few inches in North Texas soil rot from the bottom. In Richland Hills, we find gates where the above-ground wood looks fine but the post is hollow an inch below grade. Cutting back to healthy wood and welding a steel post extension is a permanent fix we do daily.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Richland Hills, TX
A hinge replacement on a Richland Hills swing gate typically runs $180-$320 including new barrel hinges and welded plates. Re-setting or replacing a leaned gate post runs $350-$650 depending on depth and whether we pour new concrete. Rail repair or custom welding runs $200-$500, and slide gate rack or track work runs $400-$800. These are the ranges our Richland Hills customers see, and the price you agree to before we start is the price on the invoice. No surprises at the door. We also take $40 off any repair over $200, charge no trip fee inside the county, and give a permanent 10% discount to seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate on your exact gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Richland Hills
If you live just outside the 76180 ZIP, we cover the whole northwest Tarrant County area. We work regularly in North Richland Hills, Watauga, Hurst, and Haltom City, and the same crew and the same 90-Day Promise apply. No gate job is too small, and every call still gets a live person.
Serving Richland Hills, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Richland Hills 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 Richland Hills
Because the post is moving, not the hinge. Houses in Richland Hills were mostly built in the 1950s and 1960s on Tarrant County’s expansive black clay, and posts set then were often shallow. Every wet-dry cycle heaves the post further out of plumb, so a gate that was aligned last spring is binding by fall. The only durable fix is re-setting the post on a deeper footing or replacing it with steel, then re-welding or re-hanging the gate. Call (877) 610-2993 and we can tell you from the gate’s swing whether the post is the problem before we ever touch a hinge.
Usually we can weld it, provided the surrounding steel is not rusted thin. A cracked weld or a snapped rail on a steel gate gets ground out, re-welded with proper penetration, and painted to keep rust out of the joint. If the whole panel is rusting from the inside out, welding one rail is money spent on a gate that will fail somewhere else next season. We will show you the difference in person, and we will not talk you into a new panel when the old one has years left. Estimates are free.
It depends on the operator’s age and what safety features it has. If the board is available and the operator already meets current UL 325 entrapment protection standards, a board swap is the cheaper fix and keeps a working unit in service. If the board is discontinued or the operator predates mandatory safety photocells and auto-reverse, retrofitting is often more expensive than a new operator, and a new unit gets you modern safety and a brand warranty. We can make that call honestly because we work on nine major brands, including the older Viking, DoorKing, and Elite units common in Richland Hills.
First, level the track and check the post alignment. Clay movement shifts slide gate track out of line every few years in Richland Hills, and grinding is usually the gate dragging because the track has settled. If the rack and pinion are worn, welding in fresh rack gear solves the limit-switch faults that follow. Tightening wheels alone never fixes it. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will inspect the track, the rack, and the post and tell you exactly what needs to be done before any work is quoted.
Yes. Many of the ranch-style gates in Richland Hills run solar openers with their own hinge and post considerations. The post has to stay plumb for the opener arm to travel correctly, and clay heave affects solar gates the same way it affects manual ones. We weld hinge brackets for solar opener arms, re-set posts for opener-equipped gates, and align the opener travel so the entrapment protection reads properly. Solar panel placement and battery health we check as part of the opener service.
When to Re-Set a Clay-Heaved Post, and When Welding or Replacement Is Cheaper
The honest answer for Richland Hills homeowners is this: if the post is heaving, you re-set it. Better yet, replace it with steel and never think about it again. If the post is solid and plumb but the gate rail is cracked, welding is the cheap fix, and it will outlast the rest of the gate. If the gate is 40 years old, the wood is punky at every joint, and three different rails have failed in two years, replacement is the cheaper long-term answer, and we will tell you so plainly. This is based on what our crews actually see across the 1.7 square miles of Richland Hills, not on a sales script.
On a 1960s ranch in the 76180 ZIP, our crew found a LiftMaster swing gate operator repeatedly tripping its safety photocell because the original cedar hinge post had heaved over three inches out of plumb, twisting the gate leaf just enough to break the beam line. We cut out the old post, poured a new post footing to current depth, and welded a fresh hinge plate to the rail, then re-hung the gate with new barrel hinges and realigned the operator’s travel so the entrapment protection stayed satisfied. That job was not about selling a new gate. It was about fixing the post that made everything else fail.
In Richland Hills, nearly all gate hardware failures trace back to expansive clay heaving the original 1950s-era hinge posts out of plumb. The condition recurs every wet-dry cycle, and it cannot be cured by tightening hardware alone. Fix the post, and the hinges stop failing. Fix the hinge without the post, and you’ll fix it twice. We say that to every customer we meet in this city, because it is true on every block.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Parts & Welding in Richland Hills
If your gate sags, grinds, or will not latch in Richland Hills, call (877) 610-2993. A live person answers at any hour. We will get to your property fast, give you a written quote before any work starts, and stand behind the repair with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, the shop is down the road, and that is the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Richland Hills and the surrounding Tarrant County communities.