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Gate parts and welding in Sheridan usually breaks down to one of two jobs: we either save the gate you’ve got, or we tell you straight that the post underneath it is done. Most of what we see in Sheridan is the first one. On-site welding and hinge replacement handles the bulk of it, and we stock the common hardware so you aren’t waiting a week for a bracket. If your gate is dragging, stuck, or sagging on a 1950s ranch in 80236, call (877) 610-2993 and a real person answers.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Sheridan’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood founded this company in 2001, and he still runs it. His name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. When you call about a gate in Sheridan, you’re talking to someone who has worked on hundreds of mid-century chain-link systems just like yours, not a phone room that hands your ticket off to whoever’s closest.
Sheridan reviews tell the same story: the person who shows up is background-checked, uniformed, and knows the difference between a hinge that needs grease and a hinge post that needs to be re-set in concrete. We answer calls 24/7. Not a voicemail, not a chatbot. And every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround.
We’re also one of the only shops in this service radius that does true on-site welding on residential gates. Most companies want to haul the gate off, or sell you a whole new frame. We’d rather fix the one you’ve got, in your driveway, while you watch if you want to.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Sheridan
Hinge Replacement
Hinge replacement in Sheridan isn’t just pulling two bolts and swapping hardware. On the post-WWII ranch homes that dominate this area, the original galvanized hinges have been rusting for sixty years, and the post itself has usually shifted out of plumb from frost heave. We use heavier-duty adjustable hinges than the originals, re-drill where the old threads are stripped, and set the panel so it clears the latch without dragging. If the post has moved, we tell you before we touch the hinge, because new hinges on a canted post is a repair that fails again next winter.
Post Replacement
This is the most common structural repair we do in Sheridan. The original posts on these mid-century lots were often set only 18 to 24 inches deep in clay-heavy soil. Denver’s freeze-thaw cycles at 5,300 feet heave that soil every winter, and over sixty or seventy years, that means posts lean, twist, and pull the gate panel off the latch. We cut the old post out, dig the footing deeper, set a new galvanized post in concrete, and only then do we re-hang the gate. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Rail Repair
Chain-link and tube-frame gate rails in Sheridan fail in predictable ways: rust-through at the welded joints, stress cracks where the diagonal brace meets the rail, and sag correction attempts that somebody else tried with a come-along and left worse. We weld rails in place when we can, sleeve and re-weld when the metal is salvageable, and replace the rail entirely when it’s too far gone. The goal is a gate that opens with one hand, not a fight.
Custom Welding
Sometimes the part you need doesn’t exist anymore. A 1960s hinge mount with a bolt pattern nobody makes, a latch bracket that rusted out and was discontinued twenty years ago, a gate frame that needs a corner re-built after a car bumped it. We fabricate and weld custom pieces in the field. If it’s steel and it’s on your gate, we can usually make it work. For Gate Parts & Welding, custom work is where the repair-first approach really shows: we build the part rather than telling you to replace the whole gate.
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 Sheridan
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and for Sheridan we see a lot of FAAC, Linear, and Viking operators on both residential and light-industrial gates along the Santa Fe corridor. We keep common parts for those brands on the truck, so most repair calls in 80236 are done in a single visit. When an operator from the 1990s finally quits, we’ll give you an honest read on whether it’s worth retrofitting with safety photocells or whether the money is better spent on a new unit we can support for another twenty years.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Sheridan Homes
- Frost-heaved posts that canted the gate off the latch. Sheridan’s clay-heavy soil heaves in winter, and posts set shallow in the 1950s and 60s have been tilting for decades. The gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start.
- Rusted chain-link hardware at the soil line. The bottom hinge and lower rail are the first things to rot on original galvanized systems. By the time the gate drags the driveway, the metal is usually too weak to hold a decent weld, and we’re replacing the hinge post instead of trying to patch it.
- Stripped or frozen gate hinges from years of deferred maintenance. Grease fittings haven’t been touched since the Carter administration, and the hinge pin has galled and seized. We cut off, re-drill, and install adjustable hinges that actually hold adjustment.
- Obsolete gate operators with dead control boards. 1990s-era operators fail from condensation and age, and parts aren’t made anymore. Replacing the board often costs more than a modern retrofit, and a new install includes the safety edges and photocells that code now requires.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Sheridan, CO
For Sheridan’s housing stock, here are the ranges you should expect. Hinge replacement on a single swing gate runs $180 to $340, depending on whether the post needs re-shimming. Post replacement with re-set footing runs $450 to $900. Rail repair and welding fixes run $150 to $400, and custom fabrication work lands between $250 and $800 depending on complexity. Gate operator retrofits with new safety photocells start around $650. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, in writing. You won’t get a different number at the door. We also knock $40 off any repair over $200, and seniors and veterans get 10% off permanently. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Sheridan
Our Gate Parts & Welding in Sheridan crew covers the immediate area daily, and we run calls up into Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Columbine, and Lakewood as well. If you’re a few blocks outside 80236, the same truck and the same crew still gets there. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Denver office, but the people doing the work live and work right here.
Serving Sheridan, CO - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Sheridan 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 Sheridan
Because the posts holding those hinges are moving. Sheridan’s clay-heavy soil and freeze-thaw cycles heave shallow-set 1950s and 60s posts out of plumb every winter, and when the post moves even a few degrees, the hinge takes all the load. Hinges aren’t designed to hold a gate out of line, so the threads strip. That’s why we check the post first on every hinge call in 80236. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you if it’s a hinge job or a post job, free.
Usually, no. If the post is rusted through at the soil line, the steel below the weld is too thin to hold the load, and the weld itself becomes the failure point. We’ll cut the post, set a new one in concrete, and hang the gate right after. Trying to weld to a rotten post is like a splint on a broken leg: it looks fine until you put weight on it. Call for a straight answer and a written price before anything gets cut.
No, not in this neighborhood. The sag you’re chasing every spring in Sheridan almost always starts underground: the hinge post is canting from frost heave, and the panel is paying for it. Welding the top rail or tightening the brace buys you a few months. Re-setting the post buys you twenty years. We’ll tell you which one you actually need after looking at the post, and the estimate is free. Call (877) 610-2993.
It depends on the control board, but in most cases from that era, the answer is no. The old boards don’t have the input ports for modern safety sensors, and the relays are usually fried from years of condensation anyway. We can install a modern operator with photocells and safety edges, and you’ll have a gate that won’t close on a kid or a car. The quote comes in writing, agreed before we touch anything. Call for a free measure and price.
Because those gates take a beating from dust, gravel, and high cycle counts. The light-industrial corridor along Santa Fe means trucks in and out all day, which wears rollers and collapses tracks faster than a residential swing gate ever would. We rebuild roller carriages, weld track breaks, and re-align slides on those commercial gates regularly, and we schedule within the same service radius, so downtime is short. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal will tell you what it needs and what it should cost.
One More Thing About Sheridan Gates
Sheridan’s post-WWII ranch homes are small lots, set close together, and the fence posts were put in fast by 1960s contractors who weren’t thinking about what fifty years of Denver freeze-thaw does to clay. That means the posts are shallow, the soil heaves, and every spring we get the same calls: gates that drag, hinges that bind, latches that won’t catch. Here’s a job from the 80236 corridor: a 1950s ranch with a rusted galvanized swing gate whose hinge post had canted three inches out of plumb from frost heave. Our crew cut the old post below the soil line, re-set it in a deeper concrete footing, replaced the frozen hinges, and re-racked the panel to clear the latch. Adjusting the sag alone would have failed again next winter. On these gates, the truth is usually structural, not superficial. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Sheridan since 2001.