Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
The assessment is free and the quote is the invoice.
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Gate parts and welding in Unionville usually means one of two things: a subdivision entrance gate that quit opening, or a farm gate that’s been sagging for five years. Either way, we handle it the same way. Hal Gatewood shows up, looks at the actual failure, and fixes what’s broken rather than selling you a gate you don’t need. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers. Not a voicemail, not a call center. We’re out in Unionville regularly, and we know the gates in this area because we’ve been the ones welding them back together.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Unionville’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Unionville is different from the fully built-out Charlotte suburbs. Here you still have HOA gates from the early 2000s sitting next to gravel driveways with old farm-style tube gates. Most gate companies don’t want the farm gate job because there’s no markup on a $90 hinge. We’d rather weld that hinge and have you call us in ten years for the next thing. That’s how Hal has run this business since 2001.
The company is owner-operated, which means the name on the invoice is the same name on the shop. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something isn’t right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no “that’s not covered.” We also answer the phone 24/7 with a live person. When an HOA entrance gate in Unionville fails at 6 a.m. and residents can’t leave for work, you need somebody who picks up.
We’re not the cheapest bid in Unionville. We’re the bid that comes with a published address, a license number you can look up, and a person who will look you in the eye. For a lot of folks in 28110, that’s worth more than saving forty bucks on a hinge they’ll have to replace twice.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Unionville
Hinge Replacement
Hinges are where Unionville gates fail first. The Piedmont clay under this part of Union County swells when it rains and shrinks when it dries. That movement works hinge welds until they crack. We cut the old hinge off, prep the post, weld a new one on site, and you’re back in business. No hauling the gate to a shop. The gate stays in your driveway.
Post Replacement
A sagging gate almost never starts with a bent panel. It starts with a post that’s leaning out of plumb. In Unionville, the clay soils along Highway 601 corridor make post movement a constant. We dig out the old footing, set a new post in proper concrete, and weld the hinge assembly back square. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Rail Repair
Wrought-iron and ornamental aluminum gates take a beating from daily cycles. Rails crack at stress points, and when they do, the gate flexes and binds. We weld cracked rails, reinforce weak joints, and get the gate swinging true again. For HOA entrance gates around Unionville subdivisions built in the early 2000s, rail fatigue is showing up on regular intervals now.
Custom Welding
Not every gate problem has a part number. When a mount bracket doesn’t exist, we fabricate one. When an operator bracket cracked at an odd angle, we build a stronger one in the truck. Custom welding is the gap between what the parts catalog sells and what your Unionville gate actually needs. Hal has been welding on site since 2001, and there’s not much he hasn’t rebuilt.
Our Gate Parts & Welding team keeps common parts on the truck: hinge sets, roller assemblies, rack sections, latch hardware, and welding rod for steel and aluminum. That means most Unionville repairs happen in one trip.
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 Unionville
We see a lot of Linear and LiftMaster operators on the older HOA gates around Unionville, especially the swing-arm units installed during the early-2000s building boom. Ghost Controls and DoorKing show up frequently on the larger slide gates at subdivision entrances and a few commercial properties. We stock and service parts for all of them, along with FAAC, BFT, Viking, Mighty Mule, and Elite. When a board fails on an 18-year-old operator, we can usually tell you whether the part is worth buying or whether you’re better off upgrading the whole unit. Honest answer either way.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Unionville Homes
- Post lean from clay expansion. Unionville’s soil is red clay underneath most of 28110. It holds water, swells, and pushes posts out of alignment. A gate that dragged on the ground last spring may clear fine by August. That movement is what kills hinges and actuator alignment.
- Worn rack and pinion teeth on slide gates. When clay heave shifts the rail slightly, the pinion doesn’t fully seat in the rack. Teeth strip under load. We see this on early-2000s HOA slide gates all over Unionville, and the fix is usually a new rack section plus rail realignment, not a new gate.
- Frozen latch mechanisms after ice storms. Unionville sits far enough inland and at enough elevation that ice storms hit harder here than in Charlotte proper. Water gets inside the latch body, freezes, and the mechanism seizes. We disassemble, clean, and rebuild the latch, or replace it with a sealed unit if it’s a repeat offender.
- Sagging ornamental swing gates. A cracked hinge post or a rusted hinge barrel makes the gate drop at the latch end. The actuator strains against the weight, trips its clutch, and eventually fails. We replace the hinge or post, square the gate, and reset the operator travel limits.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Unionville, NC
Here are real numbers for the Unionville market, not a brochure. Hinge replacement on a standard driveway gate typically runs $180 to $350 depending on post condition and gate weight. Post replacement with new concrete footing runs $400 to $850 per post. Rail repair or custom welding jobs range $120 to $400 depending on the extent of the work. A slide gate rack section replacement usually lands between $300 and $600. These are the prices you’ll see before we start. We quote the job, we agree in writing, and that’s the number you pay. No trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Unionville
Our crews work all through Union County and the surrounding area. If you’re in Unionville or the neighboring communities of Monroe, Indian Trail, Stallings, or Wesley Chapel, the same crew and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise apply. A lot of our Unionville customers live just off Highway 601 or out near the Stouts area, and we pass through those roads every week.
Serving Unionville, NC - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Unionville 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 Unionville
In most cases we can replace just the board if the board is still available. But here’s the honest part: an 18-year-old opener in Unionville has 18-year-old capacitors, contacts, and clutch parts too. If you put a $400 board into a unit that loses a capacitor six months later, you’re paying twice. We’ll give you a written quote for both options and a straight recommendation. For HOAs that can’t risk another failure at the entrance, upgrading to a modern UL 325-compliant operator often makes more sense. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk through the numbers.
Because the panel was never the problem. The hinge post is moving. In Unionville’s clay soil, a post set in a shallow footing will heave and lean every wet-dry cycle. The gate drops at the latch end, you straighten the panel, and it drops again. The fix is stabilizing or replacing the post and re-welding the hinge assembly square. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
Yes. If the gate frame and rails are still sound, we cut off the old hinge, clean the mounting surface, weld a new one on site, and you keep the gate. This is a standard job for us on the older farm-style gates around the rural parcels in Unionville’s 28110 zip code. It’s usually a couple hundred dollars instead of a couple thousand for a new gate. Call (877) 610-2993 to schedule an assessment.
Yes, in almost every case. We replace the worn rack section, realign the rail if clay heave moved it, and reset the operator limits. The gate stops jerking and the new teeth mesh clean. On older Unionville HOA slide gates this is one of the most common repairs we make. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come look.
Yes. A lot of the early-2000s subdivision gates around Unionville were installed before UL 325 entrapment protection was widely enforced. Those gates often lack working photocells or edge sensors. We retrofit them. It’s not optional from a safety standpoint, and it’s far cheaper than a lawsuit. We can add a photocell pair and compatible edge sensors to most existing operators. Call (877) 610-2993 to schedule a safety inspection.
A Note on Unionville’s Older Gates
Unionville sits in that transitional band where Union County’s farmland became subdivisions almost overnight. The HOA entrance gates from that boom are now 15 to 20 years old. A lot of them were installed by the volume builders who picked the cheapest operator that would pass a final walkthrough. Those operators are failing now, all at once, across multiple neighborhoods. The boards go, the capacitors dry out, the rack teeth strip. Homeowners who never thought about the gate before are suddenly dealing with a board they can’t order and a repair quote they don’t understand.
We recently rebuilt a swing gate at an HOA entrance in a Unionville subdivision where the original LiftMaster operator had a failed control board and a hinge post leaning several degrees from Piedmont clay expansion. Our crew installed a new post footing, replaced both hinge posts, and retrofit a safety photocell pair before remounting the operator. The association kept their gate. The bill was a fraction of a full replacement.
That’s the job. Not every gate needs to be replaced. Not every operator needs to be upgraded. But some do, and we’ll tell you which one you have. 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 Unionville and Union County.