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If your gate in White Plains is sagging, refusing to close, or the hinges have torn loose from a shifting post, we can fix it without ripping everything out and starting over. Gate parts and on-site welding in White Plains typically runs $180 to $1,400 depending on the part and the condition of the post or rail it attaches to. Hal Gatewood has been repairing gates since 2001, and his crew welds in your driveway so the gate never leaves your property. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers, day or night.
White Plains is not a simple suburb. You have commercial towers and parking-structure gates downtown near the Galleria corridor, and a mile away you have wrought-iron driveway gates on estates in Highlands and Gedney Farm. The parts and welding work those two worlds require are completely different, and we work both every week. That dual experience is exactly what our Gate Parts & Welding team brings to every job in the 10601, 10606, 10607, and 10610 ZIP codes.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is White Plains’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. That matters in White Plains, where homeowners have already been burned by companies that quote one price over the phone and show up with another number on a tablet. When you call us, you talk to a person. When work gets done, the person who shows up is background-checked and wears a uniform. And every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it is not done right, one call brings us back. No runaround.
We service nine major gate brands, including FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking. But the brand matters less than the person diagnosing it. Hal has been fixing gates since 2001, and his crew has seen every winter-related failure White Plains can throw at a gate: seized hydraulic operators, salt-caked slide tracks, and masonry posts kicked off-plumb by frost heave. We carry the parts the older systems need, and when a part is obsolete, we fabricate a replacement on site rather than telling you to buy a whole new system.
Our White Plains customers regularly tell us the thing they value most is the free second opinion. Bring us any written estimate from another company and we will go over it line by line and tell you what is actually needed and what is padding. That alone has saved White Plains homeowners thousands of dollars on gate work they did not need.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in White Plains
Hinge Replacement
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. In White Plains, many masonry gate posts from the 1950s and 60s have shifted after decades of freeze-thaw cycles, which means the hinge is carrying weight it was never meant to carry. We cut out the old hinge, weld a heavier barrel hinge or adjustable weld-on hinge in its place, and realign the post before the gate goes back on. Hinge replacement in White Plains runs from $180 to $420 per gate, including grinding, welding, and touch-up paint.
Post Replacement
When a post has gone several degrees off-plumb or the steel has rotted below grade, patching the hinge is not enough. We pull the old post, dig out the rotted footing, and set a new post in concrete that extends below the frost line, which matters in White Plains where the ground freezes hard from November into March. For masonry posts in the Gedney Farm and Battle Hill neighborhoods, we can sleeve the steel core and preserve the original brick or stone facing. Post replacement typically runs $600 to $1,400 depending on post type and access.
Rail Repair
Rail damage happens fast in White Plains because slide gates collect road salt and sand all winter. Salt corrodes the rail and the rack, then the pinion binds and strips. We grind out the rot, weld in new steel rail sections or rack segments, and reset the gate on clean rollers. For properties along low-lying streets near Mamaroneck Avenue where municipal salting is heaviest, we recommend galvanized rail sections that resist salt corrosion. Rail repair runs $250 to $700 on most White Plains gates.
Custom Welding
White Plains has a lot of ornate wrought-iron work that mass-produced parts simply cannot match. When an intricate scroll breaks or a custom finial snaps off, we weld it back in place and blend the repair so it disappears. We also fabricate custom gate inserts, reinforcement plates for weak spots, and brackets for operators on older gate styles that predate modern mounting patterns. Custom welding in White Plains starts around $150 for small repairs and runs to $900 or more for larger fabrication work.
What happens when you call
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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 White Plains
We service and stock parts for FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking systems, along with five other major gate brands. The 1990s wave of automatic driveway gates in Highlands and Gedney Farm came with a lot of FAAC and Linear operators, and those units are now 25 to 30 years old and failing in predictable patterns. We keep replacement arms, control boards, limit switches, and receivers in our vehicles for the brands we service most. When a part is no longer manufactured, Hal fabricates what the gate needs in the driveway instead of sending you to a showroom for a full replacement you may not need.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in White Plains Homes
White Plains has a specific set of gate failure patterns, and after years of working here, we recognize them before we even park the truck:
- Hydraulic swing-gate operators seize in sustained cold. From November into March, the hydraulic fluid thickens and the pump can fail to build pressure on the first cycle of the day. Homes with long driveways on the city’s east side see this most often.
- Slide-gate tracks bind on ice and salt debris. Heavy municipal salting leaves a crust on low-lying streets that gets dragged into the track. The gate stalls, the rack and pinion binds, and the drive strips.
- Frost heave kicks masonry posts off-plumb. We see original 1950s gate posts in the postwar tracts near the eastern ZIP codes that are now several degrees out of square. The gate hits the post on every swing and slowly tears the hinge loose.
- 1990s operator end-of-life cycle. That era of LiftMaster and Linear units installed across White Plains residential neighborhoods is hitting the same failure window at the same time. If your gate worked fine for 20 years and suddenly quit, you may not have a fluke problem. You have an end-of-life problem, and we can confirm it in one visit.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in White Plains, NY
White Plains gate part and welding work is priced by the part, the post condition, and how much welding a repair actually requires. Here is what we see across the city:
- Hinge replacement: $180 to $420 per gate
- Post replacement (steel): $600 to $1,100
- Post replacement (masonry, with facade preservation): $900 to $1,400
- Rail repair or rack replacement: $250 to $700
- Custom welding repair: $150 to $900, depending on size and material
- Complete operator replacement with welding and realignment: $1,200 to $2,800
The price you are quoted is the price you pay. We quote and agree on the number before any work starts, and there is no trip charge inside the county. You also get $40 off any repair over $200, and seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote, and remember the estimate is free.
We Also Serve Cities Near White Plains
Our gate parts and welding crews cover all of White Plains and the surrounding Westchester communities daily. We are in Hartsdale, Scarsdale, Greenburgh, and Irvington regularly, and we know the gate stock and soil conditions in each of those towns about as well as anyone could. If you are just outside the White Plains line, call and ask. If we are already heading your way, there is no extra charge for the stop.
Serving White Plains, NY - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the White Plains 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 White Plains
White Plains sits in a low valley, and the freeze-thaw cycle is harder here than in the hill towns around it. Hard freezes from November into March seize hydraulic operators, while the city’s heavy municipal salting on dense downtown streets and the commercial corridors drags salt into slide-gate tracks and accelerates corrosion on rails and racks that neighbors in purely residential towns do not see at the same rate. Add the large stock of 25-to-30-year-old 1990s operators that hit their end-of-life at roughly the same time, and the failure volume in White Plains is simply higher. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate if your gate is struggling.
Yes, if the post is structurally sound and the core steel is not rotted through. We weld a heavier hinge directly to the steel core and preserve the original brick or stone facing. If the core has rusted below grade or the post has been knocked more than a few degrees off-plumb by frost heave, welding a new hinge without resetting the post would be fixing the symptom and leaving the cause. We will show you the condition and give you the straight answer. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will take a look.
We do, and we size them correctly. A solar gate opener on a long driveway needs enough panel wattage and battery reserve to run through Westchester winters when daylight is short and the gate uses more power against frozen ground and heavier snow. Many systems we see were undersized from the start. We install solar operators from brands we service, including FAAC and Viking, and we make sure the panel is mounted where it actually gets sun, not just where the last installer found a convenient bolt hole. Call (877) 610-2993 to talk through your property.
Every six months, minimum, and ideally once after winter has fully ended and once before it begins. White Plains roads are salted heavily from the first freeze through March, and that salt works its way into the track, corrodes the steel, and packs into the rollers until the gate binds and the drive strips. A clean track, clean rollers, and a fresh coat of protective grease in spring will extend the life of the rail and the rack by years. We offer a service visit that includes this, and the price is quoted before we start. Call (877) 610-2993 to schedule.
Nine times out of ten, the answer is a shifted post or an obstructed photocell path, and in White Plains specifically, frost heave is the usual culprit. When the ground freezes and thaws, masonry posts move a little more each year, which throws off the limit switches and puts the safety photocell beam out of alignment, so the gate thinks something is in the way and reverses. We realign the post, recalibrate the operator limits, and restore the safety loop sensors. One visit, and the gate works like it should. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
Get Your White Plains Gate Fixed Right the First Time
If your gate is sagging on a loose hinge, dragging on a salt-caked track, or simply refusing to move after a hard White Plains winter, call us at (877) 610-2993. A live person answers 24 hours a day, and the estimate is free. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Hal’s name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That is the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving White Plains and Westchester County since 2001.