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When a gate stops closing in Woburn, it’s usually not the whole gate that failed. It’s one hinge pin that snapped, one post that heaved out of plumb, or one weld that finally let go after thirty Middlesex County winters. That’s what we fix. At Gatewood Fence & Gate, we carry the parts and bring the welder to your driveway, not the other way around. If you’re off Main Street, over by Horn Pond, or tucked into a shared driveway near Russell Street, call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers. We’ll tell you what’s wrong, what it costs, and when we’ll be there. In writing.
We’ve been at this since 2001, and our Gate Parts & Welding crew knows Woburn’s older gates better than most. The post-WWII colonials and capes around the West Side were built before anyone poured concrete collars around gate posts. That means when a gate sags in Woburn, the problem is usually in the ground, not in the hinge itself. More on that below.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Woburn’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. That’s not a tagline. When you call about a gate in Woburn, you’re talking to the person who owns the company, not a call center three states away. The phone rings at the shop, a live person answers, and if Hal needs to come look at it himself, he will.
We’ve worked on gates along Commerce Way, in the neighborhoods off Lexington Street, and throughout the residential blocks between Route 38 and the Winchester line. Woburn customers call us because we weld on site, we don’t swap parts that don’t need swapping, and every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, we come back. No fine print, no runaround.
We also answer the phone 24/7. A stuck commercial slide gate at New England Executive Park doesn’t wait for Monday morning, and neither do we. For homeowners, that means when a latch fails on a Sunday afternoon and your gate won’t stay shut, you get a person, not a voicemail.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Woburn
Hinge Replacement
In Woburn, hinge failure rarely starts at the hinge. It starts at the footing. The clay-rich glacial till under much of the city absorbs water, freezes, expands, and heaves posts out of plumb. Once a post moves, the hinge takes load it was never designed to carry, and the pin snaps or the leaf cracks. We don’t shim a hinge and call it done. We check the post, reset it if needed, then weld or bolt on fresh hinges that actually line up. For Woburn’s older ornamental iron gates, that often means cutting off rusted barrel hinges and welding replacements while the gate stays in place.
Post Replacement
This is the big one in Woburn. The 1950s and 1960s homes near the center of town and along the Aberjona corridor often have gate posts set directly into clay without a concrete collar. Every freeze-thaw cycle works those posts a little looser. We dig down to undisturbed soil, set a new Schedule 40 steel post in a proper 24-inch concrete footing, and rehang the gate the same day. If your gate has been sagging a little more each spring, it’s the post, not the panel. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Rail Repair
Chain-link gates in Woburn take a beating from road salt off Routes 128, 38, and 3. The bottom rail is the first thing to go, especially on properties within fifty feet of a treated roadway. We cut out the rotted section, sleeve or weld in a replacement rail, and often replace the tension bands and brace bands while we’re there. It’s a repair that stops a small rust hole from becoming a collapsed gate.
Custom Welding
Every gate is a little different, and that’s especially true on Woburn’s older properties. We weld on site so the gate never leaves your driveway. That matters when a shared driveway off Russell Street has two households depending on one gate, or when a commercial slide gate on Commerce Way can’t be taken offline for a day. We’ve welded new hinge barrels onto ornamental iron gates, built up worn rack teeth on slide gates, and fabricated drop rod catches to match gates that were installed before anyone kept records. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing.
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 Woburn
Most automated gates in Woburn’s commercial corridors run on FAAC, BFT, or Linear operators. The residential ornamental gates on the east side, especially in the newer subdivisions built on former industrial parcels, skew toward LiftMaster and Viking. We stock common parts for those brands on our trucks, which means we’re not ordering a board and making you wait three days. Hal and his crew are certified to service nine major gate brands, and we see enough of them in Woburn to know which ones survive a Middlesex County winter and which ones don’t.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Woburn Homes
- Heaved hinge posts from freeze-thaw cycles. Woburn gets 30-plus freeze-thaw cycles a year, and the clay-rich till under the city holds water. Posts set without concrete collars move one to three inches each spring, throwing swing gates out of plumb. This requires a post reset, not a hinge shim.
- Corroded hinge pins and latch housings from road salt. Properties along Route 38, Route 3, and the 128 corridor see accelerated corrosion within fifty feet of the roadway. We regularly replace hinge pins that have worn thin enough to snap and drop rods that crumbled mid-winter.
- Worn rack and pinion teeth on commercial slide gates. At Commerce Way and New England Executive Park, slide gates cycle dozens of times a day with freight traffic. The rack teeth wear, the rollers flatten, and the gate binds. A loop detector reads that binding as an obstruction and reverses the gate, which looks like an electrical problem but is actually mechanical wear.
- Failed drop rods on 1950s chain-link gates. The older colonials and capes in the 01801 and 01888 zip codes often have original chain-link gates with drop rods that have rusted through at the ground line. The gate still swings, but it won’t stay closed. We replace the rod and catch, and usually the hinge post while we’re there.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Woburn, MA
Here are honest ranges for what this work costs in Woburn. Hinge replacement on a standard residential swing gate runs $180 to $340, including the new hinges and on-site welding. A full post replacement, with excavation, a new Schedule 40 steel post, a 24-inch concrete footing, and rehanging, typically runs $450 to $800 depending on how deep we need to go to hit undisturbed soil. Rail repair on a chain-link gate runs $150 to $300 per rail. Custom welding starts around $150 for a small bracket or latch repair and runs up from there for larger fabrication.
What affects the price: how far the post has heaved, whether we’re working around a shared driveway that has to stay passable, and how much rust has spread into adjacent hardware. The price we quote is the price you pay. We write it down before any work starts, and we don’t come back with a bigger number. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate. There’s no trip charge inside Middlesex County, and we take $40 off any repair over $200.
We Also Serve Cities Near Woburn
While this page is about Gate Parts & Welding in Woburn, our crews regularly work in Winchester, Stoneham, Burlington, and Reading. If you’re right over the line in any of those towns, the same team, same pricing, and same 90-Day Done Right Promise apply. Call the same number and a live person answers.
Serving Woburn, MA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Woburn 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 Woburn
Because the hinge post is moving, not the gate. April is when the ground finally thaws after a Middlesex County winter, and posts set in Woburn’s clay-rich glacial till heave upward as the frost leaves. The corner opposite the hinge is where that movement shows up as sag. The fix is resetting the post in a proper concrete footing. Shimming the hinges or adjusting the latch treats the symptom and buys you maybe one season. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come look at the post, not just the sag.
Yes. We do it regularly. We stage the new operator, remove the old one, and install the replacement while the gate stays on its track. The gate is offline for an hour or two, not a full day, and we coordinate with your facility manager so trucks keep moving. We service FAAC, BFT, Linear, and LiftMaster slide operators, and we carry common parts on the truck so we’re not waiting on freight. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll schedule it around your dock schedule.
We cut out the old post, dig down to undisturbed glacial till, set a new Schedule 40 steel post in a 24-inch concrete footing, and weld on fresh barrel hinges before rehanging the gate, usually the same afternoon. The key is the footing. The original post was likely set into clay without a concrete collar, which is why it rotted and heaved in the first place. A new post in the same hole with the same soil will fail again. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
Worn rack teeth or flattened rollers. The motor is pushing, but the gate is fighting mechanical resistance. When the rack and pinion teeth wear down from years of freight traffic, the gate binds at the same spot every cycle. The loop detector reads that binding as an obstruction and reverses the gate, which makes it look like an electrical fault. We inspect the rack, rollers, and guide wheels before touching the operator. Often it’s a mechanical fix, not an electrical one. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll diagnose it on site.
Yes. We weld on site throughout the 01801 and 01888 zip codes, including the neighborhoods near the Aberjona River corridor and the former industrial parcels on the east side. Those gates are often older ornamental iron with hinges that were welded decades ago. We bring the welder to your driveway, cut off the rusted hinge, and weld on a replacement without taking the gate down. The gate never leaves your property. Call (877) 610-2993 and ask for Hal. Estimates are free.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal has been repairing and welding gates since 2001 and still answers the phone himself.