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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Applewood
Gate repair in Applewood, CO typically runs $180-$340 for common hinge, latch, and alignment work, with most jobs completed the same day we arrive. If your gate sags, swings open on its own, or won’t close after a windstorm, call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers. We are Gatewood Fence & Gate, owned and operated by Hal Gatewood since 2001, and we fix gates in Applewood driveways rather than hauling them off to a shop.
What matters in Applewood isn’t just the repair itself. It’s knowing that the person who shows up understands why your 1960s iron gate failed in the first place. The Chinook winds that rip down the foothills hit this corridor harder than anywhere else in the metro. A gate that lasted thirty years in Lakewood might need real work after three winters here. We know the difference, and we fix the cause, not just the symptom.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Applewood’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. We have been fixing gates since 2001, and Hal still walks every job himself or sends one of his crew who he has trained personally. You won’t get a rotating cast of strangers. You’ll see the same faces, year after year, at the hardware store on 32nd Avenue.
Applewood homeowners call us because we answer the phone at 2 a.m. the same way we answer at noon: with a real person. No voicemail queue, no call center three states away. When a Chinook blows your gate off its latch at midnight, you don’t want to leave a message and hope. You want someone who says they’ll be there by morning, and means it.
Every Gatewood Fence & Gate repair carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings us back. Not a runaround, not a “that’s normal wear.” Hal stands behind the work because he’s the one who did it. And if you ever want to look him in the eye before you hire him, the shop address is published and the coffee’s on.
Serving Applewood means understanding two things most contractors miss. First, your gate posts sit in Jefferson County clay that heaves with every freeze-thaw cycle. Second, your gate frame takes lateral loads from 60-plus-mph downslope winds that never touch the flat lots east of here. We have been chasing both for more than two decades.
Our Gate Repair Services in Applewood
Electric Gate Repair
Older electric gate operators around Applewood’s ranch-era homes often run control boards that manufacturers stopped making years ago. Where other companies quote a full operator replacement, we open the housing, diagnose the board, and tell you straight whether it’s repairable. LiftMaster, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing units from the mid-2000s are common on 32nd Avenue and 26th Avenue, and we keep a deep bench of used and rebuilt control boards to stretch their life. A typical electric gate repair in Applewood runs $220-$480 depending on the board and harness work involved.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gate failures in Applewood tend to follow wind incidents. An operator that was working fine on Monday gives up after a Thursday Chinook because the frame shifted a half-inch and the arm is now binding against the leaf. We reset the geometry, not just the motor. For newer automated driveway gates on the larger lots and teardown rebuilds south of 26th Avenue, we service the operator, remotes, safety edges, and photocells. Automatic gate repairs in this corridor usually fall between $260 and $520.
Hinge & Post Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. On a 1960s ranch off 32nd Avenue, we found a tubular-steel swing gate whose hinge post had heaved out of plumb after a freeze-thaw cycle, causing the latch to miss the receiver by over an inch. Our crew reset the post footing with deeper concrete and swapped the worn hinge barrels, then added a drop-rod kit sized for the sloped driveway so the gate stays put through the next Chinook. In Applewood, post and hinge work is the single most common repair we do, and it typically runs $190-$360 per post.
Gate Realignment
Many Applewood properties sit on terraced lots with driveway grades that require drop-rod or gravity-latch hardware rather than standard horizontal latches. A flat-lot contractor from Lakewood often misses this detail, and the gate swings open on its own within months. We check the post plumb, the hinge barrel wear, and the latch receiver as one system, because that’s how a gate actually behaves. Realignment work in Applewood is usually in the $160-$310 range and can often be finished in under two hours.
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 Applewood
We service nine major gate brands, but the ones we see most often on Applewood’s mid-century and newer automated gates are DoorKing, Elite, and Ghost Controls. We keep common parts for these operators in the truck, so a failing control board or worn arm doesn’t mean waiting a week for a shipment. For older Viking and LiftMaster units on original 1970s ranch gates, we maintain a stock of rebuilt boards and used hardware that’s hard to find anywhere else. When a part isn’t worth rebuilding, we’ll tell you that plainly and quote a replacement honestly.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Applewood Homes
- Post lean from clay-heavy soil heaving. Jefferson County’s clay soils expand and contract hard through winter, and on Applewood’s sloped lots, posts get pushed out of plumb within a season or two. The gate then misses the latch by half an inch, and the problem compounds from there.
- Hinge barrels cracked from wind fatigue. Applewood sits in the Chinook wind corridor, where downslope gusts regularly exceed 60 mph. That’s far stronger than what hits Lakewood or Arvada a few miles east, and it puts constant lateral stress on hinge barrels and frame corners of 1950s-to-1970s ornamental gates.
- Obsolete control boards on original automatic operators. The first wave of automated driveway gates in Applewood, installed on ranch homes and early rebuilds, are now 15-25 years old. Manufacturers discontinued many of those boards, and the gates fail in strange ways: intermittent opening, phantom closures, dead remotes.
- Weld fatigue and rust at original pivot points. Ranch-era wrought-iron and tubular-steel side-yard gates are now 40-60-plus years old. The original welds at the pivots were strong for their era, but four decades of wind cycles and high-altitude UV have done their work. We weld on site, so the gate stays in your driveway and the repair matches the original steel.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Applewood, CO
Here are the ranges we quote most often in the 80401 zip code. Realignment and latch work: $160-$310. Single post reset with new hinge barrels: $190-$360. Electric control board diagnosis and repair or replacement: $220-$480. Automatic gate operator repair including arm adjustment, limit switches, and remote reprogramming: $260-$520. Weld repair for cracked frame corners or failed pivots: $140-$280 depending on the length and accessibility of the weld. The price we quote is the price you pay, agreed before any work starts. There’s no trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. If another company gave you a written estimate, we’ll give you a free second opinion.
Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact price on your gate. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Applewood
Most of our days are spent in Applewood, but we regularly work in Gate Repair for Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and Edgewater. If you live just over the Applewood line and your gate is down, call the same number. The same crew answers, and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise applies.
Serving Applewood, CO - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Applewood 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 Repair in Applewood
A Lakewood contractor is used to flat lots. Applewood has sloped and terraced driveways that need drop-rod or gravity-latch hardware to hold a gate closed. If the previous repair used a standard horizontal latch, the gate will drift open within weeks. We size the hardware to the grade, and the gate stays where you leave it. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll take a look, no charge for the estimate.
Chinook winds in the Applewood corridor routinely exceed 60 mph, striking the gate as a constant lateral shove rather than a steady push. That repeated side load fatigues hinge barrels, cracks frame corners, and eventually bends the leaf itself if the post doesn’t fail first. If your gate squeaks louder after each wind event, that’s the hinge barrel telling you it’s failing. We weld and reinforce on site before the crack becomes a full break.
Often yes. We stock rebuilt control boards for LiftMaster and several other major brands, and when a board can be repaired rather than replaced, we do that. When it can’t, we tell you the honest replacement cost. Either way, the price is agreed before work begins. Call (877) 610-2993 with your operator model number and Hal will give you a straight answer.
Jefferson County clay holds water, and water freezes and expands; that heaves the soil and pushes the post out of plumb, especially on sloped Applewood lots where drainage runs toward the post footing. A shallow footing gives way fast. We reset posts with deeper concrete below the frost line and angle the base where the grade demands it, so one hard winter doesn’t throw your gate out of alignment again.
Yes, they’re not optional. Any automatic gate that can close on a car, a dog, or a person needs functioning safety edges or photocells. Older Applewood gates were often hung before modern safety requirements existed, and the original sensors are long dead. We test and replace them as part of every automatic gate service call. It’s not an upsell; it’s basic safety. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll check yours while we’re there for the repair.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Applewood Gate Repair
If your gate is sagging, stuck, swinging open, or dead after a windstorm, call (877) 610-2993. Hal or one of his crew will answer, give you a straight price before any work starts, and show up when they say they will. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every job. If it’s not done right, we make it right, no runaround. That’s how it’s been since 2001, and that’s how it works in Applewood.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Applewood since 2001.