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Most gate repair calls in Clovis come down to one of three things: a post that heaved in the Valley heat, an operator board that cooked itself years ago, or hinges that never got attention until the gate started dragging. We fix all three, usually in a single visit. If you’re in 93611, 93612, 93613, or 93619 and your swing gate won’t latch, your automatic gate is dead, or your RV gate groans every time you open it, call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a voicemail. Hal Gatewood has been running Gatewood Fence & Gate since 2001, and he’s the one who stands behind every repair with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Clovis’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Clovis isn’t a town you pass through. People here know their neighbors, and they check up on a contractor before they hire. That’s exactly the kind of customer we like working for. Hal’s name is on the shop, his license number is published, and if you ever want to look him in the eye before scheduling, you can drive to the shop and do that. We don’t hide behind a brand that sounds national, because we aren’t.
Our Gate Repair work in Clovis is done by people who live in the Central Valley and know what the soil does to a post. We’ve serviced gates in the Clovis East area, the Harlan Ranch corridor, and the newer tracts off Locan and Highland. What we see repeatedly is the same story: builder-grade tubular steel gates from the late 1980s and 1990s are now hitting the end of their hardware lifespan. The hinges wear through, the posts heave, and the original operators have control boards that fail in 105°F heat. That’s not a surprise to us, and it shouldn’t cost you a full gate replacement to fix.
When you call Gatewood Fence & Gate, a live person answers. Always. Not a phone tree, not a call center ticket. And on repairs we quote the price upfront, before any work begins. No trip charge inside the county, and the estimate is written, not mumbled over the phone on the way to your driveway.
Our Gate Repair Services in Clovis
Electric Gate Repair
Clovis has thousands of electric gates on side-yard RV pads, pool enclosures, and front-drive entry gates. Most electric gate failures here trace back to the control board, not the motor. We carry or can quickly source boards for Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, among others. We troubleshoot the full circuit before swapping parts, because a blown transformer and a dead board look identical from the outside and we’d rather fix the actual problem than hand you an invoice for the wrong one.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gate repair in Clovis covers everything from actuators and operators to safety photocells, loop detectors, and keypads. We see a lot of homes where one side of a dual gate works and the other doesn’t. Sometimes it’s the operator, sometimes it’s a buried loop detector, sometimes it’s a wire chewed through under the drive. We track it down properly. We stock parts for nine major brands and can service most automatic systems the same visit.
Hinge & Post Repair
This is the repair that Clovis gets wrong most often when someone hires the cheapest bid. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We reset posts in concrete, shim decomposed-granite footings that have shifted, and replace worn hinge barrels that bind in the dry summer heat. If the post is still solid, we save it. If it’s heaved and cracked, we tell you straight, because welding a gate back onto a bad post is a waste of your money.
Gate Realignment
Clovis homes with large lots, especially in 93619, have gates that are 12 to 16 feet wide. Those gates are heavy, and they go out of plumb slowly as the soil under the post moves. A gate that latched fine in April and drags in August is a classic Clovis complaint. We realign the gate, adjust the hinges, shim the post if needed, and check the latch strike. It’s not a hardware-only job, and anyone who treats it that way will be back out there next spring.
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 Clovis
We work on gate openers and operators from Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For Clovis homeowners, that means we’re not married to one brand and we won’t push a full system replacement because we don’t know the equipment you already have. We service what’s on your property, and when a control board is obsolete, we tell you honestly whether a retrofit makes sense or whether replacement is the cheaper answer over the next five years. Parts are sourced locally when possible, which keeps turnaround short.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Clovis Homes
- August gate drag on swing gates. The clay-heavy and decomposed-granite soils under post footings expand and contract through Valley summers. A gate that swings fine in spring can drag hard by late summer, and the fix is almost always in the post, not the gate panel.
- Dead automatic gate with good power. Older LiftMaster control boards from the 1990s and early 2000s fail in sustained 105°F heat. The motor may be fine. The board, not so much. We bench-test the board before we recommend anything.
- Worn or seized hinges and rollers on tubular steel gates. Clovis’s dry summers bake the steel, and the winter Tule fog that sits in the Valley for weeks at a time deposits moisture on uncoated metal. The cycle of dry heat and dense fog is brutal on hinge pins and spring latches.
- Dual gates running out of sync. In 93619 where RV-width side gates plus a pedestrian gate are common, one operator often fails or a loop detector stops reading. We test the whole system, not just the obvious failing part, because dual gate failures rarely happen in isolation.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Clovis, CA
Gate repair pricing in Clovis runs on a few honest variables. A basic hinge replacement or hinge pin swap on a single pedestrian gate typically costs $140 to $260. Gate realignment work usually lands between $180 and $320 depending on post condition and gate weight. Electric gate repair in Clovis, including control board diagnostics or replacement, typically runs $240 to $420 for the service call and common board swaps. Automatic gate operator repair or retrofit pricing is bigger: $380 to $900 depending on the system and whether we’re replacing an actuator, board, or full operator kit. Full post resets in decomposed-granite footings are the most involved repair we do in Clovis, often between $350 and $750 per post.
You’ll get a written price before any work starts. That price doesn’t change at the door. Right now we’re offering $40 off any repair over $200, and seniors and veterans always get 10% off. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll quote it over the phone or come take a look, free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Clovis
We serve Clovis and the surrounding Central Valley communities, including Fresno, Old Fig Garden, Sanger, and Fowler. If you’re just outside Clovis, call anyway. If we can get to you inside the county, there’s no trip charge.
Serving Clovis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Clovis 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 Clovis
Because the post moved, not the gate. Clovis post footings sit in decomposed-granite amended soil over hardpan, and that soil shifts through the 105°F summer. A gate aligned in April can drag by August. We check and shim posts on every repair call in Clovis, specifically because this is a local pattern, not a generic swing gate problem. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll check the post first.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Gates hung before UL 325 went into effect often lack proper entrapment protection, and retrofitting a 20-year-old wrought-iron swing gate with modern safety edges and photocells sometimes costs more than a replacement gate that’s already compliant. We’ll tell you the honest numbers before you spend anything. Every estimate is free.
Yes, and this is one place Clovis genuinely differs from neighboring Fresno. Many Clovis HOA tracts mandate specific black powder-coat finishes, panel styles, and hardware so all gates in the development match. We understand this because we’ve done the work and sat through the compliance conversations. We match the HOA’s required finish and document it properly, which keeps your gate from becoming an HOA letter you have to answer later.
Could be either, plus a few other things. We trace it. It’s very common in Clovis’s 93619 neighborhoods where dual gates serve RV pads. Sometimes it’s a failed actuator, sometimes a buried loop detector that’s stopped reading, sometimes a wire broken between the two gates. We diagnose the whole system, not just the dead side, because the cause is often upstream. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact diagnosis.
Clovis’s summer is dry, but the winter Tule fog isn’t. Dense, weeks-long Valley fog sits right on the surface and deposits sustained moisture on unpainted hinge pins, rollers, and spring latches. Then the dry summer heat cracks or seizes whatever the fog started. We replace worn hinge barrels and use corrosion-resistant hardware on Clovis gates for exactly that reason. It’s a local failure mode, not a random rust problem.
How Clovis’s Gate Problems Are Different
Here’s the part that doesn’t show up in a generic gate repair guide. Clovis’s master-planned communities, especially along the 93619 and 93611 corridors, were built from the 1990s onward with dedicated RV and boat parking pads. That means oversized 12 to 16 foot wide side-yard cantilever or dual-swing steel gates are some of the most common service calls in the city. These gates are heavy, the posts carry a lot of load, and the decomposed-granite footings under those posts don’t behave like concrete over native clay. They shift. A gate aligned in April drags by August, not because of the hinges, but because the post moved in soil that was amended years ago and has been settling ever since.
We serviced a 14-foot dual-swing steel RV gate in a 93619 neighborhood near the Clovis East area last summer. The original builder-grade hinged post had heaved in the decomposed-granite footing, leaving the swing gate dragging by mid-July. We reset the post footing, installed a new FAAC operator with a working safety photocell, and matched the HOA’s required black powder-coat finish. That gate now opens clean, closes safe, and the HOA drive-by inspector has nothing to write home about. That job isn’t possible without knowing Clovis soil, Clovis HOA expectations, and how to work on a gate that’s been through 20 Valley summers.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Clovis Gate Repair
If your gate is dragging, dead, out of line, or the post is leaning and you’re tired of looking at it, call (877) 610-2993. We’ll give you a free estimate, a written price before any work starts, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise on every single repair. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Clovis and the Central Valley since 2001.