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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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Davis
Gate repair in Davis means understanding a town where gates work harder than they do almost anywhere else. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and the calls that come out of Davis are different. Bicycle traffic, aging 1950s and 1960s wood gates, and the Sacramento Valley’s summer heat and winter tule fog all leave a mark. We answer the phone live, day or night, and we’ll give you a real quote before any work begins. Call (877) 610-2993. If you’d rather, drive to the shop and look Hal in the eye before we ever touch your gate.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Davis’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We’re not a franchise and we’re not a call center three states away. Gatewood Fence & Gate is locally owned and Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. Davis customers deal with the same person before, during, and after the job. That matters when you have a 45-year-old cedar gate in Village Homes that was built to a custom spec, not off a shelf. Hal has been fixing those gates since they were only 20 years old.
We do on-site welding. That means your gate stays in your driveway and Hal repairs the hinge post, welds the rusted joint, and re-hangs the panel right there. Most companies want to haul the gate off and bring it back a week later. We’d rather fix it the same day. Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. The owner operates the shop and stands behind the work. That’s the whole point.
Our Gate Repair Services in Davis
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Davis is often a controls problem, not a motor problem. We see obsolete control boards on gates hung before modern safety requirements existed, and that’s a real hazard when bicycles and pedestrians pass through constantly. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, Viking, and DoorKing openers, among others. If your gate has stopped reversing when something crosses the path, or the keypad works only sometimes, call us. Hal will test the whole circuit, not just swap the battery like some companies do.
Automatic Gate Repair
An automatic gate in Davis faces a particular set of conditions. Summer heat above 100°F expands steel hardware and can make a gate bind at the latch. Winter tule fog holds moisture on metal for days and corrodes hinges. We adjust limit switches, replace safety edges, and recalibrate operators so the gate closes reliably year round. If your opener is old and no longer stops when a bike is in the path, that is repairable in many cases. We’ll tell you honestly if it’s not.
Hinge & Post Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. In Old North and Old East Davis, the original 1950s and 1960s wood posts have endured decades of UC Davis rental turnover, student bikes swinging through daily, and the sort of deferred maintenance that happens when a landlord lives out of town. We reset post footings, replace rotted posts, and match hinges to the weight of a gate that may be holding a hundred pounds more than it was built for.
Gate Realignment
When a gate stops latching in Davis, it’s rarely the latch itself. It’s the frame. Heat cycles warp wood, and shifting soil from our dry summers and damp winters moves posts out of plumb. We realign the gate, shim and re-bed the hinges, and adjust the strike plate so the gate swings clean and latches with one hand. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We do it once, right, and we put the 90-Day Done Right Promise on it.
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 Davis
We service Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite, along with five other major brands. That covers most automatic gates in Davis, and we stock common parts locally so we’re not waiting on a truck from Texas. When we weld a Ghost Controls arm bracket or replace a Viking control board in a Mace Ranch driveway, we use parts matched to the operator, not generic substitutes. Our Gate Repair team handles the motors, the hinges, the posts, and the wiring, all in one call.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Davis Homes
- Sagging wood gates on older rentals. Old North and Old East Davis are dense with 1950s-1970s ranch homes, and many side-yard gates see hundreds of open/close cycles per week from student tenants on bikes. Hinges fatigue fast under that load, and posts lean when the footing was never built for the traffic.
- Rust and corrosion from winter tule fog. The Central Valley’s dense radiation fog sits on metal for days at a time. Iron hinges, latch boxes, and unsealed welds pock and pit in Davis winters, then bind in summer when heat expands the rusted steel around the hinge pin.
- Non-standard gates in Village Homes. The original cedar gates in this 1970s solar community were built to a community design spec. Off-the-shelf replacement panels don’t fit, so we custom-fit, scarf in new wood, and build replacement sections on site to match the original proportions.
- Obsolete gate operators without modern safety features. Many Davis gates still run control boards and openers installed before current safety photocell requirements existed. A gate that doesn’t stop for a bicycle is not just an inconvenience. Hal upgrades these to current safety standards when repair won’t restore proper function.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Davis, CA
Here are real numbers for the Davis market. A typical hinge and post repair on a wood side-yard gate runs $180-$380, depending on whether the post needs resetting in concrete or just re-bedding. Gate realignment and latch adjustment costs $140-$290. Electric gate repair, including new control boards, safety edges, or receiver replacements, generally runs $250-$650. Full operator replacement on an automatic driveway gate runs $900-$2,400 installed, depending on the brand and whether we’re reusing your existing posts. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. You will not see a bigger number at the door. We also take $40 off any repair over $200, seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Davis
Beyond Davis itself, we regularly work in Dixon, Woodland, West Sacramento, and Winters. The drive from our Sacramento dispatch office to a Davis driveway is short, which means we get to you fast, and we’re already familiar with the gates, the soil, and the hardware common to Yolo County. If you’re in Davis or a neighboring town, call us first.
Serving Davis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Davis 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 Davis
Old North Davis was built before the age of the automobile commuter, and many homes have side-yard gates that were never intended for daily bicycle traffic. Today those gates handle hundreds of open and close cycles a week from students riding to and from UC Davis. Hinges fatigue, post footings crack under the repeated torque, and a gate that was fine ten years ago now drags on the latch. We repair the post first, because a gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. Call (877) 610-2993 for a quote on re-setting and re-hanging yours.
The original Village Homes cedar gates are repairable in most cases, and that is how we prefer to do it. These gates are now 45-50 years old and built to a non-standard community design spec, so no stock replacement at a big-box store will fit. We custom-cut and fit replacement sections, splice in new cedar, and match the original look. We only recommend full replacement when the post footing itself is gone or the wood is too far gone to hold a hinge. Estimates are free.
Summer temperatures above 100°F expand the steel hardware and frame, and if your gate was hung with tight clearances, the metal expands until it binds at the hinge or the latch. Then winter tule fog brings moisture, which causes corrosion on the same joints, and you get a gate that squeaks and sticks year round. The fix is normally a realignment with proper clearance and sealed, greased hinges. We can do that in one visit, with the quoted price agreed before we start.
Sometimes it is, and we will tell you straight if it is not. Many older operators in Davis lack modern safety photocells or the ones they have have failed, and on a city where a third of the traffic is on two wheels, an opener that doesn’t stop for a bike is a serious problem. If the board is still serviceable, we install current safety edges and photocells and test everything under load. If the board is obsolete, replacement is sometimes the cheaper answer than chasing obsolete parts. Call us and Hal will assess it honestly.
A side-yard gate on a UC Davis rental should be checked at least once a year, with hinge lubrication and latch adjustment every six months. The traffic volume is comparable to a commercial gate, not a typical suburban one, and most landlords learn this only after the gate has already failed. Deferred maintenance on a Davis rental turns a $180 hinge repair into a $700 post reset. We service rental gates all over Davis, and we’ll quote the whole year’s service up front.
Need gate repair in Davis? Call Gatewood Fence & Gate at (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate. Hal answers the phone himself, the price is agreed before we start, and every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If your gate sags, binds, won’t latch, or won’t stop for a bike, we’ll fix it right the first time.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Davis and Yolo County since 2001.