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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Dearborn
Gate repair in Dearborn, MI normally runs $180 to $340 for hinge and post work, $220 to $450 for electric gate and opener repair, and $150 to $400 for weld and rust repair depending on how far the corrosion has gone. Most repairs in Dearborn are done same day or next morning because we keep a service truck stocked for the gate styles this city actually has, not whatever the warehouse shipped us. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates like yours since 2001, and the person who answers when you call (877) 610-2993 will be the same person who shows up at your driveway. Not a call center. Not a third-party dispatcher. You’ll talk to someone who knows where Michigan Avenue is and why it matters for your gate.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Dearborn’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Dearborn homeowners call us because we repair what other companies want to replace. Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. That’s not a slogan, it’s how a local business works. You can drive to the shop and look him in the eye if you ever feel like it. We’ve built our reputation in Dearborn one gate at a time, mostly through neighbors telling neighbors. When a brick bungalow on a quiet street in the 48128 corridor has a sagging gate, somebody on that block already knows who to call. That’s the kind of trust you can’t buy with a digital ad budget.
We’re not the company that quotes one price on the phone and hands you a different number at the door. Our pricing is quoted and agreed before any work starts, in writing. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No phone tree, no “please hold for the next available representative.” You get a live person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That includes 2 a.m. when a gate motor dies and your car is stuck in the driveway.
We also answer to Dearborn’s specific conditions. Road salt, freeze-thaw cycles, ornamental iron from East Dearborn, and aging LiftMaster and Viking operators on gates hung twenty years ago. Our crew services nine major brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If you’ve got an operator we don’t stock parts for, we’ll tell you straight instead of pretending. That honesty is why people in Dearborn keep our number saved.
Our Gate Repair Services in Dearborn
We handle the full range of Gate Repair work across Dearborn, with a focus on what this city’s housing stock actually demands. Here are the services Dearborn residents call about most.
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Dearborn typically runs $220 to $450. This covers dead control boards, burned out capacitors, broken limit switches, and operators that just hum and don’t move. A lot of what we see on Dearborn streets are older LiftMaster and DoorKing operators that were installed before modern safety standards. We can often retrofit a new control board rather than replacing the whole operator. That’s the difference between a $300 repair and a $1,800 replacement, and we’ll tell you which one you actually need.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gate repair in Dearborn usually costs $200 to $480. When a gate stops opening after a Michigan winter, the problem is almost always the operator, the safety loop, or the wiring run. If your automatic gate in the 48126 corridor stopped responding, call us before you assume it’s dead. We show up with the common boards and parts on the truck because we know what Dearborn gates need. And if we don’t have the part, the local fabrication shops on Michigan Avenue often do.
Hinge & Post Repair
Hinge and post repair in Dearborn runs $180 to $340. Dearborn’s 1940s to 1960s brick bungalows and ranches sit on concrete gate-post footings that have survived 60 or more freeze-thaw cycles. That’s 60 winters of water seeping into hairline cracks, freezing, expanding, and slowly splitting the footing. The post leans. The gate sags. The hinges bind. Fix the panel without fixing the post and you’ll fix it twice. We dig, pour, re-anchor, and weld on site in your driveway. We don’t haul your gate to some shop across town.
Gate Realignment
Gate realignment in Dearborn typically costs $150 to $300. If your gate drags the ground or won’t close without a shoulder shove, the frame is out of square or the post has moved. We align the frame, adjust the hinges, and check that the operator’s open and close limits still match the gate’s actual travel. This is a job that looks simple and isn’t. A misaligned gate puts constant stress on the motor and the hinge welds, and if you ignore it long enough, something fails catastrophically. Better to fix the alignment while it’s still a $200 job.
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 Dearborn
We service the brands Dearborn actually has installed. Ghost Controls openers show up on a lot of the newer decorative driveway gates. DoorKing operators are common on the heavier ornamental gates in the 48126 corridor. Elite and Viking appear on both residential and light commercial setups. We stock common wear parts for these locally, and for what we don’t stock, the metal fabrication shops on Michigan Avenue are a better source than any national distributor. That’s something you only learn by working Dearborn gates year after year. Hal has been doing exactly that since 2001.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Dearborn Homes
- Frost heave and leaning posts: Southeast Michigan gets 40-plus freeze-thaw cycles a year. Water saturates the concrete footings on Dearborn’s postwar homes, freezes, expands, and slowly cracks the footing at the base. The post leans a few degrees, the gate binds, and eventually the hinge weld tears loose. This is the single most common repair we do in Dearborn.
- Road salt corrosion on iron and steel: Michigan Avenue and Schaefer Road are high-traffic, high-salt corridors in winter. Exposed gate hinges, weld joints, and box frames near these roads rust through faster than anywhere else in the city. We routinely cut out rotted sections, weld in new steel, and coat the repair against future exposure.
- Overloaded footings from heavy ornamental gates: East Dearborn’s custom wrought-iron gates are beautiful, but they are also heavy. The original footings on a 1950s bungalow were poured for a wood or chain-link gate, not a solid steel arch-top with decorative scrollwork. We see cracked bases and snapped hinge welds on gates that are too heavy for what holds them up.
- Dead control boards on older operators: LiftMaster, Viking, and other operators from the late 1990s and early 2000s are reaching end-of-life on the control board side. If your operator clicks but doesn’t move, or the remote stopped working but the panel still responds, a retrofitted board often buys years more service for a fraction of replacement cost.
We re-anchored a sagging arch-top wrought-iron swing gate on a 1950s brick bungalow in the 48126 corridor after the original concrete post footing crumbled from decades of freeze-thaw cycles. The gate operator was a legacy LiftMaster with a dead control board, so we retrofitted a new LiftMaster board, re-welded the hinge post, and added modern safety photocells to meet UL 325, all without re-hanging the decorative steel panel. That’s the kind of repair Dearborn requires. It’s not a parts swap. It’s knowing why the gate failed in the first place.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Dearborn, MI
Here’s what we charge for common gate repairs in Dearborn. These are real numbers we quote over the phone and then honor when the job is done.
- Hinge and post repair: $180-$340, depending on footing condition and concrete work
- Weld and rust repair: $150-$400, depending on how much steel needs to be replaced
- Electric gate and opener repair: $220-$450, depending on board or motor replacement
- Gate realignment: $150-$300, including hinge adjustment and limit reset
- Full operator replacement (when repair doesn’t make sense): $1,200-$2,600 installed
Every price is quoted and agreed before we start. You’ll never get a surprise invoice that’s $400 higher than what you approved. We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a real number for your specific gate before we ever send a truck.
We Also Serve Cities Near Dearborn
Our crew works Dearborn and the surrounding communities every week. If you’re looking for Gate Repair in Dearborn, you’re in our service area. We also handle jobs in Melvindale, Garden City, Allen Park, and River Rouge. Same live person answering the phone, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same upfront pricing. The only thing that changes is the address on the work order.
Serving Dearborn, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Dearborn 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 Dearborn
Because the problem is almost never the hinges. It’s the post footing. Dearborn’s freeze-thaw cycles crack and shift the concrete footings under your gate posts, so the post leans, and a leaning post makes the gate sag no matter how many times you tighten the hinge bolts. We fix it by re-anchoring or replacing the footing, not by hanging more weight on a hinge that was never the problem. If your gate sags again within 90 days of our repair, the Done Right Promise means we come back at no charge. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free inspection.
Yes, and we do it often. In East Dearborn, the arch-top panels and crescent scroll patterns are part of the home’s character, and we won’t strip that out unless the metal is completely unsalvageable. For matching or patching, we source from the local Arab-owned metal fabrication shops on or near Michigan Avenue, the only suppliers that consistently stock this neighborhood’s specific patterns during repair season. You’ll get a repaired gate that still looks like your gate, not a generic off-the-shelf replacement. Call (877) 610-2993 and describe what you have. We’ll be straight about what can be saved.
Often yes, and more often than homeowners expect. Michigan winters kill two things in automatic gate operators: the control board and the external safety loops. A dead LiftMaster board after a cold snap is a $220 to $450 repair if we can retrofit a compatible board, which we usually can. A broken underground loop might be a simple wire splice or a loop replacement. The only way to know is to test it, and we’ll do that before quoting you anything. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll talk through the symptoms with you right then.
No, and this is something we bring up on nearly every Dearborn job. Gates installed before the mid-2000s often lack the safety photocells and non-contact sensors now required by UL 325. If your gate closes on something or someone, the older operator has no way to reverse. We can retrofit photo-eyes and edge sensors onto most existing operators, including older LiftMaster, Viking, and DoorKing units. This is not a sales pitch. It’s a safety requirement, and a gate that closes without sensors is a serious injury risk, especially for kids and pets. Call (877) 610-2993 to have us check your gate.
Yes. We install keypad entry systems on existing gates throughout Dearborn, including the brick bungalow neighborhoods in 48128 and the ornamental gates of East Dearborn. A solar opener is also doable if your gate gets decent sun, and it’s a good option for corners of the lot where running power isn’t practical. We’ll measure the gate, check the post structure, and tell you exactly what will work before we sell you anything. Estimates are free, and the price we quote is the price you’ll pay. Call (877) 610-2993 to set it up.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Dearborn
If your gate is sagging, rusted through, or won’t open, call (877) 610-2993. You’ll talk to a live person who knows Dearborn and knows gates. We’ll quote you a real price before any work starts, and we’ll stand behind every repair with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Hal Gatewood started this business in 2001, and his name is on every job. In Dearborn, that still means something. You’re not calling a faceless company. You’re calling a neighbor who fixes gates for a living and answers his own phone.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Dearborn since 2001.