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Gate repair in Highland Village usually comes down to one of three things: a hinge post the clay soil has pushed out of plumb, a rusted-through hinge or bottom roller from Lake Lewisville humidity, or a 20-plus-year-old operator that has finally quit. Hal Gatewood has been fixing all three since 2001, and he answers his own phone. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a recording. We schedule Highland Village calls every weekday, and emergency repairs get same-day attention when you need it.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Highland Village’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Highland Village homeowners have a particular problem: almost every house here was built with an ornamental iron or steel driveway gate, and HOA covenants required it. That means when a gate fails, it isn’t a casual repair, it’s an architectural issue the management company may need to sign off on. We understand that. We work with Highland Village HOAs, we know what the architectural committees expect on finish and height, and we bring the repaired gate back to spec without making you chase paperwork.
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. He has been at this since 2001, and the person who shows up at your door is the person who stands behind the work. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and if it isn’t right, one call brings him back. Highland Village customers don’t get a subcontractor they’ll never see again. They get a guy who will drive back out because his reputation lives in the same county you do.
We’re familiar with the streets here: the Doubletree Drive corridor, the lakeside neighborhoods in 75077 off Highland Village Road, the gated entries along FM 2499. Response time to Highland Village runs same-day for emergencies and next-day for most scheduled repairs, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. That’s not a special, it’s how we operate.
Calls are answered by a live person 24/7. Not a voicemail, not a call center three states away. You get a real voice on the line, and that voice can tell you whether the problem sounds like a hinge or an operator before we ever roll a truck. When your gate is stuck open at 10 p.m. and the HOA has already sent a notice, that matters. Start with our Gate Repair team and you’ll find out fast.
Our Gate Repair Services in Highland Village
Highland Village is almost entirely planned-community homes built between the early 1990s and mid-2000s, with HOA-mandated ornamental gates on a huge share of them. Those gates and their automated operators are now hitting the end of their service life at the same time. Here’s what we handle most often in Highland Village.
Hinge & Post Repair
The clay soils in Denton County shrink and swell every year on a brutal schedule: they crack hard in summer drought, then swell after fall and spring rains. That pushes gate posts out of plumb, which transfers stress to the hinges, which then wear unevenly and bind. In Highland Village, where the heaviest Blackland-adjacent clays sit right under the planned communities, we see post lean on gates that were installed straight only a few years prior. A typical hinge and post repair in Highland Village runs $240 to $480, depending on whether the post needs resetting in concrete or just shimming and re-anchoring.
We cut and repour the footing when needed, and we use hot-dip galvanized or stainless hardware so you aren’t redoing this after two more rain seasons. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. On the towns near the lake, we routinely find hinges rusted through on gates that are only 12-15 years old, something the drier east side of Highland Village won’t see for 20-plus years. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start.
Gate Realignment
A gate that won’t close fully, drags on the driveway, or pops the latch in winter is almost always a post alignment issue. In Highland Village, it’s the soil that does it. A typical gate realignment runs $180 to $320, which covers checking both posts, adjusting the gate panel on its hinges, and resetting the operator travel limits so the gate closes properly against the stop. If the post itself has moved, the realignment costs less than the post reset, so we’ll tell you which one you actually need. We don’t sell the bigger job when the smaller one fixes it.
Electric & Automatic Gate Repair
Highland Village has hundreds of automated swing-gate operators installed 20-30 years ago. They fail in clusters now. We repair and service operators from FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, plus six other major brands, and we replace the components worth replacing without pushing a full operator swap when the existing one has life left. Circuit board replacement, limit switch repair, capacitor swaps, loop detector troubleshooting, keypad and remote reprogramming, all of it. A board-level repair in Highland Village typically runs $180 to $450. A full operator replacement, when the old one is genuinely done, runs $950 to $2,400 installed, depending on the brand, motor type and gate weight. We stock common boards and remotes for Highland Village call-outs, so we usually finish the same day instead of coming back next week with a part on order.
Weld & Rust Repair
Wrought iron and steel gates rust where the lake humidity can’t evaporate: inside the bottom rails, under the hinge plates, around decorative scrollwork. We weld on site, in your driveway, so your gate never leaves your property. For Highland Village gates with corrosion, we grind out the rust, reinforce the weakened sections with fresh steel, and repaint the repair to match the existing finish. A typical rust and weld repair runs $220 to $600, depending on how many sections need rebuilding. On the lakeside edge of 75077, where rust attacks twice as fast, we’ll often suggest switching to galvanized or powder-coated replacements for the sections that were never protected well enough in the first place.
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 Highland Village
We’re certified to service nine major gate operator brands, including FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking. That matters when your 25-year-old FAAC swing-arm is grinding and you don’t want to rip out a perfectly good post bracket and start over. We carry a rolling stock of common control boards, remotes, receivers, and safety edges for these brands, and we can source older-model parts within a day or two. For Highland Village customers, that means fewer return trips and a faster fix when a single failed relay board is the only thing standing between you and a working gate.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Highland Village Homes
- Post lean and seasonal sticking. The expansive clay under Highland Village heaves every spring and shrinks every summer, tilting hinge posts a few degrees at a time. The gate that swung freely in March drags by August. We reset and plumb the post, which solves the recurring drag instead of just moving the operator’s force limit higher.
- Rusted-through hinges near the lake. The western edge of Highland Village sits right on Lake Lewisville, and gates there see corrosion timelines half that of inland homes. We regularly find bottom hinges rusted through in 12-15 years. Our fix is hot-dip galvanized or stainless replacement hardware, not another coat of paint.
- Dead operators on 25-year-old HOA gates. Most of Highland Village’s automated gates were installed when the homes were built, between the early 1990s and mid-2000s. Those operators are now failing across the city at the same time. We repair what’s repairable and replace what’s truly worn out, always with a written price agreed before we start.
- Loop detector and keypad failures at shared entries. Gated neighborhoods with shared entry systems need coordination with the HOA or management company when we work on the access side. We handle the parts, labor, and the phone call to your property manager, so you aren’t translating technical repairs to a committee that just wants to know when residents can get back in.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Highland Village, TX
Here are the ranges we quote in Highland Village, written plainly so you know what to expect before we start. Post and hinge repair: $240 to $480. Gate realignment: $180 to $320. Weld and rust repair: $220 to $600 per affected section. Control board repair: $180 to $450. Full operator replacement: $950 to $2,400 installed, depending on brand and gate weight. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work begins, and it doesn’t change at the door. We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. There’s no trip charge inside the county. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you an honest number over the phone.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Village
If you’re just across the line in Flower Mound, Lewisville, Lake Dallas, or Corinth, we cover those too. Highland Village is our focus, but the same crew handles the surrounding towns, and you get the same 90-Day Done Right Promise and the same live-person phone answers no matter which side of the city limit you’re on. See how we serve Gate Repair in Highland Village and the surrounding area.
Serving Highland Village, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Village 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 Highland Village
If you’re replacing the gate panel or changing the finish, color, or height, your Highland Village HOA’s architectural committee likely needs to sign off first. Straight repairs, like hinge replacement, post resetting, operator repair, and rust restoration that keeps the existing look, usually don’t require prior approval. We can check your specific covenants, make the call to your management company, and handle the documentation. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you what your HOA needs before the work starts.
The expansive clay under Highland Village shrinks in summer and swells after rain, which slowly tilts your hinge posts out of plumb and binds the gate in its track. This isn’t an operator problem, it’s a post problem. The fix is resetting the post in stable footing and replacing worn hinges, not cranking up the motor force. Call us and we’ll show you exactly where the post has moved.
On the western edge of Highland Village near Lake Lewisville, we see hinges and bottom rollers rust through in 12 to 15 years, while identical hardware on the east side lasts 20 or more. The lake humidity is relentless on iron and steel. We fight it with hot-dip galvanized or stainless replacement hardware. It costs a little more up front and saves you a second repair down the road.
Often the grinding is a worn gear, a failed bearing, or a tired capacitor inside the operator, and those are replaceable parts. We start with a $95 diagnostic that’s waived into the repair if you proceed, and we’ll tell you honestly whether the operator has service life left or whether you’re better off replacing it with something like a new FAAC or Linear unit. We never replace a whole operator when a single part fixes it. Estimates are free, so call (877) 610-2993.
No, as long as we have access to the gate and the operator panel. For shared entry systems, we coordinate with your HOA or management company, and we work on the gate while residents come and go. You don’t need to be home. We’ll call you when it’s done and tell you exactly what was replaced.
Living in Highland Village means a gate that has to satisfy your HOA’s architectural committee, withstand lake humidity on one side of town and clay soil movement on the other, and keep working for decades, not years. That’s the job we do every day. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate, and you’ll talk to a live person who knows Highland Village gates better than any app could. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That is the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Highland Village and surrounding communities since 2001.