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 Kirby
Gate repair in Kirby usually runs between $150 and $450 for hinge and post work, while electric opener repairs fall in the $195 to $625 range depending on the parts needed. Our team reaches most Kirby neighborhoods the same day you call, and we quote the full price before a single tool comes off the truck. If your gate sags, drags, or won’t close, call us at (877) 610-2993 and Hal will tell you straight what it needs and what it costs.
Kirby is its own town, not a San Antonio suburb. That matters more than most people realize when a gate needs real work. We know the difference, and it shapes every quote we write here.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Kirby’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We’ve fixed enough gates in Kirby to know the housing stock by heart. The homes off Ackerman Road, the streets around Old Seguin Road, the properties near Gibbs Sprawl and the Kirby Middle School area all share the same aging chain-link and wrought iron heritage. Original galvanized hinges. Posts set decades before modern concrete practices. Control boards that predate current safety photocell regulations. We repair what’s there instead of pushing a full replacement job that the gate doesn’t need.
Gatewood Fence & Gate has been locally owned and owner-operated since 2001. Hal Gatewood answers his own phone when you call, and if you want proof of who you’re hiring, the shop address is published and the license number is verifiable. In Kirby specifically, that matters because we’ve seen plenty of homeowners burned by out-of-town crews who didn’t know Kirby has its own permitting authority. A gate replacement that crosses one address into San Antonio jurisdiction flips the permit requirement entirely. You need a repair person who knows which side of the boundary line your gate sits on. We do.
Every job comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right after we leave, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no excuses. That’s a promise people in Kirby have learned they can hold us to.
Our Gate Repair Services in Kirby
Below are the jobs we handle most often in the 78244 zip code, the ones that come with Kirby’s specific housing and soil conditions built in.
Electric Gate Repair
Kirby summers cook wiring. Heat-degraded insulation on legacy operators from 20 or 30 years ago is a constant source of dead-short failures, leaving gates stuck half-open with a control board that won’t respond. We trace the circuit, repair or replace the board, and re-terminate connections so the opener runs clean. If your gate operator hums but won’t move, call before it burns the motor entirely.
Automatic Gate Repair
Older automatic gates in Kirby often lack modern entrapment protection like retro-reflective photocells or current-sensing reversing modules. We retrofit those safety features to meet current standards without replacing a perfectly good opener. For gates with LiftMaster, Linear, Ghost Controls, or Viking equipment from the 1980s and 90s, we carry obsolete control boards and limit switch assemblies that most supply houses stopped stocking years ago.
Hinge & Post Repair
The black-clay soil under Kirby doesn’t hold posts still. Dry caliche summers shrink it, heavy rains swell it, and the cycle tilts gate posts out of plumb year after year. We reset posts with expanded footing fill, then re-hang the gate on new heavy-duty hinges. A gate sags in the post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Gate Realignment
When a Kirby swing gate starts dragging on the ground, the operator strains harder with every cycle until it fails. We realign the frame, adjust the latch, and set the operator limits so the gate closes without forcing. On welded steel gates, we can cut and re-weld the frame on site if it has twisted from years of settling. On chain-link gates, we re-stretch the fabric and re-hang from fresh hinge pins.
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 Kirby
Hal and his crew are certified to service nine major gate brands, and in Kirby we work on a lot of Linear, Ghost Controls, and Viking equipment from the early 2000s. If your opener is older than the neighborhood kids, we probably have the part or can get it faster than a big-box store. We keep common boards, arm assemblies, and safety accessories stocked in our van, so most Kirby repairs happen in one visit. And when an opener is truly dead, we’ll tell you that straight rather than patch it for another season.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Kirby Homes
- Corroded original galvanized hardware. Hinges on 1950s through 1970s chain-link gates seize or shear after decades of Bexar County humidity and rain. Sometimes the gate is hanging by the latch side, and the hinge side has rusted completely loose.
- Posts tilting from black-clay shrink-swell. The soil under Kirby expands and contracts with every wet/dry season. Posts that were plumb in 1975 are now leaning hard enough that the gate drags and won’t latch.
- Legacy operators failing from heat-degraded wiring. Summer after summer of 100-degree heat breaks down wire insulation until a dead short kills the operator. The gate stops mid-swing, and the board gives no code.
- Sagging metal frames from years of misaligned cycles. When a gate has run out of alignment for a long time, the frame twists. On steel, that means cut and re-weld. On chain-link, it means new tension bands and re-stretched fabric.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Kirby, TX
Here’s what people in Kirby actually pay for Gate Repair work with us. Hinge and bracket replacements run $150 to $350 depending on how many and how badly the originals are seized. A single post reset with new concrete footing runs $265 to $485. Electric operator repairs like control boards, safety photocells, or arm assemblies run $195 to $625. On-site welding for cracked or twisted frames runs $180 to $400 depending on the weld length and prep. Full gate realignment, including chain-link re-tensioning, runs $140 to $300.
Every quote is written before work starts and agreed to before anything gets touched. You know the number, in writing, before we turn the first wrench.
Standing offers that don’t require haggling: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside Kirby city limits, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal will quote your gate over the phone. If it’s something he can’t quote without seeing it, he’ll tell you that too, and he’ll still come look for free.
One thing worth knowing if you’re price-shopping: Kirby’s independent permitting authority means some contractors quote one price and then discover they need a permit mid-job, at your expense. We verify the exact city boundary and permit requirement before we hand you a number, so the quote you get is the number the job actually costs.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kirby
In addition to Kirby, we do the same gate repair work in Windcrest, Converse, Live Oak, and Universal City. If you’re on the edge of Kirby near the Windcrest border or down toward Converse on FM 1516, we’re familiar with the boundary lines and which side your gate falls on. Same crew, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same upfront pricing.
Serving Kirby, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kirby 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 Kirby
For most opener replacements on an existing gate, no permit is required in Kirby. But if your gate is on the edge of town and the address technically falls outside Kirby’s incorporated boundary, San Antonio rules may apply. That is exactly why we verify the city boundary before quoting any automated opener work. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal will check your specific address before you commit to anything.
The black-clay soil under Kirby expands and contracts so aggressively that a post set in a small footing will re-tilt within a season or two. We set posts deeper with a wider footing base and drainage gravel so the soil’s movement doesn’t lever them out. A post reset that’s done right stays put; a post reset done cheap re-tilts by the next rainy season.
You can retrofit most Kirby chain-link or steel swing gates with a solar opener, provided the post is solid and the gate swings freely. We install solar operators on a pair of brackets mounted to the post and gate leaf, with a small panel nearby. If your post has failed, we reset it first, because an opener on a tilting post will tear itself apart. We’ll tell you honestly which jobs are worth retrofitting and which are cheaper to replace.
Three things: heat-degraded wiring that short circuits, capacitors that swell in the heat, and safety photocells that have baked in direct sun until they no longer read alignment. We replace the failed components, not the whole operator, unless the board is dead beyond repair. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing.
No. A sagging gate means the posts have moved or the hinges have worn, and tightening brackets alone won’t fix the geometry. We reset the post, replace the hinge pins or plates, and re-hang the gate so it swings true. In Kirby’s soil, this is the single most common repair we do, and it’s one we can usually knock out in a single visit.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Kirby
If your gate is dragging, sagging, stuck, or dead, call (877) 610-2993. Hal Gatewood will talk through what you’re seeing, give you an honest price range, and set a time to fix it. The person who answers is the person who shows up. The shop is posted, the name is on the work, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing. If you’ve been burned by a gate company that quoted one thing and charged another, you’ll find it’s different here. Call us before the gate gets worse.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Kirby since 2001.