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Gate repair in Lexington, MA typically costs $180-$340 for hinge and latch work, $350-$900 for post resetting and realignment, and $750-$1,800 for full automatic opener replacement with labor. Most repairs on this side of Route 128 are completed same-day or next-day, depending on parts. If your gate is sagging, binding, or refusing to open on Burlington Street or out near the Bedford line, call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get Hal or someone from his crew on the phone right away.
We’ve worked on Lexington gates since 2001. Not as a franchise, not as a subcontractor. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. When you call about a hinge post that’s pulling away from the brick on Massachusetts Avenue, the person answering knows what a Massachusetts Avenue setback looks like and what the Historic District Commission expects. That local knowledge matters more than most people realize until they’re standing in front of a gate that won’t close and a permit question they didn’t know existed.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Lexington’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Start with the obvious: we repair gates other companies want to replace. Hal built this business on our Gate Parts & Welding in Lexington, not hauling your gate to a shop 40 minutes away and charging you freight both ways. A sagging ornamental iron gate on Marrett Road can usually be re-hung, re-welded, and re-aligned for a fraction of what a new custom gate costs. That’s repair-first, and it’s been our position since day one.
Lexington homeowners call us because they’ve already been through the national-company routine: a quote on the phone, a different price at the door, and a technician who’s never seen a Historic District map. Our customers in 02420 and 02421 don’t want the cheapest bid. They want a name they can verify and a person who will come back if something isn’t right. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on every job. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround.
Every call is answered by a live person, 24/7. Not a voicemail. Not a call center three states away. When your Lexington Gate Motor & Opener fails at 7 a.m. and your car is stuck in the driveway, you talk to a person who can actually send someone to Lexington that morning.
Our Gate Repair Services in Lexington
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate operators fail in predictable ways around Lexington. The control board may have corroded connectors from road salt spray near Bedford Street. The motor housing seal may have cracked after too many freeze-thaw cycles. Or the loop detector under the driveway stopped sensing your car. We service Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and most other major brands, and we carry common boards and arms in the truck so a single visit usually finishes the job.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates in Lexington bind most often after winter. A post footing set at 24 or 30 inches, which was common on 1960s estate homes, heaves upward when the ground freezes. By March the gate is dragging on its latch or the opener is straining against a misaligned post. We don’t just grease the hinge and call it fixed. We cut and re-set the footing to Massachusetts’ 48-inch frost depth, then recalibrate the operator so the gate cycles cleanly. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Hinge & Post Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. On Lexington’s older estate lots, we regularly see original ornamental iron gates from the 1960s and 1970s whose hinge posts have rusted through at ground level or pulled away from their footing entirely. We weld new steel hinge plates on site, reinforce the post, and rebuild the footing as needed. You keep your gate, your hinges no longer moan, and the whole assembly sits square again.
Gate Realignment
Realignment is about more than tightening bolts. It means checking the post for plumb, the hinges for wear, the latch for the correct throw, and the operator’s travel limits for drift. In Lexington we also check whether the gate sits on a Historic District parcel, because changing the gate’s visible profile, even slightly, can require a Certificate of Appropriateness. Most realignment work doesn’t change the profile, but we’ll tell you plainly if yours does before any work starts. Your quoted price is agreed before we begin, period. More on Gate Repair services we offer.
Weld & Rust Repair
Lexington’s salt-treated winter roads are hard on steel driveway gates. Bedford Street, Waltham Street, and the other town arterials get heavy salt application, and the spray finds its way into hinges, strike plates, and the lower rail of every gate within 40 feet of the road. We grind out the rust, weld in new material where sections have thinned, and re-seal so the repair lasts more than a season. A fresh weld on a mid-century iron gate should outlast the original hardware.
What happens when you call
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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 Lexington
Most Lexington driveway gates we see are running LiftMaster, Viking, DoorKing, or older FAAC operators. We’re certified to service those and others, and we stock common control boards, photo eyes, and receiver modules locally so we’re not waiting on a parts shipment from Texas while your gate sits open. For original ornamental iron gates that predate modern automation, we fabricate and weld matching hardware on site, which no parts catalog can supply. Gate Repair in Lexington residents trust is built on showing up with the right parts and the right tools the first time.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Lexington Homes
- Post-footing heave from shallow original work. Massachusetts code has required 48-inch footings for decades, but plenty of 1960s and 1970s gates around Lexington were set at half that depth. Every winter the ground heaves them up and out of plumb, and by spring the latch won’t catch or the opener binds.
- Salt corrosion on hinges and motor seals. Road salt applied heavily on town arterials like Bedford Street and Waltham Street accelerates rust on steel hinge pins, strike plates, and the bottom edge of motor housings. We grind, weld, and re-seal rather than swapping parts that still have life.
- Mid-century tubular-aluminum gate fatigue. Those 1960s-1980s aluminum driveway gates on estate lots in 02420 and 02421 look fine from the street, but the internal hardware and post footings are long past their service life. We rebuild the hinge post and replace the hardware so the gate hangs true.
- Historic District compliance surprises. On regulated parcels near the Battle Green and town center, the Historic District Commission can require a Certificate of Appropriateness for visible alterations. We check the map before we touch anything, so you don’t get a stop-work order after the hinge is off.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Lexington, MA
Expect gate repair in Lexington to run in these ranges: hinge and latch repairs from $180 to $340; post resetting and gate realignment from $450 to $900, with the higher end covering excavation and re-pouring to frost depth; welding and rust repair from $250 to $700, depending on the amount of material we need to replace; and full automatic opener replacement from $750 to $1,800, labor included. A sagging ornamental iron gate with a compromised hinge post commonly lands around $600-$1,200 once we cut, re-set, weld, and recalibrate the operator. Every quote is given upfront and agreed to before any work starts. No trip charge inside the county, and $40 off any repair over $200 for Lexington homeowners.
| Repair Type | Typical Lexington Range |
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| Hinge & latch repair | $180 - $340 |
| Gate realignment (adjustment only) | $220 - $450 |
| Post resetting / frost-depth footing | $450 - $900 |
| Weld & rust repair | $250 - $700 |
| Automatic opener replacement (with labor) | $750 - $1,800 |
For an exact quote on your Lexington gate, call (877) 610-2993. Estimates are free and the price is locked before we begin.
One Thing About Lexington Gates Nobody Else Will Tell You
Lexington’s Historic District Commission is the single most important factor in gate work near the center of town, and most contractors working in Burlington or Bedford have never dealt with it. The Commission regulates properties near the Battle Green and town center, and it requires a Certificate of Appropriateness before any gate replacement or visible alteration on those parcels. That includes changing the gate’s visible profile, which means even a hinge-and-hardware swap can trigger a review if it alters how the gate reads from the street. A few miles east in Arlington, nobody asks. Here, the question matters before the first bolt comes off. We check the Historic District map as part of our standard quote process for any Lexington job, so you know before we start whether your gate needs Commission review.
At the same time, Lexington’s housing stock splits two ways. Near the center you have 18th- and early-19th-century Federal and colonial homes where gates are period ironwork and any repair has to preserve the original profile. Out along Marrett Road and Massachusetts Avenue you have large-lot 1950s-1970s estates with original ornamental iron or tubular-aluminum driveway gates that are now decades past their hardware’s service life. Our crew knows both types. We rebuilt a sagging ornamental iron swing gate on Marrett Road that had been pulling away from its hinge post for years. We cut and re-set the post footing to the full 48-inch frost depth, welded new steel hinge plates, and recalibrated the LiftMaster operator with a fresh loop detector so the heavy gate cycles silently without binding, even after another winter of salt and frost heave.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lexington
From our Boston-area base, we schedule work across Lexington and into Arlington, Bedford, Winchester, and Burlington throughout the week. If your property sits near the town line, just mention it when you call and we’ll coordinate the route. Our Gate Repair service covers all six sub-services anywhere within this area.
Serving Lexington, MA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lexington 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 Lexington
Most repairs, like hinge replacement, welding, and opener swaps, do not require a building permit in Lexington. However, if your property sits in the Historic District governed by the Historic District Commission near the Battle Green or town center, any gate replacement or visible alteration may require a Certificate of Appropriateness first. We check the district map and confirm whether you need Gate Access Control in Lexington permits before starting any work so you’re not surprised by a compliance letter. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you plainly where your property stands.
Spring binding is almost always frost heave. Footings set shallower than Massachusetts’ 48-inch frost depth rise and shift over winter, pulling the gate out of alignment with its latch and opener by March. The fix is re-setting the post to code depth and recalibrating the operator, not just lubricating the hinge. Our crew does this work regularly on Lexington estate gates built before modern frost-depth standards.
Yes, and that’s most of the ironwork we see in 02420. Those 1960s-1980s ornamental gates were built well, but their post footings and hinge hardware are decades past their service life. We weld new hinge plates, rebuild the post in place, and preserve the original profile so the gate still matches the property. The goal is to keep your original gate working for another 30 years.
Usually the panel isn’t the problem, the hinge post is. A gate sags in the post, not the middle. We’ll inspect the post for plumb and the hinges for wear, and in most cases we re-set the post and replace the hinge hardware rather than touching the panel itself. If the panel does need welding, we do it on site in your driveway. Either way, the quote is fixed before we begin.
UL 325 is the safety standard that governs automatic gate operators. It requires entrapment protection, which means photo eyes on the gate posts and a reversing mechanism if the gate meets resistance. We verify every Lexington automatic gate we service has working photo eyes and a functioning obstruction-reversal system before we consider the repair complete. A gate that closes on its own signal will eventually close on something, or someone, and we don’t want that on our conscience.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Lexington
If your gate is sagging, rusting, binding, or dead at the post, call (877) 610-2993 today for a free estimate. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, his name is on the shop and on every invoice, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job we do in Lexington. You’ll get a live person on the phone, an honest price before any work starts, and a repair that holds up through the next Lexington winter.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Lexington since 2001.