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Gate repair in Shady Hollow usually means one of three things: a gate that won’t open, a gate that won’t stay closed, or a gate that drags the ground every July. Most calls we get from the 78739 zip code are fixed the same day. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and he answers the phone himself. If your gate is down or the opener quit, call (877) 610-2993 and tell us what it’s doing. We’ll give you a straight answer and a price before we ever roll a truck.
Shady Hollow is different from the flatter subdivisions south of it. We know that because we’re out here every week. The trees, the clay, the older gates, the shared driveways off Brodie Lane and along Slaughter Creek. It all matters when a gate stops working, and it changes where we start.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Shady Hollow’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We work in Shady Hollow enough to know the houses. Mostly 1980s and 1990s custom builds on big wooded lots, many with the original cedar-board or wrought-iron gates still hanging. Those gates are now 30 to 40 years old. Hinges wear out, posts rot or heave, and period-era operators from FAAC and Viking finally give up. The repair is rarely just the part the homeowner can see.
Hal’s name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s not a slogan. It means when you call about a sagging gate on Savannah Ridge or a dead opener near MoPac, the person who shows up has a reputation in this neighborhood to protect. We’ve fixed gates here for long enough that people wave at the truck. That’s the kind of accountability you don’t get from a national outfit with a call center three states away.
Crews serving Shady Hollow are coordinated from our Austin office, so someone’s always close. Calls are answered by a live person, 24/7. Not a voicemail tree. Not a chatbot. You call, Hal or one of his crew picks up, and you get a straight answer about when we can be there. Every job we do in Shady Hollow carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something we fixed isn’t right, one call brings us back. No runaround.
Our Gate Repair Services in Shady Hollow
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Shady Hollow usually involves an operator that’s been through ten years of Texas thunderstorms. Lightning, hail, and power surges are hard on circuit boards. We service and replace openers from FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, and we stock the most common parts so a repair doesn’t mean a week of waiting. If your keypad is blinking and the gate won’t move, call us before you assume the whole opener is junk. A lot of what we see is a $40 part, not a $1,400 replacement.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates in Shady Hollow see a lot of cycles, especially on shared driveways where one gate serves two or three homes. That’s double or triple the daily use of a single-family gate, and it wears out limit switches, safety edges, and control boards faster. We diagnose the whole system, not just the symptom. If the gate stops mid-travel or reverses for no reason, we check the safety edges first. If the motor hums but nothing moves, we check the capacitor and the drive belt. And if any of that involves high-tension springs or cables, leave it alone and let us handle it. Those springs carry enough force to take a finger off. Our crew is trained for that work and we don’t hand it off to a helper.
Hinge & Post Repair
In Shady Hollow, a gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. The black clay under this neighborhood shrinks and swells with every wet and dry cycle, pulling posts out of plumb. We re-set posts in compacted fill, often digging around live oak and cedar elm roots that have grown through the old hole. Then we re-hang the gate on heavier-duty hinges and weld or shim the frame square. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We’d rather fix it once.
Gate Realignment
Gate realignment in Shady Hollow is almost a seasonal job. By midsummer, gates that were fine in May start dragging the driveway or refusing to latch because the ground has shifted again. We come out, measure the reveal, and adjust the hinges and post. Sometimes it’s a fifteen-minute fix. Sometimes the post needs to come out and be re-poured. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing. Usually it’s the post. And if you’d rather not fight the clay every year, we can talk about converting a swing gate to a slide gate, which floats above the ground and doesn’t care how much your driveway has moved.
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 Shady Hollow
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, so your Shady Hollow gate doesn’t have to sit broken while we order parts from who-knows-where. FAAC hydraulic operators, BFT slide gate motors, Linear control boards, and Viking loop detectors all show up on our truck. Our techs are background-checked and uniformed, and we’re trained on LiftMaster, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule as well. If you don’t know what brand your opener is, that’s fine. Describe the keypad and we can usually name it. Then we’ll tell you whether it’s worth repairing or whether you’re throwing money at a 20-year-old board. Free estimate either way.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Shady Hollow Homes
- Tree limbs through the gate. Shady Hollow’s live oaks and cedar elms drop limbs during overnight thunderstorms, and a single mature limb across a driveway gate can bend the top rail and shear both hinges. This is the busiest call pattern we see: the phone rings at 7 a.m. after a storm, and someone’s car is trapped in the driveway. We carry the welding gear to fix it on site, not haul it to a shop.
- Posts heaving out of plumb. Houston Black clay shrinks and swells with every rain and dry spell, and 30-year-old posts set in plain concrete lose their grip. The gate starts dragging the driveway or won’t latch by mid-summer. Re-setting the post in compacted fill fixes the cause, not just the symptom.
- Root-bound post holes. Many Shady Hollow lots are thick with mature tree roots that snake through old post footings. Digging and re-setting a post in that means working slowly, cutting minimal roots, and choosing hardware that can hold up to tree movement over decades. It takes longer than a fence post in a new subdivision, but it’s the difference between a fix that lasts ten years and a fix that lasts one.
- Worn-out hinges on original gates. Those 1980s and 1990s cedar-board and wrought-iron gates have been swinging for 30 years or more. Barrel hinges wear egg-shaped, lag screws pull loose from cedar posts, and the gate starts riding the ground. Sometimes we repair the hinge and re-hang the gate. Sometimes the gate itself is too far gone and a new one pays for itself in a year of not fighting it.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Shady Hollow, TX
A typical hinge and post repair in Shady Hollow runs $180 to $450, depending on whether we’re re-setting concrete or just re-hanging the gate. Gate realignment usually falls between $150 and $300. Electric gate repairs average $220 to $500, with full operator replacement closer to $900 to $1,800 installed depending on the brand and whether it’s a slide or swing system. Weld and rust repair on a wrought-iron frame typically runs $200 to $600, depending on how much steel we’re cutting and replacing. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. You’ll know the number before we pick up a tool. We also take $40 off any repair over $200, there’s no trip charge inside the county, and we’ll give you a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve gotten from someone else. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Call (877) 610-2993 for a firm quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Shady Hollow
Our Gate Repair team covers Shady Hollow and the surrounding area, including Buda, Austin, Kyle, and Bee Cave. If you’re a few miles down 1626 or off I-35 and your gate’s acting up, give us a call. We’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a quick fix or a bigger job. And if you’re in Shady Hollow proper, you already know where to find us.
Serving Shady Hollow, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Shady Hollow 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 Shady Hollow
Because the panel isn’t the problem. Your post is moving. Shady Hollow sits on expansive Houston Black clay, and every wet and dry cycle makes it swell and shrink. That pushes your post out of plumb a little more each season, and by July the gate drags. The fix is re-setting the post in compacted fill, not adjusting the hinges again. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll take a look. Estimates are free.
Sometimes, but rarely with wrought iron. Wrought iron doesn’t dent the way aluminum does; it bends, and bending work-hardens the steel. Bang it back and you risk cracking the weld or the picket. In Shady Hollow, where oak limbs fall every storm season, we usually cut out the damaged picket or section and weld in new steel. It’s straight, it’s strong, and it doesn’t leave a crease that rusts. Call us for a free estimate before you take a hammer to it.
Yes. A slide gate rides on wheels above the driveway and doesn’t care how much your ground has moved since 1989. In Shady Hollow, where driveways often slope toward the house and posts heave seasonally, a slide gate conversion is sometimes the best answer. We install the track, the motor, and the safety edges, and we modify the existing gate when it makes sense. The price depends on how much track we’re laying and what kind of operator you’re going with, but a typical conversion runs $1,800 to $3,400 depending on materials. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a written number.
Usually not. Hail and storm debris often just knock the operator arm out of alignment or strip a bolt. We’ll re-align the arm, check the travel limits, and retorque the mounting hardware. If the circuit board took a power surge, that’s a separate issue and it may need replacing, but we’ll show you exactly what’s failed and what it costs before we do the work. Don’t buy a new opener because a bracket came loose. Call (877) 610-2993 first.
In Shady Hollow, with its 30-to-40-year-old housing stock, we see this all the time. If the gate boards themselves are still sound, we can re-set the hinges in a new post or reinforce the old one and hang the gate again. That’s usually a $300 to $650 job. If the boards are rotting at the bottom and the frame is soft, you’re better off putting that money toward a new cedar gate, which we build and install. We’ll tell you straight which one makes sense for your gate. Estimates are free.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Shady Hollow
If your gate is down, dragging, sagging, or just won’t stop beeping, call (877) 610-2993. You’ll talk to a real person who knows what a live oak limb does to a driveway gate and what black clay does to a post. We’ll give you an upfront price and a time we’ll be there. Hal Gatewood owns this company, answers the phone, and backs every job in Shady Hollow with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Shady Hollow since 2001.