Gate Repair in Southlake - Same-Day Repair, Priced Before We Start

Fast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Southlake

Gate repair in Southlake almost always means heavy ornamental iron, automated dual-swing systems, or slide gates on tight estate lots. A typical hinge and post repair here runs $350-$650, and a full operator replacement on a Viking or Elite motor runs $800-$1,900 depending on the drive system. Hal Gatewood has worked on Southlake estate gates since before the 2010s building boom finished, so we know what the black clay soil here does to hinge posts, and we know the HOA rules that govern what gets replaced and how. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a recording.

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Key Takeaways

• Typical hinge and post repair in Southlake: $350-$650
• Electric operator replacement: $800-$1,900 for Viking, Elite, DoorKing systems
• Free estimate before any work starts, price agreed before we touch the gate
• Live person answers the phone, day or night
• 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job

Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Southlake’s Preferred Gate Repair Company

We are not a franchise and never have been. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been locally owned and owner-operated since 2001, and when you call for Gate Repair in Southlake, you’re talking to someone whose name is on the invoice and whose shop address is published for anyone to look up. The person who shows up in Southlake is background-checked, uniformed, and has our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on the job sheet. If it’s not done right, we come back. One call. No runaround.

Southlake customers tend to have the kind of ornate ironwork that the average gate company won’t touch with a wrench. We weld on site, in your driveway, so your gate stays put while we work. We don’t haul it to a shop and leave your property open for two weeks. That matters in Southlake, where a broken gate on an estate lot off Continental Boulevard is a security problem, not a cosmetic one.

The work here is different. We’ve spent 29 years in this trade and more than two decades fixing gates in the Southlake area. We know which early-2000s operator boards are prone to failure after a freeze like the February 2021 storm, and we know which hinge post repairs actually hold through a Texas summer dry spell. There’s a difference between patching a symptom and fixing why it happened, and that difference is what Hal built the company on.

Our Gate Repair Services in Southlake

Electric Gate Repair

Electric gate repair in Southlake typically runs $250-$700 for circuit board replacement, limit switch adjustment, or power supply repair on swing, slide, and cantilever systems. Many Southlake homes run Viking or Elite operators from the 1998-2012 era, and those boards fail in predictable ways. We stock common replacement parts locally so we can often finish the job the same day rather than scheduling a return trip.

Automatic Gate Repair

Automatic gate repair here often means reprogramming an operator after power surges or battery failure, replacing a burned-out control board, or realigning loop detectors that have shifted with the soil. A typical automatic gate operator replacement in Southlake runs $800-$1,900 installed. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite, and we have parts for most of those on the truck.

Hinge & Post Repair

Southlake’s black clay soil expands and contracts with moisture. When it expands after spring rain, heavy iron gates pull on their hinge posts. When it contracts during a Southlake summer dry spell, those same posts settle and tip. A hinge and post repair that actually holds requires pulling the post, pouring a deeper footing, often with additional rebar, and then resetting the hinge geometry. That typically runs $350-$650 per post in Southlake. We don’t shim a leaning post and call it done.

Gate Realignment

Gate realignment in Southlake runs $180-$450 depending on whether it’s a single leaf or a bi-parting pair. A gate that drags on the driveway after a dry summer isn’t a sagging panel problem. It’s a post movement problem. We plumb the post, square the leaves, reset the operator limits, and then verify the photo-eyes and loop detectors are aligned so the gate doesn’t throw a false obstruction and reverse mid-cycle. When we’re done, the gate closes square and quiet.

Trusted Brands We Service in Southlake

We service the operators Southlake estates actually run: Linear and Viking on older custom ironwork, Elite on mid-2000s installations, and DoorKing on slide and cantilever systems. We stock common replacement boards, limit switches, and loop detectors for these brands so Southlake customers aren’t waiting on a week of freight from a distributor. Certified to service nine major brands including LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it to us for a free second opinion before you pay for work you may not need.

Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Southlake Homes

• Post heave from black-clay soil. Southlake sits on expansive clay that moves more than most people realize. A hinge post that was plumbed correctly in 2005 can be an inch out of plumb by 2026, binding the gate and wearing out the operator arm prematurely.
• Operator boards that died during the February 2021 ice storm. Frozen mechanisms burned out circuit boards across the city. We replaced more early-2000s Viking and Elite boards in 2021 than the previous five years combined, and those replacement boards are now hitting their own end of life.
• Aging ornamental welds and rusting pivot hinges. Late-1990s custom ironwork on Southlake estates is now 20-30 years old. Welds crack, hinges develop play, and swing gates begin to rub on brick or stone masonry columns. That’s weld and rust repair territory, and it’s work we do in the driveway, not in a shop.
• Shared driveway and bi-parting gate conflicts. Many Southlake estates share a right of way with a neighbor. When one leaf of a bi-parting gate fails, both vehicles may be blocked. We repair the failed leaf in place and keep the working leaf functional so nobody loses vehicle access during the job.

One job that sticks with me: an estate off Shady Oaks Drive where a dual-swing wrought-iron gate had drifted out of plumb after years of black-clay soil heave. The hinge post had shifted nearly an inch, putting the right leaf in a bind. Our crew pulled the post, poured a deeper footing with extra rebar, and realigned the leaves and safety photocells before reprogramming the Elite operator to a clean, quiet close. We checked the loop detector and both photo-eyes, UL 325 compliant, so the family’s vehicles and pedestrian gate kept working during the repair. That’s what gate repair in Southlake actually looks like when it’s done right.

Pricing for Gate Repair in Southlake, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Southlake

We work throughout the Southlake area and in the cities around it. If you’re in Colleyville, Grapevine, Roanoke, or Trophy Club, we’re a short drive away and we bring the same on-site welding, upfront pricing, and 90-Day Done Right Promise with us. We’re part of the local trades community here, and we intend to earn the work, not just get it. Learn more about Gate Repair in Southlake and the surrounding area.

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