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Gate repair in Tigard usually means one of three things: a wood swing gate that has started sagging into the latch after thirty years of Willamette Valley rain, an electric opener that has quit without warning, or a hinge post that has rotted out at ground level. We handle all three, most jobs the same day we get the call. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and the crews he sends into Tigard work out of the Portland metro shop with parts stocked for the exact brands and gate styles common across 97223. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person picks up, any hour.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Tigard’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Most Tigard gate failures we walk up to are older wood gates that were installed when the subdivision went in, sometime between 1975 and 1995. That is not a coincidence, and it is not something a franchise tech with a one-size-fits-all manual is set up to handle. We have worked enough Bull Mountain, Summerlake, and Cook Park area properties to know what those original gates were built from, how they fail, and what the HOA will notice. Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. The shop is not a mystery address. Anyone can look up the license, and Hal expects them to.
The 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job. If a repair is not done right, one call brings us back, no runaround. We quote the price before work starts and that is the price. No trip charge inside Washington County. Free second opinion on any written estimate. And a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. That is the whole pitch. We would rather fix a gate once and earn a neighbor than sell you a replacement you did not need.
Reviews from Tigard customers mention the same things over and over: the tech showed up in the window promised, the gate works, and nobody tried to upsell a full replacement. We are more comfortable with that reputation than with any marketing copy. When someone in Tigard searches Gate Repair, what they actually want is a person who will answer the phone and be accountable. That is what we do. Hal has been owner-operated since 2001, and the phone has been answered by a live person around the clock ever since.
Our Gate Repair Services in Tigard
We focus on the repairs that actually keep Tigard gates working, not the ones that look good in a brochure. On this page, four services matter most for the 97223 housing stock: electric gate repair, automatic gate repair, hinge and post repair, and gate realignment. Here is how each one actually goes in Tigard.
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Tigard often starts with a builder-grade operator from the 2000s that has died quietly. The original conduit runs under many Tigard driveways were undersized or installed without the low-voltage wiring needed for modern automation. So the real job is pulling new control wiring through saturated post footings, then sorting out the operator. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, DoorKing, and Elite operators, and we keep the common Tigard parts on our trucks. If the operator can be rebuilt or a board can be replaced, that is what we do before we talk about swapping the whole unit.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gate repair in Tigard gets complicated when a manual gate from a 1990s subdivision was retrofitted with a motor and then failed within a year. The gate frame twists through the wet-dry cycle, which trips the safety photocells and jams the rack and pinion drive. We fix that at the source by correcting the frame and hinges first, not by disabling the safety edge to make the error code go away. A gate that closes on a car or a kid is not fixed. Safety edges and photocells get tested on every job we touch.
Hinge & Post Repair
Hinge and post repair is the most common call we get in Tigard, and it is the repair where cutting corners shows up fastest. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. When the post has rotted below the ground sleeve, shimming the plates just moves the problem a few months down the road. We reset the post, often at a greater depth than the original 1980s install, with galvanized hardware that outlasts the first set. In Bull Mountain and Summerlake, we match the hardware to the original style so the HOA never has a reason to flag the work.
Gate Realignment
Gate realignment in Tigard usually means a double drive gate where one leaf has drifted and now fights the other leaf at the latch. On the region’s older cedar gates, that drift is almost always from post movement plus frame joint separation, not from the hinges settling. We true the gate with sag correction and reset the posts if they have moved. A realigned gate should swing clean through a Tigard January without binding the strike. If it does not, the post work was not done right. Hal has strong opinions about that.
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 Tigard
We are certified to service nine major gate brands, and for Tigard customers that usually means Linear, Viking, and Ghost Controls on the residential automation side. Those are the brands most often found on 1980s and 1990s Tigard homes that were retrofitted with automatic openers. Because we stock those parts locally, a Tigard repair does not have to wait on a part from a warehouse in another state. Hal has been servicing DoorKing systems since the early 2000s, back when they were on every small commercial gate in Washington County. The brand matters less than whether the person holding the multimeter knows what they are looking at. Hal does.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Tigard Homes
Tigard has a particular set of gate problems, shaped by the age of the housing stock and the weather. Here is what we run into most often:
- Hinge-post rot at the ground sleeve. Saturated soil from October through April keeps fence-post footings wet for months. On 30 to 50 year old Douglas fir and cedar gates, the hinge post is usually the first thing to go. We see it on nearly every older Tigard gate we open up.
- Winter binding on swing gates. Wood boards swell and warp through the rainy months, then shrink in the dry July-to-September window. That cycle works mortise-and-tenon joints and hinge screws loose over a few seasons until the gate starts hitting the strike hard every winter.
- Dead builder-grade operators with undersized conduit. The 2000s developments around Tigard often have conduit runs that were not sized for modern low-voltage automation. The operator dies, and the real repair is pulling new wire through wet post footings before the motor can be trusted again.
- HOA-sensitive hardware mismatches. Many Tigard subdivisions are governed by CC&Rs that specify gate materials and styles. A repair that changes the visible hardware can trigger an architectural review. We quote hardware-matched fixes first, which keeps the gate working while the homeowner decides whether to file for a variance.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Tigard, OR
We give every customer a written price before work starts, and we never start until you have agreed to the number. For Tigard specifically, here is what the work generally runs:
- Hinge and post repair on a wood swing gate: $260-$480 depending on post depth and access.
- Gate realignment and sag correction on a double drive gate: $180-$420.
- Electric operator diagnostic and repair: $140-$380 for the service call and bench work, before parts.
- Full automatic opener replacement with new low-voltage wiring: $1,100-$2,600 depending on gate length and conduit condition.
- Weld and rust repair on steel gates: $180-$500, done on site in your driveway.
All Tigard repairs carry the $40 off any repair over $200 standing offer, and there is no trip charge inside the county. Seniors and veterans get an additional 10% off, permanently. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate. Estimates are free, and the price we quote is the price on the invoice.
We Also Serve Cities Near Tigard
If you are in the neighborhoods around Tigard, we cover those too. We are in Tigard regularly, and we run calls to Garden Home-Whitford, Beaverton, Cedar Hills, and Raleigh Hills throughout the week. If you are in one of those areas, the same crew and the same Done Right Promise applies. Same live person answering the phone, same written quote before we touch anything.
Serving Tigard, OR - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tigard 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 Tigard
Because the problem is in the post, not the panel. Tigard gets roughly 38 to 40 inches of rain a year, and a wood gate left in saturated soil for months will swell the frame enough to shift the leaf. If a tech adjusts the panel without resetting or reinforcing the hinge post, the gate will bind again within weeks. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will look at the post depth and frame joints before we touch the alignment.
Sometimes, but the gate frame has to be stable first. We see automatic openers fail within a year on Tigard gates because the existing wood frame twists through the wet-dry cycle and trips the safety photocells. We will assess the frame, the posts, and the conduit before we recommend an opener. If the structure can handle it, hardware-matched automation can often be added without triggering an HOA material review. Estimates are free.
In Bull Mountain, Summerlake, and other Tigard HOA subdivisions, architectural review takes roughly two weeks, and sometimes longer if a board meeting falls in the window. That is why we quote hardware-matched repairs first: the gate goes back to work the same week, and you can file for a material change without a broken gate sitting open. Call (877) 610-2993 if you need a quote that will stand up to the HOA paperwork.
Most likely the conduit run was undersized or the wiring was never properly sealed against the Willamette Valley moisture. When the low-voltage line sits in a saturated post footing for two winters, the control signal drops and the operator either trips its safety circuit or burns out the board. We check the conduit and the wire before we condemn the operator. In many Tigard homes, the operator is fine; the wire run is the problem.
Post-base rot at the hinge post. The ground sleeve holds water, the cedar or Douglas fir starts to go soft, and the whole gate drops. That is the failure that causes most of the winter binding and sag we see across the 97223 ZIP. We reset the post with galvanized hardware below the ground line, which usually outlasts the original 1980s install. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal or one of his crew will set up a time to look.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Tigard and Washington County since 2001.