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If your driveway gate in Tyrone won’t open, sags on its hinges, or grinds halfway and stops, the most common culprit isn’t the gate itself. It’s usually a 15 to 30 year old operator or a brick post that has shifted out of plumb in the red Georgia clay. We fix both, and we do it in your driveway. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been owner-operated since 2001, and Hal Gatewood still answers the phone himself. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a voicemail queue.
Most Tyrone gate repairs run between $180 and $480 for hinge, post, and realignment work, while full operator replacement on an estate gate typically lands between $1,200 and $3,400 depending on the gate’s weight and the opener’s duty rating. Those are honest ranges, not teaser numbers. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, and we honor it.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Tyrone’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is. We’re not a national outfit that sends a different crew every time. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and the person who answers your call is the person who knows what your gate looked like the last time we touched it. In Tyrone, that matters because so many of these properties have custom ornamental iron work that can’t be swapped for a stock panel from a catalog.
We’ve worked on homes along Tyrone Road, Castlewood Road, and Ridgeway Drive, and around the estates off Senoia Road in the 30290 zip code. Our crews dispatch from our metro office and serve Tyrone locally, which means when you call about a gate that won’t close, we’re not guessing about the roads or the lot sizes. We know these driveways. We know the swing gates off Palmetto Road and the long slide gates on the acreage parcels near the Fayette County line.
Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround. And we don’t upsell replacement when a weld and a re-set will do. That repair-first philosophy is why homeowners in Tyrone keep our number on the refrigerator.
Our Gate Repair Services in Tyrone
We handle the full range of Gate Repair work, but these four services cover the large majority of what we do in Tyrone’s estate neighborhoods.
Electric Gate Repair
An electric gate that hums but doesn’t move, opens halfway, or trips the breaker is almost always a control board or capacitor problem on an aging operator. In Tyrone, we’re seeing a concentrated wave of failures on the original Apollo and LiftMaster swing-gate operators installed when these homes were built between 1990 and 2008. A typical electric gate repair here runs $220 to $520, which includes diagnosing the board, testing the transformer, and replacing the failed component.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates in Tyrone work harder than most people realize. A heavy dual-swing iron gate on a half-acre lot cycles hundreds of times a week, and when the actuator arm starts failing, the gate drifts, slams, or refuses to latch. We service Viking, DoorKing, Ghost Controls, Elite, and five other major brands, and if your operator is beyond saving, we’ll tell you straight. A replacement operator on a residential estate gate in Tyrone generally runs $1,200 to $2,800 for the unit and install.
Hinge & Post Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. That’s where we start. In Tyrone, the red clay soil expands and contracts dramatically with rainfall, and over a decade that movement shifts brick gate posts out of plumb. You can adjust the limit switches all day and the gate will still scrape. The real fix is re-setting the post footer in fresh concrete and re-hanging the gate square. Post re-setting and hinge replacement on a brick-column gate in Tyrone typically costs $350 to $900 depending on the column size and gate weight.
Gate Realignment
A gate that drags on the driveway, fails to close against the strike, or sits crooked when shut needs realignment. In Tyrone, this almost always traces back to the same root causes: red clay movement, ice-storm weight loading, or a hinge that was never heavy enough for the gate in the first place. Realignment usually runs $180 to $420, and we re-set the hinges, re-true the frame, and re-check the operator limits so the gate closes flush without the motor straining.
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 Tyrone
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, including Viking, DoorKing, Ghost Controls, and Elite. Those four names show up constantly on Tyrone estate gates, and we keep common control boards, actuator arms, and capacitor kits in stock so we’re not waiting on a parts truck from across the country. If your operator is a Mighty Mule, FAAC, BFT, Linear, LiftMaster, or DoorKing, we service those too. Hal would rather repair your existing operator than sell you a new one, but when replacement is the only honest call, we install what’s right for your gate’s weight and your driveway’s setup.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Tyrone Homes
- Aging 1990s-era swing-gate operators: The original Apollo and LiftMaster units installed on Tyrone estates built between 1990 and 2008 are now 15 to 30 years old, and they’re failing in a concentrated wave. Control-board retrofits and full operator replacement are the dominant gate repair jobs in this community.
- Red clay soil shifting brick posts: Tyrone’s red Georgia clay swells and contracts with seasonal rainfall, gradually pushing brick gate posts out of plumb. A sagging gate is almost never a limiter problem; it’s a footer problem.
- Winter ice storm damage: Fayette County gets freezing rain, not fluffy snow, and that ice coat adds sudden weight to swing gates. Operators without slip clutches strip gear assemblies and bend actuator arms under the load.
- Rust and hinge stress on ornamental iron: Summer humidity accelerates rust on exposed wrought-iron hinges and pivot points that ice events have already stressed. We weld on site and treat the rust at the source, in your driveway.
Here’s a vignette that tells the whole story. On a large estate off Tyrone Road, we replaced a 25-year-old Apollo swing-gate operator on a heavy ornamental iron gate. But first we re-set the shifted hinge post footer after uncovering the red clay movement underneath. Then we installed a new LiftMaster with slip clutch, re-aligned the safety photocells, and tested the loop detector. That gate runs silent now, without sag. That’s the order of operations on a Tyrone repair: find the real root cause, fix it, then make the operator work.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Tyrone, GA
Here are the ranges we quote most often on Tyrone job sites, with the understanding that every driveway and gate is different:
- Hinge replacement or post re-setting: $350 to $900
- Gate realignment or sag correction: $180 to $420
- Electric gate diagnosis and board replacement: $220 to $520
- Actuator arm or gear replacement: $240 to $560
- Full operator replacement on an estate gate: $1,200 to $3,400
- On-site weld repair of ornamental iron: $150 to $450
The biggest variables are your gate’s weight, whether the operator is a residential or commercial-duty unit, and whether the post needs to be re-set in a new footer. We quote the price before any work starts, and we honor it. You also won’t pay a trip charge inside the county, and we take $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Tyrone
While this page is about Gate Repair in Tyrone, our crews regularly work in Fairburn, Fayetteville, Union City, and Riverdale. The same repair-first philosophy and 90-Day Done Right Promise apply everywhere we go. If you’re just outside Tyrone, give us a call and we’ll confirm coverage for your address.
Serving Tyrone, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tyrone 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 Tyrone
Tyrone’s primary residential buildout happened between roughly 1990 and 2008, and most of those estate homes were fitted with automated driveway gates at construction. That means the original Apollo, LiftMaster, and Viking swing-gate operators across town are now 15 to 30 years old, and they’re hitting end of service life at the same time. We’re doing more operator retrofits and control-board replacements in Tyrone than new installations, which is the opposite of what we see in newer developments. If your operator is that age, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s worth repairing or time to replace.
It’s the post, not just the hinges. In Tyrone, red Georgia clay expands and contracts with seasonal rainfall, and over ten years that movement shifts brick gate posts out of plumb. The gate sags because the post has moved. Re-setting the post footer in fresh concrete is the real fix, and hinge replacement without it means you’ll be calling someone again in two years. We do the full repair in one visit, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers it.
Many Tyrone properties do need a light-commercial operator, even though they’re single-family homes. The lot sizes here mean heavy dual-swing configurations and long-run slide gates that a basic residential opener can’t handle without burning out early. If your gate is ornamental iron on a brick-column entrance, we’ll spec a Viking or DoorKing commercial-duty unit rather than a residential kit. For an exact recommendation, call (877) 610-2993.
Fayette County ice storms coat gates in freezing rain, not snow, and that adds sudden weight. An operator without a slip clutch will strip its gear assembly or bend its actuator arm trying to move an iced-up gate. If your gate has been through a few of these winters, we check the gear train and actuator mount before quoting any other repair, because that hidden damage is usually what fails a few weeks later. The fix is straightforward once we find it.
Yes. Automatic gates in Georgia must have functioning safety entrapment protection, including photo eyes at the gate opening and, on slide gates, a proper screen mesh. We re-align or replace photocells on nearly every Tyrone job because red clay movement knocks them out of alignment over time. If your gate closes on obstructions or reverses erratically, that’s a safety issue we’ll fix the same visit. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll get you on the schedule.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Tyrone
You don’t need a price that changes when the truck pulls up. You need someone with a published address, a license number you can look up, and a name on the invoice. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and he’ll be the one to stand behind the work. Call (877) 610-2993 now for a free estimate. The estimate is free, the price is in writing before we start, and if it’s not done right, one call brings us back.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Tyrone since 2001.