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FAAC Gate Parts & Welding in Highland Park: What to Know First

We provide independent FAAC gate parts and welding in Highland Park, and most hinge replacements, post repairs, and bracket welds are finished in one visit. You’ll know the price before we touch a tool, and we stand behind the work with our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If your FAAC gate is sagging, grinding, or the post is leaning out of plumb, call (325) 936-1371 and tell me what it’s doing wrong. This page is for Highland Park homeowners who own FAAC operators and gates, and who want a repair that lasts instead of a parts swap that doesn’t.

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Key Takeaways

• We’re an independent FAAC service provider, not an authorized dealer, and that means we make repair decisions based on what the gate actually needs, not a warranty flowchart.
• Most FAAC hinge, post, and rail welding work in Highland Park is quoted and done same day when we’re already on site.
• Every job gets the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and you get a live person on the phone any hour of the day.

How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Hinge welds cracking on older FAAC swing gates. The most common FAAC repair we do in Highland Park is a broken weld at the gate hinge, especially on gates that have been in service ten years or more. The S418 and C720 operator lines are built to push hard, and when a hinge gets loose, the gate torques the weld until it fractures. We grind back to clean metal, weld it flat, and reinforce the bracket so the gate loads the hinge the way it was designed to.
• Post base fatigue on FAAC in-ground operators. We see a lot of FAAC in-ground posts that have been installed in Highland Park clay soil and leaned out of position within a few seasons. The S800 and S450 operators put constant pressure on the post base, and once water gets in along a weld seam, the base rots from the inside. We dig it back, re-weld a heavier base plate, and usually add a brace plate that the original install never had.
• Worn gate rollers on FAAC slide gates. Slide gates running FAAC 844 or 884 boards depend on the rollers to carry the weight. When a Highland Park owner calls us about a gate that starts and stops or trips the limit switch early, nine times out of ten the rollers have flat-spotted. We replace the rollers with a heavier bearing than what came on the gate, then adjust the chain tension so the operator isn’t fighting a lazy wheel.
• Stripped latch plate and lock weld failure. On FAAC gates that are opened and closed several times a day, the latch plate bolts work loose and the weld behind the plate gives out. The gate still opens, but it stops latching, and the operator keeps faulting on the close cycle. We remove the old plate, build up the steel, and weld a fresh plate in place, then re-set the lock so the FAAC operator reads the gate as fully closed.
• Torqued rail sections on longer FAAC slide gates. Highland Park has some long driveways, and long FAAC slide gates have rails that take a beating from tree roots and soil movement. The rail sections bow, the gate rides up, and the operator overheats. We straighten or re-weld the rail, re-shim the truck assemblies, and get the gate moving like it did the day it was installed.

Our FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Process

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   You call and a person answers. That’s me or a member of my crew, day or night. You tell us what the gate is doing, and we tell you whether it’s worth a visit.
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   We come to your Highland Park property and look at the gate. We check the FAAC operator, the hinges, the welds, the post bases, and the rollers. We don’t load up on parts before we know what’s actually failed.
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   You get a price before we start. We tell you what we found and what it will cost to fix it. No estimate changes at the door, and the price is in writing before the first weld goes down.
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   We make the repair on site. For most FAAC hinge, post, and bracket work, we weld it right in your driveway. You see the work happen, and you see the gate running when we’re done.
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   We test the full cycle. The FAAC operator runs several open and close cycles while we check the limit positions, the chain tension, and the latch. We don’t leave until the gate runs clean.
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   You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If anything we touched fails in the next 90 days, we come back and fix it. One call, no runaround.

What FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Costs in Highland Park

Straight talk on price: gate repair in Highland Park runs on a wide range, and the spread between a $200 hinge fix and a $2,400 post replacement comes down to how long the gate was left to sag. Here’s what we typically see:

• Hinge weld repair: $180 to $340 per hinge, including grinding, re-welding, and reinforcement plate if needed.
• Post replacement and re-weld: $600 to $1,200 for a standard swing gate post, more if the base plate is rotten and the concrete needs to be re-cut.
• Rail straightening and re-weld: $250 to $500 depending on how many sections are torqued.
• Roller replacement set: $180 to $400 with heavier bearings, including rail adjustment.
• Custom bracket or gate frame welding: $150 to $450, quoted by the hour after we see the gate.

We always give the price before the work starts, and we’ll take $40 off any repair over $200. Call (325) 936-1371 for a free estimate on your FAAC gate.

Why Highland Park Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for FAAC Work

I’m Hal Gatewood, and I’ve been fixing gates in and around Highland Park since 2001. I picked up welding and metal fabrication at Eastfield College and figured out pretty quick I’d rather work outside than in a shop. Long enough to have worked on the same driveway gate twice for the same family, and that’s the kind of relationship that keeps you honest. We’re not FAAC, but we service FAAC every week, and we also know LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, so when a homeowner needs a brand change or a compatibility check, we can give a straight answer without guessing. The person who shows up at your Highland Park driveway is the same person whose name is on the invoice. That’s the oldest accountability there is.

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