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Gate repair in Highland Park usually means working on a gate that cost more than most people’s first car. We get that. Hal Gatewood has been repairing and fabricating gates since 2001, and the calls we take from Highland Park are different from anywhere else in the metroplex. You’re not just dealing with a stuck opener. You’re dealing with a 1940s wrought-iron swing gate on a $4 million Tudor, or a 900-pound steel slide gate on a new build off Preston Road. The town has its own building department, its own standards, and homeowners who rightfully expect the repair to be invisible. If you need someone who understands that, call (325) 936-1371 and you’ll get a live person. Not a menu. Not a callback. Hal or a member of his crew.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Highland Park’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We’ve been called out to Highland Park for everything from a sagging hinge post on a 1930s Colonial to a FAAC operator that quit the day after a February ice storm. What people here tend to appreciate is that we don’t send a rotating cast of subcontractors. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, the address is published, and the person who shows up is background-checked and uniformed. You’ll see the same face next time.
Response time to Highland Park matters because a broken gate on a corner lot off Armstrong Parkway is a real security issue, not just an inconvenience. We coordinate scheduling and dispatch from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, so we’re never far when a limit switch fails or a weld cracks. And every job, no matter how small, carries the Gate Repair team’s 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings us back.
We also don’t play the game where a national outfit quotes one number on the phone and a different one at the door. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. That’s how Hal has operated since 2001, and it’s why a lot of our Highland Park work comes from neighbors telling neighbors.
Our Gate Repair Services in Highland Park
Hinge & Post Repair
In Highland Park, the hinge post is usually where gate problems start. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. The older estates, especially the 1920s through 1960s Tudor and Colonial Revival homes, often have original ornamental iron gates with post footings poured decades before modern automated operators existed. Blackland Prairie clay swells in spring and shrinks in August, and that seasonal movement slowly works posts out of plumb. We rebuild the post, true the gate, and weld reinforcement where it’s needed. If we have to fabricate a section of solid round bar to match the original, we do it on site in the driveway.
Weld & Rust Repair
Custom ornamental gates on Highland Park estates are often 60 to 90 years old. That means rust at the collar joints, stress cracks at the welds, and the occasional broken scroll. We weld on site, in the driveway, so your gate doesn’t leave your property on a trailer. Hal is a welder first and a gate guy second, and he gets genuinely annoyed when he finds sloppy work somebody left behind. We grind, match, weld, and finish to the point where you can’t tell where the repair was made. On period iron, that’s non-negotiable.
Gate Realignment
Automatic swing gates on Highland Park lots go out of travel alignment constantly, and the culprit is almost always the clay. A gate that closed perfectly in March starts reversing or beeping by June because the post shifted half an inch. We recalibrate travel limits, check the loop detector, and adjust the operator to run true on the new post position. If the post is moving more than a little, we’ll tell you, because recalibrating around a failing post is a temporary patch and you’ll call us again in eight months. We’d rather fix the footing once and be done.
Electric Gate Repair
Operators fail for two main reasons in Highland Park: power surges during storms, and ice accumulating on the gate itself. The February 2021 freeze killed a lot of circuit boards across North Texas, and Highland Park saw its share. We stock and service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, and Linear operators, and we can usually diagnose a board versus a motor problem in one visit. If the operator is beyond saving, we’ll show you what failed and quote the replacement before any money changes hands.
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 Highland Park
Most of the automated gates in Highland Park run on LiftMaster, FAAC, or BFT operators, with a fair number of Linear and Viking units on newer builds. We’re certified to service nine major brands and we keep common parts for those three on the truck when we roll into Highland Park. That means a dead limit switch or a fried control board often doesn’t require a second trip. If your gate is a high-end FAAC swing unit on a clay lot or a BFT slide operator on a new estate, we already know the quirks, and we’re not learning on your gate.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Highland Park Homes
- Clay-induced post shift: Highland Park sits on Blackland Prairie expansive clay. Spring rains swell the soil and August droughts shrink it, which shifts post footings seasonally and knocks swing gates out of travel-limit alignment. This is the most common service call we make in Highland Park, bar none.
- Ice storm damage to ornamental iron: The February 2021 freeze didn’t just kill power. Water got into hairline cracks in old weld joints, froze, and stress-cracked the iron at collar joints on gates that had been fine for 60 years. We see the fallout every winter.
- Operator board failures on high-end units: FAAC and BFT boards are sensitive to power fluctuation, and North Texas storms bring surges with them. Homeowners near Turtle Creek and Beverly Drive call us when a board fries and the gate stops mid-swing.
- Rack-and-pinion binding on new luxury builds: Modern teardown-rebuilds in Highland Park favor heavy steel slide gates with rack-and-pinion drives. If the track or the rack is even slightly out of parallel, the gate binds intermittently. That’s a precision adjustment, not a lubrication fix.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Highland Park, TX
Highland Park pricing reflects the work, not the neighborhood. A typical hinge post repair in Highland Park runs $450-$900 depending on the post size and whether we’re fabricating matching scrollwork. Weld and rust repair usually lands between $200-$600 per section. Gate realignment on an existing operator runs $150-$300. Electric gate repair, like a control board replacement on a FAAC or LiftMaster unit, typically costs $350-$800 with the part included. What affects cost most is the ironwork itself: matching period-correct solid bar is slower than squirting weld on square tube, and we charge for time. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. Call (325) 936-1371 for a free estimate, and remember there’s no trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Park
Our crews serve homes throughout the metroplex, and we regularly take calls from homeowners in Dallas, Plano, Irving, and Richardson who need the same level of care we bring to Highland Park. If you’re just outside the town line, you’re still in our service area. Check our Highland Park coverage for details, or call (325) 936-1371 and ask Hal directly where he’ll roll this week.
Serving Highland Park, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Park 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 Highland Park
Because the post footings are moving. Highland Park’s Blackland Prairie clay soaks up spring rain and swells, then contracts hard during the summer. That seasonal shift works the hinge post out of plumb, and even a quarter inch of movement is enough to trip the travel limits on a modern operator. The fix is not just recalibrating the operator. The fix is rebuilding the post footing so it stops moving. Call (325) 936-1371 and we’ll take a look at the actual post depth. Some of those original footings are only 30 inches deep, which is not enough for a motorized gate on moving clay.
We match the original. Hal welds and fabricates on site, and he carries solid round and flat bar stock for exactly this reason. The Town of Highland Park has its own building department and aesthetic standards, and homeowners here don’t accept modern square tube where the original gate was built from round bar in 1948. We can forge, grind, and finish a repair section so it disappears into the original ironwork. If your contractor is trying to convince you square tube is fine, get a second opinion. Ours is free.
It’s often both. The February 2021 ice storm sent moisture into operator housings and caused corrosion on circuit boards, but it also stress-cracked welds on older ornamental gates as water froze inside the joints. We’ll test the operator’s logic board and inspect the gate’s mechanical components in the same visit. A board replacement on a FAAC or BFT unit is straightforward. A cracked collar joint weld is also straightforward, but it needs a welder, not a parts swapper. Call (325) 936-1371 and we’ll diagnose it honestly.
Because the rack and pinion are not perfectly parallel, or the track has settled slightly since installation. On a 700-pound steel slide gate, even a sixteenth of an inch of rack misalignment causes binding at one point in the travel. We see this on new Highland Park construction where the concrete set, the gate was hung, and nobody went back to check parallelism after the first season of clay movement. It’s a precision adjustment. We measure, shim, and realign the rack, then run the gate through full travel cycles to confirm smooth operation. Call (325) 936-1371 for an exact quote.
Yes, and this is exactly the kind of job we’re built for. Highland Park’s building department enforces aesthetic standards that generic repair crews don’t encounter in surrounding Dallas. When a hinge post fails on a pre-1960 estate gate, the replacement has to match the period ironwork, not just the dimensions. We fabricate solid round bar sections on site to match the original profile, weld them into the existing gate frame, and finish them to blend. We’ve done this work on Beverly Drive, Armstrong Parkway, and other streets where the town and the homeowner are watching the details. Call (325) 936-1371 for a free estimate, and we’ll work with the town’s requirements from day one.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal has repaired and fabricated gates across North Texas since 2001. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road.