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When a gate post leans after a dry Kennedale summer or a welded rail snaps at the hinge, you need Gate Installation in Kennedale experts who know exactly what they’re looking at. Gatewood Fence & Gate has been fixing and welding gates since 2001, and we work throughout Kennedale, from the ranch properties off Kennedale New Hope Road to the newer custom homes near Comanche Peak. We weld on site, in your driveway, so the gate never leaves your property. Call (817) 241-4067 and a live person answers - not a recording.
If you’ve got an older gate that’s sagging, dragging, or held together with somebody else’s shortcut, we’re the crew that will actually fix it right. Our Gate Parts & Welding team cuts out the rust, welds new steel in place, and stands behind the job in writing.
Key Takeaways
- On-site welding at your Kennedale property - the gate never gets hauled off.
- Hinge replacement, post replacement, rail repair, custom welding, rollers, latches and locks.
- We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule operators.
- 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job.
- Free estimates. Call (817) 241-4067 - a live person answers 24/7.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Kennedale’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood started this business in 2001 and his name is still on the shop. That matters in a place like Kennedale, where half the roads still feel like country and the other half are new subdivisions. You don’t want a faceless crew that quotes one number on the phone and shows up with a different one. You want the person who will be at the hardware store next week. That’s us.
We get calls from Kennedale homeowners who had a national outfit tell them the whole gate needed replacing when what it actually needed was a new hinge barrel welded on and a post reset. We’d rather fix what’s there. It’s usually cheaper for you and it’s always the honest answer. Our reputation around Kennedale is built on that: we say what the gate needs, we write the price down before we start, and we come back if it’s not right. Hal’s 90-Day Done Right Promise is on every invoice - not buried in fine print.
Response time to Kennedale is typically same-day or next-day for repairs. If a gate is stuck open or a post has let go and the gate is blocking the drive, we treat it as urgent. And the phone - (817) 241-4067 - is answered by a live person around the clock. Always has been.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Kennedale
Hinge Replacement
Most gate sag isn’t in the middle of the gate - it’s in the hinge post. On Kennedale’s clay soil, a post can heave or tilt half an inch in one season, and suddenly the gate is dragging on the latch side. We cut off the old hinge, inspect the post, and if the post is still sound, we weld a new barrel hinge in the correct position. Hinge replacement in Kennedale typically runs $120-$260 per hinge depending on gate weight and whether we’re working with pipe, square tube, or ornamental iron.
Post Replacement
This is the big one for Kennedale. The expansive black clay shrinks during summer drought and swells when the fall rains come. Posts that were set in shallow concrete twenty years ago start moving, and once a post is moving, no hinge work will ever hold. We dig out the old post, pour a deeper footing with proper drainage, set a new post plumb, and weld the gate back on. Post replacement in Kennedale generally runs $380-$850, including concrete, labor, and re-hanging the gate. A post that has pulled from its footing by four inches or more is almost always a replacement job, not a straightening job.
Rail Repair
Rusted lower rails are the quiet failure. They look passable from the road, but the bottom rail on an older Kennedale pipe gate is often rusted through from the inside where water sits. When that rail lets go, the gate twists and the latch stops lining up. We cut the bad section out and weld in new steel matched to the existing profile. Rail repair on a welded-pipe gate in Kennedale typically runs $140-$380 per rail section, depending on length and whether it’s round pipe or square tube.
Custom Welding
This is where older Kennedale ranch gates separate the real welding crews from the parts-swappers. A decades-old welded-pipe cattle gate doesn’t have standard hinge spacing. The posts may be creosote. The operator, if there is one, might be a Linear board from the 1990s. You can’t fix that with hardware from a big-box store. We fabricate hinge barrels, rail patches, and mounting plates on site to match whatever is actually there. Custom welding rates in Kennedale run $95-$150 per hour, and most custom fabrication jobs run two to four hours. We quote a firm number before the welder strikes an arc.
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 Kennedale
We stock common parts for Kennedale Gate Motor & Opener brands actually on the ground, and we’re certified to service nine major manufacturers: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. The ones we see most often on older Kennedale estate gates are Linear, Viking, and old DoorKing boards - equipment that was installed before UL 325 safety standards forced manufacturers to include photocells and loop detectors. We can retrofit those operators with modern entrapment protection, or replace them cleanly when retrofitting stops making financial sense.
We also keep common roller assemblies, latch kits, and hinge barrels in the truck. If your part isn’t standard - and on older Gate Parts & Welding in Kennedale agricultural gates, it usually isn’t - we fabricate it on site.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Kennedale Homes
- Leaning hinge posts after a dry summer. Expansive clay shrinks in drought, pulls away from the concrete footing, and the post starts to drift. By September or October, gates that were plumb in June are dragging on the latch side.
- Snapped welded rail joints on older pipe gates. When the post heaves, the gate frame twists, and the welded joint is where it gives. We regularly see lower rail welds cracked clean through on 1980s-era ranch gates.
- Legacy operators without safety sensors. Old Linear and Viking boards with no photocell will happily keep pushing a gate that’s hit something. On a long driveway gate, that’s a real hazard - to kids, pets, and cars.
- Non-standard hinge spacing on agricultural gates. The old pipe gates around Kennedale were often built on site with whatever spacing the original welder picked. Store-bought hinges don’t match the bolt pattern, which is why we cut and weld new barrels to fit.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Kennedale, TX
Here’s honest money talk, because you deserve to know before you call. Hinge replacement runs $120-$260 per hinge. Post replacement runs $380-$850 depending on depth and gate weight. Rail repair runs $140-$380 per section. Custom welding runs $95-$150 per hour, and most custom jobs take two to four hours. A full gate retrofitted with a modern operator and safety sensors typically lands between $1,800 and $3,400, depending on gate span and operator brand.
What changes the number is gate weight, access, and how bad the existing steel is. We write the price down before work starts, and that’s the price. No trip charge inside the county. $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come look at it, quote it, and leave you alone to decide.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kennedale
Most of our Kennedale schedule also takes us into Arlington, Fort Worth, Haltom City, and Hurst. If you’re on the edge of Kennedale or just over a city line, call anyway. We’ll tell you straight whether it’s a trip we can make.
Serving Kennedale, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kennedale 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 Parts & Welding in Kennedale
Because Kennedale sits on Tarrant County’s expansive black clay, which shrinks hard during summer drought and swells when the October rains come. That cycle works the post loose from its concrete footing a little more each year. The permanent fix is a deeper footing with drainage and a properly tamped backfill - sometimes with a concrete collar. A post that’s already moving more than a few inches needs to be pulled, the hole cleaned, and a new footing poured. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free assessment, and we’ll tell you whether you’re looking at a reset or a replacement.
Yes, and we do it regularly around Kennedale. The key is checking whether the existing gate frame is square, the hinge post is solid, and what Gate Access Control - Kennedale setup will work with your property. If those are sound, we weld on a mounting plate sized to your gate, install a modern operator - we often use LiftMaster on these retrofits - and wire in the UL 325 safety sensors. If the post is moving, that gets fixed first. A retrofit doesn’t make an old gate new, but it gives you an automatic gate without replacing steel that’s still good. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come measure and quote it.
Almost always, the hinge post has moved or the hinges themselves have worn internally. Ornamental gates are heavy, and if the post leans even a degree or two, the whole gate torques and sags at the latch. The hinge barrels also wear over decades, letting the gate drop a quarter inch at a time. We measure the post, check the hinge slop, and repair whichever one is actually failing. Often we find the post is fine and the barrel needs to be cut out and re-welded. It’s a half-day job in most Kennedale cases.
Current UL 325 standards require automatic gate operators to have entrapment protection - photocells, edge sensors, or a monitored reversing feature - and that’s been the baseline since 2000 for most residential installations. An old Linear or Viking board from before that may run fine but has no way to stop if something is in the gate’s path. We retrofit those older operators with modern sensors when the board can support them, and we recommend replacement when it can’t. The older the operator, the more sense a retrofit with a new LiftMaster board usually makes over repairing obsolete electronics.
Because they’re selling parts, not welding. Standard off-the-shelf hinges assume standard spacing, standard post sizes, and standard gate frames. A welded-pipe ranch gate built in Kennedale in 1985 wasn’t built to anyone’s standard. The hinge spacing might be 28 inches on one gate and 31 on the next. The post might be creosote. We cut the old hinges off and weld new barrel hinges exactly where the existing holes and frame demand. That’s not a parts-counter job - that’s a weld job, done on site. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll look at what you’ve got.
Keeping Older Kennedale Gates Alive on Clay Soil
Here’s the thing most gate advice misses: a gate on Kennedale’s larger lots is not a suburban driveway gate. It’s often a 16-foot welded-pipe swing gate on a hinge post that’s been in the ground since the Reagan administration, sitting directly next to a custom home with an ornamental iron automatic entry. That mixed rural-suburban reality is what makes Kennedale different from Arlington or Mansfield. Our Gate Parts & Welding crew moves between true ranch infrastructure and high-end residential work in the same day’s route.
On a multi-acre lot off Kennedale New Hope Road, we found a 1980s-era welded-pipe swing gate where the hinge post had pulled nearly six inches out of its post footing after a dry September. The original gate operator was an obsolete Linear board with no safety photocell, and the rails were so rusted that off-the-shelf hinges wouldn’t match the bolt pattern. Our crew cut out the corroded rail ends, custom-welded new hinge barrels onto the existing pipe, poured a deeper concrete footing, and retrofitted a modern LiftMaster operator with UL 325 entrapment protection - keeping the original gate face intact but bringing the hardware up to today’s safety code.
That’s the work we do in Kennedale. It’s not always the fastest job, and it’s not always the cheapest quote on the phone. But it’s the one that holds. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road - that is the oldest accountability there is.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Parts & Welding in Kennedale
If your gate is sagging, dragging, stuck, or old enough that nobody seems to know what parts fit it anymore, call us. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and the phone number hasn’t changed. We answer live, we come out, we tell you what needs fixing, and we write it down before we start. Free estimates, $40 off any repair over $200, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job - in writing.
Call (817) 241-4067 now. If we can’t fix it, we’ll tell you that too, and you’ll know exactly what you’re looking at.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Kennedale since 2001.