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If you live in Richland Hills, your gate is probably older than your car. Nearly every home here was built between the 1950s and early 1970s, and the wood gates hanging on those fence lines have survived decades of Blackland Prairie clay movement, North Texas heat, and the occasional ice storm. When a hinge post leans or a weld cracks, you don’t need a company that wants to sell you a whole new gate. You need someone who will fix what’s there. That’s what our Gate Parts & Welding team does. We weld on site, we replace posts and hinges, and we stand behind the work with a 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll talk to a live person, not a voicemail.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Richland Hills’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood has been running this shop since 2001, and his name is on the door. We’re not a franchise and we don’t subcontract to a rotating crew of strangers. The person who shows up at your house in Richland Hills is background-checked, uniformed, and works for Hal directly. We publish our address, we publish our license number, and we answer the phone around the clock. If you ever have a question about a job, you can drive to the shop and look Hal in the eye. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Richland Hills is a small city, about 1.8 square miles, and word travels fast. We’ve earned our reputation here the slow way: one sagging gate, one cracked bracket, one heaved post at a time. When we fix something in your yard, we know we’ll see you at the hardware store next week. That changes how carefully we work. Reviews from Richland Hills homeowners consistently mention two things: we show up when we say we will, and we fix what’s broken instead of padding the invoice with parts you didn’t need.
Because we serve Richland Hills directly from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, response time is measured in hours, not days. For a gate that won’t close or a post that’s pulling away from the fence, we can usually get someone to your door the same day you call.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Richland Hills
Hinge Replacement
Hinges are the quiet workhorses of every gate, and on Richland Hills lots where gates get daily use in full sun, they corrode and wear faster than most people realize. We stock heavy-duty hinges that can carry the weight of a solid 1960s wood gate without sagging. If your gate scrapes the ground or the latch won’t line up, the hinge is usually the first place we look.
Post Replacement
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. That’s where we start. In Richland Hills, the Blackland Prairie clay has spent 50 years pushing and pulling on every post set in the ground. Drought summers suck moisture from the soil and posts lean. Wet winters re-expand the clay and push them further out. We dig out the old post, set a new one in concrete, and get it plumb before we rehang your gate. Skip the post and fix only the panel, and you’ll fix it twice.
Rail Repair
The horizontal rails on older wood gates split and rot long before the pickets do. On Richland Hills fence lines that date to the Eisenhower administration, we regularly see rails that have shed their original hardware and warped out of alignment. We cut out the damaged section, sister in new lumber or steel as needed, and weld any metal reinforcement the frame requires.
Custom Welding
Our welding truck comes to your driveway. We don’t haul your gate off to some shop across town. For cracked steel brackets, broken operator mounts, or a frame that needs reinforcement, we weld on site and get your gate working the same day. On a quiet street off Rufe Snow Drive, we reset a heaved hinge post on a 1960s wood swing gate that had pulled the entire frame out of plumb, then welded a cracked steel gate operator bracket back to the post and swapped the worn Ghost Controls arm before rehanging the gate with new HD hinges so the sag correction would actually hold.
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 Richland Hills
Most gate operators in Richland Hills fall into two camps: original equipment from the 1980s and 1990s, or a newer retrofit from the last decade. We service both. Our crew is certified to work on nine major brands, including DoorKing, Elite, Ghost Controls, and Mighty Mule. That matters because on older installations, the operator and the gate hardware need to work together as a system, not as mismatched parts. We keep common replacement components on hand for Richland Hills customers, which means fewer return trips and faster turnaround when something fails on a Saturday.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Richland Hills Homes
- Heaved and leaning hinge posts. The shrink-swell cycle of Tarrant County’s Blackland Prairie clay is the dominant structural problem in Richland Hills. Posts set in the 1960s have endured thousands of wet-dry cycles, and a post that’s out of plumb by even an inch will pull the entire gate frame out of square.
- Corroded original hardware. On tight Richland Hills lots where gates face full western sun and decades of sprinkler overspray, original hinges, latch strikes, and bolt heads rust through. We replace them with hardware rated for Texas weather, not the cheapest galvanized parts on the shelf.
- Racked and split wood frames. Gates from the 1950s through early 1970s were built with lumber that’s now at or beyond its service life. When rails split and pickets warp, a gate that looked fine last spring can bind against the post by August.
- Dead legacy gate operators. Early automatic gate kits installed in Richland Hills decades ago often lack modern safety photocells and have control boards that are long out of production. We retrofit what can be saved and tell you honestly when replacement is the cheaper answer.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Richland Hills, TX
Here’s what you can expect in the Richland Hills market. A standard hinge replacement on a wood swing gate typically runs $180 to $320, depending on the weight of the gate and whether we’re replacing one hinge or a full set. Post replacement, including concrete and rehanging the gate, usually falls between $350 and $700 per post. Custom welding jobs like bracket repair or frame reinforcement run $150 to $450 for typical residential work. A full gate operator retrofit on an older Richland Hills installation typically lands between $850 and $1,800 depending on the operator and whether we’re adding safety photocells. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. There’s no trip charge inside the county, and we offer $40 off any repair over $200, plus a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Richland Hills
Our crews work throughout the mid-cities area. We regularly serve Fort Worth, Colleyville, North Richland Hills, and Hurst, so if you’re just outside the Richland Hills city line, we can still get to you quickly. See our Gate Parts & Welding in Richland Hills page for details on our core service area and local response times.
Serving Richland Hills, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Richland Hills 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 Richland Hills
Yes, in most cases we can retrofit a modern operator onto your existing 40-to-60-year-old swing gate, as long as the post and frame are structurally sound. The retrofit typically runs $850 to $1,800 including safety photocells. If the gate frame itself is racked or the post is leaning badly, replacing both at the same time is often the less expensive long-term option. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll give you a straight answer after looking at the gate, not a sales pitch.
The difference is the Blackland Prairie clay combined with age. Richland Hills is built on expansive clay that shrinks dramatically during drought summers and swells during wet winters. Every post set in the 1950s through 1970s has survived thousands of those cycles, and each one nudges the post a little further out of plumb. Newer suburbs often use steel posts set in deeper concrete with better drainage, but in Richland Hills we’re usually working with original wood posts and aging footings.
Usually just parts. If the hinge post is still plumb and the frame rails aren’t split, we can replace the hinges, re-align the latch, and get your gate swinging clean again for $180 to $320. If the post has heaved or the frame is racked, we’ll tell you exactly what it costs to repair versus replace before any work starts. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve received.
Yes. We weld cracked brackets on site, in your driveway, without removing the operator. If the control board is also dead and parts are no longer manufactured, we’ll show you the options and let you decide. But a cracked bracket by itself doesn’t justify a full operator replacement, and we won’t quote you one. Welding repair on a slide gate operator bracket typically runs $150 to $450.
Any gate operator we install or retrofit will include safety photocells, period. Older systems from before modern safety requirements often lack them, and we won’t put our name on a gate that can close on a child or a pet. Adding photocells to an existing operator is a standard part of our retrofit work and is included in the price we quote. Call (817) 241-4067 if you have an old automatic gate and want to know where it stands on safety.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Parts & Welding in Richland Hills
If your gate is sagging, your post is leaning, or a weld has finally given out after 50 years of Texas weather, call us. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and he’ll give you a straight answer and a written price before any work starts. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. Call (817) 241-4067 now for a free estimate. We answer the phone 24/7.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Richland Hills and the surrounding area since 2001.