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FAAC Gate Repair in Fort Worth: What to Know First

Independent FAAC gate repair in Fort Worth typically runs $185 to $450 for most circuit board, capacitor, and limit-switch failures, and most jobs are finished same day once we’re on site. Gatewood Fence & Gate has repaired FAAC gate systems across Tarrant County since 2001, and we stock the parts Fort Worth homeowners actually need instead of making you wait a week for a shipped-in board. Call (817) 241-4067 and a live person answers, day or night.

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This page is for the homeowner or building manager whose FAAC operator quit, grinds, reverses mid-cycle, or just sits there humming like it forgot what it was doing. If you’ve already been told by another company that you need a new motor and a $4,000 board when you’re not sure the motor is even bad, you’re in the right place.

How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

FAAC builds a solid operator, but every brand has its habits. After 20-plus years of working on them in Fort Worth driveways, here’s what we actually see:

• Faac 400/402 and the “click, no move” call. The 400-series hydraulic operator is common on Fort Worth residential gate setups from the 2000s, and the classic symptom is a solid click from the control box with zero movement. Nine times out of ten that’s a failed start capacitor or a worn contactor, not a dead motor. We test the motor independently before recommending anything. A capacitor is a $35 part. A motor is a one-dollar-sign-per-letter conversation we’d rather not have unless it’s true.
• Faac 455D and the dirty limit-switch shutdown. The 455D uses mechanical limit switches that sit inside the operator housing. North Texas dust and the occasional mud-dauber nest get in there, and the gate stops opening fully or travels two feet and reverses. A lot of companies misread that as a bad control board. We pull the cover, clean or replace the limit assembly, adjust the travel, and the gate runs like it did in 2012.
• Faac C720/C721 scrolling manual gate stops. For the sliding gates you see on acreage lots north of Loop 820, the C720 chain-driven slide unit wears its drive chain and sprocket over time. You’ll hear a clunking that sounds like the gate is dragging, but it’s the chain jumping the worn sprocket teeth. We keep replacement chain on the truck and can cut and fit it on site.
• Faac E024U and the blink code nobody tells you about. The E024U control board stores fault codes, and a gate that reverses every third cycle with no obvious obstruction is often the obstruction input seeing phantom voltage from a pinched photo-eye wire, especially where the conduit runs through a concrete driveway seam that’s shifted in Texas clay. We trace the low-voltage circuit, find the abraded jacket, and splice it properly instead of disabling a safety input.
• Aftermarket capacitor vs. OEM lesson from the field. A FAAC start capacitor is an FAAC start capacitor. A generic HVAC capacitor the same microfarad rating will work, but the mounting ears and the terminal style are different enough that it rattles loose or gets wired wrong by someone in a hurry. We install the correct part now so you’re not calling back in July when the gate gets used five times a day.

Our FAAC Gate Repair Process

Here’s how a typical FAAC job goes from the first call to the gate working like it should, straight from Hal Gatewood’s own playbook since 2001.

1. 1
   You call, we answer. A live person picks up, asks what the gate is doing (or not doing), and schedules a trip. No ticket numbers, no phone tree.
2. 2
   We show up in the window we gave you. Hal or one of his crew arrives in a marked truck, walks the gate through a full cycle, and listens to your description. On a FAAC job, the first diagnostic step is pulling the operator cover and reading the fault code if there is one.
3. 3
   You get a straight diagnosis and a price before work starts. We put a number on the repair and we agree on it before a single wrench turns. Not an estimate range. Not “we’ll see what we find.” A number.
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   We fix it right there, most of the time. Capacitors, limit switches, photo-eyes, batteries, chain tension, hinge plates, weld repairs on the gate frame itself - all done in your driveway. We don’t haul your gate off to a shop across town when it can be fixed where it sits.
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   We run the gate through at least 10 full cycles. Open, close, obstruction test, emergency release test. If it’s an automatic gate, we watch for slow spots, binding, and the reversing sensitivity after the new part goes in.
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   Cleanup, then the guarantee in writing. We put every tool back in the truck, sweep the area around the operator, and hand you an invoice with the 90-Day Done Right Promise printed on it. If it’s not right, one call brings us back.

What FAAC Gate Repair Costs in Fort Worth

Most FAAC repairs in the Fort Worth area fall into these ranges. Some jobs are less. Some need more than one part. We’ll tell you before we start.

• Start capacitor replacement: $185 to $265, parts included.
• Limit switch clean/adjust/replace: $140 to $240.
• Photo-eye repair or realignment (pair): $160 to $290.
• Control board replacement (FAAC E024U, 455D board, etc.): $380 to $720 depending on model.
• Drive chain and sprocket replacement (C720/C721 slide units): $340 to $580.
• Hinge post repair with on-site welding: $280 to $650 depending on post condition and gate weight.

What moves the price: swing gate vs. slide gate, how far the opener is from the panel, and whether previous work somebody else did needs to be undone first. We see that last one more often than we’d like. We quote the whole job upfront, and remember: a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067.

Why Fort Worth Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for FAAC Work

Because Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, the truck, and the invoice. He grew up on the south side of Fort Worth near Hulen Mall, learned welding at Tarrant County College in the late ’90s, and he’s been fixing gates in Tarrant County ever since a busted driveway gate on a job in Wedgwood showed him how few people actually knew how to repair one right. That was 2001. We’re still here.

We service nine major gate brands, and when a FAAC system is too far gone to save, we can recommend and install a proper replacement from our non-FAAC lineup - LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing. But our first move is always to fix what you have. We’re an independent FAAC service provider, not a factory warranty center, and that independence means we recommend the repair that makes sense, not the replacement that pays better. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and the phone never rolls to a machine.

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