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Gate Repair Services in Richland Hills, TX
Your gate stopped closing right around the time the ground dried out. That’s not a coincidence. In Richland Hills, the Blackland Prairie clay under your post is the same clay that’s been fighting that post for fifty years. When it lets go, your gate drops, the latch misses, and suddenly the whole fence line looks tired. We fix that. Gatewood Fence & Gate has repaired, reset, welded, and rehung gates all across Richland Hills, from the brick tracts off Ruth Road to the quiet cul-de-sacs near Richland Park. Call (817) 241-4067 and a live person answers, day or night. We’ll tell you what’s wrong before we ever touch a wrench, and we’ll quote the price before we ever start the work.
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.
Why Richland Hills Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001, and his name is still on the shop and on every invoice. That’s not marketing language. It means the person responsible for your gate is a person you can find. Richland Hills homeowners call us because they’ve already tried the other kind of company, the one with a national jingle and a rotating cast of subcontractors. Then they call us and hear Hal’s voice on the other end of the line.
We work in the older neighborhoods here regularly. The homes along Hillside Drive and the streets feeding into Richland Plaza are exactly the kind of properties we know best: 1950s and 60s tract houses with original fence lines, wood posts that have moved with the clay for half a century, and gates that stopped latching years ago. Homeowners in those neighborhoods will tell you we show up when we say we will, we fix the gate in the driveway instead of hauling it off, and we hand you a written 90-Day Done Right Promise on every single job. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no fine print.
Calls are answered by a live person, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail, not a call center. Background-checked, uniformed technicians show up in the window we promised. And every repair over $200 carries $40 off, with no trip charge inside the county.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Richland Hills
Gate Repair
A sagging gate in Richland Hills is almost always a post problem, not a hinge problem. The clay heaves, the post leans, and the gate follows. We reset the post, weld what needs welding, and rehang the gate so the latch actually meets the strike again. Learn more about our Gate Repair in Richland Hills.
Gate Installation
We don’t see many brand-new fence lines in Richland Hills, because the city has been fully built out for decades. But when a gate is beyond saving, we build a new one that matches the neighborhood’s character: wood privacy gates, steel frames, custom widths for old driveways that were never meant for modern cars. Learn more about our Gate Installation in Richland Hills.
Gate Motor & Opener
Automatic gate stopped listening? We work on the operator brands homeowners in Richland Hills actually have mounted on their posts: Ghost Controls, Viking, DoorKing, and Elite among them. We diagnose the motor, the board, the sensor, or the wiring before recommending any part be replaced. Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in Richland Hills.
Gate Access Control
For the few commercial and multi-property gates in Richland Hills, we service keypads, intercoms, and vehicle loops. If it controls who gets through, we make sure it works when it’s supposed to and locks when it should. Call (817) 241-4067 to schedule a visit; we’ll give you a written quote before any work begins.
Gate Parts & Welding
We weld on site, in your driveway. A cracked frame, a torn hinge mount, a broken latch post: we fix the metal that’s already there. Most of the gates we see in Richland Hills are original to the home, and the steel underneath is still serviceable. Hal would rather repair it than sell you a new one. That’s the whole philosophy.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Richland Hills
We work the entire city, which isn’t hard when the place is 1.8 square miles. You’ll see our truck on the streets around Richland Park, along Ruth Road, in the neighborhood behind the old Richland Plaza, and down the tree-lined blocks off Baker Boulevard. Typical response time for a gate repair call in Richland Hills is same-day or next morning, depending on when you call.
- Richland Park area
- Ruth Road corridor
- Richland Plaza neighborhood
- Baker Boulevard homes
- Hillside Drive and surrounding blocks
Why Richland Hills’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Richland Hills is a fully built-out post-WWII suburb. The houses went up between the 1950s and early 1970s, and so did the fences. That means nearly every gate in this city is either original or once-replaced, and it is sitting on a post that has spent decades in Tarrant County’s Blackland Prairie clay. The clay shrinks in drought summers, pulling away from the post and letting it lean. Then wet winters re-expand the soil and shove the post further out of plumb. Multiply that by fifty years and you get what we see on nearly every Richland Hills call: heaved corner posts, frame racking, sagging gates that drag on the grass, and latches that stopped meeting properly years before the homeowner noticed the concrete walk starting to crack.
Because Richland Hills is landlocked and fully developed, there are no new subdivisions to work in. Virtually every gate job in this city is a repair or reset on an aging fence line. Technicians report that resetting heaved corner posts and rehanging sagging gates on 40-to-60-year-old fence systems is nearly the entire workload. We know this housing stock. We know these soils. We know what a Richland Hills gate looks like when it’s failing, and we know what it takes to make it right.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Richland Hills
- Gate reset and rehang (post pulled straight, concrete set): $180 to $340, depending on post condition and gate weight
- Hinge replacement and latch realignment: $95 to $220
- Wood slat replacement (partial): $60 to $180, depending on how many boards and what’s rotted
- On-site welding repair (cracked frame, torn hinge mount): $120 to $300, quoted before the weld bead is laid
- Full gate motor replacement: $450 to $1,100, depending on brand and opener type
We take $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. No trip charge inside the county. And if you have a written estimate from someone else, we’ll give you a free second opinion before you sign anything.
Service Area - Cities Near Richland Hills
While this page is focused on Richland Hills, our crews also work the surrounding Tarrant County communities. If your gate is in Fort Worth, Colleyville, North Richland Hills, or Hurst, the same owners, the same rates, and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise apply. Call the shop and we’ll point you to the right page or just schedule the visit.
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 About Gate Repair in Richland Hills
How much does gate repair cost in Richland Hills?
Most gate repairs in Richland Hills run between $95 and $340, depending on whether the post needs to be reset, hardware replaced, or metal welded. We quote the exact price in writing before any work starts, and we take $40 off any repair over $200. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate, no trip charge inside the county.
Can you fix my gate the same day in Richland Hills?
In most cases, yes. If you call before noon, Hal or one of his crew can usually be at your Richland Hills home the same afternoon. Emergency calls are answered by a live person 24/7 at (817) 241-4067.
Why does my gate sag even though the hinges look fine?
In Richland Hills, the answer is almost always the post. Blackland Prairie clay shrinks and swells with the seasons, and the post has been fighting that movement for decades. The hinge looks fine because the hinge isn’t the problem; the post has moved out of plumb. We reset the post and rehang the gate. Fixing the panel without the post means you’ll fix it twice.
Do you weld on site, or do I have to remove the gate?
We weld in your driveway. The gate stays where it is. Hal brings the welding rig to you, repairs the crack or the torn hinge mount in place, and the gate is back in service the same visit. That’s how we’ve done it since 2001.
Do you service LiftMaster and Ghost Controls gate openers in Richland Hills?
Yes. We service nine major gate opener brands, including LiftMaster, Ghost Controls, Viking, DoorKing, and Elite. We diagnose the motor, board, sensor, or wiring before recommending any replacement. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll give you an honest read on whether the opener can be saved.
What’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise?
It’s written on every job, not buried in fine print. If the repair isn’t done right, Hal comes back and makes it right. One call. No runaround. You’ll see it in writing on your invoice, and Hal’s name is on both.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Richland Hills
You have a gate that needs help and a phone in your pocket. Call (817) 241-4067 right now and talk to a real person. Tell us what the gate is doing, or not doing. We’ll give you an honest answer, a written price, and a time we’ll be there. No call center. No mystery contract. No estimate that changes at the door. Just Hal Gatewood and his crew, fixing gates in Richland Hills the way they’ve been doing since 2001.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Richland Hills since the shop opened its doors.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local gate repair pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Richland Hills Customers Say
"He builds the gates himself in his own shop. You can go and look at it. That is not something you can say about the outfits that just order a panel in."
- Doreen Whitfield"Driveway gate had been dragging for two years and two other companies told me the whole thing needed replacing. Hal reset the posts, rehung it and it swings like it did when it went in. A fraction of the price of a new one."
- Hollis Amberly"Safety photo eyes on our old gate had been bypassed by whoever serviced it last, which he was genuinely annoyed about on my behalf. Fitted proper sealed ones and wired them the way they should be."
- Otis Redmond





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