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When your driveway gate won’t open at 7 a.m. and the truck is stuck inside, you need someone who answers the phone and gets to your street quickly. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and his crew serves Forest Hill neighborhoods throughout the week. We answer calls with a live person around the clock, so you’re never pushing buttons on an automated menu while your gate sags further off its hinge. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get a straight answer about what’s wrong, what it’ll cost, and when we’ll be there.
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 Forest Hill Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Forest Hill is full of well-kept ranch homes with driveway gates that have been swinging since the Carter administration, and those gates need a particular kind of attention. Hal’s crew works on gates along Wichita Street, Anglin Drive, and throughout the neighborhoods east of Forest Hill Drive and south of Mansfield Highway. We know which blocks have the heaviest clay soil, which means we also know where posts heave out of plumb after a hard rain. That kind of local familiarity is why homeowners keep our number in the phone and pass it to neighbors.
We’re not a franchise and we don’t send a different face every time. Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. His address is published, his license number is published, and he has been at this since 2001. We stand behind every gate repair with a written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not right, one call brings him back. No runaround, no fine print.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Forest Hill
Gate Repair
We fix sagging gates, rusted hinges, cracked welds, and posts that have heaved out of plumb. Most Forest Hill repairs start with a post that’s leaning, because the frame was only as good as the footing it was set in. We weld on site, in your driveway, so the gate never leaves your property.
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Gate Installation
A new gate here needs more than a decent-looking frame. We measure, order, and build for the soil you have, which in Forest Hill means deeper footings than the 1970s standard. We’ll give you a written price before any work starts, and we don’t change it at the door.
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Gate Motor & Opener
When the motor clicks but the gate doesn’t move, the fix is often a stripped gear, a dead capacitor, or a limit switch that lost its setting. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule openers, and we stock the parts that fail most in North Texas heat.
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Gate Access Control
Keypads, remotes, intercoms, and vehicle sensors all need to talk to the opener and to each other. We test the whole loop, not just the part that stopped blinking. If your keypad code works for you but not for the mail carrier, we’ll get it sorted the same visit.
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Gate Parts & Welding
We keep a stock of common hinges, wheels, posts, and opener parts, and we weld on site when the frame needs re-joining. If a bottom rail is rusted through and the hardware is still sound, we’ll fix the rail rather than sell you a whole new panel. That’s the repair-first philosophy, and it’s the reason Hal’s customers don’t feel sold.
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Neighborhoods We Serve in Forest Hill
We work throughout Forest Hill, from the streets off Anglin Drive to the neighborhoods along Wichita Street and the newer loops south of Mansfield Highway. Typical response time for most repairs is the same day or the next morning. Common neighborhoods we serve:
- Forest Hill East, near Forest Hill Drive and Anglin Drive
- Anglin Heights, around Anglin Drive and Wichita Street
- Southgate, off Mansfield Highway
- Forest Hill Town Center area, near Wichita Street
- Hillcrest, north of Forest Hill Drive
Why Forest Hill’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Forest Hill’s housing stock is dominated by 1970s and 1980s ranch homes whose gate frames were built with shallow 24-inch post footings. That was the standard back then, and it worked until the Tarrant County clay started doing what clay does. Vertisol soil, the black, shrink-swell gumbo we’re sitting on here, expands after a hard rain and contracts during a dry, 100-degree August. The result is a gate post that rocks loose season after season. Hal’s crew has fixed gates on Wichita Street in spring that were listing again by Labor Day, not because the original repair was bad, but because the concrete collar around the post was too shallow for the soil it sat in.
This is the dominant repair call in Forest Hill’s older neighborhoods: post reset and re-hang, not hardware replacement. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. The lasting fix is pulling the post, digging a wider bell-bottom hole, and setting it at 36 to 42 inches with fresh concrete. That’s a job we do regularly here, because the same pattern repeats yard after yard on the same blocks. Newer subdivisions near Kennedale have more modern footings, but Forest Hill’s concentrated older stock means we see the same clay-driven heave problems on nearly every street we visit.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Forest Hill
We quote the price before any work starts and we honor it. Here’s what Forest Hill homeowners typically see:
- Post reset and re-hang: $320-$480 per post, depending on footing depth and concrete work
- Hinge replacement (welded steel): $140-$260 per hinge
- Weld repair, on site: $120-$220 per section
- Opener diagnosis and minor repair: $190-$310, parts not included
- Full system check, keypad, sensors, motor: $150-$250
Every quote is given upfront, in writing, and agreed before we open a tool bag. We also keep standing offers that don’t require haggling: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll talk numbers straight.
Service Area - Cities Near Forest Hill
We serve Forest Hill and the surrounding communities including Fort Worth, Colleyville, North Richland Hills, and Hurst. If your gate is down and you’re just outside Forest Hill, call anyway. We’ll tell you on the phone whether we can get a truck to you today.
Serving Forest Hill, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill
Most gate repairs in Forest Hill run between $190 and $480, depending on whether we’re fixing hardware, re-welding a crack, or pulling and resetting a post that’s heaved in the clay. We quote the full price before any work starts. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact quote, and we’ll honor it.
In most cases, yes. Hal’s crew runs calls in Forest Hill daily, and for a gate that won’t open, close, or is hanging off a hinge, we treat it as an urgent repair. Call and a live person will tell you what time we can be there.
In Forest Hill’s older neighborhoods, most gate posts were set in shallow 24-inch footings that can’t hold in Tarrant County’s expansive clay. The clay swells and shrinks with rain and drought, rocking the post loose again. A lasting fix is pulling the post and setting it at 36 to 42 inches with a wider bell-bottom concrete footing. That’s the repair we recommend here more than any other.
We weld on site, in your driveway. The gate stays on your property, and we don’t haul it off unless the damage is extensive enough that a section genuinely needs rebuilding. Most weld repairs are done the same visit.
Yes, we run the low-voltage power line, ground the opener, and install or replace safety edges and photo sensors. We test the full loop before we call it done, and every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise.
We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. Hal’s crew knows the quirks of each and stocks the common parts so we’re not waiting on a distributor while your gate is down.
If your gate is leaning, stuck, or making a noise it didn’t make last week, call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate. We’ll answer the phone, listen to what’s happening, and give you a straight answer on price and timing. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Forest Hill and the surrounding communities.
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 Forest Hill 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