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Gate access control repair in Hurst usually costs $140-$320 for most keypad, remote, or intercom fixes, with full new smart-access installs running $650-$1,800 depending on the gate and wiring. Most jobs we do in Hurst are done the same week, and emergency no-power or stuck-gate calls get a live person on the line right away at (817) 241-4067. If you’re in Hurst and the gate keypad went dark or the remote quit, you want somebody who knows the older iron and wood gates on this side of the Mid-Cities, not a guy reading a manual on his phone in your driveway. Hal Gatewood has been doing this since 2001, and the name is on the shop.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Access Control Company
Hurst is almost entirely built out with 1960s through 1980s tract homes, which means most of the driveway and side-yard gates we touch are 40 to 60 years old. That’s our daily bread. We’re not replacing equipment that still has life in it, and we don’t send someone out who’s never worked on a gate that predates the wireless keypad. Our Gate Access Control crew has spent years on Hurst’s specific older stock, and we know what’s behind the keypad housing before we open it. Hal’s shop is a short drive from anywhere in town. He answers his own phone. If you want to verify the name and address before you hire, you can. That’s the whole point.
Customers in Hurst call us after a bad experience with a national outfit that quoted one price on the phone and changed it at the door. Hal doesn’t do that. You get a written price before work starts, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is printed on the invoice. If it isn’t right, one call brings him back. No dispatcher queue, no runaround. The person who shows up in Hurst is background-checked and uniformed, and the company has been servicing Gate Access Control in Hurst long enough that the local hardware store knows our trucks.
Our Gate Access Control Services in Hurst
Every access system on a Hurst gate has to survive two things: Texas heat and Tarrant County clay. We size and wire everything with both in mind. Here’s the bulk of what we do in Hurst.
Keypad Entry
Keypads are the most common access point on Hurst side gates and driveway gates, and they fail in predictable patterns. Sun-cracked keypad faces, corroded contact pads from years of wet fingers, and thin PVC wiring runs from original 1970s installs that short out after a hard freeze. In Hurst, we regularly find keypads that work fine until the gate post shifts a couple inches in wet clay, and then the wiring harness gets pulled just enough to lose connection. We replace keypads, run new weatherproof conduit, and square the gate so the problem doesn’t come back in the next wet spring.
Remote Control
Remotes that quit in Hurst are rarely just dead batteries. The operator receiver on a 40-year-old gate has been cooking in a steel housing in 100-degree heat for decades. Capacitors dry out. Antenna wire corrodes. And when a gate post heaves out of square, the operator binds mid-travel and sucks more current, which burns receiver boards faster than anything else. We rebuild operators where it makes sense and pair new remotes only after the gate moves freely. Reprogramming a remote onto a binding gate is throwing money at a symptom.
Phone Entry
Phone entry systems let you buzz open the gate from your cell, and they’re a godsend on Hurst homes where the driveway gate predates the smartphone by 30 years. We retrofit existing operators with phone-entry modules rather than replacing the whole gate operator. On older 120V systems, we check the circuit, the conduit, and the post alignment before we mount anything new. A phone entry box wired into a gate that racks out of square in clay season will work for a month and then fail, and we’d rather not be the company that sells you that.
Card Reader
Card readers show up more on Hurst rental properties, small offices, and homeowner associations than on single-family homes, but we service plenty of them. The weak link is almost always the wiring run, not the reader itself. In older Hurst installs, card reader cabling was often buried without conduit and spliced with wire nuts that eventually wick moisture. We replace runs, mount readers properly, and program cards while we’re there. You don’t pay for a second trip.
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 Hurst
We stock parts and programming for the brands that actually show up on Hurst gates, and we service them all. Ghost Controls and Mighty Mule are common on the older residential driveway gates around here. DoorKing and Elite show up frequently on Hurst HOA entrances and small commercial lots. Whatever is on your gate, we can usually get the part the same week and install it without ordering a full kit you don’t need. Hal is certified on nine major gate brands, and if the brand on your gate is one he doesn’t stock, he’ll tell you before we start and give you options.
Common Gate Access Control Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Clay heave tilting the hinge post and knocking the keypad sync out. Hurst sits on Tarrant County’s shrink-swell black clay, and when it rains, that clay swells and moves posts laterally. A keypad that works only sometimes, or only when the gate is fully open, is often a post that migrated two or three inches over a decade. The keypad didn’t fail; the ground moved.
- Builder-grade operators wired without weatherproof conduit. In the few newer infill builds around Hurst, developers cut corners on low-voltage wiring. The first hard freeze kills the keypad or card reader circuit because moisture got into thin PVC. We run proper weatherproof conduit and install gear rated for North Texas winters.
- Loop detectors false-tripping on racked slide gates. As clay moves the track or roller posts on a slide gate, the gate binds mid-travel, and the loop detector reads that bind as an obstruction. The gate reverses, the remote stops working, and the homeowner thinks the operator is dead. It’s usually a post and track problem, not a board problem.
- Safety photocells losing alignment and locking out access control. When an aging gate post shifts even a fraction of an inch, the safety beam falls out of line. The gate refuses to close or cycles back open, and the access system looks dead. We realign, replace, and often repour the post footing if the heave is bad enough.
Pricing for Gate Access Control in Hurst, TX
Here are straight dollar ranges for the work we do in Hurst, quoted before we start and honored when the job is done:
- Keypad replacement or repair: $140-$320
- Remote control programming or replacement: $90-$190
- Phone entry module install: $450-$1,100
- Card reader replacement or new install: $250-$750
- Full smart access retrofit on an existing gate: $650-$1,800
- Post footing rebuild with bell-bottom pier (clay heave repair): $400-$900
The post footing number matters. A keypad repair in Hurst that is actually a clay-heave post fix runs more than a simple keypad swap, and we tell you that before we dig. The price you agree to is the price you pay. Senior and veteran customers get 10% off permanently, any repair over $200 gets $40 off, there’s no trip charge inside the county, and we’ll give you a free second opinion on any written estimate from another company. Call (817) 241-4067 and Hal will work up the price with you before anyone touches the gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
If you’re just outside Hurst, we cover the surrounding Mid-Cities too. We run calls in North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, and Haltom City, and the same local pricing and 90-Day Done Right Promise apply. Same live person on the phone, same owner-operated shop behind every invoice, whether the gate is on a Hurst side yard or a Colleyville acreage.
Serving Hurst, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hurst 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 Access Control in Hurst
In most Hurst yards, the keypad itself is fine. The real problem is Tarrant County black clay, which swells after heavy spring rain and moves the hinge post laterally by two or three inches. That movement pulls the gate out of square and can yank or pinch the keypad wiring harness enough to drop the signal. If it’s been happening every wet spring for years, the fix is usually a post footing rebuild with a wider bell-bottom pier, not another keypad. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll check the post movement before selling you parts.
Yes, and we do it often. The gate doesn’t need to be replaced, and the operator doesn’t necessarily either. What we need to check first is whether the existing hinge post and frame can hold alignment through a wet-dry clay cycle. If the post is sound and the gate swings true, we can add an operator and a phone entry module, and run new low-voltage wiring in weatherproof conduit. Budget $1,200-$2,400 for motorizing a manual gate with phone entry, depending on gate size and power access. Hal will quote it before we start.
Block the beam with your hand while the gate is closing. It should stop and reverse within about a second. If it doesn’t, or if it reverses constantly even when nothing is in the path, the photocells are out of alignment or dead. On Hurst gates with racked posts, alignment drifts every time the clay shifts. That’s not a job to ignore; a gate that reverses unpredictably is a hazard to kids and cars. Call us and we’ll test the photocells, realign them, and tell you honestly whether the post is the problem behind the beam.
The grinding is the gate binding against the track or the rack as the ground shifts under the post. Once the resistance gets high enough, the operator draws more current than the receiver board can handle, and the remote stops responding. It’s the same story as the keypad: Tarrant County clay moves the post, the post moves the gate, and the electronics get blamed. We fix the post and track first, then the remote. You can pay for a new board first if you want, but it’ll fail again next wet cycle.
Often, yes. If the operator still runs smooth after we square the gate and check the motor, we can add a smart controller that works with your phone, a video intercom, or a keypad. The operator doesn’t know the difference. The catch is the wiring and the post. If the gate is racked and the operator is fighting it, a smart system just watches the failure happen. We’ll tell you if the operator can handle it after we run it through a full cycle with the current draw on a meter. Estimate for the smart module and install is usually $500-$900 on top of any post or wiring work.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Hurst Gate Access Control
If the keypad went dead on Shady Lane or the remote quit out near Central Park, call (817) 241-4067 and talk to a real person who knows Hurst gates. Hal has been doing this since 2001, his name is on the shop, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every invoice. The estimate is free, the price is set before we start, and the person who shows up has done this exact job a thousand times on the older gates that fill this town’s side yards.
Written by Hal Gatewood, owner of Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Hurst and the Mid-Cities with owner-operated gate access control, welding, and repair since 2001.