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FAAC Welding & Fabrication: The University Park Owner’s Guide

We stock and install FAAC-compatible welding and fabrication parts across University Park, with most hinge, bracket, and gate frame repairs running $180 to $450 installed and finished same-day when we have the part on the truck. Owners usually discover a failed part the hard way: a gate that suddenly drags on the driveway, an opener that strains and trips its breaker, or a hinge post that leans a few degrees more than it did last spring. If your FAAC gate groans when it moves or the welds at the hinge points are cracked through, you’re in the right place. Hal Gatewood has been welding gates in this part of Dallas since 2001, and we fix the part that failed rather than telling you to replace the whole gate.

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Which FAAC Models This Applies To

FAAC gate operators are built to last, but the welded steel and aluminum around them takes a beating in Texas weather. The welding and fabrication work we do applies to FAAC swing gate operators in the 390, 400, 412, 415, 770, and 884 series, plus the C720 and S418 slide operator lines. The compatibility gotcha most owners miss: FAAC swing arm brackets are machined for specific mounting hole patterns, and a bracket from a 390 will not bolt cleanly onto a 412 without field modification. Measure the distance between mounting holes before you order anything. We match OEM FAAC weldments when the gate frame or post bracket is load-bearing, and we’ll tell you plainly when a quality aftermarket equivalent does the same job for less. If you can read the model number off the silver tag on the operator housing, that saves us a trip to identify what we’re working with.

Signs Your FAAC Welding & Fabrication Is Failing

• Gate sags at the hinge side. The hinge post leans or the hinge weld has cracked. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start looking. If the post moves when you push the gate, the weld has already failed below the surface.
• The opener trips its breaker or thermal overload. A bent or cracked mounting bracket puts the operator arm out of alignment, forcing the motor to fight the gate on every cycle. FAAC motors are tough, but they’ll cook themselves trying to move a gate with a bad bracket.
• Fresh rust streaks run down from bracket welds. That’s water getting into a crack that started as a hairline. In University Park we get enough rain and humidity that a cracked weld starts rusting within a season, and rust widens the crack every freeze-thaw cycle we get.
• The gate scrapes the driveway or a concrete runner. Usually the hinge side has dropped a half inch or more. Welding a shim under the hinge or re-setting the post brings it back to level without replacing the gate leaf.
• You can see daylight through a weld joint. If a mounting tab has separated from the gate frame or the post bracket is pulling away from the column, that’s a fatigue failure waiting to drop the gate. We’ve seen gates fall off brick columns in University Park when a bracket weld let go entirely.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In University Park, most FAAC welding and fabrication repairs land between $180 and $450 installed, and that’s the price we quote before the first bead goes down. What drives the range: whether we’re welding a hinge bracket back onto a steel frame versus re-setting a hinge post in fresh concrete, how much grinding and prep the old weld needs, and whether we’re fabricating a new bracket from stock or installing an OEM FAAC part. Labor for on-site welding typically runs $95 to $140 per hour, and we quote the job, not the hour, so you know the total before we strike an arc. Every weld job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right, we make it right. One call brings Hal back, no runaround. We’re an independent shop, not affiliated with FAAC, but we service their equipment daily and know which aftermarket parts hold up and which to skip.

Key Takeaways

• Most FAAC welding repairs in University Park run $180 to $450 installed.
• We quote the full price before starting, and that price doesn’t change when the job’s done.
• Same-day completion is common when we have the part on the truck.
• Every job includes the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
• Calls are answered by a live person, 24/7: (936) 296-2568.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check a few things before you call: see if the hinge post moves when you shove the gate, look for cracked or rust-streaked welds at every bracket and hinge point, and watch the opener arm while the gate cycles to spot misalignment. What you shouldn’t do is weld FAAC operator brackets yourself. These brackets hold spring-loaded and motor-driven tension, and a cold or under-penetrated weld will fail catastrophically, taking the gate, the operator, and possibly a car or a grandkid with it. Gate frames and posts are heavy, and the gate is under load even when it’s sitting still. If you suspect a failed weld on any load-bearing part, call us at (936) 296-2568. We’ll send someone who welds gates every week, and we won’t tell you to replace a part that just needs a proper bead run on it.

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