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Gate repair in Far North Dallas usually costs between $185 and $650 depending on whether you’re dealing with a sagging ornamental iron panel, a dead operator board, or a pillar that’s shifted on the clay. Most of the calls we take from Bent Tree, Prestonwood, and the Preston Road corridor are for gates installed in the 1980s and 1990s that have simply reached the end of their mechanical patience. If your gate is grinding, binding, or refusing to close, call (936) 296-2568 and a live person answers. We work in Far North Dallas every week, so we know the gates, the soil, and the HOAs out here.
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 Far North Dallas Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001 because he kept seeing gates that had been “fixed” by somebody who swapped a part and left the real problem standing there. That still drives how we work. When you call about a gate in Prestonwood or along Hillcrest Road, you’re talking to a locally owned shop where the owner’s name is on the invoice and the phone is answered by a person, not a menu tree. We repair gates on site. That means the welding happens in your driveway, the panel stays on your property, and you can watch the work if you want to.
Far North Dallas homeowners tell us the same things: they’re tired of national outfits that quote one number on the phone and show up with another, and they want a company whose address they can verify. Ours is published. Our license number is published. We carry proper insurance and bonding, and every person who shows up is background-checked and in uniform. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every job we do. If it isn’t right, we come back and make it right. That’s not a warranty buried in fine print. That’s the agreement.
We service nine major gate brands, including FAAC, BFT, and Linear, so the odds your operator is one we already know are high. And because we’re based right here in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro with crews serving Far North Dallas daily, we’re not passing through. We’re down the road.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Far North Dallas
Gate Repair
A sagging gate in Far North Dallas is almost never a hinge problem. It’s almost always a post problem. The posts were set in Blackland Prairie clay 30 or 40 years ago, and that clay has moved more than the gate has. We fix the post, not just the panel, because fixing the panel without the post means you’ll fix it twice. Learn more about our gate repair in Far North Dallas.
Gate Installation
New gate installation in Far North Dallas means matching your existing brick or stone pilasters, your HOA’s requirements if you have one, and the style of the homes around you. We measure everything, quote a fixed price in writing, and schedule the work so you know what’s happening before anything starts. Learn more about our gate installation in Far North Dallas.
Gate Motor & Opener
Operators on Far North Dallas gates are often original to the 1980s or 1990s, and the sustained summer heat here accelerates board failure, wiring insulation breakdown, and battery degradation. We repair operators first and replace only when a board is genuinely obsolete. Learn more about our gate motor and opener service in Far North Dallas.
Gate Access Control
HOA entry monuments along the Dallas North Tollway corridor and in gated communities throughout Far North Dallas rely on mag-lock systems, keypads, and telephone entry boards. Smaller shops often can’t handle the licensed low-voltage side of this work. We can. We’ll troubleshoot the access system end to end and tell you honestly whether the board, the wiring, or the power supply is the culprit.
Gate Parts & Welding
We weld on site. A cracked ornamental iron picket, a sheared hinge plate, a rusted-through bottom rail: these are repairs we make in your driveway so the gate never leaves your sight. We also keep or can quickly source parts for most major brands, including Viking and FAAC operators and their accessory hardware.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Far North Dallas
We work throughout Far North Dallas, from the estate corridors west of the Tollway to the neighborhoods east of Hillcrest. Typical response time in the area is same-day or next-day for repair calls, and we’ll give you a firm window before we head out.
- Bent Tree
- Prestonwood
- Far North Dallas proper (75248, 75287)
- Northwood Hills
- The Preston Road corridor
Why Far North Dallas’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Far North Dallas sits on some of the deepest expansive clay in the metroplex. The locals call it black gumbo. It swells during wet winters and cracks during drought summers, and the gate posts set in it don’t stay put. A post can shift two or three inches between March and August, and that’s enough to bind a swing gate mid-arc even when the operator and electronics test perfectly. After the extreme drought-rebound cycle of 2022 and 2023, we saw clusters of this in Bent Tree and Prestonwood: brick pilaster foundations heaved just enough that gates wouldn’t complete a close cycle. The fix required post leveling and re-anchoring, not a new operator board. A shop that only swaps parts would have sold those homeowners a board they didn’t need. We don’t work that way.
There’s another factor specific to this part of Dallas. Most of the automated driveway gates here went in during the 1980s and 1990s building boom, when custom brick homes on deep lots came with ornamental iron swing gates as standard features. That means a huge number of gates in Far North Dallas are now 30 to 40 years old, all aging on the same timeline. Operator boards fail. Hinge pins wear. Ornamental iron corrodes at the bottom rail. The demand pattern is different from newer suburbs a few miles north; out there, gates are newer and failures are sporadic. Here, it’s a wave. That’s why we keep crews scheduled in Far North Dallas constantly. The infrastructure is hitting failure simultaneously, and we’re set up for it.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Far North Dallas
Gate repair pricing in Far North Dallas depends on what’s actually wrong, which is why we give you a fixed number before any work starts. Here are the ranges we typically see:
- Service call and diagnosis: $0 trip charge inside the county, $85-$125 for the visit if outside
- Hinge or weld repair: $150-$350
- Operator board replacement: $275-$650 depending on brand
- Post re-leveling and re-anchoring: $400-$900 depending on access and conditions
- Full operator replacement: $800-$1,800 installed
Every quote is written, and the price you agree to is the price you pay. No surprise line items at the door. Call (936) 296-2568 and we’ll talk through what you’re seeing and give you an honest range before we even schedule the visit.
Service Area - Cities Near Far North Dallas
While this page covers Far North Dallas, we also work regularly in Gate Repair in University Park, Gate Repair in Dallas, Gate Repair in Plano, and Gate Repair in Irving. If you’re in one of those areas, the same live-answer phone and the same 90-Day promise apply.
Serving Far North Dallas, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Far North Dallas 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 Far North Dallas
Most gate repairs in Far North Dallas run between $185 and $650, with post re-leveling on the higher end. The cost depends on whether it’s a weld repair, an operator board, or a structural issue with the post. Call (936) 296-2568 and describe what’s happening; we’ll give you a straight range and a free estimate before any work is authorized.
In most cases, yes. We keep crews working in Far North Dallas throughout the week, so same-day or next-day service is common for repair calls. We’ll give you a real arrival window, not a four-hour spread, and a live person will answer when you call to check in.
Yes, and in Far North Dallas this is often a post or clay issue, not an operator issue. If the gate tests electrically fine but physically binds partway through its arc, you need a post-leveling specialist as much as a gate tech. We’ll tell you which problem you actually have and fix the right thing.
We inspect the full gate: posts, hinges, panel, operator, safety edges, and power. Then we tell you what’s wrong, what it costs to fix, and what can wait. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. No exceptions. Call (936) 296-2568 to schedule.
Yes. The mag-lock and keypad systems on HOA monuments throughout Far North Dallas require licensed low-voltage work, and we’re set up for it. We troubleshoot the board, the power supply, and the locks themselves, then give you a written repair plan with a fixed number.
If your gate is sagging, stuck, or just making a sound it never made before, call (936) 296-2568. You’ll get a live person who knows Far North Dallas gates. We’ll give you a free estimate, a straight answer, and a price that doesn’t change when we pull into the driveway.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal founded the company in 2001 and still shows up on job sites because the name on the shop is his.
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 Far North Dallas Customers Say
"Hundred and forty feet of cedar privacy fence, all posts set in concrete, all of it dead level on ground that is anything but. He walked the line with me twice before a single hole was dug."
- Judith Stallworth"He came out in the snow to get our gate closed after a delivery lorry clipped it, then came back in the spring to do the proper repair when the ground had thawed. Only charged for the second visit."
- Ingrid Solheim"Fitted a keypad and an intercom so my mother can let carers in without coming down the drive. He set it up and then made her practise with it until she was comfortable."
- Lucinda Marchbanks