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Gate repair in Highland Park comes down to one thing more than any other: the ground under your pilasters. North Texas clay moves. Your brick and limestone gate columns move with it. When they shift, your heavy estate gate binds, sags, or refuses to close all the way. We fix the post first, then the gate. Hal Gatewood and his crew have been doing exactly that since 2001, and we answer our own phone 24/7. If your gate is hanging up or your operator is fighting the rack, call Hal at (936) 296-2568 and he’ll tell you what he thinks before he ever comes out.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Highland Park’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Highland Park is different from every town around it. It isn’t just the housing stock, and it isn’t just the price point. It’s the way the town builds: nearly every estate has a formal gated entry, and those gates hang on pilasters that the clay does not leave alone. That means local knowledge matters. A crew coming in from outside town will find the operator and the arms. We find the pilaster that moved.
Hal has been at this since 2001. He’s the guy who will show up, not someone reading a script off a tablet. We serve Highland Park week in and week out. Our customers here are homeowners who have had a national outfit quote one number over the phone and then show up with a different invoice. That doesn’t happen with us. Hal’s name is on the shop, his address is published, and his license number is there for anyone to check. We fix gates here; we don’t pass through.
Every job gets the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Not buried in fine print, not “up to” anything. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. On top of that, we answer the phone with a live person around the clock, every day. You won’t get a voicemail. You’ll get a person who can tell you whether someone can be in Highland Park the same day.
Our Gate Repair Services in Highland Park
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Highland Park typically runs $180 to $420 depending on the operator and what actually failed. We work on LiftMaster and FAAC most often here, since those are what the builders and estate managers spec. If the gate won’t open, we diagnose the operator, the loop detector, and the safety eyes in that order, and we replace only what’s dead. A bad capacitor doesn’t mean you need a whole new board.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates on Highland Park’s narrow shared driveways take abuse. Neighbors, delivery trucks, school drop-off. When a gate stalls mid-cycle or reverses on its own, the issue is often the safety eyes getting knocked out of aim, or a loop detector faulting because a car idles too long on the right-of-way. We service all of it, on site, usually the same day. We carry parts for LiftMaster, BFT, and Linear operators so we don’t have to order and make you wait.
Hinge & Post Repair
This is the repair Highland Park really needs. Hinge and post repair runs $250 to $900 depending on whether we’re resetting a post, fabricating a new leaf, or rebuilding a mortared stone pilaster. A swing gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We cut out what’s loose, pour a new concrete collar, and weld the hinge back in true. The gate stays in your driveway the whole time.
Gate Realignment
Gate realignment in Highland Park costs $150 to $350 in most cases. If your gate latches on one corner and leaves a gap at the other, or if a dry summer opened a gap wide enough for a dog to get through, the post rotated. We re-plumb the post or re-shim the hinges and re-aim the operator arm so the gate closes square and the keypad syncs every time. This is daily work for our crew 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.
Trusted Brands We Service in Highland Park
We’re certified to service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. Around Highland Park, the three we see most are LiftMaster on newer mega-mansion installs, FAAC on older estate swing gates, and BFT underground operators. We keep common boards, caps, and safety eye kits on the truck, so a diagnosis in the morning is usually a working gate by afternoon. If the part is unusual, we’ll tell you that up front and give you a date, not a vague “soon.”
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Highland Park Homes
- Clay heave rotates the hinge post. A dry spell shrinks the soil around the post footing, the post tilts out of plumb, and the gate hits the latch post on the top corner while leaving a thumb-wide gap at the bottom. This is the most common call we get from Beverly Drive to Armstrong Parkway.
- Tree roots fracture slide gate track footings. Mature live oaks and cedar elms push roots under the concrete track bed. The track develops a low spot, the rack and pinion skip teeth, and the gate jerks and binds. We see this on the wider lots where slide gates are the only option.
- Shared driveway loop detector faults. When one lot’s gate automation covers two homes on a private right-of-way, a neighbor’s car idling too long on the loop can fault the system and stall the gate mid-cycle. The fix is usually a timer and sensitivity adjustment, not a whole new board.
- Original ornamental iron fatigues at the welds. Hollow steel and wrought iron from the 1930s corrodes from the inside out at the weld seams. The gate still looks fine until a weld pops. We weld on site, so a 90-year-old gate doesn’t have to leave the property.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Highland Park, TX
Straight numbers, Highland Park market: post and hinge repair runs $250 to $900. Gate realignment is $150 to $350. Electric and automatic operator repair runs $180 to $420. Weld and rust repair starts around $120 and goes up with the amount of fabrication. The low end is a simple hinge re-shim; the high end is a full post reset with a new concrete collar and re-hanging a heavy steel gate. The price is agreed before we start work. It doesn’t change at the door. No trip charge inside the county, and $40 off any repair over $200. We’ll also do a free second opinion on any written estimate from a competitor. Call (936) 296-2568 and Hal will give you real numbers, not a range with a wink.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Park
Highland Park sits inside a tight ring: University Park, Dallas, Plano, and Irving. If you’re in one of those and your gate is down, Gate Repair coverage doesn’t stop at the town line. We run calls across the whole area, and the same pricing and promise applies. You can see more about our work in Highland Park right here.
Serving Highland Park, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Park 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 Repair in Highland Park
Highland Park’s expansive black clay swells in wet winter soil and shrinks in the August heat. That cycle moves the pilaster footing under your gate post by inches. In February the gate swings true. By August the post has rotated and the gate binds. The permanent fix is resetting the post in a deeper concrete collar, not just adjusting the hinges. Call (936) 296-2568 and we’ll tell you what your particular post is doing.
Yes. Highland Park runs its own building department, completely separate from the City of Dallas. A new operator install or pilaster replacement goes through Highland Park’s municipal permit process, not a Dallas permit. Outside crews sometimes skip this, and the town’s inspectors catch it, which means long delays and rework. We handle the permitting paperwork as part of the job, so it isn’t a mystery line item at the end.
Nearly always. The older ornamental gates on Highland Park’s 1930s Tudors and Colonials were hand-forged, and you can’t order replacement pieces. We weld on site, which means the original gate stays in the driveway while we repair or fabricate matching leaves, hinges, and scrollwork. Replacing it with a new gate only happens if the customer insists, and we’ll usually talk you out of it.
The track footing has settled or a root has pushed it out of level. The rack and pinion can’t mesh cleanly, so the drive gear skips teeth and the gate jerks. In Highland Park it’s almost always a footing problem in the dry months, not a gear wear issue. We grind out the low spot, re-level the track, and re-engage the rack. If the track is cracked, we pour and re-set it. Estimates are free at (936) 296-2568.
Usually yes. Shared driveways on Highland Park’s private rights-of-way force two homes through one gate. The photo-eye can’t tell a neighbor’s car from a hazard. We re-aim the sensors, adjust the sensitivity, and often tie in a timer that tells the system to ignore passing traffic while the gate is closing. It’s a settings and placement issue, not a parts failure, and you won’t be charged for a board you didn’t need.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Repair in Highland Park
If your gate is hanging, grinding, or stalling, call Hal at (936) 296-2568. He’ll answer. He’ll ask what the gate is doing, and he’ll give you an honest idea of what the fix costs before he ever rolls a truck. The price we quote is the price you pay, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise means Hal comes back if anything isn’t right. That’s the way we’ve done it since 2001.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Highland Park since 2001.