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FAAC Gate Parts & Welding in Southlake: What to Know First

We provide independent FAAC gate parts and welding in Southlake, with most hinge, roller, and weld repairs completed in a single visit. A typical FAAC parts-and-welding job runs $300 to $900, and every estimate is settled before we touch a tool. If your FAAC gate is sagging, grinding, or refusing to close, call (817) 580-8494 and a live person answers, day or night.

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This page is for Southlake homeowners whose FAAC opener is still doing its job but whose gate itself has given up: hinges worn oval, posts leaning, welds cracked, rollers gone flat. We’re an independent FAAC service provider, not an authorized dealer, which means we make repair decisions based on what’s right for the gate, not what a manufacturer program tells us to push.

How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

FAAC builds a solid operator. The 400 series and newer 770 and 391 models are common across Southlake driveways, and we service all of them. But the operator is only half the machine. The steel it moves is where the trouble usually starts.

• Hinge wear on heavy ornamental gates. Southlake estates favor full-height steel gates, often 14 to 18 feet long and north of 800 pounds. The factory hinges on these take a beating. We see hinge pins worn into an oval shape, especially on the bottom hinge where gravity loads up. The symptom is a gate that starts scraping the ground or a FAAC operator that trips its obstruction sensing and reverses mid-cycle. The fix is hinge replacement, often with heavier-duty barrel hinges or adjustable weld-on hinges, then re-hanging the gate so the operator isn’t fighting steel that’s out of square.
• Cracked welds at the operator mounting plate. The FAAC 770 and 391 bolt to a steel plate welded to the gate frame. Over years of open-and-close cycles, that plate can crack at the weld line, usually where the plate meets the top rail. The operator keeps running, but the gate shudders on startup and the mounting bolts loosen every few weeks. We grind out the old weld, re-weld the plate, add a gusset if the gate design allows, and the shudder goes away.
• Post lean from clay soil movement. North Texas clay expands and contracts with every wet-dry season. Gate posts set years ago without deep concrete footings slowly lean, and the gate starts dragging at the latch side. A FAAC operator grinding against that drag will burn through its limit-switch cycles and eventually fault out. We straighten or replace the post, set it below the frost line with proper concrete, and the operator stops fighting the ground.
• Flat rollers on sliding FAAC systems. Sliding gates running on FAAC operators, especially the 844 series, ride on steel rollers that flatten over time on the bottom edge. The gate begins to bounce or stutter, and the operator’s motor draws more current. The gears inside the FAAC gearbox pay the price. Replacing worn rollers before they damage the operator costs a few hundred dollars. Replacing a burned-out FAAC motor costs considerably more.
• Latch and lock misalignment after welding repairs. After any significant weld work or hinge replacement, the gate tends to settle into a slightly new position. A mechanical latch that worked for fifteen years suddenly won’t catch, and the FAAC operator’s magnetic lock won’t align. We re-align latches, adjust striker plates, and shim mag locks as the final step on every FAAC repair, because a gate that closes on a misaligned lock will keep faulting the operator.

Our FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Process

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   You call (817) 580-8494. A live person answers, we ask what the gate is doing, and we schedule a visit that fits your day. No automated menu, no waiting on hold.
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   We inspect the whole gate, not just the symptom. A FAAC gate that sags is usually a hinge problem, but we check the posts, the roller track, and the operator mounting before we quote anything. Victor Salinas grew up near Southlake Town Square and he’s been doing this long enough to know a worn bottom hinge from a bent post by how the gate sits.
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   We quote the work, parts and labor, before we start. We walk you through what’s worn, what needs replacing, and what can wait. If an OEM FAAC part makes sense, we use it. If a quality aftermarket part does the same job for less, we tell you and let you decide.
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   We do the repair. Welding, hinge replacement, post work, roller swaps, latch alignment, whatever the gate needs. Most jobs finish in a single visit.
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   We test the gate through full cycles. Open, close, obstruction detection, safety loops, the works. We don’t leave until the FAAC operator runs the gate smoothly.
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   You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, we come back and make it right. No paperwork, no arguing.

What FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Costs in Southlake

Here are honest numbers for the FAAC work we do most often in Southlake:

• Hinge replacement (pair, ornamental gate): $350 - $700
• Post replacement with concrete footing: $600 - $1,400
• Weld repair at operator mounting plate: $250 - $500
• Custom welding (crack repair, reinforcement, bracket fab): $200 - $800 depending on scope
• Roller replacement for sliding FAAC gates: $180 - $400 per set
• Latch and lock re-alignment after repair: $120 - $300

What moves the price is gate size, steel thickness, and how far the post has moved. A light single gate that just needs hinges is a different job than an 18-foot ornamental that needs a post re-set. We quote the full price before any work begins, and estimates are free. Call (817) 580-8494 and we’ll give you a number you can plan around.

Why Southlake Homeowners Call Ironworks Gate Co. for FAAC Work

We’ve been doing gate work in this area for over 42 years, and we’ve watched a lot of companies come and go. We’re still here because we write a 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job and we honor it without making you argue for it. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and trained on nine gate-automation brands: FAAC, LiftMaster, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. That matters on a FAAC job because when the problem turns out to be the operator rather than the steel, we don’t have to call somebody else. We fix what’s broken, whatever brand it turns out to be.

And a live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail. Not a service that says someone will call you back. A person in our office, ready to help. That’s how we’ve done it since 1984, and that’s how we’ll do it for the next 42 years.

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