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When a gate stops opening in Hurst, the problem usually traces back to one of two things: the clay soil under the posts or the age of the gate itself. Most homes here were built between 1955 and 1975, and a lot of those original gates are still hanging, or trying to. Our crews know the difference between a gate that needs new hinges and one that needs its post footing re-cored and re-poured, because we have been making that call in Hurst for years. If your gate is sagging, dragging, or just plain stuck, call Ironworks Gate Co. at (817) 580-8494 and we will get someone out to look at it.
Why Ironworks Gate Co. Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We have earned our standing in Hurst one driveway at a time, on gates that other repair outfits won’t touch. A sagging 1960s ornamental iron swing gate is not a quick parts swap. It is a job that requires knowing how much of the original post can be saved, how deep the new footing needs to go, and how to weld a replacement pintle so the gate closes square for another forty years. Homeowners in Hurst call us because our uniformed, background-checked technicians show up when we say they will, write down a price before any work starts, and leave a written 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job. If it is not right, we come back and make it right. No forms, no arguing. That is the Keystone Standard, and we have applied it to thousands of local gates. A live person answers our phone at (817) 580-8494 any hour of the day or night, so when a gate will not close on a Sunday evening in Hurst, you are not leaving a voicemail.
Victor Salinas, who leads our gate repair work across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, has built the company around one idea: a repair is only done when the homeowner never has to think about that gate again. That philosophy shapes how we diagnose every automatic opener, how we reset every post, and how we weld every cracked hinge on the older gates that define Hurst’s neighborhoods.
Our Gate Repair Services in Hurst
We are not a general handyman service. We work exclusively on driveway and estate gates, from the hinges and welds up through the motors and keypads. Here are the jobs we handle most often in Hurst, particularly across the older homes in 76053 and 76054 where the gates were hung decades before modern safety standards existed.
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gates in Hurst fail in patterns we know well. The control board inside an operator from the 1990s, especially early LiftMaster or FAAC units, will often cook itself under a North Texas summer. No direct replacement board exists for many of those legacy models, so the repair decision becomes: retrofit a new operator head onto the existing post, or replace the entire operator assembly. We give homeowners both options with honest pricing and a recommendation based on the gate’s condition. Most electric gate repairs in Hurst are completed in a single visit.
Automatic Gate Repair
An automatic gate that opens halfway, reverses for no reason, or groans when it moves is a safety concern, not just an annoyance. We service nine major gate-automation brands, including LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule, so whatever is on the driveway in Hurst, the correct diagnosis gets made on the first trip. Weak batteries, failing safety edges, limit switch drift, and gear wear in older operators all respond to the right parts and adjustments. We also check that every automatic gate we touch meets UL 325 safety requirements, which is not a courtesy, it is the law in Texas. A gate that can crush a child or a pet is a gate we will not walk away from.
Hinge & Post Repair
This is the repair that defines Hurst more than any other city in the metro. The original gate posts from the 1950s through the 1970s were often set in footings too shallow for Tarrant County’s expansive black clay. After a wet spring, that clay swells and pushes posts one to two inches out of plumb, sometimes overnight. The hinge side drops, the latch side rises, and the gate starts scraping against the ground or the latch stops catching entirely. We re-core the footing to a proper depth, typically 30 inches here, and re-set the post in concrete with the right diameter and rebar. Then we weld new pintles and realign the gate. It is not the cheapest fix, but it is the one that lasts. A new gate hung on a leaning post will be back out of plumb by the next September.
Gate Realignment
Not every sagging gate in Hurst needs new posts. Sometimes the hinges are simply worn, the gate panel has racked slightly, or the operator’s travel limits have drifted. Our crew recently reset a sagging 1960s ornamental iron swing gate on a ranch home off Pipeline Road in 76053. The original hinge post had migrated two inches out of plumb after a wet spring. We re-cored the post footing to 30 inches, welded new pintles, and realigned the gate so the latch and keypad entry lined up without binding. That gate now closes with a finger’s pressure. Realignment is part craft and part diagnosis, and it is one of the most common calls we run in this city.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst
We are factory-trained and equipped to work on nine automation brands, but in Hurst the mix skews older. We see a lot of Mighty Mule and early LiftMaster operators on the mid-century homes here, along with FAAC and BFT hydraulic units on the larger estate properties that have been updated over the years. Because we service all of them, a board failure on a 1998 LiftMaster does not automatically mean a full system replacement. Our Dallas-Fort Worth parts inventory lets us bring the right components to a Hurst repair call the first time, which saves homeowners a second truck roll. When a direct replacement board no longer exists, we tell you that plainly, along with the retrofit options and their real costs.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Post heave after wet springs. Hurst sits on expansive black clay that swells with winter and spring moisture, then shrinks in the summer heat. Original gate posts without deep footings move one to two inches out of plumb, pulling hinges out of alignment and making latches stop catching. Resetting the post with a deeper footing is the permanent repair.
- Worn pintles and sagging hinges. Gates that swung before the moon landing were built with heavy steel pintles that wear slowly over fifty-plus years. When they wear down, the gate panel drops and drags, and every scrape accelerates hinge and weld fatigue. Replacement pintles and reinforcement plates can restore the original swing geometry.
- Obsolete control boards and burned relays. Older automatic operators from the 1990s and early 2000s, especially early FAAC, LiftMaster, and Mighty Mule models, fail under Hurst’s sustained summer heat. The board overheats, the relay welds closed, or the capacitor blows. When no direct replacement part exists, we present retrofit options with straight numbers.
- Rust through on original iron gates. Fifty years of Texas humidity and summer bake cycles take their toll on ungalvanized ornamental iron. Surface rust can usually be cleaned and treated, but rust through a bottom rail or hinge plate is structural. We weld new steel in where the section is sound and tell you honestly when the panel is too far gone to justify more weld repairs.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Hurst, TX
Here are real numbers for the Hurst market. A hinge tightening with minor realignment typically runs $150 to $280. Replacing a sagging ornamental iron gate on an existing post runs $400 to $900 depending on the gate’s length and weight. A full post reset with re-cored footing, new concrete, and realignment runs $850 to $1,600 per post. Automatic opener repairs like a new control board or limit switch replacement typically run $275 to $650. A complete operator replacement, installed with new safety edges, runs $1,400 to $2,900 depending on the model and whether we are upgrading hydraulic or electromechanical equipment. Welding and rust repair on 1960s-era ornamental iron runs $175 to $500 depending on how much new steel needs to be cut in. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, and we offer free estimates on all Hurst gate repairs. Current standing offers include $50 off any repair over $250 and a 5% discount for seniors and veterans.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Ironworks Gate Co. is the Gate Repair team for Hurst homeowners, and our crews regularly run calls just across the city line into Hurst and the surrounding communities. We also serve Bedford, North Richland Hills, Colleyville, and Euless. If your gate is on the north side of Pipeline Road or across the way near NRH, call us and we will put you on the schedule.
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 Repair in Hurst
The leaning post is the most common gate repair call we run in Hurst, and the cause is the expansive black clay under this part of Tarrant County. Wet springs cause the clay to swell, and if the original post footing was poured shallow, the swelling pushes the post up and sideways by an inch or more almost overnight. Then the summer heat shrinks the clay and the post settles slightly askew. Each seasonal cycle compounds the problem. The permanent fix is to re-core the footing to 30 inches and re-set the post in properly mixed concrete with the right diameter. A post that is doing this repeatedly is telling you that the original installation is too shallow for the soil here. Call (817) 580-8494 and we will come give you an exact price for the reset.
Most of the time, yes. A mid-century ornamental iron gate is usually built from solid steel bar stock thicker than anything sold at the home stores today. The steel is often in good shape; the hinges, latch, and post are what have failed. If the bottom rail is rusted through or multiple vertical pickets have detached from the frame, we can cut in new steel and weld it to match the original pattern. Where we draw the line is when the panel is so corroded that every weld we make just exposes another weak spot. At that point replacement becomes the cheaper answer over five years. We will show you the condition of the steel before we recommend anything.
First thing to know: if the board is visibly burned, do not attempt to re-energize the operator. A failed control board on an older LiftMaster or FAAC unit often means obsolete components, because direct replacement boards for early 1990s models are largely discontinued. Your options are a rebuilt or aftermarket board if one is available for your specific model, a retrofit operator head that mounts to the existing post and arm hardware, or a full operator replacement with current UL 325 safety compliance. We inspect the unit, tell you which options apply, and give you a written price before any work begins. Senior and veteran customers always get 5% off. Call us for a free evaluation.
For a swing gate or a heavy automatic gate in Hurst, we core to a depth of at least 30 inches and set the post in a concrete footing 18 to 24 inches in diameter, depending on the gate’s weight and width. Shallow footings of 18 to 24 inches are the root cause of most of the post heave failures we see on original mid-century installations across 76053 and 76054. The soil here is not just expansive, it is reactive, and a footing that works in sandy loam up north will not hold a 400-pound gate square in Tarrant County black clay. When we reset a post, we dig past the old footing entirely and start fresh. A footing that is properly engineered for this soil is the difference between resetting the post once and watching it lean again after the next wet spring.
UL 325 is the federal safety standard for automatic gate operators, and it applies to every automatic gate that opens and closes under power, regardless of when it was installed. The standard sets requirements for safety devices like presence sensors, reversing edges, and force limits. A 1960s or 1970s home in Hurst may now have an automatic operator retrofitted onto a gate that predates the standard, and that operator is still required to meet UL 325. If we touch your automatic gate for any repair, we check that the safety edges are functioning and the force settings are correct. We will not knowingly leave a gate operating in a way that could injure someone. That is not just company policy; it is state law in Texas.
Call Ironworks Gate Co. for Gate Repair in Hurst
The gate on a Hurst home has one job: to open when you ask and close securely behind you. When it stops doing that job, you want a local crew that knows why Hurst gates fail and how to fix them so they stay fixed. We have been doing that work for over 42 years, and every job we do in this city carries our written 90-Day Done Right Promise. A square deal, an upfront price, and a phone answered by a live person, day or night. Call (817) 580-8494 for a free estimate on any gate repair in Hurst.
Written by Victor Salinas, Owner at Ironworks Gate Co., serving Hurst gate repair customers across Tarrant County.