Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
The assessment is free and the quote is the invoice.
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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Arlington
A gate that won’t open or a post that’s leaning hard toward the driveway isn’t something you can put off in Arlington. Most gate repair calls we handle across the city fall into two buckets: a motor or control board that quit, or a post and hinge assembly that’s shifted out of alignment. Both are fixable, usually same week, and always with a written price before anything gets touched. If your gate is down right now, call (817) 510-4183 and a live person answers, day or night.
We know Arlington’s gates because we work on them every week, from the ranch-style driveways off Pioneer Parkway to the ornamental iron entries in Viridian. The soil here moves. The summers bake. The storms hit hard. That’s not background noise, it’s the reason most Arlington gates fail the way they do, and it changes how we diagnose and price the repair.
Key takeaways:
- Written price before any work starts, no exceptions.
- Most hinge, post, and realignment repairs in Arlington run $240-$680.
- Electric gate repairs typically run $180-$450 depending on the part.
- Documented photo record on every visit, left with you and filed in our job record.
- 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the repair isn’t right, we make it right, no fee.
Why Vance Gate Repair Irving Is Arlington’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We’re not the newest gate company in Arlington and we don’t pretend to be. What we are is the one that writes the price down before the first tool comes off the truck. That simple habit, which our founder Adrian Vance carried over from commercial access-control work, is why Arlington homeowners keep our number. You’ll know the cost before you approve the repair. No phone call later with a higher number.
Adrian Vance started this company in 2014 after years of documenting commercial gate systems in Dallas-Fort Worth, where wiring diagrams and photo logs were standard practice. That documentation habit now applies to every residential gate we touch in Arlington. Before our technician leaves, you get a photo log of what was found, what was adjusted, and what was installed, plus a written record of part numbers. Future repairs don’t require guessing.
Our Arlington customers call us because the gates here are older, the soil is aggressive, and the problems are rarely simple. A 1985 swing gate with a worn hinge post isn’t fixed by tightening a bolt. It needs the post pulled, the footing inspected, and a decision about whether the concrete below is still doing its job. We name what we found in plain language, show you the photo, and hand you a written scope with a flat price. That’s how we’ve built our reputation across Arlington, one documented job at a time.
Our Gate Repair team dispatches to Arlington from our Dallas-Fort Worth metro office, with crews who know the neighborhoods and the failure patterns here. A live person answers the phone 24/7, so if your gate fails at 6 a.m. before work or midnight after a storm, you’ll speak to a human being, not a voicemail tree.
Our Gate Repair Services in Arlington
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Arlington usually means a control board, a limit switch, or a motor capacitor, in that order. We service nine automation brands, including FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, so we repair what’s already on your property rather than steering you toward a replacement. If your opener is dead after a storm, we check the surge damage first. Arlington’s thunderstorm season produces more fried control boards than any other single failure we see. Most electric gate repairs in Arlington run $180-$450, and we stock common boards and capacitors locally so we’re not waiting on a warehouse.
Automatic Gate Repair
An automatic gate that opens partway, reverses for no reason, or won’t respond to the remote is almost always a sensor, a travel limit, or a logic board issue. In Arlington, we also see a specific pattern: gates installed before UL 325 safety standards were enforced often lack photo-eyes or proper edge sensors. We can retrofit entrapment protection onto a working legacy operator, which matters on any gate near a sidewalk, school route, or park access. Automatic gate repair in Arlington typically falls between $220-$500, and we photograph every setting change so the next technician sees exactly what was set.
Hinge & Post Repair
This is the most Arlington repair there is. The city sits on Blackland Prairie clay, and that clay shrinks during the brutal North Texas summers. A post set in a shallow or narrow footing will tilt outward as the soil pulls away, dragging the gate down with it. We see this every August: sagging panels, latches that miss by an inch, hinges pulling out of wood posts that have been rotting at the soil line since the Reagan administration. Hinge and post repair in Arlington ranges from $240-$680, depending on whether we can reset an existing post or need to pour a new, deeper footing.
Gate Realignment
A gate that drags on the driveway or won’t latch is rarely just a hinge issue. In Arlington, it’s usually the post that moved, not the gate. Realignment means diagnosing why the geometry shifted, then correcting it. Sometimes that’s shimming and adjusting hinges. More often, especially on Arlington’s clay, it means resetting the post or replacing a rotted one entirely. Gate realignment in Arlington runs $200-$450 when the structure is sound, and more when the post or footing needs reconstruction. We’ll show you the photo of the post base before we recommend the fix.
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.
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We work on what’s already on your property. That means LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. In Arlington specifically, we see a lot of legacy FAAC and Viking operators on older estate gates, plus plenty of BFT and Linear units on commercial and HOA entries. Because we service nine automation brands rather than one, we don’t have a reason to tell you to replace a working motor. We keep common boards, capacitors, and limit switches for these brands stocked for Arlington calls, which shortens turnaround when a part fails.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Arlington Homes
- Summer post lean from clay shrinkage. Arlington’s Blackland Prairie clay contracts hard in 100-degree drought conditions, pulling away from concrete footings and letting gate posts tilt outward. The gate sags, scrapes the driveway, and the latch stops catching. The fix is usually a deeper, wider footing, not just more concrete around the old one.
- Rotted wood posts on pre-1990 homes. The bulk of Arlington’s housing stock was built between the late 1960s and early 1990s. Many of those drive-through wood gate posts are still original, and they rot at the soil line where moisture sits against the wood. Hinge screws pull out, and even a healthy gate panel drops.
- Storm-bent iron hinge posts in HOA communities. Newer communities like Viridian have ornamental iron gates and automated slide gates. Arlington’s severe thunderstorms, with straight-line winds at 60 to 80 mph, bend unbraced hinge posts and knock slide gates off their tracks. We reset and brace these posts to handle the next storm, not just this one.
- Legacy operators without modern entrapment safety. Many Arlington gates were automated before UL 325 requirements became standard. Those systems may lack photo-eyes or proper reversing edges. We can retrofit safety sensors onto a working older operator, which matters on any gate near a sidewalk, a school, or an entertainment district access lane. Older control boards also fail after freeze events, like the February 2021 storm that cracked hydraulic operators and seized water-exposed hardware across the city.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Arlington, TX
We write the price down before any work starts, so you’ll never get a surprise invoice. Here’s what Arlington homeowners can expect for common repairs:
- Electric gate diagnostics and minor part repair: $180-$280
- Control board or capacitor replacement: $260-$450
- Hinge or bracket repair: $150-$350
- Post reset and realignment: $300-$550
- New 36-inch-deep footing with rebar cage: $480-$680
- Safety photocell retrofit: $220-$380 per pair
- Full hinge and post reconstruction on a double swing gate: $650-$1,100
What moves the price in Arlington is the soil. A gate that’s leaning because of clay shrinkage needs footing work, not just a hinge adjustment. A gate that’s simply out of level because the wood frame has sagged might only need hardware. We’ll show you the difference before we quote, and the number you approve is the number you pay. Estimates are free, the written price is binding, and our 365-Day Done Right Promise means if something isn’t right within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge.
We Also Serve Cities Near Arlington
Our crews handle Gate Repair in Arlington and the surrounding corridors daily, including Grand Prairie, Hurst, Bedford, and Euless. If you’re on the edge of Arlington or managing a property that straddles city lines, the same documented process applies, written price first, photo record when we leave.
Serving Arlington, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Arlington 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 Arlington
The post is in concrete, but the concrete isn’t deep enough or wide enough for Arlington’s Blackland Prairie clay. That clay shrinks dramatically in summer drought, pulling away from the footing and letting the post tilt. We routinely find original footings on Arlington homes that are 18 inches deep, which is far too shallow. The durable fix is a 36-inch-deep, 24-inch-wide footing with a rebar cage, which anchors below the shrink-swell zone. A shallow patch won’t hold. Call (817) 510-4183 for a written assessment and exact price.
It depends on what froze, and we’ll tell you honestly after a diagnostic. If water pooled in the housing and cracked a hydraulic component, repair may cost more than the unit is worth. If the board or capacitor failed, that’s usually a straightforward part swap in the $180-$450 range. We repair nine brands including FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, so we’re not looking to replace a unit we can fix. Call (817) 510-4183 and we’ll give you the answer with part numbers and a written price.
Probe the wood at the soil line. If it’s soft, spongy, or crumbles when you press with a screwdriver, the post is rotted and the hinge is pulling through compromised wood. If the wood is solid but the post tilts, it’s a footing problem. Both are common on Arlington’s 1970s and 1980s ranch homes. We’ll demonstrate the difference with photos before we recommend anything. Call (817) 510-4183 for a free on-site evaluation.
Yes. Any automated gate near pedestrian traffic, whether it’s hotel access lanes around AT&T Stadium, parking structure entrances near Globe Life Field, or a residential gate near a sidewalk, needs working photo-eyes and a proper reversing edge. Many older systems around Arlington were installed before UL 325 entrapment standards, and commercial property managers in the entertainment corridor are increasingly requiring safety retrofits. We handle the documentation for that too. Call (817) 510-4183 to discuss your property’s requirements.
Arlington’s severe thunderstorms bring straight-line winds strong enough to flex an unbraced gate or bend the hinge post it rides on, and once the geometry shifts, the gate leaves the track. We see this most often on ornamental iron gates in HOA communities like Viridian, where the gate is heavier and the wind load is higher. The fix is to reset the track, brace the posts, and verify the rollers and guides are within spec. We’ll photograph the post before and after so you can see the correction. Call (817) 510-4183 for a written price.
Call Vance Gate Repair Irving for Gate Repair in Arlington, TX
If your gate is down, leaning, noisy, or simply not working the way it should, call us at (817) 510-4183. A live person answers, we schedule a time that works for you, and the technician arrives with a name, a photo, and a written-price policy. You’ll know the cost before we start, you’ll get a photo record before we leave, and you’ll have a full year to hold us to our work. That’s the standard on every Arlington gate we touch.
Written by Adrian Vance, Owner at Vance Gate Repair Irving, serving Arlington, TX since 2014.
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