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Most gate failures in Argyle are not mysteries. The hinge tears loose from the post. The rack on a slide gate strips. The weld holding the latch bracket gives out. We’ve driven enough FM 407 and Crawford Road driveways to know which joints fail first on this soil and in this weather. If your gate is sagging, dragging, stuck halfway, or making noise it didn’t make last year, call us at (940) 394-8744. We’ll diagnose it, quote it in writing before any work starts, and do the repair in your driveway. No hauling your gate off to a shop. No swapping parts that don’t need swapping.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Argyle’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and his name is on the shop and on every invoice. That’s the oldest accountability there is. When you call about a torn hinge weld or a bent post, the person who answers the phone works here. Not a call center. Not a voicemail queue. When the crew rolls out to your Argyle property, they’re background-checked and uniformed, and they’ll have seen a gate just like yours before, because we work Argyle driveways every week.
We’re a repair-first outfit. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. Plenty of companies around here want to sell you a whole new gate when two weld repairs and a post reset would fix the problem for a third of the price. We’d rather weld it in place and stand behind it with our 90-Day Done Right Promise, stamped in writing on every job. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround.
Calls are answered by a live person 24/7, which matters when your gate strands your truck in the driveway at 6 a.m. And for Argyle customers, our Gate Parts & Welding crew keeps the ride short. We’re not passing through. We’re part of the same county, same road network, same soil.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Argyle
Hinge Replacement
Argyle’s big custom ornamental gates are heavy. A 14-foot iron swing gate might weigh 600 pounds. Every pound of that pulls on the hinge welds every time the gate cycles, and Denton County clay doesn’t help. Post footings heave after wet springs, the post moves, and suddenly the hinge welds are carrying load they were never designed for. We cut out the old hinge, grind the post clean, and weld new plate hinges rated for the actual gate weight. Not whatever was sitting on a shelf.
Custom Welding
Older Argyle estate gates often have custom scrollwork, custom picket patterns, or custom latch plates that you can’t order from a catalog. We do our welding on site, in your driveway, so the gate never leaves. Matching ornamental scrollwork on a 1990s gate takes patience and a steady hand with a MIG torch. Our welder has been doing it for over two decades. If the scroll’s missing a leaf, we’ll cut and weld a replacement that matches the original pattern, then clean and paint the seam so it disappears.
Post Replacement
Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. In Argyle, the post is very often the real problem. The expansive clay across Denton County’s Cross Timbers transition zone swells in wet springs and shrinks in summer droughts. That repeated movement walks gate posts out of plumb and eventually tears the hinge welds right off. We dig out the old footing, set a new post with extra concrete depth below the shrink-swell zone, and weld the gate back on square. For a 200-to-400-foot gated driveway, a post that’s off by an inch at the base is off by six inches at the latch.
Rail Repair
Slide gates along FM 407 and the newer estates off Copper Canyon Road live or die by their rail. When the rack and pinion strips, or a bent rail section from a backed-in trailer leaves the gate jerking through half its travel, the operator works harder than it should and burns out faster. We straighten rail sections where it’s safe, replace rack sections when the teeth are gone, and set the operator back to a clean cycle. On many Argyle properties, we’re doing this on a solar-powered slide gate at the front while the back pasture still runs a manual pipe gate on rusted hinges. We routinely quote both on the same call.
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 Argyle
Argyle driveways run everything from Ghost Controls solar operators on newer slide gates to DoorKing and Elite hydraulic operators on estate entrances, plus a healthy share of Mighty Mule units on ranch and pasture gates. We’re certified to service nine major brands, and we stock common parts for the ones we see most in this county: rack sections, hinge brackets, photo-eyes, limit switches, and control boards. When we show up to your gate, we usually have what the repair needs on the truck. When we don’t, we know exactly which local supplier has it and when their truck runs.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Argyle Homes
- Hinge welds tearing loose after wet springs. The clay swells, the post leans, the weld becomes the weak point. We reset the post and re-weld the hinge to match the gate’s actual weight.
- Stripped rack and pinion on 2010s-era slide gates. The 2018-era solar slide operators installed along Crawford Road and FM 407 are hitting the age where rack teeth wear out faster than operators do. A stripped rack doesn’t mean a new operator.
- Frost-damaged components from February 2021 that were never fully weather-hardened. Some Argyle gates still run replacement limit switches and rack sections that aren’t freeze-rated. They bend or burn out on the first hard ice cycle. We swap them for components actually rated for North Texas freeze-thaw.
- Pasture gate posts leaning from years of drought shrink. A 1990s-era manual swing gate on rusted hinges is dragging badly. The hinge post has started to lean. We cut it out, set a deeper footing, and weld fresh plate hinges.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Argyle, TX
Gate work here doesn’t have a flat rate, and any company that quotes one over the phone without seeing your gate is guessing. That said, here’s what Argyle homeowners typically pay:
- Hinge replacement on a standard ornamental swing gate: $180-$340 per hinge, including welding and paint match.
- Post replacement with a deeper concrete footing for clay soil: $400-$750 depending on gate weight and post size.
- Custom ornamental welding (scrollwork repair, latch plate rebuild, picket replacement): $120-$300 per welded section.
- Slide gate rack and pinion replacement: $280-$520 depending on rail length and operator type.
These are the ranges we’ve quoted across Argyle in the past year. Your exact price gets written down before we touch a weld. No trip charge inside the county. $40 off any repair over $200. Free second opinion on any written estimate. And a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. That’s not haggling. That’s just the standing offer.
We Also Serve Cities Near Argyle
If you’re outside Argyle but nearby, we run the same trucks and the same welders to Flower Mound, Lake Dallas, Denton, and Ponder. Same 90-Day Done Right Promise. Same live person on the phone. If you’re just outside the county line and wondering whether we’ll come, call (940) 394-8744 and ask. The answer is usually yes.
Serving Argyle, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Argyle 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 Parts & Welding in Argyle
Because the post is moving, not the hinge. Argyle sits on expansive Denton County clay that swells during rainy springs and shrinks in summer. A gate post set too shallow moves enough to tear the hinge welds right off the post. The fix is a deeper footing below the shrink-swell zone and a hinge rated for the gate’s actual weight. A hinge swap alone won’t hold. Call (940) 394-8744 and we’ll check the post before we weld anything.
Yes. We cut and weld replacement scrollwork on site, matching the original pattern leaf for leaf. If your 1990s gate has a broken scroll or a missing picket, we’ll fabricate the replacement, weld it in, and paint-match the seam. The gate stays in your driveway the whole time. For a free look at the pattern, call (940) 394-8744.
Usually not. A stripped rack and pinion on a Ghost Controls, DoorKing, or Mighty Mule slide gate is a rack problem, not an operator problem. We replace the worn rack section, re-set the pinion mesh, and the same operator usually cycles clean again. That’s a $280-$520 fix instead of a $1,800 operator replacement. We’ll tell you honestly which you need. Call (940) 394-8744 for a written quote.
For Argyle’s heavy ornamental gates, post footings should run 36 to 48 inches deep, with extra concrete mass below the clay’s active shrink-swell zone. Shallow footings set 18 to 24 inches are the most common reason hinge posts lean and hinge welds tear after a wet spring. When we replace a post, we always go below the movement zone. If your post is leaning, call (940) 394-8744 for a free estimate on a proper re-set.
Yes. Automatic gate operators in Texas are required to have functioning safety photo-eyes or an equivalent entrapment protection device, and they must be tested and re-aimed when the gate or the post moves. On Argyle’s longer driveways with slide gates, photo-eyes drift out of alignment when the clay shifts the rail or post, and that’s a safety issue, not just an annoyance. If your gate bumps, reverses, or won’t hold open, call (940) 394-8744. We’ll check the sensors before we touch anything else.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Argyle and Denton County for over two decades.