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.
Gate Repair Services in Little Elm, TX
If your automatic gate has started groaning, sagging, or refusing to close all the way, you don’t need a sales pitch - you need someone who has fixed a few hundred gates exactly like yours in Little Elm. A live person answers when you call Gatewood Fence & Gate, and we’ll be at your place fast, because we’re based right in the DFW metro and work this side of Lewisville Lake every week. No automated phone tree. No “your call is very important to us” recording. Just Hal Gatewood’s shop, a truck, and a promise in writing that the fix will be done right. Call (940) 394-8744 and you’ll get a straight answer about your gate before we even schedule the truck.
What does gate repair in Little Elm actually cost? Most repairs here run between $180 and $340 for common mechanical fixes, and the majority are done the same day. A full replacement gate or motor can run more, but every price is quoted and agreed on before any work starts - you’ll never see a bigger number at the door than the one we discussed on the phone.
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.
Why Little Elm Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Hal Gatewood founded this shop in 2001, and his name is still on the front of the building, on every invoice, and on the license anyone can look up. The shop address is published, because Hal’s never had a reason to hide it. When a Little Elm homeowner calls about a driveway gate that won’t close, they’re not getting a rotating cast of subcontractors - they’re getting Hal or someone on his crew who has been welding and wrenching on gates for years. That’s the oldest kind of accountability there is: the name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road.
Homeowners in Frisco Hills and Paloma Creek track us down for the same reason: our 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job, not buried in fine print. If the gate acts up again within 90 days, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no re-quote, no “well, that’s a different part.” We also answer the phone with a live person 24/7, because a gate that won’t close at 11 p.m. is a security problem, not a scheduling problem. Background-checked, uniformed crew members show up in the window we promised - and the quote we gave you is the price you’ll pay.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in Little Elm
Gate Repair
A sagging gate is a hinge-post problem, not a panel problem - and that’s where we start. We fix the post, the panel, the wheels, the chain, the sensor eyes, and the locking hardware, all without dragging your gate off to some shop. If it’s broken, we repair it in your driveway. Learn more about our Gate Repair in Little Elm.

Gate Installation
Installing a new driveway gate in Little Elm means matching your HOA’s guidelines, sizing the motor for the gate’s weight and wind load, and setting posts deep enough for this Blackland Prairie clay. We do all of it with a written, upfront price that includes the power run, safety edges, and the first adjustment visit. Learn more about our Gate Installation in Little Elm.

Gate Motor & Opener
Motor boards near Lewisville Lake corrode faster than you’d expect - but we don’t sell you a whole new operator when a new limit switch or control board gets it running again. We service nine major gate brands so you’re never locked into one parts supplier. Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in Little Elm.

Gate Access Control
Keypads, intercoms, vehicle detectors, loop sensors, and card readers - we wire, program, and troubleshoot Gate Access Control - Little Elm systems so your gate opens for who it should and stays closed to who it shouldn’t. When a lightning strike fries a board (and it happens often out here in storm season), we replace the right component, not the whole cabinet.

Gate Parts & Welding
We weld on site. Cracked steel, broken hinge barrels, a panel torn from its frame by wind - Hal fixes it with Little Elm Gate Parts & Welding right in your driveway instead of selling you a new gate. On-site welding is the difference between a $200 repair and a $6,000 replacement.

Neighborhoods We Serve in Little Elm
We’ve repaired driveway gates all over Little Elm, and we know the streets nearly as well as the people who live on them. Typical response time for this area is same-day when we’re already working nearby, and almost always within 24 hours.
- Frisco Hills
- Paloma Creek
- Sunset Pointe
- Lakewood Village
- Waterford Park
Why Little Elm’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
Little Elm’s housing stock is almost entirely post-2000 master-planned subdivisions - a tight band of build decades across HOA-governed ornamental iron and steel entry gates. The result is that entire neighborhoods of identically spec’d gate systems start failing on roughly the same schedule, which is why we’ll get six calls from the same community in the same month.
Then there’s the dirt. Little Elm sits on North Texas Blackland Prairie clay. That soil shrinks hard during summer drought and heaves when fall rains finally arrive, and each cycle tilts gate posts a little further out of plumb. A gate that sags in the hinge post, not the middle, is the signature of clay movement. We re-plumb posts and recalibrate limit switches more often here than in cities built on more stable ground. And along the Lewisville Lake shoreline, humidity accelerates rust pitting on gate panels and corrodes low-voltage motor boards faster than a few miles inland. That’s why on any gate job within a half-mile of the water, we recommend sealed NEMA-rated control enclosures and stainless hardware - a pitch that would be wasted in our Lake Dallas service area.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Little Elm
Here’s what you can expect to pay for common gate repairs in Little Elm. Every price is discussed and agreed to before we start; you’ll never get a bigger number after the work is done.
- Hinge or post alignment - $180-$260
- Limit switch or photo-eye adjustment - $120-$220
- Control board replacement - $250-$450 depending on brand
- Gate motor or opener replacement - $650-$1,400 installed
- On-site welding repair (cracked steel or broken hinge) - $200-$450
We also have standing offers that don’t require haggling: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (940) 394-8744 and Hal will give you a straight number.
Service Area - Cities Near Little Elm
We also handle gate repair in Lake Dallas, Denton, Argyle, and Flower Mound. If you’re just outside Little Elm, give us a call - we’re probably already working a job near you this week.
Serving Little Elm, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Little Elm 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 About Gate Repair in Little Elm
Most gate repairs in Little Elm run between $180 and $340, with full motor replacements running $650 to $1,400. The exact price depends on your gate’s brand, weight, and what actually failed. Call (940) 394-8744 for an exact quote - estimates are free, and the price we quote is the price you’ll pay.
Often, yes. We schedule repairs across Little Elm every week, and when we’re already in the area we can usually get to you the same day. If it’s an emergency - a gate stuck open or a motor sparking - call (940) 394-8744 and a live person will tell you straight away when a truck can be there.
Yes. Every gate installation in Little Elm includes the electrical power run, safety edges, and the first adjustment visit, all in the written price. We don’t leave you to hire an electrician separately.
Most of Little Elm’s homes were built within the same 10-to-20-year window, which means the original gate systems are all reaching the end of their typical service life at once. Add in Blackland Prairie clay shifting posts and lakeside humidity eating control boards, and you see clusters of gate failures in the same neighborhood within the same season - something we also see just north in Denton, TX.
It’s our written guarantee on every gate repair: if it’s not done right, we make it right - one call brings Hal back within 90 days, at no charge. It’s stamped on every invoice, not buried in fine print.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate in Little Elm
Tell us what your gate is doing - or not doing - and we’ll give you a straight answer, a fair price, and a written promise. Call (940) 394-8744 for a free estimate on gate repair in Little Elm. If you’d rather see the shop and the man whose name is on it, drive on over - the address is published, and Hal will shake your hand.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Little Elm and the DFW metro since 2001.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local gate repair pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Little Elm Customers Say
"Driveway gate had been dragging for two years and two other companies told me the whole thing needed replacing. Hal reset the posts, rehung it and it swings like it did when it went in. A fraction of the price of a new one."
- Hollis Amberly"He came out in the snow to get our gate closed after a delivery lorry clipped it, then came back in the spring to do the proper repair when the ground had thawed. Only charged for the second visit."
- Ingrid Solheim"Hundred and forty feet of cedar privacy fence, all posts set in concrete, all of it dead level on ground that is anything but. He walked the line with me twice before a single hole was dug."
- Judith Stallworth





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