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Gate repair in Aubrey usually means one of two things: a swing gate sagging on worn hinge posts, or a slide gate that stopped opening because the operator gave out. Either way, we can typically get a technician to your property same day or next morning for most repair calls. Call (940) 412-7340 and you’ll get a live person who can quote most common repairs over the phone before we ever roll a truck.
We know Aubrey’s gates because we work on them every week, from the older acreage roads northeast of town to the newer sections inside Sandbrock Ranch. The soil here moves, the ice storms hit the hardware, and the solar batteries quit in January. None of that surprises us. Our Gate Repair team shows up ready to deal with it. If you’re in Aubrey, you’re not calling a company that only knows Dallas suburbs. You’re calling people who understand what your gate is up against.
Why Portcullis Gate Repair Is Aubrey’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Portcullis Gate Repair is an independently owned Kingswell location, and we’ve been doing gate work since 2008. Every job we run in Aubrey is bound by the same four Kingswell Guarantee promises: a written price before any work starts, a real arrival window, a clean job site, and a written guarantee on the repair. That’s not a slogan we fall back on when it’s convenient. It’s the standard every one of our technicians works under, and it’s backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If a repair fails inside that year, we come back and fix it at no charge. Written down. On the invoice.
Local homeowners call us because they’ve been burned before by a company that no-showed or doubled the price at the door. That doesn’t happen with us. The price you approve is the price you pay, and we put it in writing before a single bolt comes off your gate. Dean Prescott, who leads our team, insists on the Kingswell Way on every job: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it, put the guarantee in writing, and come back if it fails. Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform, so you know exactly who’s at your driveway before the truck stops.
Metal Gate Repair in Aubrey
Metal gate repair in Aubrey spans everything from a bent ornamental panel on a community entry monument to a full re-hang of a sagging pipe-and-tube ranch gate on a horse property. Most metal gate jobs we see here fall into a few clear buckets: re-welding cracked frames, replacing seized hinges, straightening posts, replacing casters and rollers on slide gates, and repairing or replacing the rack and pinion that the operator drives. A typical hinge replacement on a residential metal gate in Aubrey runs $180-$320. A cracked weld repair is usually $150-$275. Replacing a bent post with a heavier-gauge steel post set in new concrete typically runs $400-$700, including the footing work.
Pipe-and-Tube Ranch Gate Repair
Working horse properties around Aubrey still have a lot of pipe-and-tube ranch gates, and those gates take a beating. The problem is almost never the tube frame itself. It’s the post. When a gate sags and drags the latch side, homeowners often try to level the panel by shimming the hinges or tightening bolts, but the post has moved under years of weight and clay movement. We re-set the post, re-hang the gate, and it stays put.
Ornamental Gate Frame Straightening
Ornamental steel gates on newer Aubrey homes and subdivision entry monuments are heavy. When a weld cracks at the top rail or a hinge tears loose, the gate starts to sag and the operator has to work harder. We can usually straighten and re-weld the frame in place for $200-$400, which is far less than a new custom panel.
Wood Gate Repair in Aubrey
Wood gate repair in Aubrey is typically a fencing repair that turns into a gate rebuild. Wood driveway gates and pedestrian gates on older country-home lots take direct sun, freeze-thaw cycles, and the constant moisture swings of Denton County clay soil. We see rotted stile ends, splitting top rails, hinge screws pulling loose from saturated wood, and panels that have twisted so badly the latch no longer lines up. A straightforward hinge and latch replacement on a wood gate in Aubrey runs $140-$260. If the frame is rotted and we need to rebuild the gate with new pressure-treated lumber, plan on $350-$600 for a typical single driveway gate.
Rotted Post Replacement
The post is the root cause of most wood gate sag. When a 4×4 or 6×6 post rots at the soil line, no hinge adjustment will ever hold. We pull the old post, set a new one in concrete, and re-hang the gate so it swings freely. This typically runs $225-$400 in Aubrey.
Gate Realignment and Latch Repair
Sometimes the wood is sound but the gate just doesn’t close right anymore. We adjust the hinges, reset the latch plate, and add a turnbuckle anti-sag kit when the panel is starting to rack. That’s usually a $120-$220 job, and it extends the life of the gate by years.
Trusted Brands We Service in Aubrey
We’re certified on nine major gate-operator brands, and in Aubrey the ones we see most are FAAC, Linear, Viking, and BFT. That matters because our technicians already know your operator when they arrive. They know the board layouts, the common failure points, and which parts actually fix the problem versus which ones just buy you six months. We keep common FAAC and Linear parts stocked for fast turnaround on Aubrey calls, so we’re not waiting on a distributor for simple board or battery swaps. Older Viking units from the 1990s sometimes need a retrofit rather than a band-aid, and we’ll tell you that straight.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Aubrey Homes
- Solar gate openers dying every January. On older acreage roads northeast of Aubrey, many properties run 1990s-era Viking or Linear operators on solar trickle-charge setups. Prolonged cloudy winters and high daily use run those batteries dead by January, a predictable seasonal pattern.
- Posts heaving and tilting from Blackland Prairie clay. The expansive clay soil that dominates Denton County shifts dramatically through wet-dry cycles, and that movement lifts and tilts gate posts and buried operator pads over time. A gate that won’t fully open or close is often a post problem, not an operator problem.
- Worn hinge posts causing gate sag. We get calls about sagging gates where the owner already replaced hinges or shimmed the panel. The real issue is the post itself. Until you address the footing, the gate will keep pulling out of alignment.
- Ice storm damage to gear housings and hinges. The February 2021 North Texas ice storm seized motors, cracked plastic gear housings, and snapped hinges across the area in a single week. Homes in Aubrey with older operators and unprotected hinges were hit hardest, and we still see the lingering damage on units that weren’t fully addressed.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Aubrey, TX
Gate repair in Aubrey generally ranges from $120 for a simple latch adjustment to $700 for a full post replacement with new concrete. Most service calls fall in the $200-$400 range. Here’s a practical breakdown of what we charge in this area:
- Hinge and latch replacement: $140-$260
- Weld repair on a metal gate frame: $150-$275
- Metal gate post replacement with new footing: $400-$700
- Wood gate rebuild with new framing: $350-$600
- Operator board replacement (FAAC, Linear, or BFT): $450-$900
- Solar battery replacement and charger check: $180-$350
- Service call and diagnostic: $75, credited toward the repair if you approve the work
The price you get is the price you pay. We write it down before any work starts, and we never add surprises after the gate is apart. Call (940) 412-7340 for a free estimate over the phone.
We Also Serve Cities Near Aubrey
Portcullis Gate Repair runs calls throughout the northern Denton County area, and we regularly work in Frisco, Little Elm, Denton, and Prosper. If you’re on the edge of Gate Repair service territory near Aubrey, call us and we’ll confirm coverage for your specific address. You’ll still get the same Kingswell Guarantee and written pricing no matter which side of the line you’re on.
Serving Aubrey, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Aubrey 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 Aubrey
Yes, and it’s one of the most predictable calls we get on older acreage roads northeast of Aubrey. Those 1990s-era Viking and Linear solar setups were designed for occasional use, not the daily cycles most horse properties need, and Aubrey’s cloudy winter months simply don’t produce enough charge. The fix is usually a larger battery bank or a hybrid setup that adds a trickle-charge fallback, and we can usually have it sorted before the next January cycle. Call (940) 412-7340 and we’ll give you a straight answer on what your setup needs.
In most cases, yes. UL 325 entrapment protection rules now require monitored safety devices on automatic gate operators, and older Aubrey systems often predate those requirements. We can retrofit current-generation photocells and edge sensors onto most legacy operators, including FAAC, Linear, Viking, and BFT units. In some cases the old board won’t support the newer monitored inputs, and at that point a board replacement is the cleaner path. We’ll tell you which one you need before we touch anything.
Because the problem is usually the post, not the hinge. Denton County’s Blackland Prairie clay expands and contracts through seasonal wet-dry cycles, and that movement slowly lifts and tilts gate posts out of alignment. Replacing hinges or shimming the panel treats the symptom. Re-setting the post in a proper footing treats the cause. That’s the difference between a gate that stays working and one that’s back to sagging by spring.
Yes, and slide gates on long gravel or caliche driveways are actually the dominant repair call we get from Aubrey’s horse properties. We service cantilever slide gates, V-track slide gates, and swing gates in both pipe-and-tube and ornamental steel. On the older acreage roads you mentioned earlier, we’ve seen everything from 1990s Viking slide operators on solar trickle charge to newer FAAC and BFT swing-arm setups. The one thing they all share is the same clay soil and the same freeze-thaw cycle.
If the motor still runs and the board responds but the gate moves slowly or erratically, you’re often looking at a repairable issue like a dead battery or a worn gear. If the board is obsolete and no longer supported, or the gear housing is cracked, replacement is usually cheaper than chasing parts. We’ll open the unit and give you a written repair price and a written replacement option, and you decide. No pressure, no upcharge for the diagnosis.
Call Portcullis Gate Repair in Aubrey
If your gate is sagging, stuck, or dead, call (940) 412-7340. A live person answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. We’ll talk through what’s happening, give you a real dollar range for the repair, and get a background-checked technician scheduled for a window you can plan around. Every Aubrey job includes a written price before work starts, a clean work site when we leave, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. That’s the Kingswell way, and it’s been our standard since 2008.
Written by Dean Prescott, Owner at Portcullis Gate Repair, serving Aubrey and the surrounding north Denton County area.