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.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Hurst
Gate repair in Hurst usually costs between $140 and $680, with most hinge, latch, and realignment jobs landing between $180 and $340. We can typically have a background-checked technician at your door within 60 to 90 minutes for an emergency, and you get the price in writing before a single bolt is turned. Our team knows the older ranch-home neighborhoods off Pipeline Road and Precinct Line Road, where the Blackland Prairie clay does a number on gate posts year after year. Call (940) 412-7340 and a live person answers, any hour.
Why Portcullis Gate Repair Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
We’re an independently owned Kingswell company, which means every job in Hurst carries the same four written promises: a real arrival window, a clean job site, a written price before work starts, and a written 365-day guarantee on the repair itself. No one here pads the invoice after the technician has the gate disassembled. The Kingswell Guarantee is stamped on every repair invoice, and if the fix doesn’t hold within that year, we come back and make it right at no charge under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
What builds trust in Hurst isn’t a slogan. It’s showing up on time for a homeowner near Hurst Hills Elementary, resetting a post that two other companies said just needed “new hinges,” and then mailing a written guarantee that actually means something. Dean Prescott leads our team, and he holds every technician to the same standard across the board. We don’t answer with a voicemail tree. A live person picks up around the clock, because a gate stuck halfway open at 10 p.m. on a street off Harwood Road is exactly when you need to hear a human voice.
Sliding Gate Repair in Hurst
Sliding Gate Repair in Hurst usually involves the rack-and-pinion track, the roller trucks underneath, or the operator motor that drives the chain or rail. On acreage entrances along Precinct Line Road and further into the older platted subdivisions, sliding gates are common on long driveways where a swing gate would eat too much turnaround space. When the Blackland Prairie clay heaves under one section of track, the gate starts to stutter or bind, and the motor strains against a panel that’s no longer square.
Track, Roller, and Post Alignment
Most sliding gate failures in Hurst trace back to the track bed moving slightly out of level. We lift the gate off its trucks, inspect the roller wear pattern, shim or reset the track supports, and confirm the panel travels freely before re-engaging the operator. A stuck wheel or a bent track guide will burn out a motor in under a year if nobody catches it.
Operator and Safety Loop Adjustment
On larger sliding gates, the safety loop detectors and photocell alignment matter as much as the motor itself. Our technicians test the obstruction detection, adjust the open and close limits, and verify the keypad and remote receivers are wired to the actual system in front of them, not guessing from a manual. A typical sliding gate repair in Hurst runs $220 to $560 depending on whether it’s a roller swap, a rail straightening, or an operator limit reset.
Wrought Iron Gate Repair in Hurst
Wrought Iron Gate Repair in Hurst is one of our most common calls, because the city’s 1950s through 1980s ranch homes still carry beautiful ornamental iron driveway gates that have spent decades in Texas weather. The ornate scrollwork looks sturdy, but the hinge leaves underneath and the welds at the picket bases are usually the first things to give. Add ice weight from a Tarrant County winter storm and a 100°F summer day, and the frame flexes in ways the original builder never accounted for.
Straightening, Rebuilding, and Rust Treatment
We straighten bent stiles, re-weld cracked joints, and reinforce the hinge mounting plates so the gate hangs true again. Where rust has pitted the lower rails, we grind back to clean metal, weld in fresh stock if the section is too thin, and apply a protective finish matched to the existing iron. Decorative iron can be repaired without replacing the whole panel, and it usually costs less than homeowners expect: most Hurst wrought iron fixes run $180 to $420, with full panel rebuilds higher.
Hinge and Post Repair on Older Iron Gates
The bigger problem in Hurst is nearly always the post behind the hinge, not the hinge itself. Clay heave tilts the post toward the street, the iron panel sags, and the latch stops catching. We reset the post deeper and wider in the clay so the gate survives the next wet season without leaning again.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst
Our technicians are factory-trained on nine major operator brands, and in Hurst we stock common parts for LiftMaster, Ghost Controls, and FAAC so we aren’t waiting on a truck from Dallas for a capacitor or a control board. Whether your acreage entrance runs a Viking rack-and-pinion or a solar DoorKing on a tubular steel gate, the tech who pulls into your driveway already knows that unit’s failure points. Faster turnaround comes from carrying the right parts locally, not from cutting corners on the repair itself. Call (940) 412-7340 and tell us what’s on the gate.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Posts tilting toward the street on the Blackland Prairie clay. Streets platted in the late 1960s and 1970s off Pipeline Road and Precinct Line Road have shallow-set concrete footings that heave unevenly through dry spells and rains. A post that’s visibly out of plumb means the hinge was never the real problem.
- Ice-damaged hinge leaves and cracked welds on older tubular steel gates. Winter ice loads bend the leaves and crack welds, then summer heat expands the same panel until it binds in the frame. Hurst sees that hot-cold-ice cycle every single year.
- Sagging driveway gates on 1960s and 1970s ranch homes. Decades of deferred maintenance on original wrought iron and chain-link hardware, combined with soil movement, leave latches misaligned and hinges corroded enough to snap under the panel’s own weight.
- Solar gate openers stalling on acreage entrances with long driveways. When the panel goes out of square from post movement, the opener draws more current and drains the battery faster than the solar panel can recharge it. We check the gate geometry before we condemn the operator.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Hurst, TX
Most hinge, latch, and realignment jobs in Hurst run $180 to $340. Replacing a swing gate actuator, the motorized arm that pushes the gate open, typically lands between $380 and $620 parts and labor. A full sliding gate rebuild, including track, rollers, and operator tune, can reach $800 to $1,200 depending on panel weight and track length. You’ll always get a written quote before any work begins, and the price on that quote is the price on the invoice. Call (940) 412-7340 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Our Gate Repair team schedules calls across Hurst and into the neighboring Tarrant County communities, including North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, and Haltom City. Dispatch is coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, so a Hurst homeowner gets the same response time whether the gate is on a corner lot off Harwood Road or an acreage driveway off Precinct Line Road.
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 About Gate Repair in Hurst
The answer is almost always the soil, not the hardware. Hurst sits on Blackland Prairie expansive clay, which shrinks in dry spells and heaves after rain. That movement tilts shallow-set gate posts out of plumb and throws hinges and latches out of line. The fix is resetting the post deeper and wider, not just cranking the gate back into place. Call (940) 412-7340 for an inspection.
Usually both. Ice weight bends hinge leaves and cracks welds, and in Hurst the freeze-thaw cycle often shifts the post at the same time. We diagnose by measuring the post for plumb before touching the hinge. You get a written price for exactly what’s actually wrong.
Yes, and we do it regularly on properties along Precinct Line Road and Pipeline Road where running mains power is impractical. Solar openers work well on long driveways when the gate panel is square and the battery is sized for the gate’s weight. We spec panel wattage, battery capacity, and the operator for your specific gate, not a one-size kit.
We service all three brands, plus Viking, Linear, DoorKing, and others. Our technicians handle keypads, safety photocells, remote receivers, and control boards. The tech who arrives knows your operator’s wiring before the truck door opens. Call (940) 412-7340 for service.
Livestock gates need operators with enough torque for wide, heavy panels, and they need obstruction detection that doesn’t false-trigger from wind or a curious animal. Long driveways mean longer wire runs or solar power, and the gate geometry has to be right before the operator can do its job. We account for all of that in the written quote.
Need your gate working today? Call (940) 412-7340 and tell us what you’re seeing. A live person answers, you’ll get an honest price range over the phone, and the written quote before any work begins. Gate Repair is what we do, and in Hurst, we do it on the clay soil’s schedule, not ours.
Written by Dean Prescott, Owner at Portcullis Gate Repair, serving Hurst since 2008.