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Gate repair in Colleyville usually costs between $185 and $585 for most jobs, with realignment and hinge work on the lower end and full operator replacement on the higher end. Most repairs are completed in a single visit by a technician who actually knows the difference between a Viking leaf-delay setting and an Apollo limit switch. If you’re standing on a quarter-acre lot off Montclair or Pool Road watching your gate drag across the drive, call Ironworks Gate Co. at (806) 484-1837 and a live person answers. Not a voicemail tree. A person.
We’ve been at this for over 42 years, since 1984. Long enough to know that Colleyville is not Bedford, and it’s certainly not Hurst. The gates here are heavier, the driveways are wider, and the clay under your posts moves more than anyone wants to admit. We’re the Gate Repair company that treats a 20-year-old ornamental iron system like the piece of craft it is, not a problem to patch and run from.
Why Ironworks Gate Co. Is Colleyville’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Homeowners in Colleyville don’t call us because we’re cheap. They call because the last guy didn’t know a Viking control board from a LiftMaster, and the gate still banged shut six months later. Our crews have worked on gates in every corner of the 76034 ZIP code: McDonwell School Road, Pleasant Run, Tara, and the big circle-drive estates down Montclair. We know which neighborhoods sit on the worst Vertisol clay, and we know which 2000s-era Apollo and Elite operators fail first.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. They show up when they say they will, with parts for nine major brands already on the truck. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That matters when your gate refuses to close at 10 p.m. and the dog is inside. Calls from Colleyville are routed directly to our Dallas-Fort Worth dispatch office, and crews are on the road the same day for most repair calls.
Victor Salinas, who leads our team, has built Ironworks around a simple rule: every job gets a written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not right, we come back and make it right. No paperwork, no arguing. That promise is written on every work order for every job in Colleyville, from a hinge weld to a full dual-operator recalibration.
Our Gate Repair Services in Colleyville
Electric Gate Repair
When the operator runs but the gate won’t move, Colleyville homeowners are usually dealing with a failed DC motor brush, a cooked control board, or a capacitor that surrendered to a 105-degree afternoon. These are not box-store parts. The operators on most Colleyville estate gates are commercial-grade Viking, Apollo, and Elite units, and they require a technician who reads wiring diagrams the way a mechanic reads a manifold. We diagnose the exact component, quote the price before we touch a bolt, and most electric gate repairs are finished on the first visit.
Automatic Gate Repair
An automatic gate that slams, reverses mid-cycle, or sits there humming while the traffic backs up on Pool Road is usually out of calibration, not broken. On Colleyville’s dual-swing driveways, both operators must fire in perfect sequence with the right leaf delay, or one panel tries to close while the other is still opening. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule, and we recalibrate to the manufacturer’s original timing specs, then test the full cycle five times before we pull out of your driveway.
Hinge & Post Repair
Hinge and post repair in Colleyville often means cutting away the old weld, reinforcing the post footing, and re-hanging a 400-pound leaf so it swings true. The expansive black clay under most of the 76034 ZIP code heaves when wet and cracks when dry, and a post that was plumb in 2003 can be leaning two degrees by 2026. We weld reinforced gussets at stress points, reset posts in proper footings, and do not use shims or spacers as a permanent solution. A gate should hang square, drain correctly, and swing with one hand on it.
Gate Realignment
Colleyville gets more seasonal realignment calls than almost any nearby city, because the soil here is actively working against your gate posts year-round. A gate that binds in summer and drags in winter has shifted at the hinge line, and forcing it with a bigger operator just burns out a motor. We bring the leaves back to plumb, adjust the hinge blocks, and where needed, pull and reset posts that have moved beyond what shimming can correct. The result is a gate that doesn’t scrape the drive and doesn’t fight the operator.
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 Colleyville
We carry parts and control boards for the brands that show up on Colleyville driveways most: Viking, Apollo, Elite, LiftMaster, and FAAC, plus BFT, Linear, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Mighty Mule when the job calls for them. Most of the original operators on 1990s and 2000s estate gates here were Viking or Apollo units, so we stock their common limit switches, receivers, and DC motor brushes on the truck. That means when we diagnose your gate in Colleyville, the fix usually happens the same day, not a week after a distributor ships a part from Ohio.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Colleyville Homes
- Clay-driven post shift. Vertisol soil under Colleyville swells in wet winters and contracts in 100-degree summers, pushing gate posts out of plumb until the leaf binds, drags, or leaves a gap at the latch. This recurs seasonally and gets worse every year if the post footing is not addressed.
- Dual-swing calibration failure. Circle-drive gates with two independently powered leaves lose their synchronization as limit switches drift. One panel slams into the other, reverses mid-cycle, or sits there cycling open and shut. This is the single most common service call in Colleyville’s estate neighborhoods.
- Heat-related operator failure. The summer heat in Colleyville routinely passes 100°F, and that kills DC motor brushes and control boards in Apollo and Viking operators far faster than the manufacturer’s numbers suggest. A board that should last 10 years might make it to 6 or 7 here.
- Rust and fatigue at the hinge welds. Ornamental iron gates in Colleyville were built beautifully, but 20 years of Texas humidity and occasional irrigation overspray works on the hinge welds. When they start weeping rust or sagging, the fix is a real weld repair, not a surface patch.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Colleyville, TX
You won’t get a mystery invoice from us. Before any work starts, you get a written, line-item price, agreed in advance. Here’s what Colleyville homeowners can expect to pay for common gate repairs in 2026:
- Gate realignment: $185-$340, depending on leaf weight and how far the posts have drifted.
- Hinge or post repair (single hinge plate, no new footing): $220-$425.
- Full post reset with new concrete footing: $450-$780.
- Operator control board replacement: $280-$520, depending on brand (Viking and Apollo boards run higher).
- DC motor brush replacement: $115-$240.
- Weld and rust repair at hinge or stress points: $165-$390.
- Full dual-swing recalibration and balance: $190-$350.
Estimates are free. Every quote is settled before we turn a single bolt, and every job is backed by our written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not right, we return. That’s the whole deal.
We Also Serve Cities Near Colleyville
Ironworks Gate Co. serves Colleyville and the surrounding communities, including Bedford and Euless to the west, Southlake to the northwest, and Hurst to the south. If you’re a mile or two outside the 76034 line, call us anyway. The truck is already in the area, and the same written promise applies.
Serving Colleyville, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Colleyville 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 Colleyville
Your gate post is moving in the expansive black clay under the 76034 ZIP code. When Colleyville gets wet winters, the Vertisol soil swells and pushes shallow gate post footings out of plumb. As the post leans, the leaf drops at the latch side and the gate starts to drag or gap. The real fix is resetting the post in a deeper, properly crowned concrete footing, not just adjusting the hinges every spring. Call (806) 484-1837 and we’ll tell you honestly whether your post needs a reset or just a seasonal tune.
That’s a leaf-delay calibration failure, and it’s the single most common repair we do in Colleyville. Dual-swing gates on circle driveways run two independent operators that must fire in sequence with a precise delay between them. When a limit switch drifts, one leaf closes early and slams into the other, or the whole system reverses mid-cycle. We recalibrate both operators to the manufacturer’s timing specs and test the full cycle repeatedly. Call us for a same-day diagnosis.
Almost certainly. Colleyville summers routinely exceed 100°F, and that heat degrades the DC motor brushes and control boards in Viking and Apollo operators years earlier than the manufacturer’s rated service life. When the operator hums but won’t turn the gate, the motor brushes may be worn to nothing or the capacitor has failed. We keep common brush sets and capacitors on the truck for the brands we service, so most of these fixes happen on the first call.
Yes. Automatic gates installed in residential settings must comply with UL 325 safety standards, which require entrapment protection devices such as photo eyes, contact edges, or both, depending on the gate configuration. Colleyville’s heavy dual-swing estate gates absolutely need working safety edges and obstruction sensors. If we find your sensors missing or bypassed, we’ll quote the fix and recommend it in writing before we do anything else.
If the post only drifts after heavy rains and returns close to plumb in dry weather, it may just need seasonal realignment. But if the gate has dropped more than half an inch at the latch side, the post leans visibly when you sight it against the fence line, or the concrete pad around the base has cracked, the footing has likely failed and needs to be re-poured. We’ll tell you the truth either way and quote the right job, not the bigger job. Call (806) 484-1837 for a free estimate.
One more thing worth saying plainly: a Colleyville gate repair call is rarely a simple operator swap. It’s usually a structural, soil-driven realignment job on a 20-year-old bespoke iron system that deserves someone who welds and understands Viking logic boards in equal measure. Last week our crew was called to a circle driveway off Montclair Drive where a dual-swing ornamental iron gate had dropped four inches at the latch side. The hinge post footing had shifted in the black clay after a wet spring, throwing both Viking operators out of sync. We reset the post plumb, welded reinforced gussets at the hinge post, and recalibrated the leaf delay so both panels now close with a single, silent sweep. That’s the kind of job we do every week in Colleyville.
If your gate is dragging, banging, leaning, or just refusing to cooperate, call Ironworks Gate Co. at (806) 484-1837. A live person answers. You’ll get a straight answer, a written price before any work begins, and the only warranty that matters: our written 90-Day Done Right Promise. Standing offers worth knowing: $50 off any repair over $250, a free second opinion on any written estimate, an $89 seasonal tune-up, and a permanent 5% senior and veteran discount. No fine print, no games.
Written by Victor Salinas, Owner at Ironworks Gate Co., serving Colleyville and the Dallas-Fort Worth metro since 1984.