Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Hurst
If you’re standing in your driveway in Hurst watching a gate drag across the concrete or refuse to latch, here’s the straight answer: most gate repairs in this city come down to one of three things - a post that’s moved, a hinge that’s seized, or an operator that’s been fighting both for months. A typical repair runs $185-$520 depending on what we find, and we’ll hand you a written price before anyone touches a tool. Call (928) 260-0864 and a live person answers, any hour.
Hurst isn’t like other DFW suburbs when it comes to gates. The soil here moves. We’ll get into that below, because it’s the reason your gate worked fine in February and won’t catch by August. Local crews know the 40-60-year-old post footings, the clay heave, and the rust patterns on original wrought iron. That’s the difference between a repair that lasts and a parts swap that fails again next season. For a deeper look at how we approach this anywhere in the metro, see our Gate Repair service page.
Why Vance Gate Repair Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Since 2014, Adrian Vance and our technicians have worked on more than 22,000 gates across North Texas, and the ones we see in Hurst have a distinct signature. They’re older. They’re set in some of the most expansive clay in the country. And they were often built before anyone thought to sink a post deeper than 18 inches. That combination produces a specific set of failures, and we write repair plans around the soil, not just the hardware.
Every job we do in Hurst follows The Haven Standard. Clause 1: a written price before work starts. Clause 4: a documented photo record on every visit - what we found, what we adjusted, what we installed. You keep the photos and the written record. No future technician has to guess what was done, and you never pay twice to rediscover the same problem. Background-checked, uniformed technicians arrive with name and photo sent before dispatch. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every completed repair for a full year - if it’s not right, we make it right, no argument, no fee.
We serve Hurst directly from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, with crews dispatched locally so response times stay short. A live person answers the phone 24/7 - no voicemail loop, no callback queue. When your gate won’t close and your dog is eyeing the open driveway at 2 a.m., that matters.
Our Gate Repair Services in Hurst
Hinge & Post Repair
This is the single most common call we run in Hurst, and it’s almost always a soil story. Original 1960s gate posts were set in shallow concrete footings, and Blackland clay has been heaving them for five or six decades. A post that looks solid at the concrete collar can be floating an inch or more above grade, the footing detached underneath. We dig down to undisturbed clay, reset the post deeper, and re-hang the gate square. $240-$680 is the typical range depending on post size, gate weight, and whether we’re rebuilding one post or both.
Gate Realignment
When your latch gap opens up by late summer and the gate binds on the strike plate, the problem usually isn’t the latch itself - it’s the post angle shifting as clay shrinks during drought. Realignment means resetting the hinge geometry, often with shims or re-welded brackets, so the gate closes true in both dry and wet conditions. Most realignments in Hurst run $185-$420 on a single gate. If the post has moved substantially, we’ll tell you before we start and quote the post repair separately.
Weld & Rust Repair
North Texas summers bake paint off wrought iron, and Hurst’s occasional ice storms work water into every seam. The result is rust that seizes hinge pins, cracks weld joints, and eats through gate frames at the bottom rail. We grind out the corrosion, re-weld the joint, and treat the surface so it doesn’t fail again next year. Typical weld and rust repair on a Hurst gate runs $160-$450 depending on how many joints need work.
Electric Gate Repair
Operators on Hurst gates work harder than they should because they’re constantly compensating for moving posts and sagging frames. We service nine major brands - LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule - and we repair what’s on your property rather than steering you toward replacement. A swing-gate motor replacement typically runs $480-$950 in Hurst depending on the brand and whether the arm bracket is intact. Control board repairs run $190-$420. Most electric gate repairs are completed same-day.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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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.
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If your gate operator was installed years ago and you’re not sure what brand it is, that’s fine - we work on whatever motor is already mounted to the post. LiftMaster operators are common on Hurst’s older swing gates. We also service DoorKing and Elite on larger estate entrances, Ghost Controls on retrofitted farm-style gates, and Mighty Mule on lighter residential setups. Our trucks carry common replacement parts for all nine brands, which means most Hurst repairs don’t wait on a parts order. One company, one written price, whatever motor you have.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Posts floated out of plumb by clay heave. Hurst sits on Blackland Prairie clay that shrinks several inches in drought and swells after rain. A 1960s footing set 18 inches deep simply isn’t anchored deep enough, and the entire post moves with the soil. We see this on streets off Harwood Road and Precinct Line Road constantly.
- Latch gaps that open in late summer. The gate that latched cleanly in February drifts off the strike plate by August as the clay contracts. This is a post alignment issue, not a latch failure - shimming the latch is a band-aid.
- Rusted hinge pins and seized latch bolts. Summer UV bakes paint off iron gates, then fall rains get into the exposed metal. The hinges rust from the inside out and the gate starts dragging. We cut out the seized hardware, re-weld, and coat the repair.
- Operators fighting a sagging gate. When a gate frame droops or a post tilts, the opener strains against the added friction. Limit switches over-travel, gears strip, and the motor burns out prematurely. We fix the geometry first, then the operator - that order matters.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Hurst, TX
Here are the numbers, in writing, the way we commit to them on every Hurst job:
- Gate realignment: $185-$420
- Hinge repair (single hinge): $120-$260
- Post reset and re-plumb: $240-$680
- Weld and rust repair: $160-$450
- Swing-gate operator replacement: $480-$950
- Control board repair: $190-$420
- Service call / diagnostic: $85, credited toward the repair if you proceed
The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. We hand you a written scope and a flat price, then we do the work. No surprise line items, no invoice at the end that looks different from the estimate. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it applies to every call we run in Hurst. Estimates are free. Call (928) 260-0864 for an exact quote on your gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Our crews cover Hurst and the surrounding area daily. If you’re in North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, or Haltom City, the same written-price policy and documented photo record apply. The soil story changes a little from city to city, but the standard doesn’t. Call (928) 260-0864 and we’ll get a technician to your gate wherever you are in the mid-cities.
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 - Gate Repair in Hurst
The Blackland Prairie clay under your gate shrinks during North Texas droughts and swells after rain. When it shrinks, your gate posts tilt slightly and the latch gap opens. When it swells, the posts straighten back out. This is a soil movement problem, not a hardware problem. The fix is resetting the post deeper into undisturbed clay or re-plumbing the hinge geometry - not adjusting the latch. We see this every August across Hurst’s older neighborhoods. Call (928) 260-0864 and we’ll tell you honestly whether your gate needs a post reset or just a realignment.
Yes. For wide, heavy gates where running mains power is impractical - and there are plenty of those on acreage edges around Hurst - we install solar-powered operators with battery backup. Brands like Ghost Controls and Mighty Mule make solar kits sized for wide farm and ranch gates, and we mount the panel, wire the operator, and set the travel limits. The written quote covers the full install: operator, solar panel, battery, safety edges if required, and the programming. No hidden electrical work billed after the fact.
Almost always, yes. Hurst’s original 1960s gate posts were set in shallow footings, and decades of clay shrink-swell have floated many of them an inch or more above grade. The concrete collar looks fine because it moved with the post. We diagnose this by measuring the post’s plumb and checking for gaps under the footing. The fix is digging out the old footing and pouring a deeper one - not shimming the hinges. We rebuilt a 16-foot swing gate on a 1960s ranch off Harwood Road this way: dug down to undisturbed clay, poured a deeper post footing, replaced the LiftMaster operator that had been fighting the sag, and added a safety photocell. The gate closes square in both dry and wet seasons now.
Any automatic gate in Hurst should have a functional photo-eye or contact edge that stops and reverses the gate if something blocks the path - a child, a pet, a car bumper. If your gate doesn’t stop when you put your hand in the path, it’s not compliant and it’s dangerous. We check the safety edges and photo-eyes on every automatic gate we touch, and we photograph the settings before we leave. If you’re not sure whether yours work, call (928) 260-0864 and we’ll check it - a live person answers 24/7.
We repair them. Surface rust on hinge pins can usually be ground out, lubricated, and re-sealed. If the rust has penetrated the pin or the bracket, we cut out the old hinge, weld in a new one, and coat the repair. Replacement of the entire gate is rarely necessary - most 40-60-year-old iron gates in Hurst have plenty of life left once the rusted hardware is addressed. This page is the only place that connects Hurst’s Blackland clay shrink-swell cycle to the specific failure modes of 40-60-year-old gate posts, so you get a repair plan built for your actual soil, not a generic parts swap.
Written by Adrian Vance, Owner at Vance Gate Repair, serving Hurst since 2014.
Contact Vance Gate Repair in Hurst
The gate that won’t close at 11 p.m. is not a tomorrow problem. Call (928) 260-0864 and a live person picks up. We’ll send a background-checked, uniformed technician to your Hurst property with a written price before any work begins, a photo record of every adjustment, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise behind the whole job. Free estimates, free second opinions on any written estimate from another company - bring the paperwork and we’ll review it at no cost.
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