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Gate repair in Burien runs between $185 and $480 for most common fixes, with gate motor replacement typically landing between $650 and $1,400. When your swing gate drags or your slide gate stops halfway across the track, you need a technician who understands what Burien’s soil and slope do to gate hardware. We serve every Burien neighborhood, from Seahurst to Boulevard Park to Three Tree Point, and our crews know which failure points show up most in this terrain. Call (469) 530-2485 and a live person answers, 24/7.
Burien’s older gate systems often sit on original galvanized posts buried in pre-1970s split-level lots where the soil is glacial till, so swing gate sag correction usually means re-pouring the hinge post footing rather than just adjusting the panel. Because many properties here back onto greenbelt ravines, gates also need to resist slope creep that Seattle’s flatter lots rarely see. That local reality shapes how we diagnose and fix every gate we touch in this city.
Why Carver Gate Repair Is Burien’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Homeowners in Burien call us because the process is clear before any work starts. Every repair begins with a written price, quoted and agreed before we pick up a tool. That number does not move at the door. Every technician on the truck is background-checked, uniformed, and answers to the same standard across every job. Lonnie Burke leads our team, and the expectation is simple: leave the gate working and the site clean.
Our Gate Repair technicians work on nine gate-motor brands, including FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking. When you have a worn rack and pinion on a slide gate off Ambaum Boulevard, we carry the parts to fix it same day in most cases. When your BFT swing operator burns out from fighting a post that heaved during a wet Burien winter, we reset the footing and service the operator as one job, not two disconnected repairs. That’s the difference between patching a symptom and fixing what actually failed.
We dispatch to Burien from our Seattle office, so scheduling is quick and the crew arrives with the right tools and parts already on board. No voicemail boxes. No waiting until Monday. A live person picks up the phone around the clock, every day of the year.
Gate Welding in Burien
Gate welding in Burien usually means repairing a cracked frame, a broken hinge plate, or a snapped picket on a steel or wrought-iron gate. The wet, cool air off Puget Sound accelerates rust on powder-coated steel, especially where water pools at welds and joints. A homeowner near Seahurst Park called us about a gate that had a crack running from the bottom rail up through the hinge stile. We cut out the rotten section, re-welded the frame, ground the bead clean, and repainted the area before rust could take hold again. Typical gate welding in Burien runs $250 to $600 depending on the extent of the damage and whether we need to remove and rehang the panel.
On-Site Welding and Frame Straightening
Most weld repairs on Burien gates happen on-site, with the gate still on its hinges. We use a portable MIG setup for steel frames and TIG where the material is thin or ornate. If the frame has twisted from a post pulling out of glacial till, we straighten the frame before welding so the new bead doesn’t just pull apart within a season.
Rust Repair and Reinforcement
Burien’s marine air means a rust repair is rarely just cosmetic. We grind back to clean metal, weld in a reinforcing plate where the original design was underbuilt, then prime and topcoat with a coating matched to the existing finish. The goal is a repair that lasts the life of the gate, not a patch that fails at the heat-affected zone next winter.
Commercial Gate Repair in Burien
Commercial gate repair in Burien covers slide gates at apartment complexes, swing gates at medical offices, and barrier arms at parking lots along 1st Avenue South. These gates open hundreds of times a day, so failures tend to be wear-based rather than weather-based: limit switches that drift, loop detectors that stop sensing vehicles, operators that overheat from short cycling. A commercial gate repair in Burien typically costs $350 to $900, depending on whether we’re replacing a limit switch, rewiring a loop detector, or swapping out an operator.
Loop Detectors and Access Control
Many commercial gates in Burien use in-ground loop detectors to sense vehicles entering and exiting. When a loop detector fails, the gate either won’t open for cars or stays open too long. We diagnose the loop, replace the detector when needed, and test the full open-close cycle before we leave the site.
Operators and Safety Systems
Commercial gate operators in Burien need safety photocells, reversing mechanisms, and warning signage to operate legally and safely. A gate that doesn’t reverse when it meets resistance is a serious liability. We test every safety device on every commercial repair and document what we found. If the photocells fail, we replace them before the gate goes back into service.
Trusted Brands We Service in Burien
We service operator systems from FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, along with LiftMaster, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For Burien homeowners, that means we arrive with the right diagnostic tools and commonly used parts already in the truck. We don’t need to special-order a FAAC limit switch and come back next week. If a BFT operator on a ravine-backed property off 16th Avenue SW needs a control board, we can usually have the repair done in one visit. Burien crews keep local stock of the parts these systems fail on most often.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Burien Homes
- Hinge post footings that heave in the wet season. Burien’s glacial till soil expands and shifts when saturated, and that moves the hinge post just enough to throw the gate out of alignment. The gate drags, the operator strains, and eventually something breaks.
- Slide gates that never sit level on sloped driveways. Many Burien driveways slope toward the street or toward a ravine. A slide gate on a slope works the rack and pinion unevenly, wearing out drive gears faster than a level lot ever would.
- Moss and UV damage on shaded, greenbelt-backed properties. Burien’s tree cover is dense in neighborhoods like Gregory Heights and Chelsea Park. Moisture and moss growth foul safety photocells and keypad buttons, causing false reversals or no-open faults.
- Operator burnout from fighting a misaligned gate. When a swing or slide gate can’t move freely, the operator works harder every cycle. That shortens its life and makes the motor run hot. We often find the operator is the victim, not the cause.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Burien, WA
Here are honest ranges for the work we do in Burien:
- Electric gate repair: $185 to $480, depending on the fault, parts, and whether we’re replacing a limit switch or a full control board.
- Gate motor replacement: $650 to $1,400, including the operator, hardware, and setup of travel limits and safety systems.
- Hinge and post repair: $300 to $850. Resetting a hinge post in Burien’s glacial till usually means digging out the old footing and re-pouring, not just shimming.
- Gate welding: $250 to $600 depending on the damage and whether we rehang the panel.
- Commercial gate repair: $350 to $900 for most operator, loop detector, and access control failures.
Every price is written down and agreed before work starts. You’ll never see a number grow once the job is open. Call (469) 530-2485 for a free estimate specific to your gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Burien
Carver Gate Repair serves Burien and the surrounding region, including Burien neighbors like Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, and Vancouver. If you own a property in one of those cities, the same written pricing and 24/7 live phone coverage applies. Call (469) 530-2485 and tell us where the gate is.
Serving Burien, WA – Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Burien 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 Burien
In Burien, gate sag is usually the hinge post footing, not the panel itself. The glacial till under this city’s lots shifts with the wet season, and that moves the post enough to drop the gate. We dig out the old footing, re-pour with proper drainage, and then realign the panel. Fixing only the panel would leave the post moving and the gate would sag again within a year. Call (469) 530-2485 for a look at your specific gate.
Yes. Any automatic gate in Burien should have working safety photocells and a reversing mechanism. Safety photocells detect anything in the gate’s path and stop or reverse the gate before it contacts a person or vehicle. We install and test photocells on every automatic gate repair, and we replace them if they’re failed or misaligned. A gate that doesn’t reverse is a liability and needs attention immediately.
We service all nine gate-motor brands we support: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For Burien specifically, FAAC and BFT systems are common on older ravine-backing properties, while Linear and LiftMaster show up on newer homes. We carry parts for all of them and can usually complete a repair in one visit.
Yes, on-site welding is standard for most Burien gate repairs. We bring a portable MIG or TIG rig to your driveway, grind back the damaged area, weld the crack or replace the broken section, and repaint before we leave. The repair happens the same day in most cases. If the frame needs to be removed for straightening, we’ll tell you before we start and give you a written price for the full job.
Burien’s wet winters saturate the glacial till under your gate posts, causing the footing to heave and the gate to go out of alignment. In ravine-adjacent lots, slope creep adds another force that pushes the gate out of true. Both problems mean the operator works harder and parts wear faster. Our maintenance checks include footing inspection so we catch the movement before it damages the gate or the motor. Call (469) 530-2485 to schedule a check on your gate before winter.
Written by Lonnie Burke, Owner at Carver Gate Repair, serving Burien and the surrounding region.