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Fast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Hurst
Gate repair in Hurst typically runs $140 to $680 depending on the failure, and most service calls are completed in a single visit. We dispatch ready-to-work technicians from our Dallas-Fort Worth office to Hurst neighborhoods every day, with a written price agreed before any work begins. A sagging wooden gate on Norwood Drive is a different job than a slide gate fault off Precinct Line Road, and we treat them that way. If you need a gate fixed in Hurst, call (469) 530-2485. Lonnie Burke leads our crew, and the same Garrison Standard applies on every call: written prices, background-checked technicians, and a full year of written guarantee on the repair.
Why Carver Gate Repair Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Hurst homeowners tend to be direct about what they want: a gate that opens and closes without a fight, a price that does not move at the door, and a technician who shows up when they say they will. That is the whole reason Carver Gate Repair exists. Every Hurst call gets a written price before tools come off the truck, and every repair carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the repair fails inside the guarantee window, we return and fix it free. No charge, no argument.
Our Gate Repair team works on wooden and metal gates across Hurst, but the local reputation is built on showing up. Phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including weekends and holidays. No voicemail boxes, no callback queues. The responding technician is background-checked and uniformed, so when someone arrives at your gate, you know exactly who you are letting through it. That matters to Hurst homeowners who have already been burned by a no-show or a moving price.
The local knowledge runs deeper than scheduling. We know the ranch corridors off Bedford-Euless Road, the mid-century lots along Norwood Drive, and the newer construction near Precinct Line Road. Each area has its own gate failures, and Gate Repair in Hurst requires a technician who can read the gate and the ground it is set in before recommending work.
Metal Gate Repair in Hurst
Metal Gate Repair in Hurst most often involves re-hanging a steel or iron gate that has dropped on its hinges, re-welding a cracked frame, or fixing a slide gate that grinds instead of glides. The steel picket and tubular frame gates common on Hurst driveways are built to last, but the hardware is not. Hinges wear, weld joints crack under daily use, and rack-and-pinion tracks collect debris that stresses the operator. A typical metal gate re-hang in Hurst runs $190 to $420. Weld repairs and rust remediation run $250 to $680 depending on how much of the frame must be cut out and replaced.
Hinge & Post Repair
Heavy metal gates concentrate all their force on the hinge side, which is why the hinge post is the first failure point on years-old installations. We replace bent or seized hinges regularly across Hurst and inspect the post footing each time. A repaired hinge on a failing post just moves the problem down the line.
Weld & Rust Repair
Steel gates in Hurst take Texas sun, humidity, and the occasional severe thunderstorm. Rust creeps in at the weld joints and bottom rails first. We cut out the compromised section, weld in a replacement, and treat the area so the same joint is not rotting again in two years. The gate should outlast the repair.
Wood Gate Repair in Hurst
Wood Gate Repair in Hurst almost always starts with the hinge post, not the panel. The cedar and pressure-treated pine swing gates on mid-century ranchers look solid from the street, but the post below grade is often softening and leaning. A proper repair means resetting the post footing, correcting the sag, and then re-hanging the panel so it swings true. Typical wooden gate repair in Hurst runs $160 to $380. If the panel itself is rotted through, replacement boards and full panel rebuilds run $280 to $620.
Post Footing & Sag Correction
Hurst’s housing stock around the 1960s through 80s ranch corridors means most driveways have older wooden swing gates bolted to original hinge posts. Post footing rot, not the panel itself, drives the majority of our sag calls here. That makes post inspection the first step on nearly every Hurst gate, not an upsell afterthought. We reset the footing, brace the post, and re-align the gate before the operator ever gets touched.
Gate Realignment
A wooden gate that drags the driveway or will not latch is usually out of square, not broken. We correct the alignment with the post fixed, not with shims stacked on the hinge. The gate should close square and stay closed, not fight the latch on every cycle.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst
Carver Gate Repair technicians are trained on LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule equipment. In Hurst, the brands we see most are LiftMaster on older slide-gate installs, FAAC and Ghost Controls on newer swing gates, and Linear on mid-market automatic systems. If you need Hurst Gate Motor Repair, we keep common parts for these brands on every truck, which means fewer Hurst repair calls need a return visit for a part. We keep common parts for these brands on every truck, which means fewer Hurst repair calls need a return visit for a part. If your gate is acting up and the operator is one of these names, the technician who arrives will already know the wiring, the limit switch logic, and the reset procedure for that specific board.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Rotted hinge posts on older wooden swing gates. The panel looks fine, but the post below grade has given way. Fixing only the panel means fixing it twice, so we inspect the footing first on every Hurst gate.
- Phantom reverses and nuisance stops on slide gates. The operator gets blamed, but the trip is often a mis-aimed loop detector or a fouled safety photocell. We diagnose the sensor chain before we replace a board.
- Aging automatic operators that have never been re-tested. A gate that opens and closes is not necessarily compliant. UL 325 entrapment protection has to be tested on photosensors and edge devices, and many Hurst installations have not been checked in years.
- Swing gates tripping the reversing edge on every close. We see this most on FAAC and Ghost Controls installs near Precinct Line Road. A shifted bracket or a gate slightly out of square causes the edge sensor to read pressure where there should be none.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Hurst, TX
Honest numbers help you plan. In Hurst, basic service calls and minor hinge repairs run $140 to $240. Re-hanging a metal gate runs $190 to $420. Wooden post resets and sag corrections run $160 to $380. Full panel rebuilds and weld work run $280 to $680. Operator board diagnostics, loop detector re-aiming, and safety photocell replacements typically add $180 to $380. No price gets finalized until we see the gate and the ground it is set in, but the written price is delivered before any work starts, and it does not move at the door. Call (469) 530-2485 for a free estimate. The number you hear on the phone is the number on the invoice.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Carver Gate Repair regularly handles calls across Hurst and the surrounding area, including North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, and Haltom City. The same written pricing and the same guarantee apply on every call in the northeast Tarrant County corridor. If you are just outside Hurst city limits, you still get the same live-person phone coverage and the same background-checked technician.
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
Because the hinge post below grade has rotted, not the gate panel itself. Hurst’s mid-century ranch neighborhoods have original posts that are forty to sixty years old, and once water works into the footing, the whole post leans and the gate drops. The answer is a post reset and footing replacement, then a sag correction on the gate. Call (469) 530-2485 and we will inspect the post first, not sell you a new gate you do not need.
No. A proper gate installation is measured, ordered, and scheduled. That process takes days, not hours, and any company promising same-day installation on a new gate is cutting something out. We promise a free measure and a written price, then a scheduled install that includes the groundworks, the operator, the safety edges, and the reversal testing. Call (469) 530-2485 to get the measure scheduled.
Four things: correct post footings with proper concrete set and cure, a power run sized for the operator draw, safety photocells or edge sensors mounted and wired correctly, and a full UL 325 entrapment-protection reversal test before the job is done. Any contractor who skips the reversal test is handing you a gate that legally has to be tested and is not. Every Carver install includes the test and the written report.
Often no. We traced a run of these calls on slide gates off Bedford-Euless Road to mis-aimed loop detectors, not the operator board. Re-aiming the detector fixed the phantom reverses without a parts swap. The operator only reverses when a sensor tells it to. The sensor gets blamed last and checked first on our service calls. Call (469) 530-2485 and we will test the detector chain before we quote a board.
LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. That covers nearly every operator installed in Hurst’s housing stock, from the older LiftMaster slide installs to the FAAC and Ghost Controls units on newer swing gates. We carry common parts for these brands, so many repairs are completed same day. For same-day operator repair in Hurst, call (469) 530-2485.
If your gate is sagging, grinding, reversing, or not opening at all, call (469) 530-2485 for a free estimate. A live person answers, a written price is delivered before the work starts, and the repair is guaranteed for a full year. That is the standard in Hurst, TX.
Written by Lonnie Burke, Owner at Carver Gate Repair, serving Hurst and surrounding Tarrant County communities.





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