Driveway Gate Repair in Houston
A driveway gate is the one piece of equipment on your property that has to work every single day, in the rain, in 100-degree heat, and at 6am when you are trying to leave. When it stops, you are either locked in or locked open — and neither is acceptable for long.
We repair driveway gates of every type across Greater Houston: ornamental iron, tube steel, aluminum, wood-clad, swing, slide, and cantilever. Because we fabricate in our own shop, we can repair the gate you already own rather than steering you toward a replacement — including matching ornamental scrollwork and pickets that cannot be ordered from a catalog.
Most calls are finished on the first visit. Every truck carries a welder, grinder, cutting tools, stock hinges and hardware, and parts for the operator brands common in this market.
The Most Common Driveway Gate Problems
- ✓Gate sagging or dragging on the driveway — worn hinges or a shifted post
- ✓Gate will not latch, or the latch sits too high or low
- ✓Gate opens but will not close, or reverses partway
- ✓Remote or keypad stopped working
- ✓Operator hums but the gate does not move
- ✓Slide gate grinding, binding, or jumping the track
- ✓Gate stopped entirely — no lights, no response
- ✓Leaning, rusted, or cracked gate posts
- ✓Vehicle impact damage — bent frames and broken pickets
- ✓Rust at the bottom rail and inside hollow tube
We Fix the Cause, Not Just the Symptom
A latch that will not catch is usually not a latch problem. A gate that keeps reversing is usually not an operator problem. On a driveway gate, one failure almost always traces back to something upstream — most often a post that has moved or hinges that have worn.
That matters because the cheap fix makes things worse. Turning up the operator force so a dragging gate stops reversing defeats the entrapment protection that is there for a reason, and it burns out the motor a few months later. We diagnose the whole system — posts, hinges, frame, track, operator, safety devices, wiring — and tell you what actually failed and why.
Why Houston Driveway Gates Fail
Expansive clay soil is the number one cause of driveway gate problems in this city. It swells when it rains and shrinks when it dries, and every cycle walks a shallow-set post a little further out of plumb until the gate drags and the geometry no longer works.
Humidity above 75% year-round attacks coatings and rusts gates from the bottom rail up and from the inside of hollow tube out. Summer heat cooks backup batteries and control boards inside sun-exposed operator housings. And lightning takes out more control boards here than any other single cause.
When we replace a post, it goes 30 to 36 inches deep with a belled footing so the clay cannot lift it. When we weld, the fresh steel gets primed and coated before we leave. Those two habits are the difference between a repair that lasts and one you call about again next spring.
What This Includes
- ✓Full-system diagnostic on arrival — $89, applied to the repair
- ✓Written estimate before any work begins
- ✓Hinge, latch, and post repair and replacement
- ✓On-site welding and in-house ornamental fabrication
- ✓Operator repair for all major brands
- ✓Remote, keypad, and access control troubleshooting
- ✓Photo eye, safety edge, and loop repair with UL 325 testing
- ✓Rust repair and refinishing
- ✓Same-day service across Greater Houston
Read More in The Gate Guide
We write up the questions we get asked most often. These cover this service in more depth:
Frequently Asked Questions
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Do you handle home electric gate repair as well as commercial?
Yes. Home electric gate repair is the majority of our driveway work — operators, remotes, sensors and the mechanical side of the gate. Front gates repair services for estates and acreage entrances are handled the same way.
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Is automatic driveway gate repair different from a general gate repair?
The diagnostic is the same, but a driveway gate carries more weight and cycles more often than a pedestrian or garden gate, so hinges, posts and operators wear faster and get checked first.
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How much is a driveway gate repair?
Every repair starts with a flat $89 service call that covers the full diagnostic. We give you a written estimate before any work begins, and the $89 is applied to the repair if you approve it. Because the same symptom can have very different causes, we do not quote repairs over the phone.
Q
Can you come out today?
We call back within 30 minutes and target same-day service across Greater Houston. Gates stuck open are treated as a security priority.
Q
My gate is stuck and my cars are inside. What now?
Every operator has a manual release that disconnects the motor so the gate can be pushed by hand. Call us and we can talk you through finding it on your specific unit while a technician is dispatched.
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Do you repair gates you did not install?
Yes — the majority of our repair work is on gates installed by other companies, including ones no longer in business.
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Is my gate worth repairing or should I replace it?
If the frame and posts are structurally sound, repair is almost always the better value. We recommend replacement when a frame is rusted through in several places or bent past what can be worked true, and we will tell you plainly which side of that line your gate is on.