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Fast, Reliable Electric Gate Repair Across Fort Worth

Electric gate repair in Fort Worth usually costs between $180 and $480 for common fixes like sensor alignment, keypad replacement, or control board diagnosis. Same-day service is available for most motor and opener failures. Our Electric Gate Repair team knows Fort Worth’s older gates well, especially the oversized steel and iron work common in neighborhoods like Tanglewood, Mira Vista, and the ranch properties west of Loop 820. If your gate is dragging, beeping, or refusing to open, call (682) 841-5749 and a live person will answer, day or night.

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Key Takeaways

• Most electric gate repairs in Fort Worth run $180 to $480, with control board retrofits landing between $650 and $1,400.
• Fort Worth’s expanding clay soil is the number one cause of gate post shift, which leads to dragging gates, stripped rack teeth, and burned-out motors.
• We service Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule openers, plus LiftMaster and FAAC.
• Every job includes a written price before work starts, shoe covers and drop cloths inside the home, and a cleanup photo before we leave.
• Call (682) 841-5749 for a free estimate. A live person answers 24/7.

Why Latch and Post Gate Repair Fort Worth Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Electric Gate Repair Company

We’ve been repairing and installing gates since 2009 as part of the Cedarwell family of independently owned gate specialists. Fort Worth customers call us because our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and trained on the exact equipment families actually own. LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. That means we arrive with parts on the truck and a real plan, not a guess.

Our Fort Worth customers tell us the same three things: the technician showed up when promised, the price never changed from the written quote, and the work area looked untouched when we left. We lay drop cloths on the floor and put on shoe covers before we step inside your home, and we send a photo of the clean-up before we pull out of the driveway. That’s the Cedarwell C.A.R.E. routine, and we don’t skip it.

Cody Beckman, who leads our team, set the standard from day one: every gate comes down to two parts, the latch that holds it and the post that carries it. We focus on both, and we back every repair with a 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the repair isn’t right, we make it right. No argument.

Gate Access Control in Fort Worth

Gate access control in Fort Worth means the keypad, remote receiver, intercom, or loop detector that tells your electric gate when to open. On older Fort Worth properties, this is often a legacy keypad or receiver that’s outlived its useful life. We replace keypads, program remote controls, and wire in new receivers that work with the gate operator you already have.

Keypad and Entry System Replacement

Fort Worth homeowners often want a new keypad when the old one’s buttons stop responding or the plastic face has cracked from years of Texas sun. We install weather-sealed keypads that hold up to Fort Worth’s heat and occasional ice. You get a code that actually works, and we program every remote in the house before we leave.

Loop Detectors and Vehicle Sensors

Long driveways in neighborhoods like Tanglewood and along Bellaire Drive South often rely on buried loop detectors to tell the gate when a car is waiting. When a loop detector fails, the gate may stay open too long or refuse to close. We test the loop, identify whether the wire or the board failed, and replace only what’s needed.

Commercial Gate Operator in Fort Worth

A commercial gate operator in Fort Worth is the motor and control assembly that drives a heavier, wider gate, and this city has plenty of them: ranch entrances, small business lots, HOA entry points in Mira Vista, and custom estate gates in Westover Hills. We repair and retrofit commercial operators from brands like DoorKing, Elite, and FAAC, and we’re honest about when an old operator should be replaced rather than rebuilt.

Retrofit vs. Replacement for Older Operators

If the control board is dead and the motor still runs, a retrofit often costs less than a full replacement. We’ve done this for 1980s and 1990s operators where the original board is no longer manufactured. We mount a new board, wire the safety inputs, and test the full cycle. When the motor itself is seized or the gearbox is stripped, replacement is the cheaper answer long term, and we’ll show you the math before you commit.

Safety Edges and Photocells

Fort Worth’s older commercial and estate gates often predate modern entrapment sensors. If your gate lacks working safety edges or photocells, it’s a genuine hazard, especially for kids and pets. We install and align UL 325 compliant sensors on every retrofit we touch. It’s not an add-on; it’s part of the job.

Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Worth

We stock parts for the brands Fort Worth families actually have. That includes Fort Worth‘s most common residential and light commercial openers: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. When you call about a DoorKing that won’t close or a Mighty Mule that grinds on start, we typically have the board, gear, or sensor on the truck. Factory-trained means we don’t guess. It also means the repair happens in one visit, not two or three.

Common Electric Gate Repair Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes

• Drag marks on the driveway and a dead motor. Expanding clay soil pushes the hinge post out of plumb, so the gate leaf drags on the concrete by July and the motor burns itself out trying to move it.
• Legacy control boards that die after a power surge. Fort Worth’s summer storms and lightning strikes kill 1980s and 1990s boards regularly. Replacement parts don’t exist; a full retrofit is the fix.
• Stripped rack and pinion on slide gates. Post movement on long slide gates puts uneven stress on the gear teeth. We see jerky motion, grinding at the end of travel, and loop detectors that miss vehicles.
• Keypads and remotes that work only when they want to. Heat, rain, and UV break down older weather seals. We replace keypads and reprogram remotes so every button works every time.

Pricing for Electric Gate Repair in Fort Worth, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth

Our electric gate repair service covers Fort Worth and the surrounding communities. We regularly work in Haltom City, Hurst, Kennedale, and Arlington. If you’re in one of those cities with a gate that won’t open or a keypad that died, call (682) 841-5749 and we’ll schedule a visit.

FAQs About Electric Gate Repair in Fort Worth

What Makes Fort Worth Gate Repair Different

In Fort Worth’s west and north neighborhoods, many electric gates are oversized custom steel or iron built before UL 325 entrapment standards. These gates were welded to fit a specific driveway, not ordered from a catalog. Combined with North Texas’ expansive clay soil, the hinge post footing is the first thing to shift. On swing gates, that sag makes the gate drag and destroys the operator motor. On slide gates, it causes rack and pinion damage and jerky stops.

We recently rebuilt an electric swing gate in Tanglewood where a 1970s custom iron gate had scuffed a curved driveway for two summers. The original hinge post had shifted in the clay, and the old doorbell-style keypad entry was dead. We reset the post footing, welded a reinforcement plate, realigned the gate operator, and installed a new LiftMaster with safety photocells. No more drag marks.

That job is typical of what Fort Worth throws at a gate. The housing stock here, mostly ranch and traditional brick homes built from the 1950s through the 2000s, often includes gated driveways on larger lots. The gates are welded steel or ornamental iron, which means repair is a metalwork and alignment job, not a parts swap. If you own an older gate in Fort Worth, call (682) 841-5749. We’ll tell you honestly whether it can be economically retrofitted on shifting clay soil or whether it should be replaced before the next summer dry spell.

Written by Cody Beckman, Owner at Latch and Post Gate Repair Fort Worth, serving Fort Worth since 2009.