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Get your free estimateFast, Reliable Electric Gate Repair Across Hurst
Electric gate repair in Hurst usually costs between $195 and $685 depending on whether we’re replacing a gear, a control board, or an entire operator. If you’re looking for Gate Installation - Hurst, we handle that too. Most jobs are done in one visit because our technicians arrive with the parts that Hurst gates actually use. If you live east of Precinct Line Road, near Pipeline Road, or anywhere along Bellaire Drive, call (682) 841-5749 and a live person will answer, day or night.
We focus on one thing: gates. Latch and Post Gate Repair is a Cedarwell family company, founded in 2009, and our Electric Gate Repair team works exclusively on gate openers, motors, keypads, remotes, safety sensors, and control boards. No general plumbing. No odd jobs. Just the latch that holds your gate and the post that carries it, done right.
Why Latch and Post Gate Repair Fort Worth Is Hurst’s Preferred Electric Gate Repair Company
Hurst homeowners call us because the job is explained in plain language before anything gets touched. Cody Beckman leads our crews with the Cedarwell C.A.R.E. values: Clean up like it’s our own home, Ask before we move or touch anything, Respect your time and quiet hours, and Explain the price before the work. If you’ve got a toddler napping inside, we’ll switch to quiet tools and lay drop cloths across your foyer floor before walking an opener through the house to the backyard.
Local knowledge matters here. We know the black gumbo soil east of Precinct Line Road expands and contracts with every wet-dry cycle, and we know what that does to a chain-link gate post set in shallow concrete. We’ve rebuilt enough Hurst gate posts to know when a fix needs a deeper footing instead of another hinge shim. That’s the kind of thing you only learn by working in Hurst week after week.
Every repair is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the gate misbehaves again within a year, we come back and make it right. No argument, no fine print. We also hand you a written price before any work begins, every single visit.
Styles & brands we work with
Commercial Gate Operator in Hurst
A commercial gate operator in Hurst is a heavier-duty motor and gearbox built to cycle a large or frequently used gate dozens of times a day, and it’s the right call when a gated entry opens for every UPS truck, every school pickup, and every guest that comes down the driveway. Many Hurst homes on wide lots off Cheek-Sparger Road and along Harwood Road have gates that cycle more than most small businesses, so a residential opener wears out fast and a commercial operator holds up better.
Heavy-Duty Operator Replacement
When a Viking or DoorKing commercial operator is grinding or tripping its own breaker, we check the gear train, the arm geometry, and the post the operator is mounted to. A new commercial swing gate operator for a Hurst property typically runs $1,800 to $3,400 installed, depending on gate weight and whether you need a new receiver, loops, or a keypad tied in.
Underground Operator Service
Some of the custom ornamental gates around Hurst’s larger lots run on underground operators hidden below grade. When those fail, the symptom is usually a gate that hums but doesn’t move, or moves in short jerks. We troubleshoot the hydraulic or electromechanical unit, replace seals and gear oil where needed, and get the gate moving again without digging up more of your yard than absolutely necessary.
Gate Opener Repair in Hurst
Gate opener repair in Hurst usually targets the same few culprits: burned-out capacitors, stripped plastic gears, water-damaged control boards, or limit switches knocked out of adjustment by a post that’s shifted. When a residential opener dies on a mid-century ranch home off Donna Lane or along Oakwood Drive, the fix is usually less than half the cost of replacing the whole operator.
Motor and Gear Replacement
We open the unit, pull the worn gear, and match it to a replacement that fits your brand, whether that’s a LiftMaster, Viking, or Elite. A typical gate motor or gear replacement in Hurst runs $285 to $520 including the part, labor, and a full travel-and-force reset so the operator isn’t fighting itself on the next cycle.
Control Board Diagnostics
Boards fail from heat, ants, lightning, and age. We test the board in place before recommending a swap, and we always check the transformer and wiring harness first, because swapping a board without checking the feed is how repeat failures happen. If the board is the problem, replacement typically falls between $340 and $610 on most Hurst residential openers.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst
We’re factory-trained on the brands Hurst homes actually have: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. Our trucks carry common gears, boards, remotes, and photo eyes for these brands, so most repairs happen on the first trip. If your keypad is a DoorKing or your swing arm is a Viking, we’ll have the right parts on hand, not “something close.”
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AfterCommon Electric Gate Repair Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Seasonal post movement in black gumbo soil. East of Precinct Line Road, the clay soil swells in spring and shrinks in late summer, slowly rotating shallow post footings. A gate that ran true in June can drag on the strike plate by January.
- Sagging hinge posts on original chain-link frames. Many Hurst gates built decades ago use lighter tubing that has been patched and re-welded. The hinge post bends, the opener arm snaps under the extra load, and then the whole system locks out.
- Sun-bleached wood and vinyl gates losing alignment. The North Texas sun warps wooden gates on wide driveways, which trips the loop detector and leaves the gate half-open. That’s both a security issue and a cycling problem, because the opener keeps trying to close against a gate that no longer swings straight.
- Freeze-thaw cycles snapping opener arms. When an ice storm hits Hurst and the gate is frozen to the driveway, the opener will pull until something yields. Usually it’s the arm or the gear. We replace both and re-set the force limits so the next freeze doesn’t do the same thing.
Pricing for Electric Gate Repair in Hurst, TX
Here are the numbers Hurst homeowners ask about most. A standard service call runs $89, and that’s credited toward the repair if you go ahead with the work. Replacing a gate opener remote or keypad usually lands between $85 and $155. Safety sensor replacement runs $130 to $210 per pair. A full residential gate opener replacement for a swing gate in Hurst typically falls between $950 and $2,100, depending on the weight of the gate and whether we’re adding a battery backup. Commercial operators start around $1,800 and go up from there.
You’ll see the exact figure in writing before any work begins. We quote the job, you approve it, and the number on the invoice matches the number on the quote. Call (682) 841-5749 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
If you’re just outside Hurst, we also cover Hurst neighbors in Haltom City, Euless, Fort Worth, and Kennedale. Same written pricing, same 365-Day Done Right Promise, same live person on the phone when you call (682) 841-5749.
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 Electric Gate Repair in Hurst
The black gumbo soil under Hurst shrinks during dry spells and swells when it rains, so your hinge post rotates a few degrees over the course of a year. In summer the gate still clears, but winter’s soil conditions push it just far enough to bind against the latch or drag on the ground. We reinforce the post footing instead of just filing the strike plate, which is the only fix that lasts more than one season. Call (682) 841-5749 and we’ll take a look.
Yes, in most cases we can repair your existing chain-link gate frame by reinforcing the hinge post and straightening the frame rather than replacing the whole driveway gate. Hurst has hundreds of these original frames still in service, and replacing them is often unnecessary. We’ll price the reinforcement against replacement and you’ll see both numbers in writing before deciding.
Yes, a safety photocell is required on any automatic gate opener, even if your Hurst gate originally operated with only a keypad. The photocell is what stops the gate when a child, pet, or car is in the swing path. Many older Hurst installs predate this code requirement. We can add a photo eye pair to your existing system, typically $130 to $210 installed.
We measure the hinge geometry and the swing radius, then reinforce or re-set the post so the gate travels on its exact original arc. The trick on Hurst’s corner lots is that an angled property line throws off the swing geometry, so a gate that looks square at the street can bind at the hinge. We rebuilt one near Bellaire Drive where the hinge post had rotated in black gumbo soil. Our crew welded a deeper post footing with a reinforced hinge post, added a new LiftMaster operator with safety photocells, and reset the rack and pinion so the gate runs silent through summer-to-winter soil shift.
A shaded driveway means the solar panel never charges the battery fully, so the gate works after a sunny day and fails after two cloudy ones. We add a second panel, reposition the existing one, or run a low-voltage line so the opener draws off a steady feed. Solar openers on Hurst’s tree-lined lots off Harwood Road fail in exactly this pattern. The fix is a system design issue, not a panel issue, and it’s usually under $400. Call (682) 841-5749 and we’ll sort it out.
Written by Cody Beckman, Owner at Latch and Post Gate Repair, serving Hurst since 2009.