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A gate that won’t open, creaks on its hinges, or sags against the post is more than a nuisance. It’s a security gap, a curb-appeal problem, and on Houston’s clay-heavy soil, a recurring headache. Carver Gate Repair Houston has handled thousands of gate calls across Harris County since 2008, working to The Garrison Standard: a written price before any work starts, a background-checked and uniformed technician on every job, and a written guarantee on every repair, good for a full year. When your driveway gate stops cooperating, call (361) 320-7104. A live person answers, any hour, any day.
What separates us from the generalist contractors who treat gates as an afterthought: gates and gate motor systems are all we do. That focus means the technician who shows up in Houston already knows the difference between a bad limit switch and a failing capacitor before the truck is in park. And because we work on nine major motor brands, we match the right parts to what’s already bolted to your property. No learning on your dime.
Driveway Gate Repair
Driveway Gate Repair covers the full range of what keeps a residential gate from doing its job: motors that spin without moving the gate, wheels that bind on the track, arms that detach, frames that rust through at the weld points. We inspect the gate leaf, the operator, the hinges, and the track or pivot assembly, then hand you a written price before any work begins. In Houston, most driveway gate repairs run between $150 and $850 depending on whether the problem is mechanical, electrical, or both. A motor swap is the high end; a hinge replacement or wheel realignment is the low end.
Common Failures We Fix
The two failures we see most in Houston driveways are sagging gate leaves and dead operator boards. A sagging leaf is usually a hinge or post problem, and Houston’s expanding clay soil makes it worse every summer. Dead boards are often simpler: a bad transformer or a fried control board that needs a direct replacement.
Repair vs. Replace
If the gate frame is structurally sound and the motor is less than ten years old, repair is almost always the right call. We tell you honestly when it isn’t. A steel gate with rust-through at three or more weld points is a replacement candidate, and we’ll tell you that before you spend money patching it.
Styles & brands we work with
Gate Welding
Gate Welding is the structural repair that gets an iron or steel gate straight and solid again instead of patched with bolts and hope. We use it when a weld has cracked at a hinge plate, when a rail has snapped, when rust has eaten through a crossmember, or when a vehicle strike has bent the frame out of square. Carver Gate Repair Houston runs MIG and stick welding rigs on the truck for most jobs, and we grind and prime every weld before we leave. Structural welding on a residential gate typically runs $175 to $600 in Houston, depending on how many joints need cutting and re-welding.
When Bolts Aren’t Enough
If your gate was repaired in the past with lap plates and carriage bolts, you’ve seen what temporary looks like. Bolted patches concentrate stress at the bolt holes and fail again. A proper weld restores the original load path, so the gate moves as one piece instead of three wobbling sections.
On-Site vs. Shop Welding
Most cracked iron and steel gates can be welded in place in your driveway, which saves the cost and time of removal. If a gate leaf is too far gone, we cut it free and haul it to the shop where it can be jigged, squared, and welded on a bench, then reinstalled and re-hung the same day.
Commercial Gate Repair
Automatic Gate Repair and manual gate service for apartment complexes, warehouses, condominium properties, and controlled-access facilities throughout Houston falls under our Commercial Gate Repair offering. These gates cycle dozens or hundreds of times a day, so a failure isn’t just inconvenient, it’s a liability and a traffic problem. Carver Gate Repair Houston services commercial operators from LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, and Linear, and we carry the parts those systems eat through fastest: loop detectors, edge sensors, control boards, and drive chains. Commercial repair work typically runs $300 to $1,500 in Houston, depending on the operator type and whether the failure is mechanical, electrical, or access-control related.
Access Control Integration
Most commercial gates in Houston are tied to keypads, card readers, or phone-based entry systems. When we repair the gate, we test the full loop: the entry device, the operator, the safety edges, and the timer that closes the gate. A gate that opens but won’t auto-close is usually a loop detector or a timer issue, not the motor.
Minimizing Downtime
We prioritize commercial calls because a stuck-open gate on a Houston apartment property is an open invitation. Our trucks carry common FAAC and LiftMaster control boards and drive belts, which means a high percentage of commercial failures are fixed on the first visit rather than after a parts run.
Iron Gate Repair
Iron Gate Repair is the service for ornamental and heavy-gauge iron gates that have bent hinges, cracked pickets, or rust blooms at the joints. Iron is strong but weld points fatigue, especially on wide driveway gates that catch wind. We straighten bent sections cold where possible, cut and re-weld where the metal has torn, and grind every repair smooth so the gate doesn’t look like a patch job. Iron gate repair in Houston typically costs $150 to $500 depending on the number of welds, the severity of any bending, and whether the gate needs re-hanging after the frame work.
Rust and Corrosion
Houston’s humidity is rough on iron. We see rust at the bottom rail and hinge plates more than anywhere else. The fix is usually cutting out the pitted section and welding in new stock, then priming the repair so it doesn’t immediately re-rust. Surface rust can be addressed with grinding and a rust-inhibiting primer, but structural rust needs metal replacement.
Re-Hanging After Repair
Iron gates that have sagged and dragged along the driveway often have wallowed-out hinge holes or bent hinge pins. After we weld the frame, we replace or ream the hinges and set the gate to swing with an even reveal. If the post has shifted, which is common on Houston’s clay soil, we address the post before re-hanging, otherwise the new repair starts pulling immediately.
Sliding Gate Repair
Sliding Gate Repair addresses the cantilever, V-track, and chain-driven sliding gates common on Houston driveways and commercial properties. These gates fail in predictable ways: rollers seize, the chain stretches and jumps, the track fills with gravel and mud, or the motor strains against a gate that no longer rolls freely. Carver Gate Repair Houston replaces rollers and wheels, adjusts and tensions chains, clears and reshapes track beds, and aligns the operator so the gate doesn’t shove sideways as it moves. Most sliding gate repairs in Houston run $200 to $900, with roller and wheel replacement at the lower end and full track or operator work at the upper end.
Track and Roller Wear
Houston’s fine clay dust works its way into wheel bearings and track channels. We see sliding gates that have been lubricated over the top of stuck rollers, which does nothing. The fix is pulling the gate, pressing in new bearings, and setting the bottom track or guide rollers so the gate travels straight under load.
Chain and Operator Alignment
A chain-driven sliding gate that jerks or bangs against its stops usually has stretched chain, worn sprockets, or a misaligned drive. We set chain tension correctly, replace sprockets when the teeth have polished down, and adjust the limit switches so the gate stops where it should rather than hammering the end stops every cycle.
Wrought Iron Gate Repair
Wrought Iron Gate Repair is the specialty work for ornamental gates with scrollwork, finials, and decorative elements that general repair crews don’t have the patience for. Real wrought iron is rarely produced anymore, but Houston has thousands of older homes with true hand-worked gates, and modern “wrought iron” gates are mild steel shaped the same way. We repair cracked scrolls, straighten bent pickets, re-weld broken joints, and match new sections to the existing pattern so the repair doesn’t stand out. Houston wrought iron repair typically runs $175 to $650 depending on how much decorative work must be re-fabricated.
Matching Existing Work
If a gate has decorative scrolls or curls, the repair has to match the existing pattern or it looks worse than the break. We form replacement sections by hand where needed, using the same bar stock dimensions as the original. The goal is a gate that looks like it was never touched.
Repairs That Preserve Character
Older Houston homes with traditional ironwork often have gates that are 30 or 50 years old. We repair rather than replace those gates whenever the frame is sound. A hand-formed replacement picket, a re-welded hinge strap, a straightened top rail: those repairs preserve the original work instead of swapping it for a box-store gate that doesn’t match the house.
Metal Gate Repair
Electric Gate Repair and service for steel, aluminum, and iron gates across Houston, from modern horizontal-slat driveway gates to simple perimeter gates, falls under our Metal Gate Repair category. Metal gates share common failure modes: weld fatigue, hinge wear, post lean, and in coastal-adjacent parts of Houston, accelerated corrosion. We repair steel and iron gates by welding and straightening, and aluminum gates by replacing or re-riveting structural sections since aluminum doesn’t weld the same way steel does. Metal gate repair in Houston spans $150 to $800 depending on the material, the amount of structural damage, and whether the operator needs work at the same time.
Aluminum vs. Steel Repairs
Aluminum gates can’t simply be welded in the field with standard steel rod. We use the correct filler material and techniques for aluminum, or replace damaged extrusions entirely when welding would weaken the surrounding metal. For steel gates, the work is usually straightforward welding and straightening.
Post and Foundation Issues
A gate is only as good as the post it hangs from. On Houston’s clay soil, we see posts that have heaved, leaned, or pulled in toward the gate’s weight. We reset posts in properly sized concrete footers when needed, which is the only repair that actually lasts on moving ground.
Wood Gate Repair
Wood Gate Repair covers the pickets, rails, hinges, and posts on wooden driveway and garden gates throughout Houston. Wood gates rot at the bottom of the pickets, split at hinge screw lines, and sag as the joints loosen with every rain cycle. We replace rotted pickets and rails, sister in new material where the frame has split, reset hinges with longer structural screws, and re-square sagging gate panels. Wood gate repair in Houston generally runs $125 to $450 depending on how much rot has taken hold and whether the post or the gate frame needs rebuilding.
Houston Moisture and Rot
Wood gates in Houston face two enemies: ground moisture wicking up into the pickets, and humidity that swells and shrinks the wood through every season. We use pressure-treated material for anything within a few inches of the ground and seal end grain where water enters fastest. A gate built with end grain exposed is fighting a losing battle from day one.
Hardware That Outlasts the Wood
Most wood gate failures start at the hinges. We replace cheap builder-grade hinges with heavier galvanized or stainless hardware, and we use structural screws or through-bolts where the old screws have wallowed out the wood. The gate doesn’t just get re-hung; it gets re-hung on hardware that won’t pull out in the next thunderstorm.
If the gate has moved past the point of repair, see our Gate Installation options built to the same written-price and full-year-guarantee standard.
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We work on nine major gate motor brands, and we stock parts for the ones we see most across Houston. LiftMaster is the most common residential operator in the Houston market, and we carry their control boards, remote receivers, and drive belts on the truck. FAAC and BFT are the hydraulic and electromechanical operators we see on Houston’s commercial properties, and our technicians know the difference between a FAAC hydraulic pump that’s low on oil and one that’s lost pressure entirely.
Linear operators show up on many mid-range residential installs, and we keep their limit switches and remotes in stock. Whether you have a Ghost Controls retrofit kit, a Viking swing operator, or any other make bolted to your gate, we can diagnose it and match the repair to the system already installed. If your problem is motor-specific rather than frame-specific, calls often route to our Gate Motor Repair process.
Signs You Need a Pro Right Now
- The gate groans or shrieks when it moves. Grinding usually means a bearing has failed, a chain is loose, or a hinge has run dry too long. Ignoring the noise turns a $150 repair into a $700 motor replacement.
- The gate reverses on its own mid-cycle. Auto-reversal means the safety sensor or force setting is reading resistance where there shouldn’t be any. It’s often a track or wheel problem, but it can also be a failing control board. Either way, repeated reversing is a sign the system is working against itself.
- The gate sags and scrapes the driveway. Metal fatigue in hinges or welds, or a post that has shifted in Houston clay. Scraping the concrete every cycle is doing damage to the gate bottom and the operator at the same time.
- The motor runs but the gate doesn’t move. A motor spinning without moving the gate means the drive connection has failed: a sheared keyway, a broken chain, a stripped gear. It’s a mechanical disconnect that often looks like an electrical failure, and a pro needs to make that call.
- The gate slams shut at the end of travel. Hydraulic and mechanical operators have soft-close or limit adjustments that should ease the gate to a stop. When those are off, the gate hammers its end stops, and every cycle loosens welds and motor mounts.
Our Process, Step by Step
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You call and talk to a live person. No answering service, no call-back queue. A human in Houston picks up at (361) 320-7104, takes your address and the symptom, and gets you on the schedule.
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The technician arrives in uniform, on time. Every Carver tech is background-checked and dispatched with your job notes in hand. That means the truck is stocked for the likely failure before the wheels roll.
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We diagnose and show you the problem. The technician inspects the gate leaf, hinges, track or pivots, motor, control board, and safety edges. Testing includes limit switch voltage, motor draw, and chain or belt tension. When we find the fault, we walk you through it in plain terms.
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You get a written price before any work starts. The number on the written price is the number you pay. If we find something else on the job, we don’t do an ounce of unpaid add-on work. We call you, show you, and get a yes first.
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We repair, test the full cycle, and clean the site. The gate is cycled at least a dozen times to confirm limits, sensitivity, and smooth travel. The work area is left clear of metal shavings, old parts, and tools. Every repair carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
How Much Does Gate Repair Cost in Houston?
Gate repair in Houston costs more or less depending on what actually broke. A loose hinge or rotted wood picket runs $125 to $200. A sliding gate roller replacement with track cleanup typically runs $200 to $400. A cracked iron gate that needs welding and re-hanging runs $175 to $500. A full operator replacement, where the motor is dead and the repair isn’t practical, runs $600 to $1,500 on most residential gates in Houston. Commercial operators, hydraulic systems, and access-control integration push that range to $300 to $1,500 or more depending on the equipment.
What moves the price: the type of gate (swing vs. sliding vs. cantilever), the material (steel, iron, aluminum, or wood), whether the post or foundation is involved, and whether the motor and safety sensors need work at the same time as the frame. A gate that’s been sagging for six months usually costs more than one that started acting up this week, because the strain has already traveled into the hinges and operator.
How to Avoid Overpaying
Get the written price before the work starts, and ask what the quote covers. Our written price includes labor, parts, and the full-year guarantee. If a contractor won’t commit to a number before opening the gate, walk away. On this type of work, the price shouldn’t move at the door because the technician hasn’t opened the gate yet.
What’s Included in a Free Estimate
Our estimate is an on-site diagnostic, not a phone guess. The technician tests the operator, inspects the frame and hinges, and gives you a written number for the full repair. You pay nothing for the estimate, and there’s no obligation to proceed.
Our Service Area Near Houston
Carver Gate Repair Houston dispatches across Harris and Fort Bend counties. We serve the neighborhoods inside the Loop, the Energy Corridor, and out through the southern and eastern suburbs. Our most frequent calls come from Pearland, Baytown, Humble, Richmond, Channelview, Deer Park, Cloverleaf, Stafford, Aldine, Jacinto City, and Mission Bend. Most residential calls in the Houston metro are reached within a few days of scheduling, and emergency gate failures are prioritized for next-day or same-day dispatch when capacity allows. Call (361) 320-7104 to confirm current availability for your side of town.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Gate Repair in Houston
Gate repair is the process of diagnosing and fixing a gate that won’t open, won’t close, sags, binds, or won’t respond to its remote. It covers the gate frame, hinges, posts, track or pivot assembly, and the motor and control board that drive the gate. At Carver Gate Repair Houston, every repair includes testing the whole system, not just the part that failed first. Call (361) 320-7104 for a free estimate.
Most residential gate repairs in Houston are completed the same visit. A hinge replacement, roller swap, or minor weld repair takes an hour or two. A full operator replacement or a gate that needs to be pulled, welded in the shop, and re-hung can take most of a day. We tell you before we start how long your specific repair will take.
Gate repair in Houston runs $125 to $1,500 for residential work and $300 to $1,500 for commercial work, depending on what failed. The low end covers simple hardware and wood repairs; the high end covers full operator replacements, hydraulic systems, and access-control repairs. You’ll get an exact written price before any work starts, and that number doesn’t move. Call (361) 320-7104 to schedule a free on-site estimate.
Yes. LiftMaster is one of the most common operators we service in Houston, and we stock control boards, remote receivers, drive belts, and limit switches for their residential line. If your LiftMaster motor hums but doesn’t move the gate, or the remote works intermittently, our technicians can diagnose and repair it on-site. We also service FAAC, BFT, Linear, and five other major brands.
For urgent gate failures, we prioritize emergency and commercial calls and dispatch as quickly as the schedule allows. Every day, including weekends and holidays, a live person answers the phone and can tell you exactly when a technician can be there. Call (361) 320-7104 for current availability. Most non-emergency repairs are scheduled within a few days.
Every repair we complete carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If your repair fails inside the guarantee window, we send a technician back at no charge, no argument. That’s the floor: a written guarantee on every repair, good for a full year from the date of service.
Clear the gate area of vehicles, trash cans, and anything within a few feet of the gate’s swing or slide path. Keep pets inside. If the gate is in a back yard, make sure the technician can access it. We handle the rest, including keeping the gate and the surrounding area clean during the work.
Schedule Your Gate Repair Service in Houston Today
Call (361) 320-7104 and get a live person, a straight answer, and a written price before any work begins. Every Carver Gate Repair Houston technician is background-checked and uniformed. Every repair carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. The estimate is free. The number won’t move. If your gate has stopped cooperating in Houston, we’re the crew to call.
Written by Lonnie Burke, Owner at Carver Gate Repair Houston, serving Houston since 2008.