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Fast, Reliable Gate Parts & Welding Across Hurst

Most gate problems in Hurst are not what they first appear to be. A sagging gate, a latch that will not catch, a slide gate that grinds halfway across its track: after 42 years of welding and repairing driveway gates in this area, we know the root cause is usually buried two feet underground. In Hurst’s 76053 and 76054 ZIP codes, Blackland Prairie clay has spent decades quietly shoving gate posts out of plumb. That means the right fix is often a post reset and re-weld, not another hinge swap. We are Ironworks Gate Co., and our Gate Parts & Welding team handles the full scope: hinge replacement, post replacement, rail repair, custom welding, rollers, latches, and locks. Call (817) 286-7391 and you will reach a live person who can schedule a technician to your Hurst home.

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Why Ironworks Gate Co. Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company

Hurst homeowners tend to keep their homes for twenty, thirty, even forty years. They remember the last contractor who promised a fix and then disappeared. We built our reputation on being the company that comes back. Every job we complete in Hurst carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If a weld cracks, a post shifts, or a hinge binds within that window, we return and make it right. No paperwork, no arguing, no exceptions. That guarantee has meant something to Hurst families since 1984.

Our technicians work throughout Hurst on a regular basis. We know the subdivisions off Precinct Line Road, the ranch-style homes along Pipeline Road, and the brick traditional builds that define neighborhoods across 76053 and 76054. Background-checked, uniformed technicians arrive when we say they will. They work the way they would in their own mother’s driveway: clean, careful, and thorough. Victor Salinas leads our team, and the standard he sets is simple: the 400th job gets the same care as the first.

Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Hurst

Hurst’s housing stock is dominated by ranch-style and traditional brick single-family homes built from roughly 1955 through the mid-1980s. Those original ornamental iron driveway gates and cedar privacy-fence gates are now 40 to 65 years old. They have lived through decades of clay-soil heave, drought, and the February 2021 ice storm. Here is what we handle most often.

Post Replacement

This is the repair that actually solves the problem in most of Hurst. Tarrant County’s Vertisol clay expands after spring rains and shrinks during 100-degree summer stretches. That seasonal pump action tilts gate posts one to three inches out of plumb over the years. We excavate the old footing, dig deeper than the original pour, bell out the concrete below the active clay layer, and set a new post that stays put. Then we re-hang the gate so it clears the ground and latches square. If your gate drags or binds no matter what you do to the hinges, the post is almost always the culprit.

Hinge Replacement

A hinge that has worn out is one thing. A hinge whose bracket has torn away from a leaning post is another. In Hurst, we regularly find original barrel hinges from the 1960s and 1970s that have failed at the weld after decades of ice loads and sun exposure. The metal splits along the heat-affected zone, right where the hinge was first welded to the post. We cut away the damaged bracket, prep the post, and weld on fresh hardware that is rated for the weight of your gate. If the post has moved, we reset it first. There is no point hanging a new hinge on a post that is already tilting.

Rail Repair

Older ornamental iron gates often have warped or cracked top and bottom rails. The warp usually comes from years of the gate being forced open against a shifted post or a heavy ice load pulling the frame out of square. We straighten what can be straightened, cut out and replace what cannot, and weld everything back true. The goal is a gate that swings or slides the way it did when it was first hung, without the sag that makes the latch miss.

Custom Welding

Not every repair is a like-for-like part swap. When a gate has custom scrollwork, a one-off post cap, or an unusual hinge configuration, we fabricate what is needed. Our shop does the welding work that a parts catalog cannot solve. We also handle the most common custom welding call in Hurst: cutting and re-welding hinge brackets onto a post that has been excavated, re-set below the active clay layer, and made plumb again. That is the fix that lasts, because it addresses the soil movement instead of fighting it.

Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst

Most Hurst homes with automatic gates run one of a handful of operator brands. We are trained and equipped on nine major gate-automation lines, including LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, and Linear. When a legacy operator on a 1980s slide gate loses rack-and-pinion alignment because the post footing shifted half an inch, we know how to re-align the rack, service the operator, and reset the post so it does not happen again. For Hurst customers, we keep common hinges, rollers, latches, and weld stock on our trucks, which means most parts-related repairs are completed in a single visit. No waiting on a parts order from a distributor three states away.

Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Hurst Homes

• Hinge posts that lean out of plumb from clay heave. Hurst’s Blackland Prairie soil expands and contracts with every wet-dry cycle. Over thirty or forty years, that movement pushes a hinge post far enough out of line that the gate drags on the ground or binds against the latch side, no matter how new the hinges are.
• Original swing gates from the 1960s through the 1980s failing at the hinge post weld. Decades of ice-storm loads and North Texas sun stress the welded joint until the metal splits along the heat-affected zone. The gate still looks fine, but the hinge is tearing away from the post.
• Legacy automatic operators losing rack-and-pinion alignment on slide gates. When frost heave or drought settlement moves the post footing even half an inch, the rack is no longer straight relative to the pinion. The gate grinds, jerks, or stops mid-travel. Some Hurst operators are original units from the 1980s, well before modern entrapment safety standards.
• Gates sagging in the middle after every wet spring. If the hinges were just greased and the gate still drops at the latch end, the problem is structural. Either the top rail has warped, the hinge post has tilted, or the original weld at the hinge bracket has begun to fail. Lubricating the hinge will not fix a frame that is out of square.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst

In addition to our regular work in Hurst, our crews serve Bedford, Haltom City, Fort Worth, and Grand Prairie. If you live just outside the Hurst city limits, we can still get a technician to your driveway, usually within the same week for non-emergency welding and parts work.

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