Gatewood Fence & Gate in Texas

Gatewood Fence & Gate in Texas

Gatewood Fence & Gate brings honest gate repair to Texas homeowners who are tired of hearing “replace the whole thing” when what they need is someone who can actually weld. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and his shop is still owner-operated with his name on the door and his address published for anyone to look up. When you call, you get a live person around the clock, not a voicemail tree or a call center three states away. As part of the Locally family, every Gatewood job across Texas carries the same promise: the price on the phone is the price on the invoice, and the owner stands behind his work with a 90-Day Done Right Promise stamped in writing.

Why Texas Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate

Hal Gatewood fixes gates in your driveway. He does not haul them off to some warehouse or swap out parts that still have years left in them. His crew carries welding equipment on every truck, which means a broken hinge or a sagging frame often gets repaired right there on the spot instead of turning into a four-figure replacement quote. That repair-first philosophy comes from twenty-nine years of owner-operated work, not from a corporate playbook about average ticket size.

The 90-Day Done Right Promise works the way you would expect from a neighbor. If something is not right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no “we’ll send a different crew next week,” no fine print about what counts as a callback. It is stamped on every invoice because Hal put his own name on the shop, and he is going to run into you again at the hardware store or the feed store, which is the oldest accountability mechanism there is.

His technicians are background-checked and uniformed, and they are certified to service nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. That matters in Texas, where a ranch gate with a Mighty Mule opener and a suburban driveway with a LiftMaster are two completely different jobs, and you need someone who has worked on both, not a general handyman guessing at the wiring.

Hal also keeps his pricing straightforward, with standing offers that do not require you to haggle like you are buying a used car: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate you have already gotten, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. The price he says on the phone is the price on the invoice. That is not a slogan. It is how you run a business when your name is on the truck and your address is published.

Backed by the Locally Family

Locally started in 1997 when a retired county extension agent named Ward Selby got tired of hearing the same story: out-of-state plates, a quote that tripled at the door, and a phone number that stopped working the next week. He wrote down what a homeowner could actually verify in five minutes: a local phone number that a person answers, an address you can drive to, the owner’s name and face, and a license number you can look up. Any company that publishes all four can carry the Locally name. That list is still the entire standard.

Gatewood Fence & Gate meets it. Hal’s name is on the shop, his address is published, and when you call you get a live person 24/7. The Locally family does not sell leads or run a dispatch board. We make “are you actually local?” a question you can answer before you call, not after you have been burned. Every Gatewood job across Texas is backed by the L.O.C.A.L. values: Local roots, On time, Community first, Accountable, and Loyal. That means the window we give you is the window, the owner answers the phone, and we would rather keep you for twenty years than win one big ticket.

Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Texas since 2001.