Gatewood Fence & Gate in South Carolina

Gatewood Fence & Gate in South Carolina

Gatewood Fence & Gate repairs gates across South Carolina with a simple rule: fix what’s there before you talk about replacing it. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, welding broken hinges back together in driveways from the Upstate to the Lowcountry rather than hauling gates off to a shop three counties away. When you call, a live person answers, 24 hours a day. No voicemail, no queue, no “we’ll call you back between eight and five.” As part of the Locally family, Hal puts his name, his address, and his license number where anyone can verify them before they ever pick up the phone. That’s the promise South Carolina homeowners get: real accountability, real repair skills, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise stamped in writing on every job.

Why South Carolina Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate

Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice, and his address is published for anyone to look up. He’s not passing through South Carolina, and he’s not subcontracting your job to a crew you’ve never met. When your automatic gate quits opening in a thunderstorm or your farm gate sags after twenty years of coastal humidity, Hal shows up himself, welder in the truck, and figures out what actually broke.

Other companies want to sell you a whole new operator or a complete gate replacement. Hal’s approach is different. He’ll weld a cracked bracket, realign a bent track, or replace a single actuator on a LiftMaster or FAAC system before he talks about tearing anything out. He’s certified to service nine major brands, including BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule, so the parts he carries are the parts you actually need. His technicians are background-checked and uniformed, but more importantly, they’re his people, not temps from a staffing app.

The 90-Day Done Right Promise means what it says. If something isn’t right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no “that’s not covered,” no fine print. He also stands behind straightforward pricing: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve already got, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. No haggling required.

South Carolina homeowners between 50 and 70, living in small towns and rural counties, have heard the same story too many times: a quote on the phone that doubles at the door, a truck with out-of-state plates, a number that stops working when something goes wrong. Hal’s answer is to be the guy you’ll see again at the hardware store, the one whose cell number you can actually save, the one who lives twenty minutes away and says “ask anyone on your street.”

Backed by the Locally Family

Locally started in 1997 when Ward Selby, a retired county extension agent, got tired of hearing neighbors tell the same story about out-of-state operators who quoted one price and charged another. He wrote down what a homeowner could verify in five minutes: a local phone number 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 willing to publish all four could carry his name. That list is still the entire standard.

The L.O.C.A.L. values code, the Locally Promise stamped on every job, and the accountability of running into your customer again on a Saturday, all apply to every Gatewood Fence & Gate repair across South Carolina. Hal answers the phone himself, or a live person does when he’s on a ladder. The price he says is the price on the invoice. That’s not marketing, it’s the only thing Locally sells.

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