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Gate hinge replacements, post re-plumbing, and custom welding on Aubrey acreage properties usually run between $280 and $1,400 depending on the gate’s weight, span, and whether we’re repairing existing steel or fabricating new sections. Most hinge and post work is completed in one visit by our Gate Parts & Welding team. If your swing gate is binding at the latch or sagging off its posts, call (432) 547-6481 and we’ll get a welder to your property, typically same week.
Why Ironworks Gate Co. Is Aubrey’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
We understand the gates on Aubrey’s acreage because we’ve repaired enough of them to know how they fail. The heavy pipe-frame swing gates off Smiley Road, the ornamental iron entrances near Sandbrock Ranch, and the custom farm gates east of Highway 377 all sit on the same expansive Blackland Prairie clay that moves with every wet-dry cycle. Homeowners here don’t call for a gate that sticks once in a while. They call because the post has heaved three inches, the latch won’t catch, and the automatic opener is grinding against a gate that’s now out of plumb.
Victor Salinas, who leads our company, has built a reputation in Denton County on one simple promise: we write down what we’ll do, what it costs, and how long the work is guaranteed. That written 90-Day Done Right Promise applies to every weld, every hinge pin, every post we reset in Aubrey. If it’s not right, we come back. No paperwork, no arguing. We stand behind it.
Our crews serving Gate Parts & Welding in Aubrey are background-checked, uniformed technicians who work on your property the way they’d work on their own mother’s. We answer the phone around the clock, seven days a week. When you call (432) 547-6481 about a sagging gate or a post that shifted after the fall rains, a live person picks up. Not a voicemail. Not a callback queue.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Aubrey
Hinge Replacement
On a 20-foot pipe-frame gate, the hinge pins carry hundreds of pounds every time the gate swings. Aubrey’s older farm gates often have original weld-on hinges that have rusted from decades of North Texas humidity and rain. We cut out the corroded barrel hinges, weld in new heavy-wall replacements, and realign the gate so it swings true without dragging. For ornamental iron gates on custom homes near the Tribute or Winn Ridge subdivisions, we match the hinge style to the existing ironwork so the repair doesn’t look like an afterthought.
Post Replacement
This is the most common weld-related repair we run in Aubrey, and it’s almost always tied to the clay. A gate post set in a 24-inch footing will heave when the Blackland Prairie clay swells after October rains. We dig out the old post, set a new structural steel post in a deeper footing with proper concrete collar, and weld the gate hinges back in plumb. The difference after a reset post is immediate: the gate latches, the opener stops struggling, and the whole entrance works like it should.
Rail Repair
Long driveway gates on Aubrey acreage sag in the middle when the top rail loses its crown or the pickets pull away from the frame. We repair cracked welds, reinforce the rail with proper gussets, and re-square the frame so the gate hangs level. For gates that were never built for their span, we add a mid-rail brace or truss rod to stop the sag permanently. This is metalwork, not a patch job, and it’s welded to outlast the next decade of North Texas weather.
Custom Welding
When a gate can’t be economically repaired, or when a property owner on a 5-acre horse property off Fishtrap Road wants a gate that fits the entrance better than what the builder left, we fabricate from scratch. Our welders build pipe-frame and ornamental steel gates to the exact width and height of the opening, including provisions for solar opener mounts, latch posts, and livestock-friendly spacing. We quote the full build before any steel is cut, and the price is settled before a single bolt is turned.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Aubrey
Most of the automated gates we weld and repair in Aubrey run on Ghost Controls, Mighty Mule, or Elite operators. We keep hinge adapters, mounting brackets, and weld-on opener tabs in stock for these systems, so when we arrive to repair a gate on a rural entrance, we’re not waiting on parts from a warehouse. Whether your opener is a solar-powered Ghost Controls unit on a long driveway with no mains power, or a Mighty Mule on a farm gate that gets opened six times a day, our welders and technicians work on it as one system. The steel and the motor have to work together. We fix both.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Aubrey Homes
- Post heave from shrink-swell clay. Aubrey sits on expansive Blackland Prairie soil that shrinks in summer drought and swells after fall rains. This seasonal cycle pushes gate posts out of plumb, which causes the gate to bind, the latch to miss, and the opener to strain. We reset and deepen the footings, then weld the hinges back true.
- Corroded hinge pins on older farm gates. The original weld-on hinges on gates built twenty or thirty years ago rust and wear until the gate sags. On a heavy pipe-frame gate, the sag compounds quickly. We cut out the old hinge, weld in a new pin and barrel, and the gate swings clean again.
- Undersized openers on wide, heavy gates. A 20-foot pipe-frame gate with an opener rated for a 12-foot residential gate will fail early. On Aubrey acreage, we see this constantly. We weld in proper mounting points, check the solar panel and battery sizing, and match the operator to the gate’s actual weight and cycle count.
- Weld cracks at stress points. The repeated torque of an automatic opener, combined with high straight-line winds across open Denton County pasture, cracks welds where the opener arm attaches and where the gate frame meets the hinge stile. We re-weld with proper penetration, add gussets where the design allows, and the failure doesn’t return.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Aubrey, TX
Here’s what we quote for the most common weld and parts jobs on Aubrey acreage. Hinge replacement on a standard 12-foot pipe-frame gate runs $180 to $380 per pair, including cutting out the old hinges and welding in new heavy-wall replacements. A full post replacement with deeper footing and concrete runs $450 to $950 per post, depending on whether we’re pulling an old post or setting new steel. Rail repair and re-squaring a sagging gate runs $220 to $500. Custom fabrication for a 12-foot pipe-frame gate starts around $1,200 and goes up with width, height, and any ornamental work. We price everything upfront, in writing, before any steel is cut or any weld bead is laid. Call (432) 547-6481 and we’ll give you a free estimate you can hold us to.
We Also Serve Cities Near Aubrey
Our gate parts and welding crews cover Aubrey and the surrounding north Denton County communities, including Frisco, Little Elm, Prosper, and Lake Dallas. If your property is in one of these towns, the same 90-Day Done Right Promise and the same live-answer phone line applies. We’re already in the area most weeks, which keeps response times short.
Serving Aubrey, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Aubrey 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 - Gate Parts & Welding in Aubrey
The ground under your gate is moving, not the gate itself. Aubrey sits on Blackland Prairie clay that shrinks several inches during a dry North Texas summer, then swells dramatically when fall and winter rains return. If your posts are set in shallow footings, that swell pushes them out of plumb every year, and your gate starts binding or missing the latch. We reset posts in deeper footings with proper concrete collars to stop the seasonal shift. Call (432) 547-6481 and we’ll assess your post depth and give you a free repair estimate.
Yes. We weld a proper opener mounting plate to the gate frame and set the opener post in concrete, then run the solar panel and battery sizing for your specific gate weight and cycles per day. On a long Aubrey driveway with no mains power, solar is often the only practical option, and the panel and battery bank have to be sized for a heavy gate that cycles six or eight times a day, not a residential gate that opens twice. We quote the full kit and welding labor before any work begins.
Usually we replace just the post and the hinges, not the whole gate. A heaved or corroded post doesn’t mean the gate itself is scrap. We cut the gate free, pull the old post, set new steel deeper with a proper concrete footing, and weld on new hinges matched to your gate’s weight and swing. If the gate frame is cracked or the rails are rusted through, we’ll tell you straight and give you a separate price for repair versus new fabrication. The decision is yours, and it’s made before any steel is cut.
A loop detector buried in the driveway senses the metal mass of a vehicle and tells the gate to open or hold open. Horse trailers are long, high, and full of metal, so the loop has to be sized and tuned for the longest trailer you’ll pull through, not just a pickup. On Aubrey acreage entrances where residents routinely move gooseneck trailers, we set the loop sensitivity and exit loop placement so the gate doesn’t close on the trailer mid-turn. This is part of welding the opener mount and setting the posts correctly: the whole entrance has to work as one system.
For a pasture gate that keeps horses or cattle in, you want a gravity latch with a positive drop pin and a padlockable hasp, not a spring-loaded residential latch that pops open when a horse rubs against it. We weld on a heavy-duty adjustable latch that allows for some post movement without letting the gate come unlatched, and we position it so it can be operated one-handed from horseback or a side-by-side. We’ll match the latch to the gate’s use and post condition when we quote. Call (432) 547-6481 for a free estimate.
Written by Victor Salinas, Owner at Ironworks Gate Co., serving Aubrey and surrounding Denton County communities.