Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted expert in gate opener repair, specializing in operator motors, drive arms, chains and limit switches. We offer motor and gearbox service alongside arm, chain and bracket repair.
Our team provides limit setting, force adjustment and a full entrapment test, delivering a gate that opens and stops where it should for homes and dependable access for both residential and commercial projects. Workmanship is warrantied for 3 years here, covering welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel, and the shop has 11 years and over 1,412 projects behind it, from a 12 ft swing leaf to a 16 ft slide.
From checking the motor current to the final limit and force test, our team handles the job from start to finish. Serving Georgetown along with Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander and Volente, we repair the operator when it is the real fault and replace it only when repair no longer makes sense.
Call us for a free estimate, and we will inspect your operator, name the failed part and send a written quote.
What you can hold us to
Cyrus, Williams Drive corridor, Georgetown
A manual gate the owners hand-dragged open every morning and wanted to automate without replacing
Sebastian, north shore of Lake Travis, Volente
A lake-side gate whose old operator corroded and quit
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Sebastian on the north shore of Lake Travis in Volente had a lake-side gate whose old operator corroded, so we fitted a new operator with a sealed housing, new limit switches and photo eyes on his 12 ft swing leaf, an estimated $1,900 to $3,000 job that took an estimated 4 to 8 hours. The owners kept their original leaf.
Cyrus on the Williams Drive corridor in Georgetown hand-dragged a 12 ft single leaf open every morning, so we fitted a continuous-duty operator with photo eyes on both sides and a keypad, an estimated $2,100 to $3,200 in an estimated 5 to 7 hours.
Most openers in Georgetown and Round Rock can be repaired if the gate itself moves freely by hand. The table sorts the common faults by the part involved.
| What you see | Likely cause | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Motor hums but the gate stays shut | Worn motor or failed capacitor | Test the motor, replace the part |
| Gate stops short or overshoots | Limit switch out of adjustment | Reset or replace the limit switches |
| Arm or chain slips and clanks | Worn arm, bracket or chain | Replace the worn drive part |
| Corroded housing near the lake | Water in the operator | Replace with a sealed unit |
Owners in Steiner Ranch and West Lake Hills with an older unit usually learn that a 10-year-old operator is cheaper to replace than to chase, so we say which at the inspection.
An operator repair is safety work. DASMA's guidance says most installations need at least two independent entrapment protection means in each direction, and we test both after any repair. Force settings that are set too high are a hazard, so in Georgetown and Cedar Park we adjust them until the gate stops on contact. The maker's parts warranty is usually 1 to 5 years on motors and boards, so we check whether a part is still covered before we quote in Round Rock or Leander. Confirm current rules with the city before you commit, whether the gate is in Georgetown, Lost Creek or Sunset Valley. Monitored photo eyes plus edge sensors on every automatic gate stay in place after the repair, and we watch the leaf reverse before we sign off.
The repair runs in this order:
Near Lake Travis in Volente, humidity is what corrodes an operator, so a sealed housing is the standard replacement. Owners in Cedar Park and Round Rock rarely see that wear, because their units sit inland, but a unit in Leander or Serenada that faces open fields collects dust in the same way. A clean housing, a dry board and a 24V DC continuous-duty operator sized to the leaf last longest, and after 11 years and 1,412 projects that is the pattern we see.
Opener repairs are quoted after testing, since a hum can be a capacitor or a motor. For scale, a full operator retrofit is estimated at $1,800 to $3,800 for each system, and a monthly service agreement is estimated at $88 to $113 for each gate.
Galvanized steel, powder coat, one operator, photo eyes and keypad
Two leaves, two operators, ball-bearing hinges, battery backup
Track set in concrete, chain or rack drive, edge sensors
Counterbalanced carriage, rack-and-pinion drive, no ground track
Hand-built leaf, keyed or electric strike latch
Motor, photo eyes and remotes added to a gate you already own
Video intercom, keypad or phone entry, delivery codes
Galvanized tube, powder coat, rackable panels
Forged pickets and scrollwork, finish to the lot
Self-closing, self-latching gate priced extra
Field-measured, anchored to code height
Thermal break, glass, pivot hardware
Engineered, delivered and set with a hoist
Inspection, lubrication, sensor and limit checks
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Scope | Est. price | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Operator added to a gate you own | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 for one operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Recurring gate service plan | Est. $88 to $113 a gate each month | Est. 1 to 3 hours per visit |
Georgetown-area gate opener repair prices below are estimates and subject to change after diagnosis. Your written quote after testing gives you the final price and repair schedule, based on the failed part, the leaf weight and the parts on hand.
If the fault is wiring or a sensor, our electric gate repair page covers it, and automatic gate repair covers hinges, posts and tracks. A unit past saving is covered under gate operator installation, and a worn leaf under gate replacement. New leaves are covered on our steel gate installation page.
After 11 years and 1,412 projects across a 45-mile radius, we have found that most opener failures trace to a gate that dragged on worn hinges for years. That order is deliberate: we check the steel first, and the 3-year workmanship warranty then covers welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel.
Service calls reach Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander and Serenada, all within 45 miles of the Georgetown shop. If your town is not named here, the service area page shows the full coverage.
The failed part drives the cost, and the written quote after testing sets the final price.
Sebastian's Volente operator took an estimated 4 to 8 hours, and smaller switch or arm work is often an estimated 1 to 3 hours.
Repair it if the gate moves freely by hand, and replace it if it is corroded, as Sebastian's was in Volente, a call we make the same way in Georgetown.
Usually yes, and across our 45-mile radius from Georgetown to Lost Creek we check the parts supply at the inspection.
Yes, every operator has a manual release, and in Sunset Valley or West Lake Hills we test it before any repair.
Whether a city fence rule applies depends on the address, and we look it up in Georgetown or Cedar Park before starting.
Call us for a free estimate on your Georgetown gate, and we will inspect the operator, test the limits and send a written quote. Gate opener repair sits inside a record of 1,412 projects over 11 years.
Start to finish
We measure the opening, the grade and the swing or slide path before anything is drawn.
You approve a scaled drawing, the metal, the finish and the operator before steel is cut.
The gate is welded in our shop, then galvanized and powder coated before it leaves for your property.
We set the posts, hang the gate, wire the operator and test every photo eye and safety edge with you.
Services
Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
Calls only, we do not receive text messages.
