Before & After Gallery - Calder Gate Repair Austin

Gate Repair Before & After in Austin, TX

Photos tell the truth faster than any pitch we could write. Below are real before-and-after narratives from Gate Repair jobs around Austin, from sagging steel in Tarrytown to dead openers in Mueller. We document every job because you deserve to see exactly what changed, not just hear that it did.

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Electric Gate Repair: Dead LiftMaster Opener in Circle C

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The problem: a twelve-year-old LiftMaster LA400 had burned through its control board after a summer of Austin lightning strikes, leaving the gate dead on its track. We pulled the old board, tested the motor and limit switches – the small sensors that tell the gate when to stop – and replaced the full opener arm rather than patch a board that would fail again by next storm season. The result: the gate opens in eight seconds, stops flush against the post every time, and the homeowner got a written 365-Day Done Right Promise before we even started.

Gate Repair: Sagging Steel Driveway Gate in Westlake

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The gate had dropped three inches at the latch end, the bottom corner dragging a groove into the concrete apron. The culprit was a pair of worn hinge bearings that had been carrying a 400-pound steel gate since 2011. We lifted the gate, replaced both bearing sets, and re-squared the frame so the gate clears the driveway by a consistent two inches across its full swing. The homeowner can now open it with one hand, which was not possible the morning we arrived.

Gate Opener Repair: FAAC System Losing Position on a Sloped Drive in Barton Hills

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On a sloped lot, the gate had started overtraveling past its stop point and then reversing, a classic limit switch failure. We replaced the FAAC 402 limit switch assembly and recalibrated the travel points so the gate stops exactly at the closed sensor every cycle, even with the grade working against it. Before, the homeowner was standing outside in the dark waiting to confirm the gate actually closed. After, she gets a notification on her phone and doesn’t think about it again.

Gate Repair: Bent Track After a Vehicle Strike in Pflugerville

A delivery truck clipped the gate mid-swing and bent a six-foot section of the ground track. The gate would bind halfway open and grind hard enough to hear from inside the house. We removed the damaged track section, straightened and re-welded it where sound, replaced the roller wheels that had flat-spotted, and reset the gate alignment to factory tolerance. The gate now rolls quietly through the full opening, and the repair carries a written guarantee that names the exact work performed.

Electric Gate Repair: Ghost Controls Opener Getting Crushed by Austin Heat

August in Austin broke another one. A Ghost Controls opener in Round Rock was tripping its thermal overload by 2 p.m. every afternoon, dead by evening, working again by morning. The control box was mounted on a west-facing brick wall, cooking in direct sun. We relocated the box to a shaded, ventilated position, replaced a heat-damaged capacitor, and added a small sun shield. Since then, it has run through a full Texas summer without a single shutdown, which the homeowner confirmed at the 90-day mark.

Gate Opener Repair: Mighty Mule Keypad Failing on a Condo Entrance in Hyde Park

The problem wasn’t the gate, it was the only way in. A Mighty Mule keypad on a shared condo entrance in Hyde Park had corroded internally after years of Austin rain and humidity, reading every third entry correctly. We replaced the keypad, sealed the new unit with a proper gasket rather than the factory adhesive, and rerouted the wiring so water couldn’t track down the cable into the board. The residents got a written price before work began, and the HOA got a repair that has worked through two storm seasons since.

Want Results Like These?

Every job you’ve just read about started the same way: a phone call to (903) 354-7419, a live person answering, and a written price agreed before any work began. Whether it’s a LiftMaster, FAAC, Mighty Mule, or something we haven’t seen yet, we’ll diagnose it honestly and send a background-checked technician in a marked vehicle with a trackable arrival time. Call today and get your gate working like the photos above.

Written by Nico Alvarez, Owner & Lead Gate Technician at Calder Gate Repair Austin, serving Austin since 2009.