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FAAC Gate Parts & Welding in Granada Hills: What to Know First

FAAC gate parts and welding in Granada Hills is work we do at your property, not in some warehouse across town. Most hinge replacements, post repairs, and bracket welds on FAAC swing gates take us one visit, usually a few hours, and you’ll know the price before we strike an arc. We’re an independent FAAC service provider, which means we work on your gate without manufacturer red tape, and we fix what’s actually broken instead of building you a new gate around a small problem. If your FAAC gate is sagging, grinding, or the post is moving, call us at (760) 361-6706 and tell us what it’s doing.

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How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

FAAC builds a solid operator, but the gate itself is where we get most of our calls. Here’s what we see in Granada Hills, street by street:

• Hinge post movement on FAAC 400 and 415 swing gates. The operator is strong enough that it keeps pushing long after the post starts to lean. In Granada Hills, the soil shifts with the seasons - wet winters, bone-dry summers - and a post set in concrete that wasn’t deep enough will start to walk. We cut the old post below ground, set a new one deeper, and weld the hinge brackets back on square. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
• Weld fatigue at the gate leaf corners on C720 and C721 models. These are heavier gates, and when the hinge side is even slightly out of alignment, every open and close cycle torques the corner joints. The welds crack, the panel drops, and the operator strains against it. We re-weld the corners on site and realign the gate so the stress isn’t concentrated in one spot.
• Bent or broken gate rollers on FAAC slide gates. Slide gates in Granada Hills collect dust and grit like nothing else, especially in the windier months. If a roller seizes instead of rolling, the gate drags, and the motor works double time. We replace the rollers, true up the track, and spot-weld any loose pickets before they start rattling.
• Stripped or sheared hardware on the operator mounting plate. FAAC operators are flat and compact, but the mounting hardware takes a beating if the gate ever slams or if high winds catch it. We re-tap the threads where we can, weld on a new mounting plate where we can’t, and check the torque on every bolt before we leave.
• Warped gate panels from sun and heat. Granada Hills gets hot - genuinely hot, not just warm. Steel panels expand and contract, and over ten or fifteen years, that’s enough to pull a gate out of square. We re-weld any separation at the frame joints, reinforce the panel with a stiffener bar, and set the gap so the gate doesn’t bind when the metal flexes in the afternoon heat.

Our FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Process

1. 1
   Call us and describe what’s happening. You’ll get a live person, any time of day. We’ll ask about the symptom - sagging, grinding, not closing, post moving.
2. 2
   We show up and look. We measure the gate, check the posts, test the operator’s travel, and find the actual failure point. Not the first thing that looks broken - the thing causing the problem.
3. 3
   We give you a written number. OEM FAAC parts where they matter - hinges, brackets, operator hardware - and quality aftermarket where the OEM part isn’t worth the markup. You’ll know the difference and the cost before we touch anything. The price is agreed before work starts. Always.
4. 4
   We do the repair in your driveway. Welding, part swaps, post setting - it all happens on site. Your gate doesn’t leave your property unless you’ve asked us to build something new.
5. 5
   We test the full cycle. Open, close, partial open, obstruction test. We watch the gate work the way it’s supposed to and make sure the operator isn’t fighting the gate.
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   Cleanup and the promise. We leave your driveway cleaner than we found it and hand you the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something isn’t right, one call brings us back. No runaround.

What FAAC Gate Parts & Welding Costs in Granada Hills

Here’s what we charge for the most common FAAC jobs in Granada Hills. These are honest ranges - not phone quotes that change at the door:

• Hinge replacement (single gate, including welding): $280-$480
• Post replacement (labor and materials, set in concrete): $450-$750
• Gate rail or frame repair welding: $180-$350
• Gate roller replacement (slide gate, two rollers): $220-$400
• Latch and lock replacement: $160-$320
• Custom welding (brackets, stiffener bars, security additions): $150-$400 depending on scope

What moves the price: how far out of square the gate is, whether the post is reusable or needs to be re-set, and whether the operator needs recalibration after the weld work. We don’t charge a trip fee inside the county, and we give a free written estimate before work begins. Call (760) 361-6706 and we’ll walk you through a real number.

Why Granada Hills Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for FAAC Work

Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates in the Granada Hills area since 2001, and most of his customers can tell you he still shows up when he says he will. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road - that’s the oldest accountability there is. Every job is backed by the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, not buried in fine print. If you’ve got a FAAC operator paired with a LiftMaster keypad, or a Mighty Mule backup, or a Ghost Controls sensor, or a DoorKing entry system, we service those too - we’re certified to work on all nine major gate brands. One call covers the whole driveway. Calls are answered by a live person, 24/7, and if you want a second opinion on a written estimate from someone else, that’s free too.

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