Electric Gate Repair in Keene - On-Site in 60 Minutes, Fixed the Same Day

Fast, Reliable Electric Gate Repair Across Keene

Electric gate repair in Keene, TX usually comes down to one thing most homeowners don’t expect: the post footing under the gate, not the motor bolted to it. Keene sits on Johnson County’s expansive black clay belt, and that clay shrinks and swells with every wet spring and dry August. A gate that worked fine in March can be dragging and binding by July because the post has tilted several degrees off vertical. We fix that, and every other part of the electric gate system. If your gate won’t open, stalls halfway, or the keypad stopped talking to the panel, call us at (626) 649-4572 and we’ll have a technician out to Keene fast.

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Why Latch & Post Gate Repair Is Keene’s Preferred Electric Gate Repair Company

We’re part of the Cedarwell family of independently owned and operated gate specialists, and we’ve been doing gate work since 2009. Electric gates are the only thing we do. Not fences, not general handyman work. That focus matters in Keene because this town’s soil creates a very specific failure pattern. Technicians who don’t work Johnson County clay every season misdiagnose it constantly. They’ll sell you a new motor when the real problem is a post that’s heaved three degrees off vertical.

Every Keene call gets a written price before any work starts. No exceptions. Our technicians show up in uniform, background-checked, and they run every visit on the Cedarwell C.A.R.E. values: we lay drop cloths on the floor and put on shoe covers before we step inside, we ask before we move or touch anything, we respect your family’s time and quiet hours, and we explain the price before the work. You’ll get a photo of the clean-up before the technician leaves. That’s not an upsell. It’s the routine.

And when you call, a live person answers. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail tree, no callback queue. Nights, weekends, holidays, it doesn’t matter. A real person picks up.

Electric Gate Motor in Keene

An Electric Gate Motor in Keene faces two punishing conditions: summer heat that regularly tops 100°F and wide, heavy gates on acreage lots that demand real torque from day one. We work on Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite motors, among others, and we stock common parts for Keene jobs so you’re not waiting on a distributor. Most Keene motor repairs run $220 to $480, and a full motor replacement on a standard residential swing gate typically falls between $850 and $1,400. You’ll see the exact number in writing before we touch anything.

Motor Diagnostics on Rural Driveways

Long gravel driveways off Old Betsy Road, County Road 304, and around the acreage ring east of town put different demands on a motor than a suburban lot off College Drive. The cycle is longer, the gate is wider, and if the post has shifted even slightly, the motor works against resistance every single time. That’s how gears strip and motors burn out prematurely. We check the full travel path, measure the post alignment, and load-test the motor before recommending any replacement.

Solar-Charged Battery Replacement

Keene summers cook solar-charged gate batteries. A battery that should last four years often dies in three here because the heat accelerates the chemical breakdown inside the casing. If your solar opener works in the morning but stalls by afternoon, it’s usually the battery, not the panel. We replace solar-charged batteries for $140 to $260, and we’ll test the panel output while we’re there.

One note on safety: electric gate motors contain capacitors that hold a charge even when the unit is unplugged, and a misaligned heavy gate under tension can move unexpectedly. This is work for a trained professional. Don’t open the motor housing yourself.

Gate Access Control in Keene

Gate Access Control in Keene covers the keypads, remote controls, intercom units, and safety sensors that tell the motor when to run and when to stop. On wide farm gates and acreage entrances, we install heavy-duty keypads rated for direct sun and rain exposure, because the units you buy at a big-box store don’t survive a Johnson County August. Most keypad replacements run $210 to $350. Remote control programming and replacement typically runs $75 to $150 per remote. Safety sensor repair or replacement typically runs $180 to $320 per pair.

Keypad and Remote Programming

Older Keene properties near Southwestern Adventist University often have mid-century swing gates that were hung decades ago and never had automation at all until recently. When we retrofit those gates with operators, we program new keypads and remotes on site, test every code, and walk you through the system before we leave. We also wipe old codes from any system we service, which matters if you bought a home and don’t know who else has the entry code.

Safety Sensor and Entrapment Protection

UL 325 entrapment protection is not optional. It’s the safety standard that stops a gate from closing on a child, a pet, or a vehicle. We check photocells and contact edges on every Keene job, whether or not you called us for that. The harsh reality is we often find sensors that were bypassed by a prior installer. We won’t leave a gate running without functioning entrapment protection. That’s a hard line for us.

Trusted Brands We Service in Keene

Our technicians are factory-trained on the brands Keene families actually own. That includes Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite, plus LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Mighty Mule. Training matters here because a Ghost Controls solar opener on an acreage gate behaves differently than a Viking swing-arm on a ranch entrance. We stock common parts for these brands locally so most repairs happen on the first visit. No “come back next week when the part arrives” unless the part is genuinely special-order.

Common Electric Gate Repair Problems We See in Keene Homes

• Post heave from black clay soil. Johnson County’s expansive clay shrinks and swells with every rain-drought cycle, and gate posts tilt several degrees off vertical season after season. The gate itself may be fine, but the post has to be excavated and reset in fresh concrete before any hinge, latch, or motor repair holds long-term. This is the most common call we get in Keene, and it’s the one generic gate companies miss.
• Solar battery failure from summer heat. Temperatures above 100°F degrade solar-charged batteries fast, leaving an otherwise healthy opener unable to complete a cycle on a long rural driveway. The panel looks fine. The battery is dead.
• Wide farm gates overloading undersized operators. Acreage swing gates are heavy and wide. When an undersized operator fights a misaligned post, the rack-and-pinion gears strip or the motor burns out long before its expected service life. We see this on ranch-style properties all around the Keene area.
• Bypassed safety sensors on older installations. Older or DIY installations around Keene frequently have entrapment protection that’s been disabled or never installed. That’s a serious safety problem, especially for families with kids and pets. We flag it and fix it on every visit.

Pricing for Electric Gate Repair in Keene, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Keene

Our Electric Gate Repair team serves Keene and the surrounding communities of Cleburne, Joshua, Alvarado, and Burleson. If you’re on the northern edge of town near the Burleson line or further south toward Cleburne, we’ve got you covered with the same written pricing and clean-up routine we bring to every visit.

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