Operators, safety devices and access control, fitted to a gate that has been made true first. Most opener problems are gate problems wearing a motor’s name.
Get a Free QuoteWhen an opener burns out or starts reversing, the cause is usually mechanical: a leaf that sags, a post out of plumb, or a slide track collecting grit. The motor is just the part that reports the problem.
We check that the gate swings or rolls freely by hand through its whole travel before an operator goes on. If it binds anywhere, that gets corrected first. An operator fitted to a true gate is a part that lasts years instead of seasons.
Arm or articulated operators for single and double leaf gates.
Rack-driven operators for cantilever and rolling gates, sized to the run.
Keypads, remotes, intercom and phone entry, plus exit sensors.
Adding an operator to an existing gate, or fixing one that keeps reversing.
Two Dallas-specific things decide an opener install. First, power: a lot of gates sit a long way from the house, so the job includes trenching conduit and getting a proper circuit to the gate, not running an extension cord. Second, access: many Dallas County communities and most gated developments require fire-department access at the gate, which means a Knox box or a strobe-activated override. We size the operator for the leaf, then wire it so it fails open rather than trapping anyone behind it.
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What people ask when an existing opener has started playing up.
Usually not. Reversing is the operator meeting resistance and doing its job, and the resistance is normally mechanical: a sagging leaf, a post out of plumb, or grit in a slide track. Replacing the motor without fixing that buys a newer motor with the same problem.
Yes. Anything that closes under power near a driveway needs entrapment protection, and we fit it as part of the install rather than as an upsell. It is also the part that matters most if a gate ever meets a car or a child.
It should. Every operator we fit has a manual release, and battery backup is worth having on a gate that is your only way off the property. North Texas storm season makes that a practical question rather than a theoretical one.
When an automatic gate stops working the operator gets replaced first, and often it was never the problem. An operator is sized to move a gate that swings freely. As soon as the gate sags, drags or binds, the operator is fighting the geometry on every cycle and it will fail early no matter which brand is fitted.
Automation should make a gate you already like easier to live with. It cannot make a badly built gate into a good one. If your gate already drags, sticks or has to be lifted at the latch, fix that before you spend anything on automation. We will look at the gate first and tell you honestly whether automating it makes sense yet, because selling you a motor for a gate that needs rebuilding helps neither of us.
We walk your Dallas property, give you a straight price, and show you exactly how we build it to last.