cottonmather0 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I am looking for someone to repair some broken pickets on my driveway gate. I hit it the operator arm with my car over the weekend and broke and bent some pickets. So I called fence company that built it for us 4 years ago - Houston Fence - and after taking a look at my photos said they would take it off the hinges and back to the shop and replace the broken pieces for the tidy little sum of $950. They refused to consider repairing just the broken part and claimed that it needs to be "resquared". The funny part is that they sold me the gate and operator four years ago for $1500 and the retail price of the Miracle 1 operator is $1000. What the hell? Anyone have any recommendations? All that needs to be done is for the 4 bent and broken pickets and the bent metal plate to either be replaced or reattached. The frame and structure of the gate are just fine. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgallagher Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 All of the fence companies have backlogs of months due to hurricane Ike. They are marking up prices at about 20-40%. However, they may have good reason to recommend re-squaring the gate. I don't have any subcontractor recommendations, but any fence company in the phone book should be able to give a second opinion and quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I wrote down this company after Tom Tynan mentioned it on air - Neikirk Metal - (713) 944-9845Never used them but... who knows...flipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJB857 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I am looking for someone to repair some broken pickets on my driveway gate. I hit it the operator arm with my car over the weekend and broke and bent some pickets. So I called fence company that built it for us 4 years ago - Houston Fence - and after taking a look at my photos said they would take it off the hinges and back to the shop and replace the broken pieces for the tidy little sum of $950. They refused to consider repairing just the broken part and claimed that it needs to be "resquared". The funny part is that they sold me the gate and operator four years ago for $1500 and the retail price of the Miracle 1 operator is $1000. What the hell? Anyone have any recommendations? All that needs to be done is for the 4 bent and broken pickets and the bent metal plate to either be replaced or reattached. The frame and structure of the gate are just fine. Thanks We have had very good experience with Patina Metals, but I have no idea if they'll come out for that small of a job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks for all of the replies.I actually found this guy via a google search. Came out and fixed the gate today in about 2 hours for $250, and painted everything to match, too, which I wasn't expecting. I was very pleased and would certainly recommend him to anyone else who needs similar work done. http://www.jwcgeneralservices.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I may call him. I want to tack weld some expanded metal grating along the bottom of mine so that the dogs do not squeeze through the slats. They keep tearing up the plastic fencing I have on there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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