Before & After Gallery - Calder Gate Repair Yonkers

Gate Repair Before & After in Yonkers, NY

Photos tell the truth faster than any claim. Below are real jobs we’ve worked on around Yonkers, from the quiet streets of Park Hill to the long driveways up in Colonial Heights. You’ll see what the gate looked like when we arrived, what we found underneath, and how it sat when we left. Every one of these repairs carried the same three guarantees before we touched a bolt: a written price, a written promise, and a free return visit if the fix didn’t hold for 365 days.

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Recent Transformations

Sliding Gate Off Its Track on Central Park Avenue

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The gate had jumped the rear track and was hanging at a seven-degree angle, held off the ground by a landscaping timber the homeowner wedged underneath. The front V-wheels were worn to the metal hubs, and the rear guide had chewed through its own bracket. We pulled the gate back onto the rail with a floor jack, replaced both V-wheels and the rear guide assembly, then straightened the track with shims because the concrete pad had settled over the years. The gate now rolls with two fingers of pressure, and the homeowner got before-and-after photos in her digital invoice before she paid a cent.

LiftMaster Gate Opener That Quit After a Storm

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After a summer lightning storm, a homeowner off McLean Avenue had a LiftMaster LA400 that would hum for two seconds and stop. The control board had taken a surge through the low-voltage side, and the capacitor next to it was bulging. We replaced the board, tested the limit switch, which is the small sensor that tells the gate when to stop at fully open and fully closed, and ran the opener through fifteen full cycles before we called it done. Total time on site: just under two hours. The repair is covered under the 365-Day Done Right Promise, so if that board fails again within a year, the second visit is free.

Mighty Mule Gate Arm Snapped at the Weld

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This Mighty Mule dual-swing setup had a gate arm that broke clean at the weld where it meets the post bracket. The homeowner had tried a repair clamp from the hardware store, and to his credit, it lasted three weeks. We pulled the arm off, ground the old weld down to clean steel, re-welded it, and added a gusset plate so the repair is stronger than the original. The gate opens evenly on both leaves again, and the safety sensor, the little eye that stops the gate if a car or kid is in the way, tested fine before we left.

FAAC Hydraulic Gate Leaking Fluid in the Morning

A homeowner near Sarah Lawrence College called because there was a dark puddle under the gate operator every morning. The FAAC hydraulic unit had a weeping shaft seal, and the fluid level had dropped enough that the gate was moving slower every week. We pulled the operator, replaced the seal and the O-ring, refilled the reservoir with the correct grade of hydraulic fluid, and bled the system. The gate moves at full speed now, and there’s no more puddle. Hydraulic fluid on a driveway is a slipping hazard, so if you see one, don’t wait.

Ghost Controls Keypad Dead at the Pedestrian Gate

The pedestrian gate itself worked fine. The keypad didn’t. A Ghost Controls keypad off Riverdale Avenue had gone completely dark, and the homeowner was opening the gate with the manual key every morning, which works until it doesn’t. We traced the wiring, found the keypad had taken on water through a cracked gasket, and replaced it with a new unit sealed at the back with silicone. We reprogrammed the existing codes so the whole family didn’t have to memorize new numbers. That’s the kind of small fix that makes a gate feel new again.

BFT Underground Operator That Wouldn’t Stop Grinding

Underground operators get ignored until they fail, and the BFT unit on this estate gate had been grinding for months before we were called. The drive gear had stripped several teeth, and the release mechanism was packed with years of dirt and rust. We excavated the box, rebuilt the gear train, replaced the release pin, and repacked everything with marine-grade grease. The gate swings silently now, which is how you know a BFT is healthy. If your gate sounds like a coffee grinder every time it opens, the next sound you hear will be the gear teeth giving up entirely.

Want Results Like These?

Call Calder Gate Repair at (585) 496-2148. A live person answers, day or night. We’ll give you a written price before any work starts, and every repair in Yonkers carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If it fails within a year, we come back free. Nico Alvarez and the Calder team have been doing this work since 2009, and we’ll tell you straight what your gate needs.

Written by Nico Alvarez, Owner at Calder Gate Repair Yonkers, serving Yonkers since 2009.