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Gate installation in Fort Worth usually runs $1,400 to $7,500 depending on whether you’re adding a single swing gate on a standard driveway or automating a double gate with access control and safety edges. Most jobs on the east side around Walsh Ranch and Chapel Creek are ornamental iron with HOA specs, while west of the Loop toward Aledo and Benbrook you’ll find pipe-and-cable ranch gates that need a different kind of footing and hinge work entirely. Hal Gatewood has been doing both since 2001, and the person who answers when you call (817) 241-4067 is the same person who will show up to measure. We quote the price before anything starts, and the quote is what you pay.
Fort Worth’s Blackland Prairie clay is the biggest reason new gate installs fail early. It swells in spring rain and shrinks in summer drought, heaving posts out of alignment within two seasons if the footing wasn’t dug deep enough and sized right. That’s why we set post footings at 36 inches on gate posts here, not the 24 you see on plenty of builder-grade jobs. More on that below.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’re not a national chain with a dispatch line three states away. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice, and the shop is down the road. Fort Worth homeowners call us because they can verify who we are before we ever touch their property: state-licensed, insured and bonded, with a published address and a license number anyone can look up. That matters in a market where half the gate companies advertising locally are actually running crews out of a pickup without a storefront.
Fort Worth customers have left us a strong local reputation for showing up in the window we promised and standing behind the work. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right, we make it right – one call brings Hal back, no runaround. That’s not “up to 90 days under certain conditions.” It’s stamped on the work.
We answer the phone with a live person around the clock. No voicemail, no queue, no chatbot. If your gate fails at 2 a.m. and the thing is hanging off a hinge post, you get a real human who can talk you through it and get someone rolling.
Our Gate Installation team knows Fort Worth’s split market because we work both sides of it every week. The HOA ornamental iron on the east side, the horse-property pipe gates out west – same crew, same truck, same standard. That dual experience is exactly what this page is built on.
Our Gate Installation Services in Fort Worth
Every Gate Installation in Fort Worth job starts with the same question: how is this gate going to live in the clay? The answer determines footing depth, hinge spec, opener sizing, and whether we need to plan for frost heave in the post base. Here’s what we do most often.
Driveway Gate Installation
Driveway gates in Fort Worth’s newer master-planned communities like Walsh Ranch or Presidio usually have HOA requirements we work within: ornamental iron, specified height, sometimes a specific finish. We measure on site, verify swing clearance and where the clay is heaviest in the drive, and we quote the full job in writing before any work starts. A single ornamental iron driveway gate in Fort Worth typically runs $1,800 to $3,500 installed. If you’re adding automation, we plan the conduit run from the start rather than surface-mounting wire that’ll fail after the first freeze-thaw cycle.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Side and pedestrian gates are where we see the most damage from Fort Worth’s freeze-thaw cycle. Wood posts saturated by winter rain crack when a hard freeze hits, and ornamental iron hinges on older Fairmount and Ryan Place properties snap from rust accelerated by summer heat. We hang pedestrian gates on beefed-up post footings and use hardware sized for the gate’s actual weight, not whatever came in the box. A standard pedestrian gate in Fort Worth runs $600 to $1,600 depending on material and whether the post has to be reset first.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates on Fort Worth’s west side fail sooner than swing gates on a shifting post because sliding gates have a moving part on the ground. When clay heaves under the track, the gate binds, the rollers wear unevenly, and the motor burns out trying to compensate. We lay a deeper, reinforced track bed for sliding gates in Fort Worth’s clay, and we size the opener for the gate’s true weight. A single sliding driveway gate here runs $3,000 to $7,500 installed and automated, depending on steel gauge and operator type.
Swing Gate Installation
Double swing gates are what we install most often across Fort Worth’s HOA communities. The biggest swing-gate failure we see is builder-grade operators that were never sized for the gate’s weight, paired with post footings that were never sized for Fort Worth’s soil. We set the post footings at 36 inches, hang the gate to correct the sag, and match the operator to the real load. A double swing gate with automation in Fort Worth runs $3,500 to $7,000 installed. Add access control and keypad entry and you’re usually adding $800 to $2,400 more.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Worth
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and we keep parts on the truck for the ones Fort Worth builders installed most often: FAAC, Linear, and Viking openers show up constantly in the newer subdivisions, and BFT is common on the commercial and ranch side out west. When your opener needs a board, limit switch, or loop detector, we don’t have to order it from somewhere and make you wait. We carried it in.
That matters when you’re dealing with a gate hanging open at a rental property off Camp Bowie or a horse gate that won’t latch off FM 1187 near Aledo. Stocking local parts means a same-day fix where other companies are quoting you a two-week lead time.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes
- Builder-grade operators burning out in two seasons. Walsh Ranch and Chapel Creek are full of them. The post footing was never sized for expansive clay, the swing gate binds as the post moves, and the motor overheats trying to shove a gate that’s fighting back. We replace the operator and fix the footing so the next one doesn’t die the same way.
- Manual gates installed without conduit for future automation. Homeowners built the house with a manual gate and figured they’d automate it later. Now they’re trenching across the driveway to run power, and the surface-mount wire from the first attempt failed after one freeze-thaw cycle. If you’re planning automation even a year out, we run the conduit during the initial install.
- Ornamental iron corroding at the hinge post on the western fringes. Summer heat bakes the finish, winter ice finds every micro-crack, and rust spreads fast. The hinge post is the first thing to snap because it carries all the weight through the thermal cycle. We weld on site, so the gate stays in your driveway while we fix it.
- Posts heaving out of alignment seasonally. Fort Worth’s Blackland Prairie clay expands and contracts more aggressively than almost any soil in Texas. A post set at 24 inches will lean within a couple of years. We set gate posts at 36 inches with concrete and gravel drainage so water doesn’t pool at the base and accelerate the heave.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Fort Worth, TX
Here’s what we quote in the Fort Worth market, including labor and standard materials:
| Gate Type | Typical Installed Range |
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| Pedestrian gate (wood or ornamental iron) | $600 – $1,600 |
| Single driveway swing gate | $1,800 – $3,500 |
| Double driveway swing gate | $2,800 – $6,500 |
| Sliding driveway gate | $3,000 – $7,500 |
| Gate automation and opener | $1,200 – $3,400 added |
| Access control (keypad, intercom, loop detector) | $800 – $2,400 added |
What moves the number: gate length and weight, whether the post footings need to be excavated and re-set, whether automation and conduit are being added, and what the HOA requires for finish and hardware. Every Fort Worth quote includes the price agreed before we start, and it doesn’t change at the door. Estimates are free, and if you’ve got a written estimate from another company, we’ll give you a second opinion at no charge. Call (817) 241-4067 and ask for Hal.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth
We work every day in Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Hurst, and Kennedale. If you’re anywhere in the Fort Worth area and your gate is sagging, seizing, or just needs to be replaced, call us. We’ll tell you straight whether it’s a repair or a replacement, and we won’t sell you a full swap when a hinge fix will do it.
Serving Fort Worth, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Worth area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – Gate Installation in Fort Worth
Because the Blackland Prairie clay under Fort Worth’s east-side master-planned communities swells and shrinks more aggressively than the soil types across most of Dallas County, and many builder-installed gate post footings were only dug to 24 inches. That’s shallow enough for the post to heave within two seasons of freeze-thaw cycles. A gate that’s shifted even two degrees out of alignment forces the operator to work harder until it burns out. We fix it by excavating the old footing and setting a new post base at 36 inches with proper drainage, which is the single most effective fix for the repeat-post-repair cycle. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll assess whether your post is salvageable or needs a reset – estimates are free.
Yes, and we do it regularly across Fort Worth’s older neighborhoods and custom homes. The work involves trenching for an electrical run from the nearest power source to the gate location, then installing a proper conduit rather than burying direct-burial wire that will short out after the first hard freeze. If there’s a driveway or sidewalk crossing involved, we use directional boring or a clean saw cut rather than leaving a mess. Expect to add $1,200 to $3,400 for the automation package on top of the trenching and electrical work, which we quote separately after seeing your specific layout. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free site assessment.
Sliding gates carry their weight on a track that sits on or just above the ground, and Fort Worth’s clay doesn’t hold still. As the soil heaves seasonally, the track moves, the gate binds, and the rollers and motor take the abuse. A swing gate on a properly set 36-inch footing moves with the post and doesn’t fight the ground the same way. That’s why we lay a deeper, reinforced track bed on sliding gate installs out toward Benbrook, Aledo, and the FM 1187 corridor, and why we size the opener for the gate’s real weight plus the drag from the clay, not the number on the box. Call (817) 241-4067 if your sliding gate is grinding – we’ll tell you if it’s a track fix or a footing problem.
Yes. Under UL 325 safety standards, any automatic gate in a residential setting requires entrapment protection in the form of monitored safety edges, photo eyes, or both, depending on the gate type and operator. Fort Worth’s freeze-thaw cycle makes this even more critical because a gate that ices over can trigger the safety reverse if the sensors are working. We install photo eyes and safety edges on every automated gate we put in, and we test them before we leave. A new automatic gate without entrapment protection isn’t a gate we’d hang our name on. Call (817) 241-4067 if you’ve got questions about code compliance on your existing setup.
A pipe gate with a heavy-gauge frame and welded hinges, not bolted strap hinges. Horses lean on gates, and the leverage they put on the hinge post is enormous. We weld the hinges on site to the pipe and the post so there’s no play, and we set the hinge post at 36 inches in concrete so it doesn’t lean out of the ground. Pipe-and-cable livestock gates with welded hinges will outlast ornamental iron by years in that application, and they can be repaired in place when they do eventually need work. Out near Aledo and Weatherford, we keep a pipe-gate and livestock-latch kit in the truck alongside the residential ornamental-iron parts. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come look at what you’ve got.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Fort Worth since 2001.