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Gate installation in Fort Worth runs from about $1,400 for a basic single swing gate up to $9,000 or more for a long-span sliding security gate with an automatic operator and full access control. Most of the driveways we work on fall between $2,800 and $5,500 for a complete installed package. That’s the honest range. What matters more than the number is whether the person quoting it understands Fort Worth soil, because a gate installed on Blackland Prairie clay without proper footings will fail within two years. Call Gatewood Fence & Gate at (817) 241-4067 and Hal or one of his crew will walk your property, measure your opening, and hand you a written price that does not change at the door.
Key Takeaways
- Fort Worth’s Blackland Prairie clay heaves seasonally, so gate posts need deeper footings here than they do in Dallas or Arlington.
- Complete gate installation in Fort Worth typically falls between $2,800 and $5,500, with basic gates starting near $1,400.
- Every Gatewood job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and the person who quotes your gate is the person who answers when you call back.
- We weld on site, so your gate stays in your driveway instead of getting hauled to a shop.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001 and his name is still on the door. That’s not marketing language. He publishes his address, his license number, and his cell phone, and he has been driving the same roads around Fort Worth for over two decades. When a homeowner in Wedgwood or Ridglea calls about a leaning gate post, the person who shows up knows what Blackland clay does to a hinge post after a wet winter. That local knowledge is the difference between a gate that opens clean for twenty years and one that binds on the concrete apron by the second spring.
We don’t run a dispatch board or a call center. A live person answers the phone at (817) 241-4067 at 3 a.m. the same way they do at noon, and if you’d rather talk face to face, you can drive to the shop and look Hal in the eye. Fort Worth customers do that. More than a few have pulled up with a hinge bracket in the passenger seat and a question. We’d rather have that conversation than hide behind an online form.
Our Fort Worth customers have kept us busy since before the Chisholm Trail Parkway opened, and the reviews they’ve left point to the same three things: the price quoted is the price paid, the gate gets fixed without replacing parts that don’t need replacing, and when something isn’t right, one call brings Hal back. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise, and it’s stamped on every invoice, not buried in fine print.
Our Gate Installation Services in Fort Worth
We install the gate that fits your property, not the gate that fits a sales quota. Here’s how the most common jobs break down across Fort Worth.
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in Fort Worth is the first thing anyone sees driving up, and on the large-lot properties west of Loop 820, it’s also the last line between your house and the road. We build and install steel and ornamental iron driveway gates sized to your opening, set posts deep enough to survive Blackland clay heave, and hang everything so it swings or slides true. Automatic operators come later if you want them, but the gate itself is built right the first time.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the most common style in Fort Worth’s older neighborhoods and on rural estates alike. The key to a swing gate that lasts in North Texas isn’t the panel; it’s the hinge post. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and in Fort Worth that post is sitting in clay that moves every season. We bore footings 18 to 24 inches deeper than code minimums, use adjustable hinges, and re-hang the gate so it stays square through wet winters and 105-degree summers.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense on sloped driveways and busy roads, and we install a lot of them along the Alliance corridor and in HOA subdivisions where space is tight. Fort Worth ice storms coat rack-and-pinion drives and limit switches with glaze ice, so we spec cold-rated components and install operators with thermal protection that shrugs off a January freeze. A slide gate that jams after every ice event is a design problem, not a weather problem, and we fix both.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates take a beating because they’re used fifty times a day, often by kids and grandparents. We build and install pedestrian gates that latch solidly, swing without dragging, and stand up to Fort Worth’s wet-dry clay cycles without the hinge screws stripping out of the post. On historic bungalows in Fairmount, we match the existing iron style instead of bolting on something that looks like it came from a big-box aisle.
Security Gate Installation
A security gate keeps the gate closed when you’re not standing there. Between the equestrian properties on the west side and the estate lots around Lake Worth, Fort Worth has no shortage of homeowners who want a gate that actually controls access. We install reinforced steel security gates with drop rods, lock boxes, and automatic operators tied to keypads or phone apps. The gate closes on its own, every time, and we test that before we leave.
Our full Gate Installation team handles everything from the first property walk to the final hinge adjustment, and we never sub out the work to a crew we wouldn’t put in front of our own neighbors.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Worth
We install and service gates built by LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. That’s nine major brands, and we’re certified on all of them. When a Fort Worth homeowner calls with a Ghost Controls opener that’s stuck or an Elite slide motor that groans after a freeze, we diagnose it on the first visit and carry common parts on the truck so we’re not driving back across the metro for a limit switch. If your gate uses a brand we didn’t name, call anyway. Hal has been pulling apart gate operators since 2001, and a motor is a motor.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes
- Blackland clay heave throwing posts out of plumb. Fort Worth sits on some of the most expansive soil in the country, and a post set plumb in August can lean an inch or more after winter rains. The gate binds on the concrete, the operator safety-reverse trips on every cycle, and the fix starts with the post, not the panel.
- Icing glaze on operators and drive chains. Freezing rain in Fort Worth is not the same as cold weather anywhere else. Ice coats rack-and-pinion drives and limit switches, seizes motors, and cracks plastic housings. We see it every January in HOA subdivisions along the Chisholm Trail Parkway.
- Legacy gates without safety sensors. Older swing gates on large-lot properties were hung before modern entrapment standards existed. No photocells, no reverse loops, no edge sensors. On equestrian properties where horses and kids move through the pinch point all day, that’s a liability waiting to happen.
- Undersized post footings from the original install. A gate post set in Fort Worth clay needs to go deeper than what the original builder probably did. We regularly pull up posts that were set shallow and backfilled with whatever dirt came out of the hole, and the gate has been drifting out of plumb ever since.
Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing. That’s the way Hal puts it, and after twenty-plus years in Fort Worth, the failures are usually in the same three places: the post, the hardware, or the operator. We fix the one that’s broken and leave the rest alone.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Fort Worth, TX
Here’s what gate installation actually costs in Fort Worth, based on the work we’ve done across the city over the past several years.
- Single swing gate, manual: $1,400 to $2,600 depending on width, steel gauge, and post conditions.
- Swing gate with automatic operator and two safety photocells: $2,800 to $4,800.
- Sliding gate with rack-and-pinion operator, cold-rated for Fort Worth ice: $3,200 to $6,500.
- Double gate or wide driveway span with operator and keypad access: $4,500 to $9,000+.
- Pedestrian gate, steel or ornamental iron, including hardware: $800 to $2,200.
What moves the number: the width of the opening, the soil at your post locations, whether we’re reusing an existing operator or installing new, and whether you need access control like a keypad or loop detector. The price you get on the written estimate is the price you pay, agreed before any work starts. If some other company quoted you less and you want a straight read on whether it’s real, bring us the estimate and we’ll give you a free second opinion. Seniors and veterans get a standing 10% discount, and any repair over $200 takes $40 off. No trip charge inside the county.
There’s no haggling. The estimate is free. The price is the price. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come measure it.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth
Our crews cover Fort Worth and the surrounding cities daily. If you’re in Fort Worth proper, we’re already in your part of town most days of the week, and we make regular runs to North Richland Hills, Hurst, Kennedale, and Bedford. Call and ask - if you’re inside the county, there’s no trip charge.
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
Your post leaned because Fort Worth’s Blackland Prairie clay absorbed winter moisture, expanded, and pushed the post out of plumb. The gate itself is probably fine. We reset the post in a deeper footing, re-hang the gate on adjustable hinges, and you’re back in business without buying a new gate. Replacing the whole gate for a leaning post is what a sales crew does, not a repair shop. Call us and we’ll tell you honestly whether the gate is salvageable before we touch anything.
Yes. We retrofit automatic operators and safety photocells onto existing iron gates all the time in Fort Worth’s older neighborhoods, including Fairmount, Ridglea, and Wedgwood. The key is checking the hinge posts and the gate’s weight before we spec an operator. Hal will tell you if your old iron gate is a good candidate or if you’re better off starting fresh. Most pre-1990 iron gates can take a modern operator with the right mounting plate and a set of adjustable hinges.
The fix is usually a cold-rated operator with thermal protection, a sealed rack-and-pinion drive, and limit switches that don’t crack when glaze ice coats them. Fort Worth ice storms are different from ordinary cold, and equipment spec’d for generic Texas weather fails the first week of January. We replace the components that can’t handle ice and leave the ones that can. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come look before the next freeze.
For a gate post in Fort Worth’s Blackland Prairie clay, we bore footings 36 to 42 inches deep for swing gate posts and 42 to 48 inches for slide gate posts, with a concrete collar below the frost line. Standard code minimums don’t account for the shrink-swell cycle these soils go through, which is why we go deeper. Our crew reset a pair of leaning hinge posts on an ornamental iron driveway gate off Camp Bowie Boulevard in Ridglea a few summers back, boring new footings 18 inches deeper than the originals. The gate swings clean and passes its UL 325 entrapment check every time.
If your driveway opens onto a road with regular traffic like Camp Bowie Boulevard, Hulen Street, or Bryant Irvin Road, yes, you want a loop detector. It keeps the gate from closing on a car that’s still in the swing path and it stops the safety-reverse from tripping every time a car passes on the street. We install loop detectors as part of the package and test them before we hand you the remote. Call us and Hal will tell you whether your street actually needs one or whether a photo eye is enough.
Most residential gate installations are done in one day, from the first post boring to the final hinge adjustment. Custom ornamental iron gates may take a few extra days for fabrication, and that’s handled at our shop before we arrive so your driveway isn’t torn up while you wait. We schedule around Fort Worth weather, because nobody wants concrete poured the day before a freeze.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Fort Worth since 2001.