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Gate installation in Wilton runs $1,400-$4,800 for a typical ranch entrance, depending on whether we’re hanging a galvanized pipe swing gate or running a sliding gate on track with access control. A pedestrian gate alongside a main driveway gate adds $350-$900. Most Wilton jobs take one to two days on site, and we quote the full price before any work starts, in writing.
We know Wilton’s roads because we’ve been driving them for years: Dillard Road, Wilton Road, Clay Station Road, the long gravel driveways off Elk Grove-Florin where the mailbox sits a quarter mile from the house. This is ranch country, not subdivision country. The gates out here are bigger, heavier, and working harder than anything you’ll find in a gated HOA. Hal Gatewood has been sizing, welding, and setting gates since 2001, and if you call (877) 610-2993, a live person answers. No phone tree.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Wilton’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’re not a franchise and we don’t run jobs out of a call center in another state. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, the shop is published on every invoice, and the person who answers the phone at 2 a.m. is the same person who will stand in your driveway and look at your gate. That’s not marketing. That’s how a business with one owner works.
Wilton customers call us because the person before us either patched a post that needed replacing or quoted a slide gate where a swing gate would have done the job. We fix what’s actually wrong, which is why our 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job. If it’s not right, we come back. One call. No runaround. That promise means something on a 10-acre horse property where a gate that won’t close is a liability, not an inconvenience.
We service Gate Installation jobs all over Wilton with a setup built for rural work: on-site welding so the gate never leaves your property, post-setting equipment that fits into tight easements, and a crew that understands shared driveways and neighbor rights-of-way. We carry parts for Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite operators in the truck, so we’re not ordering a board and hoping it arrives in three days.
Our Gate Installation Services in Wilton
Every gate in Wilton works a little differently because every parcel out here is a little different. A 2-acre lot near Dillard Road wants a different gate than the 20-acre horse property off Wilton Road. We measure, we ask how you actually use the gate, and then we build for that. Not for a brochure.
Driveway Gate
Your driveway gate is the first thing that greets you and the last thing that holds up your morning. In Wilton, driveway gates are almost always heavy galvanized pipe or rough-sawn wood, often hung on posts that were set 30 or 40 years ago when the original owner poured concrete by hand. We install new driveway gates with posts sized for the load, not for the price. Expect $1,600-$4,200 for a full install with hardware, depending on width and operator.
Pedestrian Gate
A separate walk gate beside a ranch driveway saves your main gate from constant cycling every time someone walks out for the mail or the farrier comes on foot. We install pedestrian gates that match the sight line of the main entrance, with the same galvanized or cedar materials, so the whole entry looks like it was built on purpose. Most pedestrian gates in Wilton run $350-$900 including hardware and a proper post set.
Sliding Gate
If your Wilton driveway curves or runs along a shared easement, a sliding gate may be your best option, or your only one. Slide gates need room for the track, the receiver post, and the safety photocell, and that room is often tight on older ranch parcels. We’ve installed sliding gates on Wilton properties where a swing gate would have opened across the neighbor’s easement and caused problems the first week. A typical sliding gate install runs $2,200-$4,800, including track, roller bearings, and operator provisions.
Swing Gate
Swing gates are the classic Wilton ranch entrance: two big leaves meeting in the middle, or one long leaf swinging wide. They work where the driveway is straight and the ground is stable. The catch in Wilton is the ground. Adobe clay heaves, posts move, and a gate that swung clean when it was hung can drag a month later. That’s why we set posts deeper and pour wider footings on every swing gate we hang in Wilton, because we know the soil here better than anyone who sees it once a year. Single swing gates run $1,400-$3,000; double swing gates $1,900-$4,200.
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 Wilton
We install and service operators from Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, because those three names cover most of what Wilton ranch owners actually run. Viking’s solar openers show up on horse-trailer gates, Ghost Controls on pedestrian and light-duty entries, DoorKing on heavier ranch and commercial slides. We keep common boards, remotes, and edge sensors in the truck, which matters when you’re a forty-minute round trip from the nearest parts counter and your horses are standing at the gate waiting for breakfast.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Wilton Homes
- Posts heaved out of plumb by adobe clay. Wilton’s soil is expansive. It swells when wet and cracks when dry. A post set in a 12-inch hole with a bag of redi-mix will move within two seasons. We set posts below the active heave zone, with wider footings and compacted base rock, because we’ve dug enough Wilton holes to know what holds.
- Sliding gate track misalignment on long gravel drives. Wilton driveways are unpaved, long, and soft at the edges. If the track base shifts or the post at the receiver end moves, the rack and pinion bind within a season. We overbuild the track base from day one so you’re not calling us back to fish a jumped gear out of the mud.
- Old pipe gates dragging on the ground. Many Wilton gates date to the 1970s through 1990s, heavy galvanized pipe on footings that were never sized for the weight. The hinge side sinks, the latch side floats, and the gate scrapes. Sometimes the panel is worth saving and the posts need replacing. Sometimes the panel is too far gone. We’ll tell you which is which.
- Shared driveway gates swinging across a neighbor’s easement. On Wilton parcels with a shared right-of-way, a swing gate doesn’t just open onto your land. It opens onto theirs. That’s a conversation you’d rather not have, and it’s a layout problem a sliding gate often solves cleanly, if there’s room for the receiver post and safety edge.
On a 5-acre equestrian property off Dillard Road, we installed a new double swing gate across a shared gravel driveway where the previous gate’s hinge post had heaved out of plumb every wet season. Our crew re-set both hinge posts on deeper post footings with compacted base rock, hung the new galvanized pipe gate, and fitted a Viking solar gate opener with keypad entry so the horse trailer could pass without getting out of the truck. That’s a normal Tuesday in Wilton.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Wilton, CA
Here are honest numbers for Wilton, because you should know what the job costs before you call and we quote every price in writing before we start.
| Service | Typical Wilton Range |
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| Pedestrian gate (galvanized or cedar) | $350 - $900 |
| Single swing driveway gate | $1,400 - $3,000 |
| Double swing driveway gate | $1,900 - $4,200 |
| Sliding gate on track | $2,200 - $4,800 |
| Solar gate operator (Viking, Ghost Controls) | $900 - $2,100 added |
| Post re-set in adobe clay | $450 - $1,100 per post |
What changes the number is the gate width, the soil where the post goes, and whether the old footings need to come out. Wilton’s adobe clay sometimes means digging deeper and pouring wider than we would in a compacted fill lot a few miles away. We also honor a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans, and a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve gotten. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come measure. No trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Wilton
Our crews run gates in Vineyard, Elk Grove, Galt, and Rancho Murieta as often as we do in Wilton, and we know the differences in soil, lot size, and gate style between each one. If you’re just outside the 95693 boundary, call us anyway. The truck’s already in the neighborhood, and Gate Installation in Wilton is what we do all week anyway.
Serving Wilton, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Wilton 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 Wilton
Because your hinge post has heaved. Wilton’s adobe clay swells when it saturates through the wet season, and it lifts the post a half-inch or more, which throws the latch out of line. It’s not a hardware problem, and replacing the latch won’t fix it. The fix is re-setting the post below the active heave zone, and it’s a job we do regularly from November through March. Call (877) 610-2993 for a written quote, free.
Usually yes, and often it’s the smartest option. A sliding gate stays on your side of the property line instead of swinging across the easement, but it needs room for the track, the receiver post, and the safety photocell. Some older Wilton parcels are tight on that room, so we measure before we promise. If a slide won’t fit, we’ll tell you plain, and we’ll show you what will work instead.
We install Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing solar operators, plus a few others where the job calls for them. For a horse-trailer gate off a gravel drive with no grid power anywhere close, Viking solar openers are what we specify most often in Wilton. We stock the common gate parts, batteries, remotes, and edge sensors in the truck so we’re not leaving you waiting on a parts order from Texas.
Yes. Any automatic gate in California has to meet UL 325 entrapment protection requirements, which means photocells, contact edges, or other monitored safety devices that stop the gate if someone or something is in the way. It’s not an upsell. It’s the law, and it’s the reason a ranch gate doesn’t become a hazard. We install entrapment protection on every automatic gate we set, including the solar openers.
We set gate posts 36 to 48 inches deep, below the active heave zone, on wider footings with compacted base rock under the post. That’s deeper and wider than most standard gate installs, and it’s the main reason our gates stay plumb through Wilton’s wet-dry cycle. If a previous installer set your posts at 18 or 24 inches, that’s why the gate drags every spring. Call us for gate repair in Wilton and a free quote on the re-set before the next wet season.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Wilton and the surrounding ranch country since 2001.
Get a Free Estimate for Your Wilton Gate Installation
Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers, day or night. We’ll set up a time to come measure, write you a price that won’t change at the door, and you’ll know exactly what the job costs before we dig the first hole. Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001, and he still stands behind every gate that leaves his hands. The name’s on the shop. The phone’s in his pocket.