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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Applewood
Gate installation in Applewood runs $1,800 to $9,500 for most residential jobs, with a new pedestrian gate sitting at the low end and a motorized driveway swing gate at the top. We quote the full price before any work starts and we honor that number. If you’re off 32nd Avenue, up around Maple Grove Reservoir, or back in Mesa View Estates, we’ll come measure, holler back with a written number, and set a day we’ll actually show up. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Applewood’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001. His name is on every invoice, his face is at the hardware counter, and his shop address is published. People in Applewood hire us because we still fix the gate in your driveway instead of hauling it off and swapping good parts. We weld on site, we set posts below frost line, and we stand behind every job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround. No fine print.
Applewood customers keep our trucks busy because we know what this corridor does to a gate. Chinook wind gusts over 60 mph hit these foothills-to-flatlands properties harder than Lakewood or Arvada a few miles east. That means deeper post footings, reinforced hinge posts, and latches rated for actual wind load, not what a flat-lot crew would get away with. The person who shows up has done this work in Applewood hundreds of times, and it shows in how long the gate stays square. Calls to our office are answered around the clock by a live person, because a gate that won’t close at midnight is a security problem, not a message for voicemail.
Our Gate Installation Services in Applewood
We install and retrofit everything from a narrow side-yard gate on a 1950s ranch to a wide-mouth driveway gate on a recent teardown rebuild. Before we touch a hinge, we look at the slope, the soil, the wind exposure, and how the existing posts were set. In Applewood, missing any one of those is how you get a gate that drags by spring and won’t latch by fall. Gate Installation is the core of what we do, and we do the whole job ourselves, including the welding, the anchoring, the hardware, and the final level check.
Driveway Gate Installation in Applewood
A driveway gate in Applewood does more than mark the property line. It holds the dog in, keeps the random drive-by shopper out, and takes a beating from the same wind that knocked your trash bin into the neighbor’s yard. We set driveway gate posts in oversized footings below the frost line, because a 16-foot iron gate acting as a sail in a 60-mph Chinook will lean any post that wasn’t set for it. Driveway gate jobs here typically run $3,500 to $9,500 depending on width, operator, and whether we’re cutting through clay with a post-hole digger or a jackhammer.
Pedestrian Gate Installation in Applewood
Most Applewood pedestrian gates are 40 to 60 years old and were hung when a two-inch pipe post and a bag of Quikrete counted as good enough. They weren’t, and now the hinge side has dropped, the latch doesn’t meet, and the gate flops in a stiff breeze. We build and hang pedestrian gates that sit level on day one and stay there. A typical pedestrian gate installation runs $1,800 to $4,200 in Applewood, more if the sloped lot calls for drop-rod or gravity hardware that flat-lot contractors skip altogether.
Sliding Gate Installation in Applewood
Sliding gates show up on wider driveways, especially the newer two- and three-car builds popping up on larger lots. They take up less swing room, but they’re sensitive to track alignment, and Applewood’s clay soil moves enough through the winter to throw a track out of true if the base wasn’t compacted right. We pour a proper concrete track base with drainage so the gate slides instead of skating and grinding. Sliding gate installation typically runs $4,000 to $8,500 around Applewood depending on length and automation.
Swing Gate Installation in Applewood
Double swing gates look right on a big ranch or a rebuilt mid-century home, but they demand exactly matched hinge posts and hardware rated to carry both leaves in the wind. We see gates hung too light, sagging within two seasons because the hinges were never meant for the load and the wind here never lets up. We size the hinges, hang the leaves with the right reveal, and set the posts like they’ll hold a fence, because in this corridor they basically do. A double swing gate in Applewood runs $3,000 to $7,800 installed.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Applewood
We service and install operators from FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, along with most other major brands on the market. When we install a new gate with automation in Applewood, we stock the control boards, arms, and safety edges for those brands locally, so a failed board doesn’t mean a two-week wait for a part to show up. If you’ve already got an operator on the wall and the gate isn’t doing what it should, we’ll tell you straight whether it’s worth repairing or time to replace. Hal fixes what can be fixed and says so out loud when it can’t.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Applewood Homes
- Hinge post deflection from downslope wind loads. A gate that drags the corner isn’t bent in the middle. The post itself has leaned with the prevailing Chinook wind, and until the post is reset or reinforced, any new gate hung on it will drop again within a season or two.
- Freeze-thaw heaving in clay-heavy soil. Jefferson County clay swells when it’s wet and shifts through every cold snap. Posts set shallow move a little every winter, which is why the latch that met perfectly in October misses by March. We set new posts below the frost line with oversized concrete footings.
- Corroded welds on decades-old ornamental iron. Original 1950s through 1970s wrought-iron gates carry weld failures at the hinge stile. They hold until a strong gust, then let go suddenly. A broken hinge on a 100-pound iron gate is genuinely dangerous, which is why we cut out and re-weld the stile rather than slapping a patch on it. If you’ve got one of these, leave it closed and call us before it starts swinging free in a blow.
- Wrong latch hardware for sloped driveways. Applewood sits on sloped and terraced lots that push the gate open on its own if someone installed a standard horizontal latch. The fix is a drop-rod or gravity latch rated for the grade, and it’s a detail crews from flatter parts of the metro routinely miss.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Applewood, CO
Here’s what gate work actually costs around Applewood. The numbers below are for the gate and installation labor, quoted before we start and agreed upon in writing at your kitchen table.
- Pedestrian gate, standard steel tube or ornamental iron: $1,800-$4,200
- Driveway gate, single swing, no automation: $2,800-$5,500
- Driveway gate, double swing, no automation: $3,000-$7,800
- Sliding gate with concrete track base: $4,000-$8,500
- Gate automation or operator added to existing gate: $1,500-$4,000
- Site prep, post replacement, or slope hardware upgrades: typically adds $500-$1,800 depending on depth, soil, and access
We don’t pad the quote and we don’t surprise you at the end. The price is the price. You’ll know it before the first hole is dug. If you’ve got a written estimate from another company, bring it to us. We’ll give you a free second opinion, and if we take the job we’ll do it right and soak the whole thing in the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free measure and quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Applewood
Our trucks run all over the west metro, so if you’re just over the line in Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, or Edgewater, we’ll come out the same way we do for Applewood customers. Same crew, same warranty, same live person on the phone. You’re close enough that we’ll be there when we say we will.
Serving Applewood, CO - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Applewood 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 Applewood
Because Applewood sits in the downslope Chinook wind corridor, where gusts over 60 mph hit gate frames and hinge barrels with sustained lateral force that Lakewood, a few miles east, doesn’t get the same way. That repeated side loading leans hinge posts, stretches hinge barrels, and racks the frame until the gate drops and drags. The cure is deeper post footing, reinforced hinge posts, and hardware sized for wind load, not just gate weight. If your gate’s leaning after the last blow, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come look at the posts before you pay for anything.
You usually can, but it depends on the condition of the hinge posts and the gate’s structural welds rather than the wind itself. If the posts are set shallow or leaning, we correct that first, then add an operator sized for the gate’s sail area. We’ve hung Viking, FAAC, and BFT openers on original mid-century iron gates in Applewood, but we won’t bolt a motor to a gate whose welds are on their last season. The honest answer comes after we look at it, and the inspection is free.
The slope is being missed. A gate on a grade needs a drop-rod latch or gravity latch rated for that pitch, not a standard horizontal latch that a flat-lot crew would use by default. If the gravity closes the gate one way, the slope pulls it the other, and without the right hardware it’ll swing open within weeks. That’s one of the most common callbacks we fix in Applewood, and we correct it by installing hardware matched to the actual drop of your driveway. Call (877) 610-2993, tell us how many inches the slab falls from hinge to latch, and we’ll know exactly what you’re up against.
At least 36 inches deep for a pedestrian gate and 42 to 48 inches for a driveway gate, set in an oversized concrete footing that sits below the frost line. Jefferson County clay heaves through every winter freeze-thaw, and shallow posts get walked out of plumb a half inch per season until the latch misses entirely. We dig wide, set the post dead-level, and let the footing fully cure before the gate goes on, which is why our gates in Applewood still close square years after the install.
Most of the time, just the hinges and the post. A sag almost always means the hinge post has leaned under wind load or the hinge barrels themselves have worn out, not that the gate leaf mushroomed overnight. If the panel’s still sound, we reset the post, weld in new hinge barrels or replace the hinges entirely, and re-hang the same gate level. It costs a fraction of a new gate and keeps the original iron on a house where it belongs. We’ll tell you straight if replacing it is actually the cheaper answer, but in Applewood the older iron is usually worth saving.
We Replaced a 1962 Side Gate in Mesa View Estates After a Chinook Sheared the Latch
We replaced a racked 1962 ornamental steel side gate on a sloped lot in Applewood’s Mesa View Estates, where repeated freeze-thaw cycles had pushed both hinge posts out of plumb and the original gravity latch had sheared off in a 70-mph Chinook. Our crew set new posts below frost line with oversized footings, installed a drop-rod latch rated for the grade, and hung a reinforced tubular-steel gate. Three months later it still closed dead-level and latched on its own. That’s not because we got lucky with the weather. It’s because we built it for the weather Applewood actually has.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Installation in Applewood
If your gate sags, swings open on its own, or needs replacement, call (877) 610-2993. A live person answers, day or night. Hal will come measure it himself or send someone who works for him and answers to him. You’ll get a written price before the work starts, a 90-Day Done Right Promise when it’s done, and a gate that stays level through the next Chinook. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Applewood and the west metro since 2001.