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Gate installation in Beaverton runs $2,400 to $8,500 for most single driveway swing or slide systems, with HOA shared entry gates ranging $6,000 to $18,000 depending on traffic arms, keypad integration, and permit requirements. Most residential installs take two to four days from footings to final operator programming. We’ve been doing this since 2001 and we know exactly what Beaverton’s clay soil, wet winters, and HOA architectural committees throw at a gate project. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a queue.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Beaverton’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001 and his name is on the door. That’s not marketing copy. When a Beaverton HOA board calls about a failing swing gate off Murray Boulevard, the person who shows up to measure is the same person who stands behind the work with a written 90-Day Done Right Promise. We publish our address. We publish our license number. You can drive to the shop and look Hal in the eye before you ever sign an estimate.
Beaverton customers deal with something most cities don’t: gates that belong to a community, not a single homeowner. That means two levels of sign-off, an architectural committee and a management company, before a post hole ever gets dug. We’ve navigated that process in planned subdivisions across 97008, 97075, 97076, and 97077 enough times to know the rhythm and keep the project moving. Reviews from Beaverton homeowners point to the same three things: we show up when we say we will, the price we quote is the price you pay, and we fix what’s fixable before we talk replacement. A live person answers our phone around the clock, and that person usually knows more about your gate than any call center ever could.
Our Gate Installation Services in Beaverton
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in Beaverton does two jobs at once: it keeps the outside out and it tells every passing car this house is not an open door. We install steel, aluminum, and wood driveway gates sized to your actual opening, not a catalog spec. In southwest Beaverton’s newer developments around 97007 and 97008 we’re installing a lot of aluminum slide gates with Ghost Controls operators, mainly because the clay soil moves and slide gates ride on a rail instead of hanging from posts that want to shift.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
The pedestrian gate next to the driveway takes more daily abuse than the drive gate. Kids swing on it. Wind slams it. The latch gets yanked. We set pedestrian gates with deeper footings than the old ones ever had, because Beaverton’s wet-season soil will heave a shallow post out of plumb by spring. In Cedar Hills and Raleigh Hills where lot frontage is tighter, we build pedestrian gates that match the existing fence line so the whole frontage reads as one piece of work instead of an add-on.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense on Beaverton driveways that slope toward the street or where a swing gate would eat parking space. But they need a level rail, a solid concrete pad, and a motor that isn’t fighting the grade. We pour the pad with the right fall for drainage, set the rail true, and run the operator through full cycle testing before we call the job done. Most slide gate installs in Beaverton run $3,200 to $6,800 depending on gate length and whether we’re wiring power or going solar.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates remain the most common install in Beaverton’s older planned subdivisions off Hall Boulevard and Cedar Hills Boulevard, where driveway widths were built for them. The failure point is always the hinge post. Beaverton’s clay holds water, water moves soil, and a post that was plumb in October leans by February. We set hinge posts deeper than code minimums and brace them through the full cure so the gate doesn’t sag into the latch before the concrete even finishes.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Beaverton
We’re certified on nine major gate brands, and the ones we see most in Beaverton are the important ones: Viking operators on older HOA slide gates, DoorKing on mid-2000s community entries, and LiftMaster on the bulk of residential swings. We keep common Viking and DoorKing control boards, keypads, and photocells in local stock so a failed HOA entry in 97008 isn’t down for two weeks waiting on a part from Texas. If you’re replacing a 1990s FAAC or BFT unit, we’re trained to handle the swap and the UL 325 compliance piece that comes with it. Our Gate Installation team handles everything from single-family driveway systems to full HOA shared entry rebuilds.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Beaverton Homes
- HOA architectural rejections mid-project. An HOA architectural committee in a 97006 planned community will reject a gate style, height, or finish after the old gate is already out and the post holes are marked. We submit spec drawings and material samples before we break ground, because rework on a gate you already ordered is expensive for everyone.
- Wet-season clay heaving before concrete cures. Beaverton’s soil is heavy Willamette Valley clay. A post set at shallow depth in November can move before the concrete has full compressive strength. We over-dig, use deeper footings with proper aggregate base, and brace posts through the entire cure cycle.
- Old keypad entry panels that won’t talk to new operators. Shared HOA entries running a 1990s DoorKing operator often have keypads and phone-entry systems that predate modern protocols. When we replace the operator, we reprogram resident access codes across all units and test every entry point before we leave.
- Power runs that were never conduit-ready. Plenty of Beaverton driveways, especially in older Cedar Hills properties, were built without electrical conduit to the gate. Running power properly means trenching, not an extension cord buried in bark dust. We handle the full power run and low-voltage wiring so your operator gets clean, code-compliant power.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Beaverton, OR
A straightforward single driveway swing gate in Beaverton with an operator runs $2,400 to $4,800 for a standard steel or aluminum panel. A slide gate across the driveway runs $3,200 to $6,800 depending on beam length and whether we need new footings. Double gates are typically $4,500 to $8,500 per pair installed. HOA shared entry gates are a different animal: $6,000 to $18,000 depending on traffic control, keypad and phone-entry integration, and permit scope. We quote the price before any work starts and we put it in writing. The price we quote is the price you pay, no trip charge inside the county, and $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate, and we’ll measure in person, not over the phone.
We Also Serve Cities Near Beaverton
If you live just outside the city limits, we handle gate work in Cedar Hills, Raleigh Hills, West Haven, and West Haven-Sylvan. Our Gate Installation in Beaverton customers regularly ask us to cross the city line for a family member’s driveway gate or a rental property, and we’re glad to. The soil and weather are the same, the HOA dynamics are the same, and the scheduling works out the same. We keep our service radius tight enough that we aren’t driving past your house three times before we finally stop.
Serving Beaverton, OR - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Beaverton 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 Beaverton
Yes. If your home sits in an HOA-governed planned community in 97006, 97007, or 97008, the gate style, height, material, and finish typically require architectural committee approval before installation begins. We prepare spec drawings and material samples for submittal, coordinate revisions if the committee wants changes, and don’t dig a single post hole until the approval is in writing. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk you through what your specific HOA will want to see.
Because the original operators installed during Beaverton’s 1980s-to-2000s subdivision boom are now aging out at the same moment Washington County enforces UL 325 entrapment-protection standards. A 1995 LiftMaster or FAAC unit that still runs mechanically often lacks the modern safety photocells and obstruction sensors the county now requires. Repairing the old board just restarts the compliance clock. We quote the replacement honestly when the old unit can’t be made safe, and we coordinate the permit-ready spec with your HOA’s management company. Call (877) 610-2993 for an on-site look at what you’ve got.
A slide gate works fine on moderate grades if the rail is set on a properly leveled and drained concrete pad. Most Beaverton driveways, especially in the hillier parts of 97006 and 97008, handle a slide gate without issue. If the driveway is steep enough that the operator would be fighting gravity on every cycle, we’ll tell you a swing gate makes more sense before you spend a dollar. We measure the actual grade and give you a straight answer, with the price quoted up front. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come measure.
Yes. Solar gate openers work well on Beaverton HOA entries where trenching power would mean cutting through a private road or splitting a neighbor’s landscaping. We install solar-equipped Viking, Ghost Controls, and Elite operators with battery backup sized for our wet, overcast winters so the gate doesn’t stall during a February run of gray days. The panel placement, battery bank sizing, and duty cycle all get spec’d for the actual gate usage, not a best-case scenario. Call (877) 610-2993 for an evaluation of your site.
We reprogram every resident keypad code, phone-entry path, and remote transmitter as part of the installation, and we test each one before we call the job complete. That includes issuing new transmitters where the old ones won’t pair with a modern operator, and walking the HOA board or management company through the new system so they know how to add and remove residents. We don’t leave a working gate with a half-working access system. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll explain what your community’s specific system will need.
HOA and Gated Community Work in Beaverton: The Approval Comes First
Beaverton’s explosive suburban growth during the 1980s through 2000s tech boom produced dense concentrations of HOA-governed planned communities across 97006, 97007, and 97008. Those communities installed automatic swing and slide gate operators 20 to 40 years ago. Now they’re aging out at once, and the repair market here is dominated by HOA-coordinated service calls requiring code-compliant operator replacements and access-control upgrades. This is not the same as a single-family driveway gate in unincorporated Washington County. This is architectural committee review, management company sign-off, resident access reprogramming, and permit-ready specs. We know that process because we’ve been through it more times than we can count. Hal’s name is on the shop, the shop is down the road, and that’s the oldest accountability there is.
In the Cedar Hills neighborhood of 97006, our crew replaced a 1998 FAAC swing gate operator on a shared HOA entry after the original rack and pinion seized mid-winter and the logic board shorted from condensation. The HOA approval required a modern LiftMaster operator with safety photocells. We coordinated the permit-ready spec with the management company, set new post footings for the heavier post, and had the community’s gate back in cycle within a single week. That’s the kind of job that shows up nowhere in generic marketing copy, and it’s the kind of job we do regularly.
Beaverton gets about 37 to 38 inches of rain a year, most of it between October and May. That rain soaks the heavy clay soil, rusts steel hinge hardware, rots untreated wood frames, and shifts gate posts before concrete cures. A gate installed in Beaverton without accounting for that wet-season movement will be out of plumb by spring, and the owner will pay to fix it twice. We pour deeper footings, set posts through the full cure, and spec hardware that doesn’t rust out in five winters. When we talk to a Beaverton homeowner or HOA board, we’re talking about this specific soil, this specific rain, and this specific approval process, not a generic gate install that could happen anywhere.
If you live in Beaverton and you need a gate installed, call (877) 610-2993. You’ll get a free estimate, a straight answer about your HOA requirements, and a written price that won’t change when we show up. Hal Gatewood owns the company, answers the phone, and stands behind every job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Beaverton since 2001.