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Gate installation in Davie runs anywhere from $1,800 for a simple single swing gate to $9,500+ for a double pipe-rail equestrian gate with a commercial-duty operator. Most standard residential installs in the 33314 area land between $2,400 and $4,800. We quote the full price before any work starts, and that price doesn’t change at the door. If you’re in Davie and need a gate hung, replaced, or storm-hardened, call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll talk to a live person, not a machine.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Davie’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and his name is on the shop and on every invoice. That matters in Davie, where a lot of the gate work we take over is repair work another company walked away from. We’re the ones who show up, look at what’s there, and fix the foundation of the problem rather than slapping a patch on the visible part. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start.
Our reputation in Davie comes from doing the job in the driveway, not hauling the gate off to some shop. On-site welding means we can rebuild a hinge, reinforce a post, or fabricate a bracket right where the gate hangs. Davie homeowners see the work happening and they know exactly what they paid for. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job. If it’s not done right, we make it right. One call brings Hal back. No runaround.
We answer the phone around the clock. You call at 2 a.m. because the hurricane bands knocked out power and your gate won’t open, a person answers. Not a voicemail. Not a call center three states away. That’s the oldest accountability there is: the name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road.
Our Gate Installation Services in Davie
Driveway Gate Installation in Davie
Driveway gates in Davie split into two very different jobs. On the 1960s and 70s ranch homes west of University Drive, we’re often replacing an original wood-post gate that’s spent forty years in saturated soil. These need new footings, new hardware, and often a full operator system. In the newer gated subdivisions further east, it’s more about repairing or replacing HOA-managed slide or swing entry systems where the operator has burned out. Either way, we size the post, the hinges, the operator, and the control wiring to the actual gate, not to whatever happened to be on the truck.
Pedestrian Gate Installation in Davie
A pedestrian gate next to a driveway gate gets abused in ways the big gate doesn’t. Kids climb it, weather pushes it, and the latch takes repeated hits. In Davie, the same saturated-soil issue that kills driveway gate posts kills pedestrian gate posts faster because the footing is usually shallower. We set pedestrian gate posts at least 30 inches deep in concrete and use heavy-duty self-closing hinges, which keeps the gate working and keeps livestock where it belongs if you’re on a horse property. Call Gate Installation for a straight answer on what your pedestrian gate actually needs.
Sliding Gate Installation in Davie
Sliding gates make sense on Davie lots where a swing gate would eat up half the driveway swing arc. They also do better in tight turn-ins and along fence lines. But a sliding gate is only as good as its track and its wheel assembly. On Davie’s clay-heavy lots, ground heave from wet-dry cycles can shift a track out of level in a single season. We set slide-gate tracks on a concrete base with proper drainage so water doesn’t pool under the wheels. The operator then gets sized to the actual rolling weight of the gate. Hundred-fifty-pound rolled-steel gate gets one class of opener. Four-hundred-pound slab gets another.
Swing Gate Installation in Davie
Swing gates are the bread and butter around Davie, especially double swing gates on acreage. The critical part of any swing gate install is the hinge post. Set it too shallow in Davie soil and the whole gate leans within two years. Set it plumb and deep, 42 to 48 inches, with a good concrete pour, and a properly hung leaf will track straight for a decade. We hang single and double swing gates on oversized bearings and heavy-duty hinges, and we size the operator to the real weight of the leaf, not the label on the box. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing.
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 Davie
We’re certified to install and service DoorKing, Viking, and Linear operators, and we keep common parts for these brands on the truck. That matters in Davie because when a operator goes down after a thunderstorm, you don’t want to wait a week on a shipping drop from somewhere in Ohio. We also service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Ghost Controls, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If you’ve got an operator another company installed and it’s never worked right, call us. We’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a fix or a replace, and the second opinion is free on any written estimate.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Davie Homes
- Wind load twisting hinge posts out of plumb. Davie sits inland, but tropical storm gusts still hit hard. A solid infill gate catches wind like a sail, and the hinge post takes the whole load. Once the post moves, the mid-gate sag follows, and no amount of panel straightening fixes it. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
- Rust at the post base from standing water. Davie’s low-lying, clay-heavy lots stay wet long after the rain stops. The bottom six inches of a steel post is where gates die here. We install post caps, weep holes, and proper drainage so the water doesn’t sit against the steel.
- Corroded underground operator wiring. The same saturated soil that rusts posts also eats low-voltage cable if the conduit wasn’t buried deep enough or wasn’t sealed right. We run new buried cable with proper conduit and watertight fittings, not wire nuts covered in electrical tape.
- Operators seized after a power outage. After a hurricane band rolls through Davie, we get calls from people whose automatic gate won’t budge because the controller lost its memory or the motor got cooked by a surge. A surge-rated disconnect and a simple manual-release procedure are standard on every install we do here.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Davie, FL
Here’s the honest range for Davie’s market, as of this writing.
- Single swing driveway gate, standard steel or treated wood: $1,800-$3,400
- Double swing driveway gate: $2,800-$5,600
- Double pipe-rail equestrian swing gate, commercial-duty: $5,200-$9,500
- Sliding gate with operator, track, and safety photocells: $4,200-$8,400
- Pedestrian gate with hardware and latch: $700-$1,900
What moves the number is the weight of the gate, the depth of the footings, and the class of operator required. On a Davie horse property, a double pipe-rail swing gate routinely exceeds 400 lbs per leaf, which means a commercial-duty operator is the baseline, not an upsell. We quote the full price before any work starts. No trip charge inside the county, permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans, and $40 off any repair over $200. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Davie
Our crews serve Davie and the surrounding Broward County communities, including Broadview Park, Cooper City, Pine Island Ridge, and Melrose Park. If you’re just outside Davie in one of these areas, call and we’ll schedule you the same way we schedule a Davie job. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Miami office, but the crew that shows up knows these neighborhoods.
Serving Davie, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Davie 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 Davie
Because the gate itself weighs too much for a residential opener. On Davie’s horse-property roads, a double pipe-rail swing gate routinely runs 400 to 500 lbs per leaf. A standard residential swing-gate operator is rated for around 300 to 400 lbs total, and locking a residential opener onto a gate that heavy means the motor burns out in a season or two. We quote commercial-duty operators with 500+ lb capacity as the baseline on any ranch-parcel call in Davie. Call (877) 610-2993 if you want a straight answer on what your gate actually needs.
Every automatic gate has a manual release, usually a lever or key on the operator itself. Pulling it disengages the drive gear so the gate swings or slides by hand, but only if you know where the release is and how to work it before the power is out. On every install we do in Davie, we walk the homeowner through the manual-release procedure and label the release point. Before the next storm, go out and locate yours and practice it once in daylight. If you can’t find the release or the gate won’t budge even when released, call us. We’ll fix the binding before the grid goes down again.
For a standard single swing gate, we set posts at least 36 inches deep. For a double swing gate, especially a heavy pipe-rail gate on an equestrian property, we go 42 to 48 inches deep with rebar and a full concrete pour. Davie’s clay-heavy soil expands and contracts with the wet-dry cycle of summer thunderstorms, and a shallow footing will heave and twist the post out of plumb. Setting the footing deep gets the base below the active shrink-swell zone. It costs a little more up front and it’s the difference between a gate that works for ten years and one that sags in two.
Lightning and ground current are the usual culprits. Davie’s inland position means afternoon thunderstorms roll through nearly every day from June to September, and a nearby strike can induce voltage spikes on the low-voltage control wiring even if the lightning didn’t hit the gate. We install surge-rated disconnects and proper grounding on every new operator in Davie, and we run control wiring in sealed conduit. If your operator has died twice in one summer, the issue is usually grounding, not the motor. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll find the actual failure point.
A sagging gate is almost always a post problem, not a panel problem. The hinge post has either rusted at the base, heaved out of plumb, or was never set deep enough to begin with. Straightening the panel or tightening the hinges makes it look better for a month, and then the sag returns. On a horse property off Southwest 61st Avenue, we recently replaced a double pipe-rail swing gate whose hinge post had rotted at the base from saturated ground. We set a new footing 42 inches deep with concrete, hung both 450-lb leaves on oversized hinges, and installed a LiftMaster commercial operator with a loop detector and safety photocell. The fix starts at the post. If yours is sagging, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you exactly which part failed.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate
If you need gate installation in Davie, call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate. Hal Gatewood has been fixing and hanging gates since 2001, and the price we quote is the price you pay. We’ll come out, look at your gate, your posts, your soil, and your operator, and we’ll tell you what needs doing and what doesn’t. No trip charge inside the county. A live person answers the phone, even at midnight in the middle of a hurricane.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Davie since 2001.