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A new driveway or security gate in Farmers Branch typically runs between $2,800 and $9,500 installed, depending on whether it’s a simple single swing panel or a heavy custom-fabricated slide gate with an operator and access controls. We’ve been building and hanging gates in this city long enough to know that the soil under your posts shifts, the summer heat bakes the finish, and a gate that isn’t set dead plumb in March will bind by July. Hal Gatewood owns Gatewood Fence & Gate, his name is on every invoice, and a live person answers our phone 24 hours a day at (877) 610-2993.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Farmers Branch’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’re not a call center or a rotating crew of subcontractors. Hal has been owner-operated since 2001, and the person who shows up at your Farmers Branch property is either Hal himself or someone he’s trained and vouches for. That matters in a city the size of Farmers Branch, where word travels fast and a bad gate job on one street gets talked about at the Nextdoor meeting and the Valwood Parkway hardware store alike.
Farmers Branch customers routinely tell us the same thing: they called three companies, got three voicemails, and then got a real human on our line on the first ring. That’s not an accident. We answer the phone. We show up in the window we promise. And every single job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, not buried in fine print. If it’s not done right, one call brings us back.
Serving Farmers Branch means we know the neighborhoods, the soil, the housing stock, and the kind of gate work this city actually needs. That’s a different skill set than a company that covers six counties and sends whoever’s closest. We work Farmers Branch zinc after zinc along Belt Line Road, through the 1960s ranch tracts near the 75234 zip, and across the commercial corridors off Valwood.
Our Gate Installation Services in Farmers Branch
Here’s what we hang in Farmers Branch, and what you should know about each before you spend a dollar.
Driveway Gate Installation
Most residential driveway gates in Farmers Branch are either single swing panels or bi-parting double gates across a standard two-car drive. The catch here isn’t the gate itself; it’s the expansive clay under the posts. We dig footings the full required depth, set posts in concrete below the active clay zone where possible, and true everything twice before the operator goes on. A driveway gate in Farmers Branch should not shift in the first spring after install.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Walk gates along side yards and courtyard entries in Farmers Branch are often the most-used gate on the property and the most ignored. We build them to match the main gate, hang them on heavy-duty hinges rather than the light builders-grade stuff, and set the latch to close clean with no play. If you’re pairing one with a new automatic driveway gate, we run it all on one access system.
Sliding Gate Installation
This is the big one in Farmers Branch, and it’s not even close. Slide gates dominate the commercial and industrial properties across the Valwood Industrial Park and increasingly on newer or wider residential driveways where swing panels would eat too much space. A proper slide gate needs a rock-solid concrete track, correct rack and pinion alignment, a rated operator, and entrapment protection to meet UL 325. We fabricate, weld, hang, and program these in-house. We don’t sub out the steel work.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the right call on many Farmers Branch ranch homes along and north of Belt Line Road, especially where the driveway is flat and the gate can be matched to the existing decorative iron. We weld on site, meaning we can fabricate sections or reinforcement plates right in your driveway instead of hauling the gate back to a shop. On older properties with original ornamental iron, that’s often the difference between a matched repair and a replacement that looks like it belongs somewhere else.
Security Gate Installation
For a city of 12 square miles, Farmers Branch has an outsized number of fleet yards, distribution centers, and light-industrial properties that need a security gate doing more than just keeping cars out. We install access-control systems, keypad and card-reader entry, intercom and camera integration, and fail-safe operators that keep working through hundreds of cycles a day. This is not residential-grade work with a keypad bolted on. It’s built for traffic volume.
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 and Install in Farmers Branch
We’re certified to install and service nine major gate operator brands, which means we don’t show up and sell you whatever’s on the truck. We match the operator to the gate and the workload. Across Farmers Branch, we most often install and service FAAC, BFT, and Linear operators, plus LiftMaster on residential and light-commercial jobs. Having those relationships also means we can get parts faster for Farmers Branch customers, and we keep common control boards, loop detectors, and safety photocells on hand so we’re not waiting a week on a distributor.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Farmers Branch Homes and Properties
- Post lean from expansive clay. Farmers Branch sits on North Texas black clay that heaves in spring and shrinks in summer. Posts that weren’t set deep enough or weren’t concreted below the active movement zone start tilting within two or three seasons. A leaning post drags the gate, binds the hinges, and eventually kills the operator.
- Legacy iron gates with corroded hinges and cracked welds. The 1960s and 1970s ranch homes along Belt Line Road and surrounding streets often have original wrought-iron driveway or courtyard gates now 40 to 60 years old. We see rusted hinge barrels, broken picket welds, and sagging frames on these constantly. Sometimes it’s a repair, sometimes a rebuild and re-hang, but the failure pattern is the same citywide.
- Worn chain-drive slide operators in the Valwood corridor. Older industrial slide gates off Valwood Parkway and throughout the industrial park often run 1990s chain-drive operators pulling 50 to 100 cycles a day from delivery trucks. That’s a farm gate operator being asked to run like a freight elevator. Loop detectors fail, chains stretch, wheels wear flat, and the operator eventually burns out.
- Entrapment protection that’s missing or bypassed. We still find automatic gates in Farmers Branch, both residential and commercial, that were installed without UL 325-compliant safety edges or photocells. It’s not just a code issue; a gate that reverses only when it stains is a liability. We won’t install an automatic gate without entrapment protection, and we won’t leave one running without it.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Farmers Branch, TX
Here’s what installation actually runs in Farmers Branch market terms. A basic single driveway swing gate, fabricated and hung with manual operation, runs roughly $2,800 to $4,600. Add an automatic operator and you’re at $4,500 to $7,500 depending on brand and cycle duty. A heavy-duty commercial slide gate with a high-cycle FAAC or BFT operator and access controls starts around $6,500 and can run $9,500 to $14,000+ on larger yards with full entrapment protection and card-reader systems. Custom ornamental work, matched to an existing ranch-home gate, lands between $3,200 and $7,000 depending on ironwork and finish. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, in writing, and that’s the number you pay. No trip charge inside the county. $40 off any repair over $200 if installation leads to a fix. 10% off for seniors and veterans, always.
Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate. You’ll get Hal on the phone or the person standing at the shop who can put him on the line.
We Also Serve Cities Near Farmers Branch
Our Gate Installation team regularly works throughout the corridor: Addison, Carrollton, Irving, and Coppell. Same crew, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same phone number. If you’re in a neighboring city and need a gate built, matched, or automated, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll get you on the schedule.
Serving Farmers Branch, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Farmers Branch 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 Farmers Branch
Farmers Branch sits on expansive black clay that heaves in spring and shrinks in summer, and that soil movement is the number one reason new gate posts go out of plumb within a few seasons. We account for it by digging footings to full depth, setting posts in concrete below the active clay zone where the site allows, and checking dead-plumb before and after the operator goes on. Call (877) 610-2993 for an installation quote that includes proper footing depth for your specific property.
Corroded hinges and cracked welds from decades of soil movement and North Texas weather cause most of the failures we see on those 1960s and 1970s ornamental iron gates. The frame sags, the pickets loosen, and the gate starts dragging on the post. We repair or rebuild those gates in place, welding on site. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll send Hal out to look at it, free of charge.
Yes. Any new automatic gate operator installed in Farmers Branch must meet UL 325 entrapment protection standards, which means safety photocells or a safety edge that stops and reverses the gate if it hits or senses an obstruction. We won’t install or leave an automatic gate without it. Call (877) 610-2993 to have your existing gate checked or a new one quoted with full protection.
High cycle volume. Many older operators in the Valwood Industrial Park run 50 to 100 cycles a day from delivery trucks, which is far beyond what a 1990s residential chain-drive operator was built for. Loop detectors burn out, chains and sprockets wear, and the motor gives up. We install high-cycle commercial operators rated for that duty cycle, and we set up the access controls to match your actual truck traffic. Call (877) 610-2993 for a commercial gate assessment in Farmers Branch.
Yes. We fabricate ornamented iron gates in our shop and weld on site so we can match the spear tips, picket spacing, and scrollwork of your existing gate or fence. If the house is a 1960s or 1970s ranch along Belt Line Road, we’ll match the era of the iron, not just slap up a generic panel. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal will come look at the existing ironwork firsthand.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Farmers Branch since 2001.