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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Farmington Hills
A new driveway gate in Farmington Hills typically runs $4,800-$14,500 installed, with custom ornamental steel on the upper end and standard aluminum in the $4,800-$7,200 range. Most installations take two full days, sometimes three when we’re setting posts below frost depth or trenching power to an operator. If you live off Orchard Lake Road, Northwestern Highway, or in one of the 1980s-2000s executive subdivisions around 48332, you want a crew that already knows what your soil and your winter do to a gate. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come measure it ourselves.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Farmington Hills’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’ve built and hung gates all over Farmington Hills, and we’ve seen what happens when a national outfit throws a cookie-cutter gate on a post that hasn’t been set below frost line. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and his name is on the shop, not a logo on somebody else’s shirt. When a Farmington Hills homeowner calls, a live person answers. Not a voicemail, not a call center three states away. The person who shows up to measure is the same person who’ll be welding in your driveway, and if something isn’t right after the job, the 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing. One call brings Hal back. No runaround.
Farmington Hills customers don’t ask for the cheapest bid. They ask whether we’re really local, whether we’ll actually show up on the day we said, and whether the price we quote before work starts is the price on the invoice. The answer to all three is yes. That’s how we’ve kept working in this city year after year while bigger companies cycle through. Senior and veteran discounts are permanent at 10%, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. You’ll know the full price before a single post hole gets dug.
Our Gate Installation Services in Farmington Hills
We specialize in the heavier end of gate work: the custom driveway gates that need real fabrication, real operator work, and real attention to how Oakland County winters treat steel and concrete. That’s where most contractors in Farmington Hills tap out. It’s where we start.
Driveway Gate Installation
Farmington Hills has hundreds of executive estates built between the late 1980s and the early 2000s, and many of them came with ornamental driveway gates as part of the original landscape package. Twenty to thirty-five years later, those gates are done. When we replace one, we set new posts below frost depth, not on top of the clay that heaves every March. A new steel or aluminum driveway gate for a standard two-car entry in Farmington Hills runs $5,500-$10,000 before operator, depending on width, weight, and whether we’re matching existing fence scrollwork.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
A pedestrian gate off a brick walk or a side yard entry needs a square frame, beefy hinges, and a latch that won’t ice shut in February. We fabricate these to match your fence line, powder-coat them, and set them so they don’t drag when the ground shifts. Most Farmington Hills pedestrian gate installs run $1,800-$3,400, including posts and hardware.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates work well on Farmington Hills properties where a swing gate would block a slope or a short driveway apron. The catch is the rack and pinion: salt spray off Orchard Lake Road and Northwestern Highway in winter corrodes cheap steel teeth fast. We install slide gates with coated racks and spec operators that tolerate Michigan’s calcium chloride and salt brine. Typical Farmington Hills sliding gate installs run $6,000-$12,000, with the operator included.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the classic Farmington Hills look, especially the matching double-leaf ornamental steel gates on older estates. Frost-heaved posts throw them out of square every spring. We pour footings below frost depth, hang the leaves with adjustable hinges, and set limits on the operator so the gate doesn’t bind mid-travel. Double swing gate installs here run $7,500-$14,500 depending on leaf size and whether we’re matching custom pickets or scrolls.
Security Gate Installation
Farmington Hills has a lot of HOA-governed communities with shared motorized entry gates, and plenty of private homeowners who want the same level of control. We install security gates with keypad entry, intercom, camera integration, and vehicle loop detectors. A full private security gate system with operator and access control on a 48332 estate runs $9,000-$16,000. HOA entrance work gets priced by survey, but the same license, same crew, and same promise apply.
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 Farmington Hills
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and around Farmington Hills we see a lot of FAAC, BFT, and Linear on the residential side, with Viking popping up on commercial and HOA entrances. We stock common parts for these locally, not in a warehouse three states over, which means a Farmington Hills repair doesn’t sit idle for a week waiting on a shipped bracket. If you have an older Linear or Eagle unit from the 1990s, we’ll tell you honestly whether it makes sense to rebuild it or replace it. Hal’s never been one to swap parts that don’t need swapping.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Farmington Hills Homes
- Frost-heaved hinge posts. Oakland County’s freeze-thaw cycles push post footings out of plumb every spring. A custom swing gate that was square in November will be binding by April if the posts weren’t set below frost depth. That’s the single biggest call driver in Farmington Hills after ground thaw.
- Salt-corroded racks and hinges. Road salt spray off Orchard Lake Road and Northwestern Highway eats exposed steel faster here than in more southern Michigan suburbs. We see slide gate racks with stripped teeth and hinge pins seized solid from corrosion.
- Failed limit switches on legacy operators. Those late-1980s and 1990s Linear and Eagle units are at or past their rated service life. Freeze-thaw cycles knock limit switches out of calibration, leaving gates ajar or short-cycling. We replace the switches or the operator, whichever the math says makes sense.
- Cracked operator pad foundations. When the ground heaves under a concrete pad that was poured too shallow, the operator pedestal tilts and the drive chain or arm throws itself out of track. We demo the old pad, pour below frost depth, and remount the operator square.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Farmington Hills, MI
Here’s what we actually quote in Farmington Hills, not what a website from three counties over guesses:
- Pedestrian gate: $1,800-$3,400
- Single driveway gate with operator: $5,500-$8,500
- Double swing gate with operator: $7,500-$14,500
- Sliding gate with operator: $6,000-$12,000
- Security gate with access control: $9,000-$16,000
What moves your number: gate width, steel vs. aluminum, whether we’re matching existing fence scrollwork, whether you want an underground operator or a post-mount, and how far the power has to be trenched. We give you the full price in writing before any work starts. Not an estimate that might change. The price. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come measure for free.
Gateway to Oakland County’s Toughest Gate Market
Farmington Hills is one of Michigan’s wealthiest suburbs, and that shows up in the gate work we do here. The city’s late-1980s and 1990s executive-home boom produced hundreds of custom estates with ornamental wrought-iron or aluminum automated driveway gates as part of the original luxury landscaping. Those gates are now 20 to 35 years old. The posts have been through three decades of Oakland County freeze-thaw cycles. The operators are legacy Linear and Eagle units that were never designed for Michigan road salt. If you drive through the subdivisions off 12 Mile or Halsted around 48332, you’ll see a lot of beautiful gates that don’t close square anymore.
That’s a Farmington Hills problem specifically. Neighboring Farmington and Novi have fewer privately gated residential driveways, and Redford has almost none. Here, the concentration of aging bespoke gate systems combined with the spring heave cycle means every April we get a wave of calls from homeowners whose gate was fine in October and now binds against the latch post. The heaving doesn’t wreck the gate leaf. It wrecks the post footing, and the gate goes out of square with it. We set new posts below frost depth, which around Farmington Hills means digging down 42 to 48 inches. Plenty of guys don’t. Then they’re back out next spring re-hanging the same gate.
We installed a custom double swing gate and matched LiftMaster underground operator on a 1990s estate off Orchard Lake Road, where the original hinge posts had heaved over 1.5 inches out of plumb. Our crew poured new post footings below frost depth, fabricated new ornamental steel leaves to match the existing fence, and integrated a keypad entry with safety photocells and a loop detector for exit. The gate now cycles silently after final sag correction and operator calibration. That’s the difference between a gate that opens for twenty years and one that needs a service call every spring.
We Also Serve Cities Near Farmington Hills
Our Gate Installation team works across the western Wayne and southern Oakland corridor. Beyond Farmington Hills, we regularly handle gate work in Farmington, Novi, Livonia, and Redford. Same crew, same written promise, same phone number. If you’re one town over, don’t worry about whether we’ll come. We already do.
Serving Farmington Hills, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Farmington Hills 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 Farmington Hills
Your hinge posts are heaving. Oakland County’s freeze-thaw cycles push shallow footings up and out of plumb every March and April, which throws the gate leaves out of square. The fix is setting new posts below frost depth, around 42 to 48 inches in Farmington Hills, not just re-hanging the gate on the same moving footing. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you if your posts are the problem or the gate itself.
Yes. We install underground operators from LiftMaster and FAAC on Farmington Hills estate gates regularly. The trench, the drain, the operator vault, and the wiring all get spec’d before we pour, so you don’t end up with a waterlogged operator housing in April. Underground operators on custom double swing gates here run $2,500-$4,500 for the operator portion of the job. Call (877) 610-2993 for a site-measured quote.
Any new automatic gate in Michigan must meet UL 325 and ASTM F2200 standards, which means photo sensors, proper gate spacing at the hinge, and force settings that stop and reverse the gate if it meets resistance. For HOA-governed entrances in Farmington Hills, the association sometimes has its own additional requirements. We handle the compliance end so you don’t have to read a codebook. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll explain what applies to your specific gate.
Yes, and we do it often. Those late-1980s and 1990s Linear and Eagle units are the backbone of Farmington Hills’s original gate installs, and most are past their rated service life. We’ll tell you straightforward whether a limit switch replacement buys you another few years or whether the board and motor are done. Replacement operators on existing swing gates here run $1,800-$3,800 installed. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll diagnose yours.
Yes. We do HOA entrance work throughout Farmington Hills, including intercom retrofit, camera integration, keypad access, and vehicle loop detection. We work with your association board on the spec, get the written approval, and install around your community’s traffic schedule. Pricing for HOA security gate work starts around $9,000 but depends on the existing infrastructure. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal will walk the site with you.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Farmington Hills with on-site welding, honest pricing, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise since 2001.