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Gate installation in Fayetteville runs anywhere from $2,800 for a basic single swing gate on a standard driveway to $14,000 or more for a 24-foot custom iron slide gate with solar power and video entry. Most Fayetteville homeowners are replacing aging builder-installed systems from the 1990s and 2000s rather than starting from scratch, which changes the whole job. We have been doing this work since 2001, and we know exactly what those original Apollo and Linear operators looked like when they were new. When you call (877) 610-2993, a live person answers. Not a voicemail, not a menu tree. That matters when your gate is stuck open and your driveway off Redwine Road is suddenly visible to every passing car.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Fayetteville’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001, and his name is still on the shop and on every invoice. That is the oldest accountability there is. Fayetteville homeowners have called us for everything from a sagging pedestrian gate to a full custom driveway entrance, and the person who answers the phone is the same person who will stand in your driveway and tell you whether that hinge post can be saved or needs to be re-set.
We have repaired and installed gates all over 30214 and 30215, from the equestrian properties off Hwy 92 to the subdivisions near the Fayette Pavilion. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. Our Gate Installation work carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise, stamped in writing on every job. If it is not done right, we make it right. One call brings Hal back, no runaround.
We are not a national chain with a call center three states away. Hal and his crew work in Fayetteville regularly, and he will be there himself. Or you can drive to the shop and look him in the eye before you hire anyone. Background-checked, uniformed people show up on every job. And we answer the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our Gate Installation Services in Fayetteville
Driveway Gate
A driveway gate in Fayetteville is usually a statement piece as much as it is a security feature. The brick-pillar entryways throughout 30214 and 30215 were built for ornamental iron gates, and replacing one means matching the existing pillar spacing, hinge offsets, and operator mount. We measure, fabricate, and install gates that fit the pillars you already have. No tearing out brick that is still solid.
Pedestrian Gate
Pedestrian gates on Fayetteville properties often share a post with the driveway gate, which means alignment is everything. Red clay soil moves, the shared post shifts, and suddenly the pedestrian gate drags on the ground or will not latch. We install pedestrian gates with their own solid footings and check the swing clearance against the driveway gate leaf. Both have to work independently and together.
Sliding Gate
Sliding gates work well on Fayetteville driveways that slope upward from the road or where a swing gate would block part of the parking area. Long gravel drives on acreage properties need a slide gate with a proper concrete track or cantilever setup, and the operator has to be sized for the gate weight, not just the opening width. We install heavy-duty slide gates for farm entrances as often as we do ornamental residential ones.
Swing Gate
Swing gates are the most common gate type in Fayetteville because the brick-pillar entryways from the 1990s and 2000s were built for dual swing leaves. The original Apollo and Linear operators on those gates are now hitting the 20 to 30 year replacement window. We replace the operator, re-plumb the posts if they have shifted, and set the gate so it opens and closes without dragging. Fix the panel without the post and you will fix it twice.
Solar Gate Opener Integration
Many Fayetteville acreage and equestrian properties have entrances too far from the house electrical panel to run power. A solar gate opener is the answer, but only if it is sized correctly. Under-specified solar systems fail on cloudy weeks or when a heavy farm gate cycles 30 times a day. We calculate the duty cycle, battery capacity, and panel output for how you actually use the gate, not how a brochure assumes you will.
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 Fayetteville
We are certified to service nine major gate brands, and we stock parts for the ones Fayetteville homeowners use most. If you have an aging Linear operator that is still holding on, we can rebuild it or replace it with a LiftMaster system without changing your gate. Same goes for Viking and Ghost Controls hardware. DoorKing slide operators are common on rural properties, and we carry the boards and limit switches for those too. When you call about a dead gate, we usually have the part on the truck or at the shop that same week. No waiting three weeks for a backordered board while your driveway sits open.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Fayetteville Homes
- Brick pillar shift from red clay movement. Fayette County clay expands and contracts with every seasonal moisture swing. Pillar footings shift, the swing gate leaf drops out of alignment, and the operator burns itself out trying to fight the geometry. Re-plumbing the post is the fix, not just cranking the limit screws.
- Aging Apollo and Linear operators from the original build. The executive estates built in 30214 and 30215 between roughly 1995 and 2015 came with builder-grade operators. Those units are now failing en masse, especially during summer thunderstorm season when humidity corrodes control board terminals inside outdoor boxes.
- Solar systems that were never sized for the gate. A long driveway on an equestrian property means no mains power at the entrance. Homeowners buy a solar kit online, bolt it on, and it quits after three cloudy days. We replace those with properly calculated solar and battery setups.
- Wide farm gates on livestock properties. A 20-foot tube gate for horse trailers needs a completely different operator than a 12-foot ornamental driveway gate. We see underpowered swing operators on wide farm gates constantly, and the gate always fails on the day you are trying to leave with a trailer loaded.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Fayetteville, GA
Here is what gate installation actually costs in Fayetteville, based on the jobs we quote and complete here. A single ornamental iron driveway swing gate on an existing brick pillar, including a new LiftMaster operator, typically runs $2,800 to $5,500. A custom dual swing gate across a wide estate entrance starts around $6,000 and can reach $12,000 depending on the ironwork and automation. Heavy-duty slide gates for farm or equestrian entrances run $4,000 to $9,000 installed, with solar power adding $800 to $2,200 depending on panel and battery needs. The price you are quoted is the price you pay, agreed in writing before any work starts. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate at your Fayetteville property.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fayetteville
Beyond Fayetteville itself, Hal and his crew regularly work in Tyrone, Irondale, Lovejoy, and Riverdale. The same 90-Day Done Right Promise and live-answer phone line apply no matter which side of the county line you are on. If you are in one of those areas and need Gate Installation in Fayetteville or right at your own address, call us and we will be straight with you about timing.
Serving Fayetteville, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville
We re-plumb the hinge post rather than just adjusting the operator, because the clay movement under the footing is the actual problem. The fix starts with removing the post, drilling a deeper footing, and re-setting it in concrete with proper drainage so seasonal swelling cannot shift it as easily. Then we re-hang the gate leaf and re-set the operator limits. Adjusting the operator on a shifted post works for a few weeks at best. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will come look at your gate in Fayetteville and tell you honestly whether the post needs re-setting.
Yes, and it is one of the most common jobs we do on Fayetteville acreage and equestrian properties where the gate is hundreds of feet from the nearest electrical panel. We size the solar panel, battery bank, and operator to the gate weight and how many times a day it cycles. A solar system that is actually calculated for your use will run through cloudy weeks. A kit sized for a lightweight driveway gate will not run a 24-foot farm gate for long. We quote the whole system up front so you know the cost before any work starts.
For a wide tube or iron gate on a livestock property, you need a heavy-duty swing or slide operator with enough torque to move the gate reliably every time, not a residential unit asked to do more than it was built for. We typically install LiftMaster LA500 or FAAC systems for these gates, with loop detectors on the exit side so departing vehicles trigger the gate automatically. Horses and trailers do not wait while you fiddle with a remote. Call (877) 610-2993 for an honest recommendation and a written price for your Fayetteville gate.
Yes. Fayetteville has a notable share of entertainment-industry residents tied to Trilith Studios, and the calls we get from those neighborhoods often involve video keypads, RFID, and access logging. We install and integrate video entry systems with gate operators so you can see and speak with whoever is at your entrance from your phone, and we wire the whole thing so the gate, the intercom, and the safety edges all work as one system. If you have an existing gate and want to add video entry, we can usually retrofit it without replacing the operator.
Every automatic gate installed in Fayetteville must include entrapment protection, which means photo eyes, contact edges, or both, plus proper force settings on the operator so the gate will not injure a person, child, or animal. This is not optional equipment and it is not something we will ever skip to save money. We install and test the safety devices on every gate we build, and we leave them working. The price we quote includes the safety hardware. Anyone who quotes you less by leaving it out is not doing you a favor.
Fayetteville’s Aging Gate Systems: The Replacement Window Is Now
Here is what we see in Fayetteville that people in Peachtree City or Jonesboro do not deal with at the same scale. The executive estate boom that filled 30214 and 30215 between the early 1990s and the mid-2010s built hundreds of brick-pillar entryways with automated ornamental iron gates, and most of those original operators were Apollo, Linear, or Elite units installed by the builder. Those systems are now hitting the 20 to 30 year mark simultaneously. A 1998 Apollo on a brick pillar off Hwy 92 is not going to last forever, and when it fails, the homeowner finds out that replacement parts for some of those old boards are getting scarce. The practical answer is usually a modern LiftMaster or FAAC operator retrofitted to the existing gate and pillars. That is the exact replacement path we handle more than any other company in Fayetteville, and we keep common parts on hand so you are not waiting on a backorder.
We recently replaced a 24-foot ornamental iron swing gate on a multi-acre estate off Redwine Road in 30215 where the original Apollo operator had burned out after years of fighting a shifted hinge post in Fayette County clay. Our crew pulled the old post footing, re-poured a deeper concrete base to lock the pillar in place, then installed a LiftMaster LA500 dual-gate operator with a solar panel and battery backup because the gate sat far from the house electrical panel. The homeowner’s horses were contained the same afternoon, and we added a loop detector on the exit side so the gate opens automatically for departing vehicles. That is the kind of job that looks simple from the road and is anything but once you start digging.
Fayette County’s red clay is the quiet villain in most of these failures. It swells in wet seasons and shrinks in dry ones, moving pillar footings by fractions of an inch each year. A swing gate leaf that was perfectly aligned when the house was built in 2003 can be dragging on the ground by 2026, and the operator has been straining the whole time. The fix is post re-plumbing, not a new operator bolted onto the same shifted footing. We would rather dig a hole and mix concrete than sell you a part you do not need. That is the difference between a repair that lasts and one that fails again next spring.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Your Fayetteville Gate Installation
If you need a gate installed, replaced, or finally fixed the right way in Fayetteville, call (877) 610-2993. Hal or someone from his crew will answer. You will get a straight answer, a written price, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise on the work. No trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That is the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Fayetteville since 2001.