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Gate installation in Fort Worth runs $2,400 to $9,800 for most residential jobs, with custom ornamental iron driveway gates on the west side typically landing between $4,500 and $7,500 installed. We schedule most Fort Worth installations within 5 to 10 business days, and every job gets a written quote before we touch a single post hole. Call (877) 610-2993 and Hal Gatewood will walk the site himself, take measurements, and give you a number you can hold us to.
We have been working the neighborhoods between 76107 and 76114 long enough to know which side of the street drains into the clay swell after a wet spring, and which older estate gates in Crestline and Monticello are carrying forty years of rust on their hinge posts. That kind of local knowledge does not come from a dispatcher in another state. It comes from showing up, year after year, and writing the shop name on every invoice.
Key Takeaways
- Custom ornamental iron driveway gates in Fort Worth run $4,500-$9,000 installed; standard single swing gates start around $2,400.
- Fort Worth’s Blackland Prairie clay requires deeper post footings than most installers pour. We set posts below the active shrink-swell zone and backfill with stabilized material.
- Every installation carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the gate settles or binds, one call brings us back.
- You will deal with Hal Gatewood, not a rotating crew. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road.
- Free on-site estimates. $40 off any repair over $200. No trip charge inside Tarrant County. 10% permanent discount for seniors and veterans.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Gatewood Fence & Gate is locally owned and owner-operated. Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001, and he has been fixing and hanging gates in Tarrant County ever since. That matters in Fort Worth because the soil here fights you. A crew from out of town might set a post in a standard 30-inch hole, collect the check, and be gone before the first wet season tilts the post and binds the gate. We set our posts deeper, because we know the Blackland Prairie clay will heave. We do not want to come back to fix our own sagging post in twelve months, and you don’t want to call us for that either.
Fort Worth homeowners call us because they have heard the name, or they have seen the work, or they got burned by a company that quoted one number on the phone and padded it at the door. We do not operate that way. You get a written price before any work starts. You know what the gate will cost before we dig the first post hole. And when Hal shows up in Fort Worth, he answers his own phone. Around the clock, seven days a week, a live person picks up. Not a voicemail tree. Not a chatbot. Not a call center three states away.
We also stand behind the work with the 90-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on every job. If the gate does not swing true or the operator binds, you call us for Gate Repair - Fort Worth and we come back. That is the deal. For our Fort Worth customers, we also keep the standing offers simple: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. No haggling, no fine print.
Scheduling for our Fort Worth crews is coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, and we keep parts for the gate brands common in this area. When you call, you will talk to a person who knows whether the job is in 76107 or 76114 and can tell you when the crew will be there.
Our Gate Installation Services in Fort Worth
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in Fort Worth does double duty in the older estate neighborhoods. It keeps the street traffic out, and it makes a statement about the house behind it. We build and hang custom ornamental iron driveway gates, automated swing and slide gates, and pipe-style ranch gates for the acreage properties pushing west and northwest. If you want a gate that matches the ironwork on the house, we fabricate to match. If you want a standard double swing with a Ghost Controls operator, we do that too.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates in Fort Worth’s Fairmount bungalows and mid-century west side homes are often afterthoughts that sag against the latch post within a few years. We hang pedestrian gates with the same post depth and hinge hardware we use on full driveway gates, because the clay does not care how small the gate is. We also match the existing fence line, so the new pedestrian gate does not look like a patch job.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense on Fort Worth lots where a swing gate would arc across a narrow driveway approach or into a landscaping bed. We install cantilever and V-track slide gates, with operators from DoorKing, Viking, or Elite. The key on any slide gate in Fort Worth is the concrete track or cantilever pier: if the pad settles unevenly on clay, the gate rolls hard and burns the motor. We pour deeper, reinforcement-included pads and set the track dead level the day we hang the gate.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the most common gate type in Fort Worth’s older neighborhoods, especially the ornamental iron double gates in Crestline, Monticello, and Berkeley Place. For a Gate Installation like this, the post is everything. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. We set the hinge posts below the active clay zone, plumb them, and backfill with material that does not heave. Only then do we hang the panels and set the operator.
Security Gate Installation
Security gates in Fort Worth tend to be heavier, motorized, and often paired with intercom or camera entry. We have installed custom security gates with matched our Gate Access Control in Fort Worth across the west side, and we are certified on LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. We size the operator to the actual gate weight and wind load, not to what the box says. On a heavy iron gate that is the difference between an operator that lasts years and one that burns out the first time the ice hits.
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 Fort Worth
We are certified to service nine major gate brands, but in Fort Worth we see a lot of Viking, DoorKing, and LiftMaster operators on the estate gates. That is not an accident. Those brands hold up to the freeze-thaw cycles and the summer heat that Tarrant County throws at them, provided the gate itself is hung square and the operator is matched to the gate weight. We keep common Viking and DoorKing parts on the truck when we are working Fort Worth, so most operator swaps and board replacements happen the same visit, not a week later waiting on a part from a warehouse.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes
- Clay heave tilting newly set posts. The Blackland Prairie clay swells in spring and contracts hard in summer. A post set in a standard-depth hole will tilt out of plumb within the first year, throwing the swing gate off arc and forcing the operator to bind against its own limit switches. We set posts below the shrink-swell zone and backfill with stabilized material. Most Fort Worth installers do not, and it shows.
- Mineral scale on ornamental iron pivot points. Tarrant County’s hard water leaves scale on bare iron hinge posts and pivot pins. Over a few years that scale turns into rust, the rust accelerates the sag, and the gate starts dragging on the latch side. We remediate the pivot points before hanging a new gate, and we coat everything that rotates.
- Ice storm damage to operators and hinges. The 2021 winter storm coated Fort Worth gates in freezing rain, not snow. That heavy ice seized gear-drive motors and snapped hinges on aging estate gates across 76107. We build ice margin into our operator sizing and hinge selection now, because the next Uri is coming.
- Decades of deferred weld maintenance on estate gates. The ornamental iron gates along Crestline and Monticello were often installed forty or fifty years ago, and nobody has touched the welds since. We see rusted-through pickets, cracked corner braces, and hinge posts that have shifted three inches out of plumb. A new operator bolted to that gate is money wasted. Fix the panel without the post and you will fix it twice.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Fort Worth, TX
Here is what we price for Gate Installation in Fort Worth, honestly. A standard single swing gate with a basic operator runs $2,400 to $3,800. A double swing driveway gate with an automated operator typically lands between $3,800 and $6,500. Custom ornamental iron gates, forged panels, matched intercom and camera entry, or underground operators push the job to $6,000 to $9,800 depending on the gate length, the operator type, and how much we have to remediate on the existing posts.
- Single driveway swing gate (manual): $2,400-$3,300
- Single driveway swing gate (automated): $3,200-$4,800
- Double driveway swing gate (automated): $4,500-$7,500
- Custom ornamental iron double gate (matched fabrication): $6,500-$9,800
- Sliding gate (cantilever or V-track, automated): $5,000-$9,000
- Post remediation and re-footing (per post, clay zone): $450-$900
Everything is quoted before we start. You will see the number in writing, and that is the number on the invoice. No change orders unless you ask us to change something, and no surcharge for showing up in Fort Worth. Estimates are free. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact written quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth
Our crews work the whole west side of the metro. If you are in River Oaks, Forest Hill, Haltom City, or Benbrook, we cover those areas as well and bring the same post-depth and clay-mitigation approach we use in Fort Worth. The gate still has to swing true a year from now, no matter which side of the county line it sits on.
Serving Fort Worth, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth
Fort Worth’s Blackland Prairie soil swells when it is wet and contracts hard when it dries, and a gate post set at standard depth will tilt out of plumb within the first year. To hold a gate square, the post has to extend below the active shrink-swell zone and be backfilled with stabilized material that does not heave. We do that on every Fort Worth installation, and it is the single biggest reason our gates do not sag twelve months later. Call (877) 610-2993 if your existing gate is already leaning.
Sometimes, and that is always where we start. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. If the post is still sound and has not shifted out of plumb, we can Gate Parts & Welding in Fort Worth to reinforce and re-hang the gate so it swings true again. If the clay has tilted the post, no new hinges on top of the old post will fix it. We will tell you what the gate actually needs, not what sells a new installation. A free second opinion on any written estimate is part of how we work.
A loop detector prevents the gate from closing on a vehicle sitting in the gate path, and on Fort Worth clay it also spares the operator from fighting a gate that has shifted off its arc. We recommend loop detectors on automated driveway gates whenever there is a vehicle path through the gate, and we install them as part of most automated gate jobs in the metro. The entrapment protection requirements do not stop at the gate edge, and we size the safety photocells and loops to the actual gate travel.
Automated gates in Tarrant County have to meet UL 325 safety standards, which requires monitored entrapment protection: photo eyes, contact edges, and a motor with proper obstruction detection. We install monitored safety edges and photocells on every automated gate, and we run the full reverse-cycle test before we call the job done. This is not a place to cut a corner. A heavy iron gate closing on a child or a pet is a risk no gate job is worth.
Yes, and we do it regularly on the pipe-style ranch gates west and northwest of Fort Worth. Solar operators work well on a swing gate in this climate if the panel gets clean sun and the battery bank is sized to the gate weight and cycle count. We match the operator to the gate, not the gate to a kit. For a pipe gate on clay soil, the same post-depth rule applies: solar will not fix a gate that heaves out of plumb every spring. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will look at your gate and the sun exposure together.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, answering his own phone across Fort Worth since 2001.