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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Hurst
Gate installation in Hurst usually runs $1,400-$9,800 depending on the gate type, material, operator, and what the site demands. For most Hurst homes built in the 1960s through 1980s, the real cost driver isn’t the gate itself. It’s the condition of the posts and the Blackland Prairie clay they’re set in. We’ve been installing driveway gates, pedestrian gates, sliding gates, and swing gates across both 76053 and 76054 for years, and we know what this soil does to steel and cedar. If you’re weighing a new gate or replacing one that’s sagged past saving, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a straight number before any work starts.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and his name is on the shop. That matters in Hurst because people here tend to stay put. They don’t want a company that subcontracts the work to whoever answers the phone that week. They want the person who shows up to be the same person who wrote the estimate. We’re locally owned and owner-operated, not a national outfit with a dispatch queue three states away. You call, Hal or one of his crew answers, and if something isn’t right after the install, the 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every job. One call brings him back.
Hurst customers call us because we’ve fixed gates on the older cul-de-sacs off Precinct Line Road, the mid-century blocks near Hurst Hills, and the patio-home subdivisions scattered through 76053 and 76054. We know a 1970s cedar gate in Hurst isn’t the same as a five-year-old steel gate in a brand new development out west. The soil here has been moving under those posts for decades, and that changes how you install, what you set the post in, and whether you repair or replace. We carry post-reset equipment on nearly every residential call in Hurst because this isn’t a special case here. It’s the standard case.
Our Gate Installation Services in Hurst
We install and service every major gate style common to Hurst homes: driveway gates, pedestrian gates, sliding gates, and swing gates. Most of our work involves replacing gates that were installed decades ago without proper footings. But plenty of Hurst homeowners also come to us for first-time installs where a gate never existed. Here’s how each one works in this area.
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in Hurst is typically a steel-frame gate with cedar or composite infill, sized to the driveway opening and paired with an operator. On the older lots off Harwood Road or near Bellaire Drive, driveways are often narrow, which favors a swing gate over a sliding one. But if the driveway slopes toward the street, a swing gate can scrape, and we’ll talk you through that before cutting any steel.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates in Hurst are usually part of a fence line along the side yard, and they fail at the post before they fail at the hinge. We replace rotted bottom rails, re-set the post if the clay has pushed it out, and hang the gate so the latch meets the strike without lifting. In shared-driveway situations off Precinct Line Road or in the older blocks near Shady Brook, a pedestrian gate sometimes has to keep opening while the driveway gate gets replaced. We sequence the work around that.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense in Hurst where a swing gate would eat the whole driveway or block a shared right of way. The common failure we see on Hurst sliding gates is the cantilever post or track footing shifting with the Blackland Prairie clay, which makes the gate bind and jump. A proper install here uses a deeper footing than what older builds got, and the operator mounts on a steel post with enough embedment to ride out the wet/dry cycles. We also check roller alignment and rack engagement before we call the job done.
Swing Gate Installation
A double swing gate on a Hurst ranch home often has one leaf that’s dropped and dragging. That’s almost always a post issue, not a hinge issue. When a hinge post pulls two or three inches off vertical in Hurst clay, the fix isn’t a bigger hinge. It’s a post reset. We’ll pull the post, set it in a reinforced concrete collar with a deep footing, and then re-hang the gate. That’s the difference between a gate that lasts one season and one that lasts fifteen years.
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 Hurst
We service and install gate operators from Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing. Hurst homeowners with original operators from the 1980s and 1990s sometimes think they need a full replacement, when what they actually need is a board repair or a sensor replacement. We stock the common parts for those brands, which means a Hurst call usually gets resolved without waiting a week for a shipment. And every install we do uses a brand we’re certified on and can support years down the road.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Posts moving with the clay. Hurst sits on North Texas Blackland Prairie clay. It swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and over four decades that movement walks gate posts two to four inches off vertical. You’ll see the latch miss by more each year, and the telltale crack where the concrete meets the post base.
- Rotted bottom rails on original cedar gates. A 1970s or 1980s cedar privacy gate in Hurst has been through 40 summers over 100 degrees and decades of Tarrant County hard water from the sprinklers. The bottom rail rots, the lag screws lose their grip in softened wood, and the gate droops no matter how many times you tighten the hinges.
- Sliding gates binding on shared driveways. On Hurst homes where two houses share one driveway gate, the track or cantilever footing takes a beating from both soil movement and twice the traffic. The gate jumps the rack or shudders at one end, and people start pushing it manually. That’s a footing problem, not a wheel problem.
- Operators dying early from heat and ice stress. Hurst gets 100-degree summers and periodic ice storms like the Uri freeze in February 2021, which collapsed fences and gates across the HEB Mid-Cities area. An operator bolted to a flexing post, or one that’s undersized for the gate, won’t survive that cycle for long.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Hurst, TX
A standard pedestrian gate install in Hurst runs about $400-$1,200, including post-setting and hardware. A single swing driveway gate with a basic operator typically lands between $2,200 and $5,500. A sliding gate install on a Hurst shared driveway, with a deep footing and a Linear or Ghost Controls operator, generally falls in the $4,800-$9,800 range. What moves that number most is the post work: if the existing posts are set directly in clay without a concrete collar, we quote the reset as part of the install, not as a change order after we start digging. You get one number before any work begins, and that’s the number on the invoice. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate, and ask about the $40 off any install over $200.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
If you’re outside Hurst but close, we handle Gate Installation in Hurst and the surrounding HEB area too. That includes Bedford, Richland Hills, North Richland Hills, and Colleyville. The soil and the housing stock don’t change much across the border, and our post-reset experience carries right over.
Serving Hurst, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hurst 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 Hurst
Hurst gate posts shift because they were set directly in Blackland Prairie clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and four or five decades of that cycle walks a post two to four inches out of vertical. We prevent it by pulling the old post, boring a deeper footing, and setting the new post inside a reinforced concrete collar that isolates it from the clay movement. The price is quoted before we start, and the fix is covered by the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote.
Yes, and we do that regularly in Hurst’s older 76053 cul-de-sacs where a swing gate simply won’t work. We set a deeper cantilever footing than what older installs got, run the gate on a properly bedded track, and set the operator on a post with enough embedment to stay put through Hurst’s wet/dry cycles. Space is tight on those lots, so we run the gate along the fence line and keep the pedestrian gate functional during the work. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll look at the driveway and give you a written price.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. If the hinge post is still solid and the bottom rail hasn’t rotted through, we can pull the gate, reset the hinges, and re-hang it. But most Hurst cedar gates from the 1970s have both a shifted post and a rotted bottom rail, and re-hanging only buys six months. We’ll show you the post with a level, show you where the wood has softened, and then quote you both options. You decide. Call (877) 610-2993 for a straight answer on your gate.
We do. Older Hurst patio-home neighborhoods are full of gates that were built before operators became common. We can add a Ghost Controls or Linear operator to an existing gate, provided the gate itself is hung square and the posts are solid. If the posts are drifting, we’ll recommend the post reset first, because an operator can’t fix a gate that binds. The estimate includes the post work if it’s needed, so there’s no surprise later. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
We stage the removal and install so the pedestrian gate stays open and usable the entire time. On shared driveways off Precinct Line Road and similar Hurst blocks, that means we demo the old driveway gate, set the new post, and then work the panel and operator installation in a sequence that never blocks the walk path. We also set safety photocells on every automated gate install, which is code and good sense on a shared right of way. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll lay out the sequence before we start.
Free Estimates for Gate Installation in Hurst, TX
We live here, we work here, and we’ve fixed enough Hurst gates on shifting clay to know exactly what you’re dealing with. Hal Gatewood has been doing this since 2001, and the shop is local. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing. The price is quoted before any work starts. And a live person answers the phone around the clock. Call (877) 610-2993 for your free estimate, or ask about our Gate Installation team and what they’ve done on streets just like yours.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Hurst and the HEB Mid-Cities area since 2001.