Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
The assessment is free and the quote is the invoice.
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A new driveway or alley gate in Jeannette typically runs $1,800 to $4,600 installed, depending on whether we’re building a welded steel slide gate for a narrow rear entry or hanging a double swing gate across a wider front drive. Most installations in the 15644 zip code take one to two days once materials are on site, and you’ll get a written price before we cut anything. If you’re tired of wrestling a gate that drags on the bricks or won’t latch square, call Hal at Gatewood Fence & Gate: (877) 610-2993. We’re familiar with every alley off Clay Avenue and the older grid streets up toward the high school, and we’ll tell you straight what your gate needs and what it doesn’t.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Jeannette’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood has been running this shop since 2001, and the name on the invoice is the name on the truck. That matters in a town like Jeannette, where a lot of the housing stock went up between 1900 and 1950 and the original gates are still hanging, usually not level. We don’t send a rotating cast of subcontractors. The person who measures your gate is the person who welds it, sets the posts, and comes back if something moves before spring.
We answer our own phone, day or night. When a Jeannette homeowner calls at 7 a.m. because a gate fell off its hinge post and is blocking the alley, a live person picks up. Not a voicemail tree. Hal or one of his crew will be out to 15644 the same day for a repair, and for a new Gate Installation job we schedule a free measure quickly and get you a written number. Every job, including a full post reset on a rear alley double gate, carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no arguing about whose fault the frost heave was.
We also know Jeannette specifically. We know the brick-paved alleys behind the row homes, the narrow lots where a swing gate will clip a neighbor’s fence, and the way the freeze-thaw cycle here wrecks hardware that went in before poured footings were standard. You’ll deal with people who understand the layout of the town, not a crew reading a GPS for the first time.
Our Gate Installation Services in Jeannette
Sliding Gate Installation
On Jeannette’s tight 8-foot alley lots, a sliding gate is often the only honest answer. A swing gate needs room to arc, and when your rear entry opens directly onto a brick-paved alley with no setback, that arc sweeps right into the right-of-way. We build welded steel slide gates that run on a track or cantilever rollers, and we spec a rack-and-pinion operator when you want automation. For a rear alley double gate that has been binding for years, converting to a single slide panel frequently solves the problem permanently instead of re-shimming hinges every October.
Driveway Gate Installation
Most Jeannette driveways off the main grid streets are modest width, which means a double swing gate or a single slide panel both work, and the decision comes down to how you use the drive. We measure the crown of the alley or street, check where the posts will sit, and tell you whether we’re setting new 6×6 posts in concrete to frost depth or reusing what’s there. Hal welds on site, so a driveway gate gets fitted to your actual opening, not built in a shop and forced to fit something close.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Alley-facing pedestrian gates in Jeannette are frequently original to the home, built from early mild steel or wrought iron and now pitted with decades of rust. We install new walk gates framed and welded for the specific opening, with hinges sized to carry the weight and a latch that catches square. If the old gatepost is set in a century-old brick border with no concrete under it, we’ll tell you before we hang anything, because a new gate on a moving post will sag by spring.
Swing Gate Installation
Where you have the width, swing gates still make sense, especially double leaf panels across a wider front drive. We set posts below frost depth, which in Westmoreland County means getting down 36 to 42 inches, and we align the leaves so the latch stile meets clean at the plumb line. On older Jeannette lots where the original posts sit in brick instead of concrete, we reset them properly before hanging the new panels. Otherwise you’ll be back in a year with the same sag.
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 Jeannette
We install and service operators from FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, and we keep common parts stocked so a Jeannette job doesn’t stall waiting on a sensor or a limit switch. If you already have an operator you like, we’ll build the gate around it and wire it correctly the first time. If you’re automating an older double gate off a brick alley, we’ll tell you which opener can actually handle the leaf weight and which one will burn out in two winters. Hal is certified on nine major brands, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation, not just the gate itself.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Jeannette Homes
- Alley gate posts toppling or leaning. The original post was set in a century-old brick border or mortar bed, not a concrete footing below frost depth. The post moves, the gate sags, and shims only delay the failure.
- Rear-alley double swing gates binding at the latch stile. After years of freeze-thaw, the panels were never re-matched to the post plumb line, so the leaves no longer meet. We re-hang them square or replace the posts entirely.
- Narrow 8-foot alley lots with no setback. A swing gate leaf arcs into the right-of-way and strikes a neighbor’s fence or a parked car. The fix is a slide gate or a rack-and-pinion operator spec’d from the start.
- Corroded original gateposts beyond reuse. On Jeannette’s older homes, the iron at ground level is often so deeply pitted that welding to it is wasted effort. We cut it free and set new posts in concrete, then hang new hardware sized to the load.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Jeannette, PA
A straightforward pedestrian gate install in Jeannette runs $650 to $1,400. A single welded steel driveway swing gate typically lands between $1,800 and $3,200. A sliding gate for a narrow alley entry, including track and automation, runs $3,400 to $4,600, and if the original post needs to be cut out and reset in a proper footing, that work adds $500 to $900 per post. These are real numbers for this market, not ballpark figures from a national call center. The price we quote is the price you pay, agreed before any work starts. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate, and bring your written quote from anyone else for a free second opinion. We honor a $40 discount on any job over $200 and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans.
We Also Serve Cities Near Jeannette
Beyond the Jeannette city line, our crew regularly handles Gate Installation in Jeannette and the surrounding Westmoreland County towns, including Greensburg, Murrysville, White Oak, and Monroeville. If you’re a few miles down Route 30 or out toward the county line, the same live-person service and written pricing apply. Drive times vary, but the quality and the guarantee don’t.
Serving Jeannette, PA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Jeannette 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 Jeannette
Because the original installation was never footed to frost depth in the first place. On Jeannette’s pre-1950 grid streets, alley gate hinge posts were routinely set into a century-old brick border or a crumbling mortar bed with no poured concrete at all. A shim levels the gate for a few weeks, but the post keeps moving as the ground freezes and thaws. The fix that lasts is cutting the post free, drilling or excavating to frost depth, setting a new 6×6 post in concrete, and re-hanging the gate to a true plumb line. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you if your post is worth saving before we dig.
Yes, and in most cases a sliding gate is the right call. An 8-foot alley opening leaves no room for a swing leaf to arc without crossing into the right-of-way or a neighbor’s fence line. We build a welded slide gate that runs on a track and pair it with a rack-and-pinion operator, which moves the panel along the fence line instead of arcing into the alley. It keeps vehicle access working and meets the space you actually have, not the space a catalog assumes.
It depends on the leaf weight and how far the posts have moved. If the original posts are solid and plumb, a heavy-duty FAAC or BFT articulated-arm or underground operator can handle a double swing set. If the posts are heaving or set in old brick, we reset them first, because an operator on a shifting post will constantly throw limit errors. For a double gate that has bound for years, converting to a slide panel with a Viking or Linear rack-drive operator is often the more reliable path.
UL 325 is the federal safety standard for automatic gate operators, and it applies to every powered gate in Jeannette, whether it’s a slide gate on a narrow alley or a swing gate on a wide front drive. It requires entrapment protection devices like photo eyes, contact edges, and proper force settings so the gate cannot crush or pin a person, a pet, or a vehicle. We install every automated gate with the required safety edges and sensors, and we test the reversal force before we leave. This is not an add-on option; it’s part of the install.
We cut it out and set a new post, which is usually the right thing anyway. If the original post is deeply pitted at the ground line, welding new hinge tabs onto unreliable steel is wasted labor. On a recent job on North 6th Street, we found an original steel double driveway gate hanging on posts that sat in old terrace brick and clay tile dust instead of concrete, with the latch stile dropped more than two inches. We set new 6×6 posts in Sonotube footings 42 inches down, hung the existing 1940s leaf panels on new ball-bearing hinges, and reinstalled the latch at the new post plumb line so the panels clear the alley crown without dragging through freeze-thaw cycles. That’s the difference between shimming and fixing. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate, and we’ll tell you which one your gate actually needs.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Installation in Jeannette
You’ll get a straight answer, a written price, and a gate that works through the next freeze-thaw season without dragging on the bricks. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and the shop is run like a local business should be: live person on the phone, name on the invoice, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. If your Jeannette gate is sagging, binding, or just done, call (877) 610-2993 today for a free estimate. We’ll measure, quote, and you won’t see a different number when the work is done.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Jeannette since 2001.