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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Marietta
A new driveway gate in Marietta typically runs $4,200 to $14,800 installed, and most custom swing or slide gate installations are completed in two to four days once materials arrive. If you’re calling from East Cobb, Sandy Plains, or the neighborhoods off Whitlock Avenue, you’re calling a company that has replaced, rebuilt, and welded gates in your ZIP codes for years. We stock operators, hinges, and iron components for the exact gate systems that dominate Marietta’s 1980s and 1990s subdivisions, so you’re not waiting on a warehouse three states away. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person who can tell you what a gate like yours should cost in Marietta before we ever set foot on your driveway.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Marietta’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood has been running Gatewood Fence & Gate since 2001, and he still answers the phone himself half the time. The rest of the time it’s someone on his crew who actually works on gates, not a call center. We live with Marietta’s red clay, its summer lightning, and its HOA design review boards. That local knowledge means we know which operators survive a Georgia thunderstorm season and which ones end up as expensive bricks bolted to your post.
The company is owner-operated, with a published address and license number anyone can look up. Our customers in Marietta don’t get a rotating cast of subcontractors. They get the same crew, the same welder, and the same phone number that answers 24 hours a day. That’s how we’ve kept a strong local reputation through more than two decades of installing, repairing, and fabricating gates across Cobb County.
Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something isn’t right, one call brings us back. No fine print, no runaround. And if you already have a written estimate from another company, bring it to us and we’ll give you a free second opinion. That’s not a sales trick. It’s what Hal has always done, because half the time the other estimate is pricing a replacement when a repair would do.
Our Gate Installation Services in Marietta
We install every type of gate you’ll find on a Marietta property, from a single pedestrian gate off a Roswell Road side yard to a 20-foot ornamental iron driveway gate with underground motors and keypad entry. Here’s what that looks like in practice. Our Gate Installation team handles the full job: removing the old gate, setting or resetting posts, building the frame, hanging the gate, installing the operator, running the power and safety circuits, and programming the entry system. One crew, start to finish.
Driveway Gate
Driveway gates in Marietta’s East Cobb subdivisions usually mean ornamental iron or black aluminum on brick columns. We build and install custom-fit driveway gates for the track home and the custom estate alike, sized to your opening, with operators matched to gate weight, not guesswork. On the 30062 and 30066 ZIPs especially, we install a lot of double-swing driveway gates with underground or column-mounted Viking and FAAC operators.
Swing Gate
A swing gate in Marietta lives or dies by its hinge post. Set a post at 24 inches in red clay and you’ll be re-hanging that gate within a few years. We set posts into the stable subsoil layer, usually 36 to 42 inches with a proper concrete footer, so the gate stays plumb through wet winters and dry summers. That’s the difference between a gate that works for a decade and a gate that sags by its second birthday.
Double Gate
Double gates put twice the strain on two hinge posts and demand a matching pair of operators that talk to each other. We handle the full install: steel reinforcement for the leaf frames, synchronized operators, safety photocells, and limit switches adjusted so the leaves close as one. For Marietta homes with wide drives and a slope, we often recommend a double slide gate instead of a swing gate. The red clay heave that torques a swing hinge doesn’t affect a cantilever slide track the same way.
Sliding Gate
A slide gate on a Marietta hillside property has to ride a level track or hang from a true rail, or it grinds. We install cantilever slide gates and V-track slide gates with the track bed graded and compacted for the slope, so the gate doesn’t bind when the ground shifts. Rack and pinion drives get greased, aligned, and adjusted at install, then checked again under our 90-Day Done Right Promise.
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 Marietta
Gatewood Fence & Gate is certified to service and install operators from nine major manufacturers: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For Marietta specifically, we keep a deep local inventory of FAAC, Linear, and Viking parts on hand, because those are the operators we see most often in East Cobb’s older gated subdivisions. When a Viking control board gets fried by a July thunderstorm on a Sunday afternoon, you don’t want to wait a week for a replacement. We usually don’t have to.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Marietta Homes
- Post lean from red clay heave. Marietta’s clay soil swells in winter and shrinks in summer, and a 24-inch post footing from the 1990s buildout era simply can’t hold a heavy iron gate plumb through that cycle. The fix is resetting the post deeper, not cranking the hinges.
- Lightning-damaged operator boards. Summer thunderstorms in Cobb County regularly surge or directly strike gate operator circuit boards. May through September we replace more lightning-fried boards than anything else, with LiftMaster, Viking, and FAAC being the most common casualties.
- Corroded hinges and worn rack and pinion components. Gates installed during the 1985-2005 subdivision boom are now hitting 20 to 40 years old. Hinge pins seize, iron rusts at the weld points, and slide gate racks wear down to a grind. We weld on site, so a corroded hinge is a repair job, not a gate replacement.
- HOA design and operator requirements. Many Marietta HOAs mandate specific gate styles, colors, and sometimes operator brands for subdivision entrances and private drives. We’re familiar with East Cobb’s HOA review process and can prepare submittal drawings and spec sheets for your board.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Marietta, GA
Here are straight numbers for Marietta, not national averages. A single ornamental iron pedestrian gate typically runs $1,800-$4,600 installed. A standard single-swing driveway gate with a Viking or LiftMaster operator runs $4,200-$8,500. A double-swing custom iron driveway gate with synchronized operators runs $7,800-$14,800. A cantilever slide gate for a wide or sloped drive runs $9,000-$18,000, depending on length and motor rating. Underground operators, custom fabrication, intercom and camera entry, and brick column work all add to the total. Your price is quoted and agreed in writing before any work starts. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free measure and written estimate.
| Gate Type | Typical Marietta Price Range |
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| Pedestrian gate (ornamental iron) | $1,800-$4,600 |
| Single swing driveway gate + operator | $4,200-$8,500 |
| Double swing driveway gate + synchronized operators | $7,800-$14,800 |
| Cantilever slide gate + operator | $9,000-$18,000 |
We also honor a few standing offers that don’t require haggling: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. If you have a written estimate from another company, we’ll give you a free second opinion.
We Also Serve Cities Near Marietta
Gatewood Fence & Gate installs gates throughout Marietta and the surrounding Cobb County area, including Fair Oaks, Smyrna, Vinings, and Kennesaw. Whether you’re just off the Square or up in the East Cobb corridor, our crews serve Marietta directly, and we coordinate scheduling from our metro office so you always know who’s coming and when.
Serving Marietta, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Marietta 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 Marietta
Marietta’s red clay expands and contracts with seasonal moisture, and a lot of East Cobb gate posts were originally set at 24 inches during the 1985-2005 subdivision boom. That’s too shallow for clay soil, so the posts heave and lean. Roswell’s sandier soil drains better and doesn’t heave the same way. We reset posts to 36-42 inches into the stable subsoil layer, which is the real fix. Call (877) 610-2993 for a post inspection and free estimate.
A direct lightning strike can’t be fully prevented, but a proper surge protector and a well-grounded control panel dramatically reduce the damage from nearby strikes, which are far more common in Marietta’s summer storm season. We install surge-rated disconnects and ground the operator per code on every new install. If your board has already been fried, we stock replacements for Viking, FAAC, Linear, and LiftMaster locally. Call (877) 610-2993 for same-week service.
Some East Cobb HOAs do mandate specific operator brands, swing direction, or gate style for private driveway gates, especially in subdivisions built between 1985 and 2005 where the original gates are now failing. We’ve worked with many of these boards and can pull the relevant spec sheets, prepare submittals, and install a gate that passes your HOA’s review the first time. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll help you sort out what your HOA actually requires.
Because the hinge post has moved, not the gate panel. A gate sags at the hinge post when the post has leaned out of plumb, which in Marietta is almost always a red clay heave problem from a shallow footing. Adjusting the hinges will temporarily level the gate, but the post will keep moving until it’s reset deeper. We weld and reset hinge posts on site so you don’t haul a perfectly good gate to the scrapyard. Call (877) 610-2993 for a post inspection.
Yes. Any newly installed automated gate in Georgia must meet the current UL 325 standard for entrapment protection, which means safety photocells, contact edges, or pressure sensing built into the operator. We install entrapment protection on every automated gate job in Marietta as standard, not as an add-on, and we test it before we leave. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free installation quote that includes full safety compliance.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Marietta Gate Installation
If you live in Marietta, from the 30008 ZIP around the Square to 30062 and 30066 up in East Cobb, and you’re tired of gates that sag, grind, or quit after a thunderstorm, call (877) 610-2993. We’ll measure the opening, dig the post holes to the right depth for this soil, and build you a gate that will still be swinging true in ten years. Hal’s name is on the shop, the shop is down the road, and someone will answer the phone when you call. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Marietta since 2001.