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A new driveway gate in Medway, MA typically runs $3,800 to $9,200 installed, and the work usually takes one to three days depending on the scope. We schedule and coordinate every Medway job from our Boston office, but the person who shows up at your house lives and works in this area, knows the soil, and knows what a Norfolk County winter does to a gate. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a recording.
Medway is a town where a gate has to earn its keep. Long driveways off Route 109, half-acre lots with fenced yards, and a housing stock that grew fast in the 1990s and early 2000s means thousands of gates are now hitting the age where posts shift, operators fail, and hardware that worked fine ten years ago just doesn’t anymore. We’ve been doing Gate Installation long enough to know what holds up here and what doesn’t.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Medway’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001, and his name is still on the shop and on every invoice. We’re not a franchise and we don’t route calls through a call center. When you call about a gate on Holliston Street or a sagging double gate off Village Street, the person who answers has likely driven past your house. That’s not a marketing line. It’s how a local business works.
Medway homeowners have a particular problem: they trust a company, then a different crew shows up every year and nobody remembers what was done last spring. We keep records on every job, and the same person who measures your gate is typically the one who welds it, hangs it, and comes back if anything moves. Our customers around 02053 value that continuity more than a slightly lower bid.
Every gate we install in Medway carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we make it right. One call brings Hal back. No runaround.
Our Gate Installation Services in Medway
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the most common type we install in Medway, and the most unforgiving when the ground moves. Norfolk County clay and the upper Charles River watershed mean the post footing matters more than the hardware. We set posts deeper than frost penetration depth, which runs up to 4 feet here, and add a concrete collar above the frost line so the gate doesn’t bind every March. If you’re replacing a 25-year-old ornamental iron gate on a colonial near the town center, we’ll match the style and set the posts so you’re not re-hanging it in three years.
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in Medway is a daily-use piece of equipment. It opens and closes in rain, snow, ice, and the spring mud that comes with the Charles River corridor’s drainage cycle. We install driveway gates with operators sized for the gate’s weight and wind load, not the cheapest motor that fits. Most Medway driveways work well with loop detectors for exit, safety photocells, and a keypad or remote system. We’ll walk the site, check the grade, and tell you honestly whether a slide or swing makes more sense for your approach.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates get a lot of abuse and very little maintenance. In Medway, where many homes have fenced rear yards and a gate that gets used multiple times a day, the hinge post is the first thing to go. We set pedestrian gate posts the same way we set driveway gate posts: deep, with drainage accounted for, and with hinges sized to the gate’s actual weight. A 30-year-old wrought iron gate by the historic town center may have hardware that’s never been replaced. We’ll replace the post, the hinges, or the entire gate, whichever actually solves the problem.
Double Gate Installation
Double gates are the ones we see fail most often in Medway, usually because the two halves were hung without accounting for how the ground shifts between seasons. When one post heaves even a half inch, the latch binds and the operator fights itself. We install double gates with matched posts set at the same depth, a rigid latch that tolerates minor movement, and an operator that’s actually rated for the combined gate weight. If you’ve got a double gate off Village Street that jams every spring, the post footing is almost certainly the cause, not the operator.
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 Medway
We’re certified to service and install nine major gate brands, and we stock common parts locally so Medway customers aren’t waiting on a shipping truck. That includes Viking operators, Ghost Controls kits, DoorKing access systems, and Elite gate hardware. If your existing operator is one of those and the control board is obsolete, we’ll tell you straight whether it’s worth retrofitting or whether a full panel swap is the cheaper long-term answer. We don’t sell you a new operator just because it’s more profitable for us.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Medway Homes
- Post heave from frost and clay. Medway’s frost depth reaches 4 feet, and the clay-heavy soil in the upper Charles River watershed holds water through the spring. Posts set at 2 feet or even 3 feet will move. The gate binds at the latch, the operator re-limits itself, and you think you need a new motor. You don’t. You need the post set correctly.
- Legacy operators that can’t support modern safety. Gates installed in the 1990s and early 2000s often have control boards that predate modern photocell requirements and keypad entry protocols. You can’t just add sensors to a board that doesn’t recognize them. Sometimes the fix is a retrofit board. Sometimes it’s a new operator. We’ll tell you which one saves money over ten years.
- Worn hinge posts that get ignored. The gate sags, someone re-hangs it on the same worn post, and it sags again by the next freeze-thaw cycle. Medway’s repeated winter cycles are brutal on hinge hardware. We weld on site and replace posts when they’re the actual problem, not just the symptom.
- Gates near the Charles River corridor that shift seasonally. Low-lying lots near the river stay saturated longer in spring, which softens the soil around footings and makes even well-set posts drift. If your gate drags every April and clears up by July, drainage around the footing is the issue. We can address that during installation so the cycle stops.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Medway, MA
Here’s what Medway homeowners should expect to pay, based on the work we’ve done across 02053:
- Single swing gate, manual: $1,800 - $3,400
- Driveway swing gate with operator: $3,800 - $6,500
- Double driveway gate with operator: $5,500 - $9,200
- Pedestrian gate with hardware: $700 - $1,500
- Sliding gate with operator and track: $4,200 - $7,900
- Loop detector, keypad, and safety photocells added to an existing install: $800 - $1,900
Those ranges cover typical Medway properties: colonial and cape homes on half-acre to multi-acre lots, with gates 8 to 16 feet wide. The price gets quoted and agreed before any work starts, in writing. That’s not a maybe. We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Medway
If you’re in Millis, Holliston, Norfolk, or Medfield, we cover those areas too. Medway is our backyard, but the roads around it are familiar ground. Call us and we’ll tell you when we can be there.
Serving Medway, MA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Medway 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 Medway
Gate posts in Medway should be set at least 4 feet deep, below the frost penetration line, with a concrete collar above the frost line to anchor the footing. Norfolk County clay and the upper Charles River watershed’s spring saturation amplify heave in shallow footings, which is why gates that were set at 2 or 3 feet bind every year. We set every post in Medway to that depth and add drainage around the footing on low-lying lots. Call (877) 610-2993 for a site check.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends entirely on the control board. Many 1990s LiftMaster, Viking, and older DoorKing boards don’t have terminals for modern photocells or keypads, so you can’t just wire sensors in. A retrofit board might solve it, or you may need a new operator. We’ll open the panel and tell you what the board actually supports before we recommend anything. Estimates are free.
Because the ground under the posts is softening as the frost comes out and the Charles River corridor’s seasonal saturation pushes the footings. One post heaves, the gate halves fall out of alignment, and the latch binds. The fix is re-setting the posts deeper with proper drainage, not re-hanging the gate. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you if your posts are the culprit.
Usually a new post set correctly, with refurbished leaves if the frame is still sound. The ironwork on older Medway gates is often repairable, and we weld on site, which saves the cost of a full replacement. If the hinges and latch are original and the frame is cracked, replacement is the cheaper answer over ten years. We’ll show you the math before you spend a dollar. Call (877) 610-2993.
For a driveway gate that opens automatically, a loop detector is the most reliable way to trigger exit without a remote or keypad. In Medway, where driveways are long and remote batteries die at bad times, a loop detector adds real daily convenience. It’s not always required, but it’s the first thing we’d add on a medway driveway gate install. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you what your setup needs.
How Medway’s Soil and Frost Change the Install Spec
This is the part that doesn’t show up on a big-box website. Medway’s gate posts are set in Norfolk County clay and the upper Charles River watershed, where spring saturation and up to 4-foot frost penetration routinely heave footings enough to bind latches every season. That cycle is the controlling variable in any new gate installation here, more than the hardware you pick. A gate that works fine on a sandy Cape Cod lot will fail in three years on a Medway lot if the post wasn’t set for this soil. We set footings deeper, add concrete collars above the frost line, and account for drainage on low-lying properties near the river. That’s what stops the every-March jam.
On a colonial off Village Street, we pulled a 1990s ornamental swing gate whose hinge post was leaning 6 degrees and whose LiftMaster operator had been re-limitted three times. We set a new 4-foot footing with a concrete collar above the frost line, hung a matched double gate with a fresh FAAC swing operator, and added a loop detector for exit plus safety photocells. The client hasn’t touched the gate in two springs, where before it jammed every March. That’s the difference between installing a gate and installing one that stays put.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate in Medway
If you’ve got a gate that’s sagging, binding, or finally past saving, call (877) 610-2993. You’ll get a live person, a straight answer, and a free estimate. If you’d rather talk in person, the shop’s address is published and Hal Gatewood’s name is on the door. We’ve been at this since 2001, and we’ll be here when the next frost cycle rolls through.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Medway and the surrounding communities since 2001.