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A new automatic gate on a Novi driveway or subdivision entrance typically runs $4,800-$11,500 installed, with most pedestrian gates landing between $1,200 and $3,400. The bigger variables are operator type, steel gauge, and whether the HOA requires a specific finish or style. We coordinate the whole thing, from architectural approval paperwork through the final concrete pour, and we answer the phone at (877) 610-2993 whenever you call. Hal Gatewood has been running this shop since 2001, and his name goes on every invoice we write in Novi.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Novi’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We work inside Novi’s HOA network constantly. That matters because most gate work here isn’t a homeowner hanging a farm gate across a driveway. It’s a planned community on Twelve Mile or Beck Road with a management company, an architectural review committee, and a 25-year-old entry system that’s finally giving up. We know the approval process, we know the property managers, and we know what gets kicked back. More importantly, we show up when we say we will, the estimate is the price, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every job we leave in Novi. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day. Not a voicemail, not a dispatch queue. That’s Hal himself, or someone on his crew who can pull up your file.
Novi homeowners between 50 and 70 have told us the same story for years: a national outfit quoted one number on the phone and a different one at the door. We don’t work that way. We come out, measure, walk the site, and hand you a written number. If you already have an estimate from someone else, we’ll give you a free second opinion. It costs nothing and it usually saves people real money. We serve Novi out of our metro Detroit shop, and when there’s a gate problem in Novi, we’re on it the same day it’s reported.
Our Gate Installation Services in Novi
We install every type of gate Novi’s housing stock throws at us. This city isn’t all one thing. Some neighborhoods have individual driveway gates with a single opener and a keypad. Others have shared subdivision entrances with commercial-grade operators, loop detectors, and multi-user access systems. We handle both, and everything between. Here’s how it breaks down.
Driveway Gate
Most Novi driveway gates are decorative aluminum or powder-coated steel, matched to the home’s architecture and the HOA’s finish schedule. A single swing gate with an operator and keypad typically runs $4,800-$7,500 installed. Double driveways, which are common in the newer subdivisions off Ten Mile, run higher because you’re hanging two leaves and syncing two operators. We always check the hinge post depth and the concrete spec before quoting, because Oakland County clay doesn’t hold a shallow footing through a freeze-thaw cycle.
Pedestrian Gate
Pedestrian gates in Novi usually serve HOA pool enclosures, walking paths, or side-yard access points. These run $1,200-$3,400 installed depending on the hardware. We build them with the same hardware-grade material as the vehicle gates, because a pedestrian gate that gets slammed 50 times a week by kids heading to the community pool fails exactly the same way a car gate does: hinge sag first, latch failure second.
Sliding Gate
Sliding gates make sense on Novi properties where the driveway slopes or where a swing gate would sweep across a sidewalk or landscaping. A single slide gate with a commercial operator generally lands between $6,500 and $11,500 installed. The track has to be engineered for Michigan winters. We set the track on a continuous concrete pad, not intermittent supports, so frost heave doesn’t kink the rail and bind the gate come March.
Swing Gate
Swing gates are the most common gate type in Novi’s planned communities, and they’re also the most sensitive to soil movement. We pour footings below the frost line, which in Oakland County means 42 inches minimum. Then we set the hinge posts, hang the gate, and check plumb again before the operator goes on. If the post shifts even a quarter inch, the gate sags in the hinge post, not the middle. That’s where we start every swing gate job in Novi.
Double Gate
Double gates serve wide driveways and shared subdivision entrances. A double swing entry gate with two operators, photocells, and a keypad system starts around $7,800 and goes up based on steel gauge and powder-coat finish. We install both operators on independent circuits with a common control board, so if one opener fails, the other still holds the entrance secure. That’s a detail a lot of installers skip, and it’s the first thing we check when a Novi HOA calls us about an entry gate that’s been intermittently failing for months.
Security Gate
In Novi’s HOA-heavy landscape, a security gate isn’t just a physical barrier. It’s an access-control system with programmed codes, remotes, and sometimes call-box integration with residents’ phones. We install full keypad and intercom systems, and we’ll program every resident code and remote on site before we leave. The gate doesn’t work if the access system is half-configured. That’s how people end up calling us at 9 p.m. because the entrance gate is stuck open and the HOA board can’t reach the original installer. We answer the phone at 9 p.m.
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 Novi
We’re certified on nine major gate brands, and in Novi we most often work on Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing operators. That last one matters here specifically. DoorKing systems show up all over Novi’s 1990s planned communities, and they’re built for shared entrances with hundreds of user codes. We keep common parts stocked locally so a Novi repair doesn’t wait on a backorder from three states away. When an older DoorKing board dies and the HOA has no documentation from the original developer, we don’t have to guess. We’ve done enough of these to know exactly what needs to happen, and we’ll walk the association through it step by step.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Novi Homes
- HOA architectural approval stalls the job. Novi planned communities have finish schedules, height limits, and style guidelines. We prepare the submission package and coordinate directly with the management company so you don’t get a rejection letter three weeks in.
- Lost access codes from the original 1990s developer. When the subdivision was built, a now-defunct company installed the entry gate and kept the programming. Nobody in the HOA can find the master code or the wiring diagram. When that old board dies, there’s no way to reprogram it. We replace the board and keypad together, even when the gate’s mechanical parts are still sound.
- Frost heave shifting the hinge posts. Oakland County clay expands and contracts through 50-plus freeze-thaw cycles every year. A shallow footing heaves, the post tips, and the gate starts dragging or binding. We pour below the frost line and re-anchor posts that have already moved.
- Cracked underground conduit causing intermittent failures. The low-voltage wiring that powers the operator runs through conduit under the driveway. After enough freeze-thaw cycles, the conduit cracks, water gets in, and the gate works sometimes. We dig it up, replace the run, and seal it properly.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Novi, MI
Here’s what you can expect to pay in Novi right now. A basic pedestrian gate: $1,200-$3,400. A single driveway swing gate with an operator and keypad: $4,800-$7,500. A double swing gate: $7,800-$12,000. A sliding gate with a commercial operator: $6,500-$11,500. A full subdivision entry gate replacement with access control: $9,000-$18,000, depending on the steel gauge, whether the posts need re-pouring, and how many user codes have to be programmed. Every estimate is written and free. The price we quote is the price you pay, and we agree on it before any work starts. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount, and inside Oakland County there’s no trip charge for us to come out and look.
We Also Serve Cities Near Novi
Our Gate Installation team works throughout the Novi area every week. If you’re in Northville, Wixom, Walled Lake, or Farmington, we handle the same HOA gates, the same clay-soil footing problems, and the same brand operators. The drive is short, and the service is the same. You can reach us at (877) 610-2993 no matter which of those towns you call from.
Serving Novi, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Novi 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 Novi
Yes, in almost every Novi planned community. The HOA’s architectural review committee has to sign off on the gate style, height, finish, and sometimes the operator brand before you can start. We prepare that submission for you. We’ve done enough of them across Novi’s HOA network that we know what gets approved on the first pass and what gets sent back. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll handle the paperwork side so the gate doesn’t get held up.
We replace the control board and keypad together. When the original developer took the programming codes with them, there’s nothing to recover from a dead board. We install a new system, program every resident code and remote on site, and hand the HOA full documentation with master codes and wiring diagrams. That way the next service call doesn’t start from zero. This is one of the most common calls we get from Novi property managers, and we handle it from start to finish.
Yes, if the footings are done right. We dig below the frost line, which in Oakland County means 42 inches or deeper, and we use larger-diameter footings than a sandy-soil install would require. The key is setting the hinge posts so they don’t move through a Michigan winter. If there’s already an older gate that’s heaving each spring, we’ll re-pour and re-anchor the posts before hanging the new gate. The gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free site walk.
Every automatic gate in Michigan must meet UL 325 safety standards, which means photocells or contact edges on both sides, a properly functioning reverse mechanism, and warning signage. We install these on every gate we put in, and we test them before we leave. On a shared subdivision entrance inside a Novi HOA, we also add a loop detector so the gate won’t close on a car that’s still in the swing path. Entrapment protection isn’t optional, and we treat it that way.
Yes. A shared entrance gate serves hundreds of users daily, so it needs a commercial-grade operator, a multi-code keypad or call-box system, and a battery backup for power outages. An individual driveway gate can use a lighter residential operator and a simpler keypad. We’ll spec the right system for the application and explain why. A residential opener on a shared HOA entrance fails within a few years because it’s not rated for that cycle count. We won’t sell you the wrong one to save a few dollars.
The Novi HOA Reality, Straight Up
Here’s something that doesn’t show up on most gate company websites, because most of them don’t install enough gates in Novi to know it. The subdivisions built through the 1990s and early 2000s in this city came with entry gates installed by developers who are now out of business. Those developers programmed the access systems with proprietary codes and never handed them to the HOA at turnover. So every year now, as those original Apollo and LiftMaster boards fail, associations discover there is no documentation. No master code, no wiring diagram, no record of what was programmed where. The gate’s mechanical parts might be perfectly fine. But when the control board dies with no codes to recover, you’re replacing the board and the keypad together. That’s not upselling. That’s the only way to get access control working again.
A good example: on a subdivision entrance along Beck Road, our crew replaced a failed Apollo gate operator on a powder-coated steel double swing gate. The HOA had no access codes or wiring diagrams from the original 1998 developer. We installed a new LiftMaster operator with a DoorKing keypad entry system, added safety photocells and a loop detector, and re-poured the hinge post footings that frost heave had shifted out of plumb. The association now has full documentation and remote access control. They also have our phone number, which is the point.
That’s the Novi gate reality: architecture committees, management companies, aging 1990s infrastructure, and clay soil that moves every winter. You need someone who knows which of the three is actually causing your gate problem. We’ve been doing this since 2001, we’re locally owned and owner-operated, and Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and every invoice. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate. A live person answers, any hour, every day.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Novi since 2001.