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Gate installation in Old Fig Garden means working around homes that were built before automatic openers existed, on lots that were laid out for a different era of vehicles and service access. A new driveway gate here usually costs between $2,400 and $7,800 installed, depending on whether it’s a single swing gate, a double gate, or a slide gate engineered for a shared driveway easement. We quote the full price before any work starts, and the number we hand you is the number on the invoice. Call Hal at (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come measure the site, look at the posts, and give you a written number the same day.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Old Fig Garden’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood has been doing this since 2001. Not selling gates, not subbing the work out to whoever answers the phone that week. Welding, setting posts, hanging steel. The shop is locally owned and owner-operated, and that matters in Old Fig Garden more than most places because so much of the work here is repair-first. A brand-new stock gate bolted to a 1938 masonry pilaster with cracked mortar is going to fail in two years no matter how pretty the powder coat is. Hal knows that. He’ll tell you that before he takes the job.
Old Fig Garden customers call us because the person who shows up is the same person whose name is on the invoice. No crew of strangers, no 800-number routing to a call center. We answer the phone live, 24/7, and when you call about a gate in Old Fig Garden, you’re talking to someone who has actually worked on gates in Old Fig Garden. Every job comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, we come back and make it right. That’s the whole promise, no fine print.
We also carry a $40 discount on any repair over $200, we never charge a trip fee inside the county, and seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% off. Those aren’t promotions. They’ve been standing offers for years.
Our Gate Installation Services in Old Fig Garden
Gate Installation in Old Fig Garden is our full-time work, not a side line. We install, we repair what’s already there, and we retrofit original gates with modern operators when the homeowner wants automation without losing the ironwork. Here’s what that looks like in Old Fig Garden specifically.
Driveway Gate Installation
Most Old Fig Garden driveway gates are original period ironwork. When they’re beyond repair, or when a homeowner wants a wider opening for modern vehicles, we fabricate and install new driveway gates that match the home’s architectural language. That means scroll details, spear points, and proportions that look right against a Spanish Colonial or Mediterranean facade, not a generic steel panel that belongs in a distribution center. A single driveway gate in Old Fig Garden typically runs $2,400 to $4,800 installed, and a double driveway gate runs $4,200 to $7,800, including posts, hinges, and hardware.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates in Old Fig Garden often live next to the driveway gate, matching the same ironwork pattern, and they take daily abuse from foot traffic, sprinklers, and landscaping crews. We build pedestrian gates with the same materials and joinery as the driveway gates so they age together and don’t look like an afterthought. A pedestrian gate matching an existing period gate in Old Fig Garden runs $900 to $2,400 installed. If the post is solid, we reuse it. If the post is cracked or the mortar is crumbling, we address that before we hang anything on it.
Sliding Gate Installation
This is the style that matters most in Old Fig Garden, and it’s the one that separates a gate company that knows the neighborhood from one that just installs swing gates everywhere. A notable share of the estate properties along streets like East Rialto Avenue and Van Ness Boulevard use shared driveway easements with offset access. A swing gate on those driveways collides with the neighbor’s pilaster or blocks the right of way, so a slide gate on a cantilever or wheeled track is the only workable design. Slide gate installation in Old Fig Garden runs $3,800 to $9,500 depending on span, track type, and operator. We install Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing slide operators with the correct safety edges and photocells.
Swing Gate Installation
Where the driveway is wide enough and the setback allows it, a swing gate is often the best-looking option for an Old Fig Garden estate. We install single and double swing gates on new steel posts or on existing masonry pilasters that we’ve reinforced. If an original pilaster is sound, we sleeve and anchor it properly. If it’s too far gone, we’ll tell you straight. A double swing gate installation in Old Fig Garden runs $4,500 to $8,200 installed. Every swing gate we install gets a positive stop and hinges rated for the full gate weight, never a box-store hinge kit that sags in a year.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Old Fig Garden
We’re certified to service and install nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. In Old Fig Garden, we most often install Viking, DoorKing, and Ghost Controls operators on estate gates because they hold up to the Central Valley’s thermal cycling and they have solid local parts availability. When we install a Viking or DoorKing slide operator in Old Fig Garden, we keep common replacement parts on the truck so a follow-up visit doesn’t mean waiting on a shipping label. You call, we answer, and the part is on the shelf or on the way that same day.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Old Fig Garden Homes
Old Fig Garden has problems that a newer subdivision in north Fresno or Clovis simply doesn’t have. The houses are older, the soil is heavier, and the gates were built by hand before automation existed. Here’s what we run into regularly:
- Shifted masonry pilaster posts. The brick and stone pilasters on 1920s through 1940s estate driveways lose mortar to decades of sprinkler overspray and freeze-thaw cycling, then settle as the clay soil beneath them heaves. The gate binds, the hinge pins shear, and the whole thing leans. We re-set the footing in compacted crushed rock, repoint the mortar, and re-hang the gate plumb.
- Original wrought-iron panels with missing safety devices. Many original Old Fig Garden gates were retrofitted with operators before UL 325 entrapment rules existed, so they have no working photocells or edge sensors. We won’t install an operator on a gate without proper safety edges and photocells, and we won’t leave one in service that way either.
- Clay soil heave binding slide gates. Winter rain and spring drying make the expansive clay along Old Fig Garden’s landscaped frontages move enough to knock a slide gate out of square. A slide gate tracked directly on soil jams mid-travel every spring. We install slide gates on raised concrete or steel track beds so the gate rides above the soil movement, not through it.
- Shared driveway easements with no room for a swing gate. On a shared driveway, a swing gate that opens into the neighbor’s easement is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Slide gates on cantilever hardware solve it because they travel parallel to the fence line and never enter the neighbor’s side.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Old Fig Garden, CA
Here are real numbers for Old Fig Garden, not national averages. A single swing driveway gate: $2,400 to $4,800. A double swing gate: $4,200 to $8,200. A slide gate on a track or cantilever system: $3,800 to $9,500. A pedestrian gate matching existing ironwork: $900 to $2,400. An operator retrofit on an existing gate with full safety devices: $1,600 to $3,900. Those prices include labor, materials, hardware, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise. What changes the number is span width, track type, post condition, and whether we’re matching ornamental patterns from the 1930s rather than hanging a stock panel. You’ll get an itemized written quote before anything is ordered or installed. No charge for the estimate, no pressure, and the price we quote is the price you pay. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact figure on your gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Old Fig Garden
We work throughout the Old Fig Garden area and the surrounding Central Valley communities, including Fresno, Clovis, Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, and Fowler. If you’re just outside the 93704 ZIP and wondering whether we’ll come out, call (877) 610-2993 - the no-trip-charge policy covers the whole county.
Serving Old Fig Garden, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Old Fig Garden 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 Old Fig Garden
Because the clay soil under Old Fig Garden’s older landscaped frontages swells with winter moisture and shrinks as it dries in spring, and that seasonal movement shifts whatever the track is sitting on. If your slide gate track was poured directly on grade without a compacted rock base or proper reinforcement, it moves enough to bind the gate. The fix is usually re-setting the track bed on compacted crushed rock with a raised concrete curb. We see this every spring in Old Fig Garden. Call (877) 610-2993 for a site look, and we’ll tell you whether you need a track re-set or a full gate replacement.
Yes, in most cases. The gate itself is usually still solid, though it may need welded corner bracing and hinge reinforcement before an operator is mounted. The bigger issue is safety: a pre-UL 325 gate typically has no photocells or edge sensors, and an operator without those devices can entrap a person or pet. We won’t install an operator unless the gate has working safety photocells and an edge sensor or an equivalent entrapment protection system. We test everything before we leave. Call (877) 610-2993 for a retrofit evaluation on your original ironwork.
On a shared driveway easement in Old Fig Garden, a slide gate is almost always the right answer. A swing gate needs to open somewhere, and on a shared right-of-way that somewhere is usually the neighbor’s pilaster or their half of the driveway. A slide gate travels parallel to the fence line and never enters the neighbor’s side, so it’s the only design that works without encroaching on the easement. We’ve installed slide gates on shared driveways throughout Old Fig Garden, and the design question almost answers itself once we walk the property. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free site visit and we’ll show you exactly what fits.
Not always. On a new gate installation we’ll pour new post footings in compacted crushed rock, which resists the clay heave better than a straight concrete pour on undisturbed soil. But on a repair or retrofit we often reuse the existing masonry pilaster if it’s structurally sound. The question is whether the mortar is intact and whether the footing below it has shifted. If it has, we re-set it. If it hasn’t, we leave it alone and work with what’s there. No new concrete unless the old footing has actually failed. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll take a look before we recommend anything.
No. This is a working neighborhood, and people need to get in and out of their driveways. When we replaced a sagging original scroll-iron swing gate on East Rialto Avenue, we kept the double driveway open for the homeowners’ vehicles and the adjacent shared pedestrian walkway the whole time. We re-set the hinge post footing, corrected the sag with a welded corner brace, and mounted a new LiftMaster swing operator with a loop detector and both safety photocells tested before we left. During a new installation we stage the work so the driveway is blocked for hours, not days. If a gate has to come out entirely, we schedule it with you and make sure you have access. Call (877) 610-2993 to talk through the logistics on your specific property.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Old Fig Garden and the surrounding Central Valley since 2001.