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Gate installation in Plantation, FL typically runs $2,800 to $7,500 for a standard driveway swing gate with operator, and $3,900 to $9,800 for a sliding gate on a welded steel track. Most Plantation jobs take one to two days on site, with the power run and safety equipment included before we leave. We know the canal-adjacent sections of this city, the HOA requirements, and the wiring mistakes builders left behind. If you’re planning a new gate or replacing a builder-grade unit that quit, call us at (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you a straight answer and a written price.
We are Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal Gatewood has been running gate crews since 2001, and the shop is local to South Florida, not three states away. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, with a live person answering the phone around the clock. When we quote a gate in Plantation, that price is agreed before any work starts. Not after.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Plantation’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Plantation is not Sunrise or Davie, and anyone who tells you a gate installs the same way in all three places hasn’t looked at a plat map. Our Gate Installation work here has to account for canal footings, HOA specs, and power runs that were never done right in the first place. Hal’s name is on every invoice, and he’ll hand you his cell number before the job starts. That’s the kind of accountability you can’t get from a franchise van with a rotating crew.
Plantation customers call us because they’ve been burned before, usually by a national outfit that quoted one price on the phone and another at the door. We don’t work that way. A live person answers the phone 24/7, background-checked and uniformed, and the price we quote is the price you pay. If something isn’t done right, the 90-Day Done Right Promise means one phone call brings us back. No runaround.
Because we coordinate scheduling from our South Florida office, response to Plantation is measured in hours, not days. When a gate post shifts beside a canal and binds the panel, you don’t want to wait a week. You want someone who knows what that failure mode looks like and fixes it before the operator motor burns out trying to push a sagging gate.
Key Takeaways for Plantation Homeowners
- Written, upfront pricing before any work starts, no dispatch games
- Genuine repair-first approach: we weld on site, we don’t swap parts that don’t need swapping
- 90-Day Done Right Promise stamped on every job
- 24/7 live phone answer, no call center queue
- On-site welding and correct conduit and footing work for canal-adjacent properties
Our Gate Installation Services in Plantation
Every community in Plantation has its own rhythm. Jacaranda, Plantation Acres, the canal-laced sections off Broward Boulevard. The gate style that works on a wide-acre horse property in Plantation Acres won’t be the same as what fits a mid-century HOA lot near Central Park. Here’s what we actually install here.
Driveway Gate Installation
Driveway gates in Plantation usually fall into two camps: single swing gates on older HOA properties and double swing gates on wider lots. Typical investment runs $2,800 to $6,500 for a single swing with a quality operator and properly run conduit. Double gates with two leaves generally run $4,200 to $9,500, depending on material and operator. We quote the whole job, including the post footings and the motor, before a single tool comes off the truck.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates are the workhorses nobody thinks about until the hinge side rots. In Plantation, many of these smaller gates sit near canal water or irrigation lines, which accelerates rust on steel frames. Most pedestrian gate installations in Plantation run $850 to $2,400, assuming a reasonable footprint and no major post replacement. If the post is rotted or undersized, we tell you, because installing a new gate on a failing post means fixing it twice.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense on Plantation lots where a swing arc would block the driveway or a retention area. We install slide gates on welded steel track with correctly sized operators from FAAC, BFT, Linear, or Viking, depending on the load. Slide gate installation here typically runs $3,900 to $9,800, with the higher end reflecting longer runs, cantilever designs, or heavier spec for hurricane season. The big variable in Plantation is the underground conduit run, which often was never installed at the build and has to be trenched through HOA landscaping. We handle that, and we leave the bedding clean when we’re done.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the signature of Plantation, and they are also the style most likely to fail early when footings are wrong. Post footings near the canal system settle and shift, and a swing gate that’s a half inch out at the hinge becomes a gate eating its own motor. Our swing gate installs run $2,800 to $7,500, and we always pour deeper footings than the minimum in Plantation’s canal-adjacent 33388 communities because we’ve seen what standing water does to concrete over ten years.
Security Gate Installation
Security gates in Plantation usually mean adding automation, keypad entry, loop detectors, and sometimes a taller powder-coated panel. We frequently work with HOAs in Plantation on community entry gates, where the original operator was installed 30 years and four hurricanes ago. A full security gate install or retrofit typically runs $4,800 to $11,000 depending on the operator, the access control, and the safety work required. Every operator we install meets UL 325 entrapment protection, and we verify the manual override works before we call the job done.
What happens when you call
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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.
Why Plantation Canal Communities Need Different Gate Installation Specs
Plantation was laid out as a master-planned city starting in the 1950s, with an internal canal and waterway network threading through dozens of HOA-governed subdivisions. That layout means thousands of gate posts in this city sit within a few feet of standing water year-round. The result is advanced galvanic corrosion on steel frames, hinge welds, and underground conduit, even in neighborhoods miles from the ocean. A gate post in Sunrise will typically last longer than the same post in a Plantation canal community, not because the material is worse, but because the water is always there. Any installer who ignores that is setting you up for a second gate in five years.
When we install in the 33388 ZIP, we spec deeper footings than the generic Broward minimum, seal underground conduit at the joints, and use stainless or heavy-gauge galvanized hardware at every buried and low point. It costs a little more up front and prevents a lot more later. Hal has seen too many two-year-old gate posts pitted through at the base, and the fix is never cheaper than the prep would have been.
Trusted Brands We Service in Plantation
We’re certified to install and service nine major gate brands, and for Plantation jobs we most often spec FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking operators because they hold up to South Florida humidity and give us reliable manual override cycles, which matters for Hurricane season compliance. We stock common parts for these brands, so if a board or a limit switch fails, we’re not waiting a week on a shipment while your gate sits open. A gate that won’t close is a security issue the same day, not a service ticket.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Plantation Homes
- Builder-grade operators that fail within two years. Many Plantation homes built from the 1980s and later got the cheapest swing-arm operator the builder could find. The motor works fine until the load shifts, and then it burns itself out. We replace the operator and fix the underlying load condition, because swapping the motor and leaving the sag is exactly the mistake we fix after other companies leave.
- Undersized or missing power runs from the house to the gate. We installed a FAAC swing gate operator in a canal-adjacent 33388 community where the builder had run only 14-gauge sprinkler wire to the gate, not rated for motor load. Our tech trenched new conduit, poured a deeper post footing, and added a loop detector and safety photocell so the HOA’s new keypad entry worked without tripping breakers. That’s a real job we’ve done here, and it’s the kind of detail you only catch by looking under the dirt.
- Post footings that settle and shift near canals. A swing gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. In Plantation’s canal-adjacent sections, post footings settle unevenly because the soil never fully stabilizes. That movement binds the gate and kills the motor ahead of its time. We reset and pour deeper footings when needed, and we shape the mounting so the gate stays true.
- Manual gates with no conduit for future automation. A manual gate installed without conduit might work for years, until you decide you want a keypad and an opener. Retrofitting automation without conduit means trenching later, usually through HOA landscaping and irrigation lines. It always costs more than running the conduit during the initial install. We run conduit on every gate we install in Plantation, even when the customer says they’ll never automate. Because ‘never’ changes.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Plantation, FL
How much does gate installation cost in Plantation? A standard single swing driveway gate with operator and controls runs $2,800 to $6,500. Double swing gates run $4,200 to $9,500. Sliding gates run $3,900 to $9,800, depending on length and whether the track is welded on a concrete pad or cantilevered. Pedestrian gates run $850 to $2,400. Security gate retrofits with a full operator, keypad, and loop detector run $4,800 to $11,000. The Plantation variables are footing depth near canals, the length of the underground conduit run from the house, and whether the old post can be re-used. We quote those numbers before we start, in writing, and that quote does not change at your door.
| Service | Typical Plantation Range |
|---|---|
| Pedestrian gate | $850 - $2,400 |
| Single swing gate with operator | $2,800 - $6,500 |
| Double swing gate with operator | $4,200 - $9,500 |
| Sliding gate on track (welded) | $3,900 - $9,800 |
| Security gate with access control | $4,800 - $11,000 |
These are line-item ranges, not ‘maybe’ numbers. When you call (877) 610-2993, we’ll set up a free site visit in Plantation, look at the actual conditions, and give you a written price before any work begins. The estimate is free, and if you have another written quote, we’ll give you a free second opinion on it, no obligation.
We Also Serve Cities Near Plantation
Our crews run throughout this part of Broward County, and we’re on a first-name basis with HOAs in surrounding communities. You’ll see us in Plantation and also across Broadview Park, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, and Fort Lauderdale, where many of the same canal and aging-operator issues apply. If you’re anywhere in this corner of Broward, call and we’ll tell you straight whether we can be there the same day.
Serving Plantation, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Plantation 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 Plantation
In our experience, any gate post within 15 to 20 feet of a Plantation canal is likely to see accelerated corrosion on steel frames and underground conduit, and the effect is strongest within 10 feet where the soil stays chronically damp. That’s why we spec galvanized or stainless hardware at buried points and seal all conduit joints in those zones. If your lot backs up to a canal, we treat the post like it’s in a marine environment, even if you’re miles from the ocean. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll look at your specific setback and make a real recommendation, not a guess.
No single brand is mandated citywide, but many Plantation HOAs write brand requirements into their architectural guidelines, often naming FAAC, BFT, Linear, or Viking for community entry gates. We’ve worked with dozens of Plantation HOAs and know which boards accept which operators without a design committee fight. Before we install on any HOA lot, we request the current arch guidelines and verify what’s allowed, so you don’t get a violation letter after the concrete is poured. Call us and we’ll help you check before you spend.
Because retrofitting conduit after the fact means trenching through your yard, your HOA landscaping, and often your irrigation lines, at higher cost than running it during the initial install. Every gate we install in Plantation gets conduit sized for a future operator, even when the gate is manual today. That’s the difference between spending a few hundred dollars now versus a few thousand later, and it’s a standard we insist on because we’ve seen too many Plantation gates torn up twice.
Yes, sometimes. A slide gate needs a straight run equal to the gate’s width plus a bit more for the track or cantilever, so on a very narrow side yard it may not fit. In those cases we often recommend a swing gate or a low-profile double leaf instead. We’ll measure the actual yard in Plantation and tell you what fits before you buy anything, because selling you a slide gate that physically cannot fit is not how we stay in business for 29 years.
UL 325 requires that every new automatic gate operator have at least two independent means of entrapment protection, typically a contact edge or reverse sensor plus a non-contact photo eye or loop detector, and the gate must reverse on contact with a person. Every operator we install in Plantation meets that standard, and we verify the manual override as part of the install. That’s not optional, and we won’t skip it or pass it off as an upgrade. Call (877) 610-2993 for a quote that includes full UL 325 compliance.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Installation in Plantation
If you’re in Plantation and you want a gate installed right the first time, with conduit in the ground, footings that handle the canals, and a price that doesn’t change on site, call us at (877) 610-2993. We answer around the clock. The name is on the shop, the shop is in South Florida, and the quote is free. Hal will be the one you talk to, and he’ll remember the job by next year. That’s the way it should work.
Current standing offers for Plantation customers: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job, in writing. Call today and we’ll get you scheduled.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Plantation and surrounding Broward County with gate installation, repair, and welding since 2001.