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Gate installation in Redford, MI runs from about $1,800 for a basic single swing gate to $12,000+ for a full double gate with automatic openers, and most residential jobs land between $3,500 and $7,500. That price includes the gate, posts, hinges, operator, and labor, and it’s quoted and agreed before we ever dig a hole. If you’re on an alley-access lot in 48239 or 48240 with a 60-year-old chain-link gate that’s finally given up, call us at (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come measure it, talk through what actually needs replacing, and hand you a written number the same day.
We’re locally owned and owner-operated, and Redford is the kind of township we know block by block. The post-WWII ranches, the detached garages off the alleys, the clay that shoves posts around every winter: that’s the ground truth of installing gates here. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, and the person who answers your call is the same person who’ll show up to do the work.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Redford’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’ve been at this since 2001, and in a township full of mid-century bungalows and ranch homes, that matters. The gates we install in Redford aren’t just dropped on fresh concrete and forgotten. They’re built around what’s already in the ground, and what the ground does each winter.
What Redford homeowners tell us, over and over, is that they got burned by a company that quoted one price on the phone and showed up with a different number in hand. That doesn’t happen here. The price you get is the price you pay, quoted and agreed before work starts. Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something’s not right, one call brings us back. No runaround, no fine print.
We answer the phone with a live person 24 hours a day. Not a voicemail, not a call center three states away. When you call about a gate that won’t close or a post that’s leaning after a hard freeze, you’re talking to someone who can actually help. Hal’s crew is background-checked and uniformed, and the person who shows up to your Redford driveway is the same person whose name is on the job.
Our Gate Installation Services in Redford
We install every type of gate Redford homes actually need, from a simple pedestrian gate off the alley to a full automatic double driveway gate with entrapment protection. Here’s what we cover most in this township. Your Gate Installation team handles all of it, and we fabricate and weld on site so the work stays in your driveway.
Swing Gate
Swing gates are the most common install we do in Redford, and for good reason: the older ranch lots off Beech Daly and Plymouth Road have the room for them. A properly installed swing gate starts with a post footing bored below the frost line. In Redford’s clay-heavy glacial till, a shallow footing will heave within two winters. We dig deep, set with concrete, and check plumb before we ever hang the leaf. Expect to pay $1,800 to $4,500 for a single swing gate, depending on width, material, and whether you’re adding an operator.
Double Gate
Double gates are what we’re installing more of on the alley-access lots in 48240, where the driveway opening is wide enough to need two leaves. A double gate takes more hardware, a center drop rod or locking post, and often an operator sized for the combined weight. On a 1962 ranch off Five Points, our crew replaced a sagging chain-link double swing with a new double swing and a LiftMaster operator. The original hinge post had heaved over 3 inches out of plumb from decades of Redford freeze-thaw, so we bored a deeper footing, sleeved the existing tubing to accept modern hinges, and added a safety photocell before commissioning the opener. Double gates in Redford range from $4,000 to $9,000 installed, more with automation.
Sliding Gate
Sliding gates make sense on long, narrow lots where a swing gate would block the driveway or hit a fence line. Redford’s older bungalows often have side drives that run tight to the property line, and a cantilever slide or a V-track slide is the clean answer. A sliding gate needs a level run of track or rollers, and in Redford that means dealing with frost-thrust soil that can shift a shallow rail. We set slide foundations below frost depth. Plan on $4,500 to $12,000 for a sliding gate with automation, depending on length and operator duty rating.
Pedestrian Gate
Not every gate in Redford needs to carry a car. A pedestrian gate off the rear alley, or a small side gate between front and back yard, gets daily use and has to latch every single time. We build pedestrian gates to match the existing fence line, usually in the same gauge and style so it doesn’t look bolted on. Pedestrian gates in Redford typically run $800 to $2,200 installed, and that includes new posts, hinges, and a self-closing latch.
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 Redford
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and on Redford installs we most often see and install Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing operators. We keep common Linear and Ghost Controls parts on the truck, which means fewer return trips when an older operator needs a board or a limit switch. If you’ve got a DoorKing or Viking system and it’s acting up, or you want to add a new operator to an existing gate, we can usually match what’s already there.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Redford Homes
- Posts heaved out of plumb. Redford’s clay-heavy glacial till holds water and expands when it freezes. That frost heave tilts and lifts gate posts several inches over a few Michigan winters, which is why we drill footings below frost depth on every new install. Set a post shallow and you’ll be re-hanging the gate next spring.
- Salt-corroded original hardware. Road salt spray from Redford’s alleys and side streets accelerates rust on 1950s and 1960s mild-steel hinges, frames, and latches. We regularly pull snapped hinge pins and dropped gates where the original hardware has simply given out after six decades of Michigan winters.
- Non-standard tubing that won’t take modern parts. A lot of Redford’s original chain-link gate frames were built with tubing gauges that don’t match today’s off-the-shelf hinges or operator brackets. We fabricate adapter brackets and sleeve the existing pipe on site rather than tearing out the whole frame.
- Alley gates with decades of deferred maintenance. Rear-alley access means the gate is the main entry for the car, the trash bins, the mower. It gets used every day, often by multiple households. By the time we’re called to install, the old gate is usually hanging by one hinge and a prayer.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Redford, MI
In Redford, a basic single swing gate starts around $1,800 installed. A pedestrian gate runs $800 to $2,200. A full double swing gate with a LiftMaster operator and safety edges runs $4,000 to $9,000, and a sliding gate with automation lands between $4,500 and $12,000 depending on length and operator. These are real numbers for Redford’s market, not national averages. What moves the price: gate width and weight, whether you’re adding automation, the condition of your existing posts, and how deep we have to bore to get below frost line. Every quote is written, and the price you agree to is the price on the invoice. 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.
We Also Serve Cities Near Redford
Our crews serve Redford and the surrounding townships and cities, so if you’re just over the line we can still get to you. We regularly install gates in Livonia, Farmington Hills, Dearborn Heights, and Farmington, and the same local pricing and written quotes apply. Call (877) 610-2993 and tell us where you are.
Serving Redford, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Redford 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 Redford
Redford sits on heavy clay glacial till that absorbs water and expands when it freezes. Each winter’s freeze-thaw cycles push shallow-set posts out of plumb by inches, and after 50 years the original chain-link posts on Redford alley-access lots are often 3 inches or more off vertical. That’s why we bore new footings below frost depth on every install, and why we check the existing posts before quoting. Shallow posts are the number one reason gates sag and drag. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what’s in the ground.
Yes, and we do it regularly. It takes an adapter bracket or sleeve to mate a modern operator to the older, non-standard tubing gauges common on Redford’s original chain-link gates. We fabricate those on site, so you don’t have to replace the entire gate to get automation. We’ll size the operator to the gate’s weight and add entrapment protection where required. Estimates are free.
A sliding gate is usually the best fit for a long, narrow driveway where a swing gate would block the drive or hit the fence line. The slide runs parallel to the fence instead of arcing into the driveway. In Redford, that means setting a slide foundation below frost depth so the track stays level through freeze-thaw cycles, which is exactly how we install them. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote after we measure your opening.
Yes. Any automatic gate in Michigan needs entrapment protection: photocells, safety edges, or both, sized to the gate and the operator. We install them as standard on every automated gate we put in in Redford, never as an add-on line item to bump the price. It’s not just code; it’s the right way to do it.
In most cases, yes. The original tube frames on Redford’s 1960s gates are often heavier than what you’d buy today, which means the gate itself is worth keeping. We sleeve the existing posts, fabricate adapter brackets for a modern operator, and hang new hinges sized to the old tubing. If the gate is structurally sound, you keep it. If it’s rusted through, we’ll tell you straight. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll look at it.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Redford and surrounding communities since 2001.