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A new driveway gate in Wixom typically runs between $3,800 and $9,500 installed, including the operator, posts, and labor, with wide double gates or custom steel work landing higher. Most installations take one to two days on site, and we quote the full price before any work begins. If you live along Wixom Road, in the 48393 zip, or anywhere in this corner of Oakland County, call (877) 610-2993 and Hal Gatewood will answer.
We know Wixom’s gates the way a Wixom plumber knows this town’s drains. The subdivisions off Napier and Wixom Roads were built in a hurry between the mid-1980s and early 2000s, and the ornamental iron gates those builders hung are now wearing out in bunches. A full street will show the same sag, the same rust line, the same dead operator. We replace them one house at a time, set correctly for what we know is coming.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Wixom’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001 and never turned it into a franchise. The name on the truck is the same name on the invoice, and the published shop address is a place you can drive to. When a Wixom homeowner calls about a new gate, they’re not handed off to a project manager who’s never touched a hinge post. Hal or one of his crew shows up, looks at the driveway, measures the setback, and tells you what he’d do if it were his own house.
Wixom customers tend to ask the same thing after a bad experience with a bigger outfit: are you actually local? The answer is yes. We answer the phone around the clock with a live voice, not a menu. Our people are background-checked and uniformed when they arrive. And because we’ve been working this stretch of Oakland County since before the Ford Wixom Assembly Plant site got redeveloped, we know the gate stock in this city better than any company that just added “Wixom” to a service area list.
Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something isn’t right, one call brings us back. No runaround, no fine print.
Our Gate Installation Services in Wixom
We install gates the way this city actually needs them built. Wixom isn’t one market. It’s a collection of tight 1980s subdivision lots with limited setbacks, then a few steps away, acreage properties with long drives and no power at the gate. The same crew handles both, but the gate itself is never the same job. Here’s what we put in most often around Wixom.
Driveway Gate Installation
Most Wixom driveways we work on are either subdivision lots off Beck Road or wider acreage entrances off Wixom Road in the 48393 zip. A standard single driveway swing gate with an automated operator runs about $3,800 to $6,500. Wider double gates or heavy steel frames run higher. We set hinge posts below the 42-inch frost line as a matter of course, because we’ve seen too many Wixom gates that were never deep enough to survive a hard winter.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
When a Wixom home has a long driveway gate, there’s usually a matching pedestrian gate next to it. These are lighter and simpler, but they fail just as often because they were installed with shallow posts and cheap hinges. We build them plumb, with proper footings and a latch that actually lines up. A pedestrian gate with a keypad or intercom added runs about $1,800 to $3,400 installed.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates are the right answer for Wixom driveways with limited setback or a slope that would make a swing gate drag. They also show up a lot along the Beck and Wixom Road industrial corridor, where the redeveloped Ford plant site created a cluster of commercial perimeters. Those jobs often need custom rack and pinion length because post spacings were never standard. A residential sliding gate with operator typically runs $5,500 to $11,000. Commercial slide gates run higher based on width and duty cycle.
Swing Gate Installation
Wixom’s original subdivision gates are almost all swing gates, ornamental iron or aluminum, installed when the house was built. When we replace one, the first thing we address is the hinge post, not the leaf. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. A new automated swing gate runs $4,200 to $8,500 depending on width, material, and whether both leaves are powered.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Wixom
We install and service FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking operators, along with several other major brands. If your old gate ran on a brand that’s been discontinued or was always a bad fit, we’ll match the replacement to the gate’s weight and Wixom’s conditions. Because we keep common parts and operators on hand for Wixom customers, turnaround is faster than waiting on a warehouse three states away. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Wixom Homes
- Frost heave on shallow posts. Wixom’s freeze-thaw cycle works on any post that isn’t set below the 42-inch frost line. When the ground heaves, the gate goes out of plumb, the latch stops reaching, and the operator starts binding. A new installation has to account for this from day one, not after the first winter.
- Salt corrosion on steel frames and buried wiring. Oakland County road salt is hard on gates. We see steel frames rusting at the weld points and low-voltage wire in buried conduits corroding until the operator works intermittently. New work uses corrosion-resistant hardware and sealed wire runs where it matters.
- Dead operators on 20-to-40-year-old subdivision gates. The operators installed during Wixom’s building boom are now failing in clusters. Entire streets will show the same dead units. The replacement has to match the gate’s weight and width, not just the old bracket spacing.
- Non-standard post spacing from piecemeal commercial buildouts. Along the former Ford Wixom Assembly Plant corridor, perimeter gates were installed by different contractors over a short window. Post spacings don’t match any standard rack. A new sliding gate there needs a custom rack and pinion, not an off-the-shelf kit.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Wixom, MI
Here’s what we actually charge in Wixom, not a national average. A single driveway swing gate with operator runs $3,800 to $6,500. A double swing gate runs $6,000 to $9,500 for a typical residential width, though a 24-foot double with solar power and keypad entry can reach $12,000. A pedestrian gate runs $1,800 to $3,400. Sliding gates run $5,500 to $11,000 residential. Commercial slide gates run higher based on width, weight, and how many cycles a day they run.
What affects the price:
- Gate width and weight – heavier gates need stronger posts and bigger operators
- Operator type – solar, AC with battery backup, or heavy-duty commercial
- Power availability – if mains power is more than 100 feet from the gate, solar or trenching adds cost
- Existing post condition – if old footings are shallow or cracked, they get replaced, not reused
- Access control – keypads, intercoms, photocells and vehicle sensors add to the total
We quote the full price before any work starts, and that number is the number. No trip charge inside the county. If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it in and we’ll give you a free second opinion. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount, and any repair over $200 takes $40 off. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free, no-pressure estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Wixom
Our crews cover Wixom and the surrounding area every week. If you’re in Walled Lake, Novi, West Bloomfield Township, or Northville, we’ll come out and measure the same way. For more on what we do, visit our Gate Installation service page. And if you’re still deciding whether to repair or replace, see our guide for Gate Installation in Wixom to understand your options.
Serving Wixom, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Wixom 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 Wixom
Gate hinge posts in Wixom should be set at least 48 inches deep, which puts the bottom of the footing below Oakland County’s 42-inch frost line. We dig to 48 inches and bell the bottom of the hole so the concrete can’t lift. Anything shallower is a gate that goes out of plumb after the first hard winter. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you exactly what your existing posts were dug to, and whether they need replacing now.
Yes, and we do it regularly. We installed a Viking solar gate opener on a 24-foot double swing gate off Wixom Road in the 48393 zip, where mains power was more than 300 feet away. The system used a deep-cycle battery and a keypad plus a safety photocell across the drive. It opens smoothly for livestock trailers and delivery trucks, with no trenching for AC power. Solar works well in Wixom as long as the panel faces south and the gate isn’t shaded heavily. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free site look.
A sliding gate is almost always the right choice for a long, narrow Wixom subdivision driveway with limited setback. It travels parallel to the fence line instead of swinging into the drive, so you don’t lose vehicle length and you don’t need the gate to arc over a slope. If the driveway has a steep grade, a slide gate also avoids the drag problem that swing gates have. We’ll measure your setback and tell you straight if a slide gate fits. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free measure.
One-sided sag is a hinge post problem. When a Wixom gate’s hinge post wasn’t set below the frost line, the winter freeze-thaw cycle lifts that one post slightly, and the gate settles into that sag. The leaf that hangs from the lifted post sits lower than the other side. The fix during a new installation is pulling the old hinge post, digging the hole to 48 inches, and setting a new post in properly compacted concrete. The leaf itself usually doesn’t need replacing, just rehanging. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you if your gate’s problem is the post or something else.
Yes, we do this all the time in Wixom. The original subdivision gates often had a brand that’s no longer made, or the operator was undersized for the gate from day one. We replace it with a correctly sized unit, usually FAAC, BFT, Linear, or Viking, and we fabricate any brackets needed on site. The new operator gets matched to the gate’s actual weight and width, not to whatever was bolted on in 1995. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate on a new operator that actually fits.
Wixom Gate Installation That Accounts for This Town’s Frost Line, Salt, and Aging Subdivision Stock
There’s something specific about installing gates in Wixom that no other Oakland County city shares in quite the same way. Wixom grew in two overlapping waves: tight residential subdivisions built from the mid-1980s through the early 2000s, and a heavy industrial corridor along Beck and Wixom Roads anchored by the redeveloped Ford Wixom Assembly Plant site. That means the same small city has aging ornamental-iron residential swing gates and heavy-duty commercial security slide gates failing at the same time.
The residential gates are the bigger problem. The subdivision operators installed during Wixom’s construction boom are now 20 to 40 years old, and they’re dying in clusters. One street off Napier will show six or seven identical dead operators, all original, all worn past repair. When we install a new gate in one of these subdivisions, we’re not just swapping hardware. We’re setting new posts deeper than the originals, running fresh wire that won’t corrode from salt spray, and building a gate that will outlast the one the builder hung.
Wixom’s road salt is another factor we plan for. Municipal plowing throws salt onto gate frames and into buried conduit boxes. Low-voltage wire corrodes, photocell faults become intermittent, and the operator that worked fine in October won’t run in February. A new installation here should use sealed connections and corrosion-resistant hardware from the start.
And the frost line matters more in Wixom than people think. Oakland County’s frost line sits at 42 inches. A gate post set at 36 inches will heave after the first hard freeze-thaw cycle. We see it every spring: gates that were plumb in October, binding by March. The fix is digging to 48 inches and doing it once. That’s what we do.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Wixom and Oakland County since 2001.
Get a Free Gate Installation Estimate in Wixom
If you’re in Wixom and you’re tired of looking at a sagging gate or a dead operator, call (877) 610-2993. Hal answers the phone himself, around the clock. You’ll get a straight answer, a free estimate, and a written price before any work begins. No trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the accountability that matters.