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A new driveway gate in Woodinville typically costs $1,800-$6,500 installed, depending on span width, operator type, and whether we’re trenching power or wiring a solar kit. Most single swing and slide gate installs on standard residential driveways in 98072 finish in one day; the wide estate and horse-property gates common in 98077 usually take two. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll talk to a live person who knows Woodinville’s terrain and can give you a straight price before any work starts.
We’ve been fixing and installing gates here long enough to know that Woodinville isn’t a typical suburb. It’s a wine-country town with horse trailers, long gravel drives, and gates that have to hold up to rain that doesn’t quit for six months. Hal Gatewood started this company in 2001, and the person who shows up at your place in Woodinville is someone whose name you can trace to a published shop address. Not a rotating crew with a script.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Woodinville’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Our reputation in Woodinville comes from showing up when we say we will and fixing things other companies walk past. We work on the estate gates off 156th Ave NE, the horse properties in the Hollywood Hill area, and the winery entrances along the Woodinville-Redmond Road corridor. When a gate fails at a tasting room on a Saturday afternoon, the weekend traffic doesn’t wait for Monday. We answer the phone. That matters here.
Woodinville customers see the same face more than once. Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job. If it’s not done right, one call brings him back. No runaround, no “we’ll send someone else.” The crews serving Woodinville are background-checked and uniformed, and we stock common parts for the brands we service so we’re not waiting on a warehouse in another state to ship a board.
We also know what this town throws at a gate. Standing water at post footings. Moss weight on wooden panels. Leaves and seed pods packing around actuator housings after a fall storm. This is not Bellevue. It’s a different set of problems, and we’ve spent over two decades learning which fixes actually hold up out here.
Our Gate Installation Services in Woodinville
Driveway Gate Installation
Driveway gates in Woodinville are not decorative afterthoughts. They’re the first thing you see at the end of a long private drive, and they often have to span wide enough for a truck and trailer. We install single swing, double swing, and slide configurations, and we size the operator for the gate’s actual weight and duty cycle, not a generic chart. If your property is on a gravel lane off 195th Ave NE, we account for that when we set posts and run power.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates get less attention than driveway gates, but they fail just as reliably. We build and hang walk gates that match the main entrance, with hardware rated for wet-season expansion. On Wine Country Road and the streets branching off it, we’re often matching existing estate fencing, so the walk gate doesn’t look like an afterthought. We weld on site when a custom match is required, which means your gate stays in your driveway instead of going back to a shop.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates are the default for Woodinville properties where a swing gate would eat half the driveway arc. On the 1-to-5-acre parcels common in 98077, a 12-to-16-foot slide gate is often the most practical option because it doesn’t require the full swing radius of a double gate. We also handle the ground-mounted operators those gates need, and we know the failure mode specific to this area: gravel washed down by rain packs into the rack and pinion. Our installs include proper drainage and debris clearance so that doesn’t become your annual fall ritual.
Swing Gate Installation
A swing gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. On horse properties in Woodinville, tubular steel ranch gates carry the abuse of tractors and trailers, and if the post wasn’t set deep and steel-reinforced, the gate starts dragging within a few years. We set new posts below the frost line in concrete, use heavy-duty hinges sized for the span, and fit operators like the LiftMaster LA400 dual gate kit that’s built for this kind of work. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Double Gate and Security Gate Installation
Double gates on Woodinville acreage are often 14 feet wide or more, which means a standard residential operator won’t last. We install dual-gate systems with loop detectors so the gate opens automatically for vehicles and holds open long enough for a trailer to clear. Security gates at winery estate entrances need a different approach: powder-coated aluminum or iron for the curb appeal the wine-country corridor demands, but with hardware that tolerates heavy weekend vehicle traffic and a wet climate. We service both.
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 Woodinville
We’re certified on FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking operators, which covers the brands we see most often on Woodinville’s estate and equestrian properties. That certification matters because it means we diagnose and repair those systems correctly the first time, and because we keep parts for them on the truck and in local stock. If you have an older FAAC hydraulic operator from the 1990s or a BFT slide motor that’s been in service for a decade, we can source or fabricate what’s needed rather than telling you to replace the whole system. Our repair-first philosophy starts with the question: can we fix it without swapping parts that don’t need swapping? On Gate Installation work, that same thinking means we don’t oversell you on capacity or features you don’t need.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Woodinville Homes
- Posts rotted at the footing from standing water. Woodinville gets 45-50 inches of rain a year, and the ground in low spots and heavy clay areas holds water against post bases for weeks. We see 6×6 posts that look fine above ground but are punky at the soil line, and a gate mounted on them will sag no matter how much you tighten the hinges. The fix is steel-reinforced posts set below the frost line in concrete, with drainage gravel at the base.
- Operator boards corroded by persistent moisture. Outdoor gate operator circuit boards in pedestal housings are vulnerable during the October-through-April rainy season, and Woodinville’s wet winters bring intermittent failures at exactly the moment you need reliable access. We seal housings properly and replace boards with ones rated for outdoor service, which is not always what the original installer used.
- Slide gate racks jammed with alder leaves and maple seed pods. The tree canopy along Woodinville’s back roads drops volumes of organic debris after fall storms, and it packs around ground-mounted actuator housings and works its way into the rack and pinion. Technicians in flatter, drier suburban markets almost never see this failure. We do, and we install debris shields and clearance spacing that address it.
- Gates sagging after years of tractor and trailer use. A 16-foot tubular steel gate on a horse property gets yanked, leaned on, and pushed by livestock. After enough cycles, the hinge post moves, the gate drags, and the operator burns out trying to close against resistance. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Woodinville, WA
Here are real numbers for the Woodinville market. A standard single swing driveway gate install runs $1,800-$3,200. A double swing gate on a 14-foot opening comes in at $3,500-$5,500. A sliding gate with a ground-mounted operator and track typically lands between $4,000 and $6,500, depending on span and the need for trenching power. Solar gate opener kits add roughly $800-$1,500 when running conduit isn’t practical, which is common on long gravel drives in 98077 where the entrance is hundreds of feet from the house panel. We quote the price in writing before any work begins, and that price is what you pay. No trip charge inside the county, and if you have a written estimate from another company, we’ll give you a free second opinion. $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Woodinville
In addition to our work across Woodinville, we regularly install and repair gates in Maltby, Cottage Lake, Inglewood-Finn Hill, and Kingsgate. Our Gate Installation team covers the full eastside corridor and knows the difference between a Sammamish-valley subdivision gate and a rural King County ranch entrance.
Serving Woodinville, WA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Woodinville 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 Woodinville
For a 16-foot gate, you’re looking at a heavy-duty slide or dual swing operator rated for at least 500 pounds of gate weight and class III or IV duty cycle. Most residential openers top out around 12 feet and a lighter weight class, so they won’t survive a full season of horse-trailer traffic. We typically install LiftMaster LA400 dual gate systems, FAAC hydraulic operators, or BFT slide motors on estate gates in 98077, and we size them by actual gate weight and cycle count. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk the measurements with you before quoting a price.
Yes. We install solar gate opener kits with battery backup and a panel sized for Pacific Northwest winter conditions, which is different than sizing one for Arizona. On Woodinville properties where the entrance is 300 feet from the house, trenching conduit costs more than the operator, so solar is often the smarter money. We account for the November-through-February sun angle and spec extra battery capacity so the gate opens in February, not just in July. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll give you an honest comparison of solar versus trenching for your driveway.
Almost always new posts, not new panels. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, especially in Woodinville where rain-soaked ground rots post footings. If the panel steel is straight and the welds are intact, we set new steel-reinforced 6×6 posts below the frost line, re-hang the existing panels, and add a heavy-duty hinge kit. That fix typically runs $1,200-$2,400 on a 14-foot double gate, far less than replacing the whole system. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free on-site assessment.
Very likely yes. Woodinville’s October-through-April rains drive moisture into outdoor operator housings, and circuit boards corrode until the controller loses its limit settings or the safety photocell gets confused by water and debris. We see this exact failure every wet season, and the fix is usually a board replacement, housing reseal, and photocell cleaning, not a full operator swap. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll diagnose it on site without trying to sell you a new motor you don’t need.
Yes, and this is non-negotiable. King County follows UL 325 safety standards for automatic gate operators, which require entrapment protection: photo eyes at the minimum, and often edge sensors or reversing mechanisms depending on the gate type and installation. Anyone who installs an automatic gate in Woodinville without entrapment sensors is creating a safety hazard and a liability, and it’s the kind of sloppy work we regularly get called in to correct. We install compliant safety systems on every automatic gate, and we verify them before we leave.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Woodinville and the eastside since 2001.