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A new automatic driveway gate in Kennedale typically runs $4,800 to $14,500 installed, depending on the gate style, operator, and how much site work your lot needs. That’s the honest range we quote people who live off Dick Price Road, Sublett Road, and the acreage streets east of New Hope. We are Gate Installation specialists who have worked Tarrant County clay long enough to know that a gate set in Kennedale soil without proper footings will lean within two seasons. Hal Gatewood owns the company, answers the phone himself most nights, and stands behind every job with a written 90-Day Done Right Promise. Call us at (903) 829-4499 and we’ll walk your driveway with you before you ever see a number.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Kennedale’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We are not a franchise and we don’t send a salesperson with a tablet to upsell you on hardware you don’t need. Hal has run Gatewood Fence & Gate since 2001, and the person who quotes your gate is the person who builds it. Kennedale homeowners call us because we publish our shop address, our license number, and Hal’s name sits on every invoice. That kind of accountability matters when you’re spending five figures on a gate that has to open twice a day for the next twenty years.
Our crews are in Kennedale every week, usually within a day or two of your call for quotes and on a scheduled install day that we actually keep. We know the neighborhoods, the soil, the older ranch gates on pre-annexation parcels, and the way Kennedale’s building department handles permit inspections on those properties. When a customer on Sublett Road calls about a leaning post, we already know what the clay is doing under it before we arrive.
Our Gate Installation Services in Kennedale
Driveway Gate Installation
Kennedale’s half-acre and multi-acre lots mean driveways run long and private. That’s exactly where a well-built automatic driveway gate earns its keep. We install single and double swing gates, slide gates, and cantilever systems on pipe, steel, and ornamental frames. Every driveway gate we hang in Kennedale gets post footings poured below the active clay zone so the gate stays plumb through wet winters and dry summers.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense on flat driveways where a swing gate would eat too much of the yard or block drainage. On Kennedale lots with long frontages and gravel or concrete approaches, slide gates with rack and pinion drives give you fast, reliable operation. We build the receiving post and operator pad to handle the seasonal soil movement that a bolt-down plate just can’t survive.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates remain the most popular choice for Kennedale’s wider, rural-feeling driveways. They look right on ranch-style and custom homes, and they handle the aesthetic better than a slide gate does. Our swing installations use heavy-duty hinge posts, steel reinforcement at the leaf joints, and operators sized for the gate’s actual weight, not a guess.
Double Gate Installation
Double swing gates, often called double-leaf gates, are common at Kennedale’s newer custom builds and on older ranch parcels where a wide opening was needed for equipment access. The failure we see most is sag at the hinge post, which lets the leaves hit in the middle. We correct the post first, then the leaves. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
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 Kennedale
We install and service operators from LiftMaster, FAAC, and BFT, plus Linear and Viking on the commercial side. Hal is certified to work on nine major brands, which means we don’t push you toward one system because we can’t work on the others. When a Kennedale customer needs a part, we carry the common failure items on the truck: control boards, limit switches, safety edge sensors, and remotes. No waiting two weeks on a part shipped from a warehouse in another state.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Kennedale Homes
- Posts heaving in Blackland Prairie clay. Kennedale sits on expansive clay that swells after rain and shrinks in drought. Shallow footings shift, the gate drags or binds, and the operator burns out trying to muscle it. We pour footings deep enough to get below the active soil zone.
- Unpermitted ranch gates on pre-annexation parcels. Properties along Dick Price Road and Sublett Road often predate Kennedale code enforcement. A pipe-frame gate welded to an old cedar post was fine for manual use, but motorizing it legally may mean bringing the whole installation up to current code before the city signs off.
- Undersized operators on heavy custom gates. A bespoke ornamental steel gate can weigh 600 to 1,100 pounds. Pairing it with an operator rated for half that weight guarantees a short life. We size operators honestly, which means we sometimes tell you the truth you don’t want to hear.
- Double gate leaves sagging at the hinge post. The sag is almost never in the middle of the leaf. It’s at the post. When we repair a double gate in Kennedale, we check the post plumb first and replace the post if it has moved. That’s the difference between a repair and a redo.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Kennedale, TX
Here are straight numbers for the work we do in Kennedale. A single swing driveway gate with a mid-range LiftMaster or BFT operator runs $4,800 to $7,500. A double swing gate typically lands between $7,000 and $11,000 depending on width and material. A sliding gate with rack and pinion drive runs $6,500 to $12,500. Custom ornamental steel gates start around $9,000 and go up with size, finish, and access control. All of these include the operator, two remotes, a keypad, safety edges or photocells, and concrete work. We quote the full price before any work starts, and that number doesn’t change at the door. Call (903) 829-4499 for a free on-site estimate on your specific gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kennedale
Our service area covers Kennedale and the surrounding communities, so we regularly install gates in Arlington, Mansfield, Hurst, and Grand Prairie. If your property falls outside city limits but still within Tarrant County, call us and we’ll tell you honestly whether we can get there. For more about our work across the metro, see Gate Installation in Kennedale.
Serving Kennedale, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kennedale 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 Kennedale
Yes, in most cases Kennedale’s building department will require a permit and inspection when you add an automatic operator to a gate that predates annexation. If the existing posts, footings, or electrical don’t meet current code, the city will typically require those items to be corrected as part of the permit. We handle the permit paperwork, schedule the inspection, and build to code the first time. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll tell you what your specific property will need.
It’s common, but it’s not something you should accept as normal. Kennedale’s Blackland Prairie clay expands and contracts with seasonal moisture, and shallow concrete piers move with it. A properly installed post footing extends below the active soil zone, which typically stops the annual movement. If your gate moves every year, the fix is deeper footings, not a hinge adjustment. We can assess your current installation and tell you exactly what’s happening under the posts.
Yes, solar gate openers work well on Kennedale’s long driveways where trenching electrical conduit from the house would cost more than the gate itself. We install solar systems with deep-cycle batteries and panels sized for the operator’s draw, and we recommend them for single and double swing gates on remote parts of a property. Solar requires a clear southern exposure and adequate panel space on the gate or a nearby post, so we’ll check that during the site walk.
Usually yes. The sag you see in the middle almost always comes from a hinge post that has shifted out of plumb, so we correct the post first, then realign and reinforce the leaves. If the leaf frames are bent from repeated dragging, we can weld reinforcing plate or replace the affected leaf without replacing the entire gate. On older pipe-frame gates where the steel is thin, a full replacement is sometimes cheaper than chasing old metal. Either way, we’ll show you the issue and give you a price before we touch anything.
Yes, if you’re installing a slide gate across a driveway that sees daily vehicle traffic, loop detectors are worth the extra cost. They sense a vehicle and hold the gate open rather than letting it close on a car, which is exactly the failure that wears out operators and safety edges. On a busy Kennedale driveway, a loop detector also prevents the gate from cycling unnecessarily when a vehicle pauses on the approach. We include them on most new slide gate quotes and can retrofit them on existing systems.
Call Hal at (903) 829-4499. He’ll answer, he’ll listen, and he’ll tell you whether your project needs a repair or a replacement. Estimates are free, the price is set before work starts, and every job comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Kennedale since 2001.