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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Hurst
A new driveway gate in Hurst runs $2,800 to $6,500 for a steel or ornamental iron build, and adding an operator to an existing manual gate typically lands between $1,800 and $3,400. Most Hurst installations take one to two days on site, and the price you’re quoted before we start is the price on the invoice when we leave. If you live east of Precinct Line Road or north of Pipeline, we know those streets, that clay soil, and the difference between a gate that belongs on a 1970s ranch and one that fits a newer two-story off Harwood.
Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll get a live person. Hal Gatewood has been owner-operating since 2001, and the name on the shop is the name on the truck. We don’t route calls to a call center and we don’t send a sales guy who has never dug a post hole.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Hurst’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hurst homeowners call us because we show up when we say we will, and because the estimate we write before the job is the number we stand behind when the job is done. Every installation carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it isn’t done right, one call brings Hal back to make it right. No runaround, no fine print.
Being locally owned matters in Hurst. We know the streets between Hurstview and Precinct Line, the cul-de-sacs off Shady Lane, and the distinctive ironwork in the older sections of town. More importantly, we know what Tarrant County’s black clay does to a gate post over ten years. A company from two counties over might set a post in a 36-inch hole and call it done. We won’t, because we’ve seen what that looks like after two wet seasons in Hurst.
When a Hurst homeowner calls at 7 p.m. on a Sunday, the person who answers is a person, not a voicemail. We have a published address, a license number anyone can look up, and background-checked, uniformed crew members. That’s not a slogan; that’s just the way we’ve run it since 2001.
Our Gate Installation Services in Hurst
Driveway Gate Installation
Most Gate Installation work we do in Hurst is on lots built between 1960 and 1985, and the driveway approach is often the first place to feel the clay movement. We start with the footing, not the gate panel. We’ll dig and pour a bell-bottom pier so the post isn’t sitting in a bucket of shifting soil. Then we hang the gate, square it, and weld or bolt everything in your driveway. It stays in your driveway. We don’t haul your gate to some shop across town.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Side-yard pedestrian gates in Hurst are often the original ornamental iron or wood-frame from the original build. They’re light enough that a homeowner thinks the repair is easy, and they’re exactly where a sloppy install shows up first. We square the post, set it deep, and use hinges sized for the actual gate weight. A pedestrian gate that drags or binds a month after install wasn’t set in Hurst; it was set on a guess. When you need Gate Repair in Hurst, we fix the root cause, not just the symptom.
Sliding Gate Installation
A sliding gate on a Hurst driveway means a track or a cantilever system over ground that moves seasonally. That’s fine, as long as the ground is prepared for it. We trench for a concrete base, set the track or rollers level, and account for the expansion and contraction of the clay below. You can have a sliding gate that works smoothly for a decade in Hurst. You just can’t build it like they would in a coastal town with stable sandy soil.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the most common in Hurst’s residential neighborhoods, especially on double driveways off Harwood Road and in older sections north of Highway 183. The operator matters, because a builder-grade swing opener designed for a lightweight aluminum panel will strip its gears once it’s paired with a 40-year-old iron gate that weighs 400 pounds. We size the operator to the gate, not to the box it comes in.
Double Gate Installation
Double gates in Hurst tend to be large, heavy, and original to the home. Whether you’re replacing both leafs or adding automation to gates that have been manual since the Carter administration, we plan for the load on each hinge post and the constant stress at the center joint. Two leafs moving independently means two posts doing real work in clay soil. That’s the job. It isn’t the hardware store’s problem, but it is ours.
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 Hurst
We install and service DoorKing, Linear, and Ghost Controls operators, along with LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Viking, Elite, and Mighty Mule. It isn’t about the badge on the box. It’s about matching the right operator to the gate and then wiring it inside weatherproof conduit so a hard freeze off the Red River doesn’t kill it in year two. We keep parts in our trucks for the common brands, so when a DoorKing circuit board fails on a Hurst driveway, you’re not waiting a week on a shipment.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Post movement from black clay soil. Hurst sits on shrink-swell clay that expands in spring rains and contracts in late summer. A post set without a wide bell-bottom footing migrates laterally, and the gate starts binding where it didn’t bind before. This is the most common “new gate” failure we’re called to correct in Hurst.
- Undersized operators on heavy gates. A builder-grade operator rated for 300 pounds gets bolted onto a 50-year-old ornamental iron gate that weighs twice that. The gears strip, the motor burns out, and the homeowner replaced a manual gate with a broken automatic one.
- Power runs without weatherproof conduit. Homes built in the 1970s rarely had conduit run for a future gate operator. When someone added automation later, they often buried shallow UF cable. Freeze-thaw cycles and Texas heat crack the insulation, and the operator starts tripping breakers. This is fixable, and it should be fixed during the original install, not after.
- Safety devices left off a new build. A sliding or swing gate moving on its own needs a way to know a car or kid is in the path. We see automated gates in Hurst with no loop detector, no photocells, no reversing edge. Not only is that a safety hazard, it’s the kind of corner-cutting Hal finds genuinely aggravating.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Hurst, TX
Here are straight numbers for the Hurst market. A steel driveway gate installed runs $2,800 to $6,500 depending on width, height, and whether it’s ornamental iron or solid steel. A pedestrian gate is smaller money: $850 to $2,200 installed with hinges, post, and latch. A sliding gate with operator lands between $4,000 and $8,000 when you include the concrete base, track, motor, safety sensors, and conduit work. A swing gate with a dual-leaf operator on a double driveway starts around $3,800 and goes up with the weight and automation package.
What moves the price is the ground under the posts and the quality of the operator you choose. A cheap operator on a heavy gate in Hurst is a future bill, not a savings. We quote every job before work starts, in writing, and that’s the number. We don’t quote one price on the phone and hand you a different one at the kitchen table. Senior and veteran households get a permanent 10% discount, and any repair over $200 takes $40 off.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Most of our Hurst work comes from referrals in North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, and Haltom City. If you’re in one of those towns, you’re getting the same owner-operated crew, the same upfront pricing, and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise as our neighbors in Hurst.
Serving Hurst, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hurst 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 Hurst
Hurst sits on Tarrant County’s shrink-swell black clay, which moves a gate’s hinge post 2 to 3 inches laterally over a decade. A standard 36-inch post hole filled with quick-set concrete will shift with the soil, and the gate will bind. We dig wider and pour a bell-bottom pier that spreads the load below the active clay zone, so the post stays put through wet springs and dry summers. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll explain it over the phone or just come look.
Yes, and we do it regularly. The bigger issue on 1970s builds is that no conduit was run for a future operator. We trench new PVC conduit, pull properly rated wire, and install an operator sized for the actual gate weight. If the hinge posts have moved from decades of clay heave, we address that before mounting a motor. The automation package itself typically starts around $1,800 in Hurst. Estimates are free, and the price you get is the price you pay.
One operator and a mechanical center lock is usually the right answer for a residential double gate in Hurst, because the two leafs need to open and close together. Running separate operators on each leaf adds cost and creates sync issues that are fiddly to keep aligned. We’ll size one operator for the total load of both gates and install a center drop bar or magnetic lock so the closed gate acts as one unit. Call (817) 241-4067 for a quote on your specific driveway.
It should have both, yes. A loop detector senses a vehicle sitting in the gate’s path and tells the operator to stay open. Photocells are the second backstop, catching anything that breaks the beam near the gate edge. A sliding gate without these will close on a car or a kid eventually. We install them as standard on sliding and swing gates in Hurst, not as an add-on you have to ask for.
When we pour a bell-bottom footing below the active clay layer, we’ve seen posts hold square for 20-plus years without meaningful movement. There’s no such thing as a post that never moves in Tarrant County, but a properly engineered footing turns a two-season failure into a two-decade install. And if it does move, the 90-Day Done Right Promise brings us back. If you want the truth about your specific yard, call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come look before you spend a dime.
Get a Straight Quote on Gate Installation in Hurst
If you live in Hurst and you’re tired of gate companies that quote one thing on the phone and charge another at the door, call us. You’ll get a live person, a straight number, and a written estimate before any work starts. The name on the shop is Hal Gatewood, the address is published, and the license number is there for anyone who wants to check. We serve Hurst and every street in it, from the older ranches off Shady Oaks to the two-stories north of Harwood. Call (817) 241-4067 and tell us what your gate is doing. We’ll tell you what it’ll take to fix it right.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Hurst since 2001.