Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across White Settlement
Gate installation in White Settlement runs $1,850 to $7,200 for a typical residential driveway gate, and most jobs are finished within five to seven business days once the gate is fabricated to your opening. That’s a direct answer, no wildcard. We’re Gatewood Fence & Gate, locally owned and owner-operated since 2001. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, the crew shows up when they say they will, and we do the welding right there in your driveway instead of hauling your gate off to some shop you’ll never see. Call (817) 241-4067 and a live person answers, day or night.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is White Settlement’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We work all over White Settlement, and we know exactly what’s out there. The bulk of what we find are 1950s-to-1970s ranch homes with original chain-link gates, plus a fair number of 1980s-era wrought iron jobs put in when people remodeled. Both are tired. The posts have moved in the clay, the hinges are corroded, and a lot of them have never had a gate professional touch them since the day they were hung.
When you call us from White Settlement, you’re not calling a call center three states away. You’re calling a shop with a published address and a license number you can look up. Hal has been at this since 2001. If you want to drive over and look him in the eye before he takes the job, that’s fine by us. The Gate Installation team we send to White Settlement is background-checked, uniformed, and works off written, upfront pricing. No surprises at the door.
Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings us back. No runaround, no fine print gymnastics. That’s the whole point of putting a man’s name on the invoice.
Our Gate Installation Services in White Settlement
Driveway Gate
Most White Settlement homes have modest lot widths, which means your driveway gate is a single swing or a double swing coming off the corner of the house. We measure, fabricate, and install gates from steel, aluminum, or welded ornamental iron. The operator is sized to the gate, not the other way around. If your driveway runs long off White Settlement Road and power isn’t nearby, we can set you up with a solar-capable operator that runs without trenching a line.
Double Gate
Double gates are the most common install we do in White Settlement’s older neighborhoods. Two leaves, one opening, and two hinge posts that have to hold everything square. The problem is the Tarrant County clay. It swells in the winter, shrinks in the summer, and the hinge posts lean out of plumb. When we install a double gate, we set the posts deeper than typical, pour wider footings, and brace the leaves so one side doesn’t drag within two years. You won’t find that attention in a big-box bid.
Swing Gate
Swing gates make sense when you’ve got clearance to arc the leaf into your own yard. On the older ranch lots in White Settlement, we see plenty of space, and we size the leaf accordingly. An automatic swing gate operator from Viking, Ghost Controls, or Elite paired with a proper hinge-post footing lasts a long time even here, as long as the post stays put. Ours stay put.
Sliding Gate
If your driveway runs parallel to the house or you’re tight on swing clearance, a sliding gate is the cleaner fix. We do these often on the western edge of White Settlement where the older commercial-style openings exist. A sliding gate lives and dies by its roller track and the rack-and-pinion system. We weld and level in place, on site, so the gate doesn’t rattle or bind a year later.
What happens when you call
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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 White Settlement
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, but the ones we most often install for White Settlement customers are Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing. All three build operators that hold up to heavy use and variable Texas weather. We keep common parts and hardware on the truck when we come out, which means fewer “we’ll have to order that” moments. If you have a brand preference, tell us when you call. If you don’t, we’ll size the operator to the gate and the power situation and explain exactly why we picked it.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in White Settlement Homes
- Hinge posts pulled out of plumb by expansive clay. Vertisol clay in Tarrant County swells and shrinks more than most people realize. Posts that were set shallow tilt a few degrees every wet season, and the gate starts dragging. When we install, we bore 30 inches deep and use wider footings specifically to survive White Settlement’s soil movement.
- Corroded hinges and sagging frames on original 1950s-70s gates. Chain-link and early wrought iron from the post-WWII buildout is now 50 to 70 years old. Hinges seize, welds crack, and frames bow. We’re a repair-first shop, so we’ll tell you straight up what can be rebuilt versus what has to be replaced.
- Oversized commercial-style gates near the NAS JRB Fort Worth fence line. That stretch of White Settlement has heavy-duty chain-link drive gates that were installed decades ago for base security. The hardware is oversized, the parts are scarce, and the rollers and rack-and-pinion components get ignored until they fail. Retrofitting an operator or replacing one of these is more involved than a standard residential swing gate.
- Double swing gates that sag every spring. If both leaves meet in the middle and then drift, the problem is usually the hinge posts, not the leaves themselves. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We square the posts first and hang the leaves from there.
Pricing for Gate Installation in White Settlement, TX
Here are actual numbers for the White Settlement market, not national averages. A single driveway swing gate, standard steel, manual, starts around $1,850 and runs to about $3,400 installed. A double driveway gate, which is what most older White Settlement homes need, runs $2,600 to $5,800 depending on width, material, and operator. A sliding gate, especially the wider commercial-style openings near the base fence line, runs $3,200 to $7,200. Add an automatic operator from Viking or Ghost Controls and you’re looking at $950 to $2,400 more, installed and programmed. Every price is quoted and agreed to in writing before any work starts, and we honor that number. The invoice you get is the quote you signed.
We Also Serve Cities Near White Settlement
We cover White Settlement and the surrounding Tarrant County area, including Fort Worth, Colleyville, North Richland Hills, and Hurst. If you’re just outside the city line, call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll tell you straight what the schedule looks like. If you’re in White Settlement proper, so are we, regular as clockwork.
Serving White Settlement, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the White Settlement 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 White Settlement
White Settlement sits on Vertisol clay that expands when wet and shrinks when dry, and that movement is far more pronounced than what you get in the limestone shelf areas of Fort Worth. If you set a gate post the way you would in Fort Worth, it will lean within two or three seasons. In White Settlement we bore post footings at least 30 inches deep, widen the bottom of the hole, and use more concrete around the post to resist lift and tilt. It costs a little more on the front end and saves you a re-level every year after. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll walk your specific lot before we quote anything.
Yes. Solar operators are a good fit when running a power line would mean trenching hundreds of feet. We install solar-capable operators from brands like Ghost Controls and Viking, sized to the gate width and weight, with a battery bank that holds charge through cloudy stretches. A system like that on a long White Settlement driveway typically runs $2,200 to $4,400 installed. The key is matching the panel and battery to how many cycles the gate runs per day, not just slapping a kit on. We’ll tell you exactly what it takes before we start. Estimates are free.
Those older heavy-duty commercial slide gates along the western edge of White Settlement were installed for base security decades ago, and the hardware is oversized compared to residential jobs. Replacement means removing the old leaf, checking the existing roller track and rack for wear, and often re-setting the receiver post before the new gate goes in. Parts for those older commercial sizes can be scarce, but we source them through the same channels Hal has used for twenty years. Expect to spend $3,200 to $7,200 for a replacement of that size, depending on track condition and whether the operator gets swapped too. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come look.
Because the hinge posts are moving, not the leaves. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. In White Settlement, the clay soil heaves those posts out of plumb a little more every wet season, and no amount of hinge tightening fixes the root cause. The permanent fix is re-setting the posts in deeper, wider footings with a concrete bell at the bottom, then re-hanging the leaves from a square frame. That’s what we did on a 1970s ranch home off Cherry Lane last spring after the clay heaved the posts two inches. We bored new footings 30 inches down, squared the double swing, installed a LiftMaster LA400 operator, and added a keypad so the owner doesn’t have to hike the driveway any more. That gate hasn’t moved since.
Yes. White Settlement follows the Tarrant County building codes, which require entrapment protection on any automatic gate operator. That means photo eyes or contact edges that reverse the gate if something is in the path, plus a manual release for power outages. We install and test those on every automatic gate we do, and we won’t leave a site until the gate reverses reliably. This isn’t optional hardware, and it’s part of every price we quote upfront. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate and we’ll explain exactly what your install needs.
Get a Free Gate Installation Estimate in White Settlement
If your gate is sagging, dragging, too old to bother rebuilding, or you simply don’t have one yet, call us. We’ll come out, measure, look at your soil and your power situation, and give you a written price before any work begins. No haggling. No trip charge inside the county. $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. The name on the shop is Hal Gatewood, and he’s been fixing and building gates since 2001. Call (817) 241-4067 now and a live person answers, 24/7.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving White Settlement and the surrounding Tarrant County area since 2001.