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Elite Gate Installation in Fort Worth: What to Know First

Elite gate installation in Fort Worth runs anywhere from $900 for a basic single swing gate to $4,800+ for a full double gate with automation, and most jobs take one to two days once we’ve measured and ordered. We’re an independent Elite service provider, not a manufacturer rep, which means we tell you straight what your gate needs whether that’s a full install or a repair that’ll buy you another five years. If you’ve got an Elite gate that needs putting in right or one that’s been put in wrong, call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll give you an honest read before you spend a dime.

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How Elite Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

Elite gates are solid equipment, but every brand has its weak spots. Here’s what we see on Elite jobs around Fort Worth and what we do about it.

• SL3000 slide gate rollers eating themselves on limestone dust. Fort Worth’s limestone-heavy soil gets into everything and Elite’s SL3000 series rollers are sealed but not sealed against North Texas. We pull the gate, clean the track, and set new rollers with the gate weight balanced so it doesn’t chew through another set in eighteen months.
• Elite Mirage swing gate hinge post sag from clay soil movement. Fort Worth clay expands and contracts all year, and a Mirage double gate that was hung level in March is dragging in August. We don’t shim the hinge, which is the shortcut that fails. We cut and replant the post deeper with packed crushed concrete and rehang the leaf so it clears true.
• Elite Premier control board failures from power surges. The Premier line’s board sits exposed to whatever the Texas grid throws at it, and it usually fries after a lightning storm or a transformer flicker. We stock the boards and we replace just the damaged side rather than quoting you a whole new operator.
• Photocell and safety edge wiring that was never run in conduit. We don’t fix the gate until the wiring is safe. On Elite installs done by other outfits we commonly find low-voltage wire direct-buried, which lasts about two years before a shovel or a freeze snaps it. We pull new wire in PVC conduit and set the safety edges to stop and reverse on contact every time.
• Elite SL1000 chain drive slop from a loose master link. The SL1000 is quiet and dependable until the chain gets slack and starts jumping the sprocket. It’s a fifteen-minute fix using the Elite tension set screw and an OEM master link, but ignored long enough it chews the sprocket and then it’s a motor pull. We catch it at install or first service call before that happens.

Our Elite Gate Installation Process

Here’s how a typical Elite job goes from your first call to the gate swinging right.

1. 1
   You call and a person answers. No queue, no callback list. You tell us what you have and what it’s doing, or what you want it to do, and we set a time to come see it.
2. 2
   Hal or a crew member shows up and looks at the whole gate. Not just the broken part. We check posts, hinges, track, wheels, operator, safety edges, and the electrical run. Half of what we fix on Elite gates was missed by the last crew because they only looked at one component.
3. 3
   We give you a written price before any work starts. You’ll see parts and labor separated. We use OEM Elite parts when the warranty or safety circuit requires it, and quality aftermarket parts when it doesn’t change the function and saves you real money.
4. 4
   We do the work on site. Welding, post setting, operator mounting, wiring, safety testing. The gate stays in your driveway. We don’t haul it somewhere and hope it comes back right.
5. 5
   We test the gate through at least ten full cycles. Fast close, slow close, obstruction stop, auto-reverse, keypad, remote, manual release. If it hesitates once, we don’t leave.
6. 6
   You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If anything we touched isn’t right in the next three months, one call brings us back. No invoice, no argument.

What Elite Gate Installation Costs in Fort Worth

Here are real numbers for the Elite jobs we do most around Fort Worth:

• Single Elite swing gate with manual latch, new post and hang: $900-$1,600
• Double Elite swing gate with new posts and hardware: $1,900-$3,200
• Elite SL3000 slide gate install including track, motor, and safety edges: $2,800-$4,500
• Full double swing gate with Elite automation, keypad, and remotes: $3,400-$4,800
• Resetting one Elite gate post and rehanging leaf: $350-$700

What moves the price is the gate’s length and weight, whether the existing posts are worth keeping, how far we have to run power, and whether you want access control extras like a keypad or vehicle sensor. The quote you get is the price you pay unless we find something underneath that changes the scope and we stop and show you before touching it. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate with no trip charge inside the county.

Why Fort Worth Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Elite Work

We’ve been at this since 2001, and Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. He grew up on the south side of Fort Worth not far from Hulen Mall, learned welding at Tarrant County College in the late ’90s, and started this company because he kept finding driveway gates that nobody had fixed right the first time. Your Elite gate gets the same treatment whether it’s a new install or a repair. And if it’s a repair that makes more sense than a replacement, we’ll tell you that on the spot. We’re certified on the major brands, so if you also have a LiftMaster opener, a Mighty Mule on the pasture gate, a Ghost Controls keypad, or a DoorKing on the commercial entrance, we carry parts and knowledge for those too. The 90-Day Done Right Promise applies to everything we touch, and it’s on paper, not a handshake and a shrug. Give me a call - that’s my real number, and I’ll pick up.

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