Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
The assessment is free and the quote is the invoice.
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A new driveway gate in Everman typically runs $1,800 to $6,500 installed, depending on whether you need a standard steel panel on existing posts or a full custom fabrication with fresh footings. Most swing gate installations take one to two days on site, and we quote the full price before any steel gets cut. Call (817) 241-4067 and you’ll talk to a live person who can schedule a free measure at your Everman property.
Everman’s Blackland Prairie clay expands and contracts enough each season to move gate posts by measurable inches. That’s not something a generic installer from across the metro thinks about until your gate starts dragging on the latch side six months after they leave. We think about it before we dig the first hole, because we’ve been pulling old footings out of this soil long enough to know exactly what happens when they’re too shallow.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Everman’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and the name on the shop is the name on every invoice. We’re not a franchise and we’re not a rotating crew of subcontractors. The person who measures your driveway, welds your hinges, and sets your posts works for Hal, wears the same uniform every visit, and knows they’ll have to answer for the work if something moves out of plumb later.
Our local reputation in Everman is built on showing up when we say we will and standing behind the job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right. One call brings us back. No forms, no runaround, no “that’s considered normal settling.” Every job we do in Everman carries that promise in writing.
We answer the phone 24/7 with a live person. Not a voicemail that promises a call back in two business days. When your security gate won’t close at 9:30 on a Tuesday night, you get Hal or one of his crew on the line, not an out-of-state answering service. For Everman homeowners, that matters because a gate that won’t latch is a wide-open invitation to a property you can’t see from the street.
You can also drive to the shop and look us in the eye. That’s the oldest accountability there is, and we still think it’s the best one.
Our Gate Installation Services in Everman
Driveway Gate
Driveway gates in Everman’s older neighborhoods are rarely a simple swap, because many of those driveways were fitted with custom-welded pipe gates back when the homes were built. We measure the actual opening, check the condition of the existing posts, and tell you honestly whether those posts can carry a new gate or whether they need to come out and get re-set in deeper concrete. A standard single swing gate on sound 4-inch steel posts starts around $1,800; a full replacement with new footings runs $3,200 to $5,500.
Our Gate Installation team does the whole job on site: cutting, welding, hanging, operator wiring, and final adjustment. We don’t haul your gate to some shop two counties over and come back in two weeks. The gate stays in your driveway, which means you can watch every weld if you want to.
Pedestrian Gate
Yard and walk-through gates in Everman often get overlooked until a hinge finally tears loose. Most of these are the original 1950s-1970s pipe-frame gates with rust-thinned tubing and hinges that have been oiled but never replaced. We fabricate new pedestrian gates to match the existing fence line, set new posts with concrete below the heaved zone, and hang them so they swing square on day one and stay square through the next wet spring.
A typical pedestrian gate in Everman runs $450 to $1,200 installed, depending on width, frame material, and whether we’re reusing serviceable posts or setting fresh ones.
Sliding Gate
A sliding gate on an older Everman driveway comes with a specific headache: that custom-welded 1960s opening almost never matches a stock prefabricated panel, so a retrofit slide gate ends up misaligned on the rack and pinion within weeks. We see it all the time when someone else tried to make a kit work on a non-standard opening. We fabricate slide gates to the actual measured width, set the track on a properly compacted base, and set the operator to run smooth the first day.
Sliding gate installations in Everman start around $3,000 for a single-leaf manual gate and run $4,800 to $8,000 with an operator wired in. The base prep matters more than the gate itself on these, and we trench and compact it right.
Swing Gate
Most of what we install in Everman is a swing gate on welded steel posts. The post is the job. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. On new installations we dig below the shrink-swell zone, pour a 42-inch pier, and set the post in it before we ever hang a panel. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Swing gate work in Everman ranges from $1,900 for a simple single panel on existing sound posts to $6,500 for a custom ornamental double gate with fresh footings, a Ghost Controls or LiftMaster operator, and keypad entry.
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 Everman
We’re certified to service and install nine major gate brands, and we keep parts on hand for the ones we see most around Everman: Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite. When an existing opener starts acting up on a 50-year-old gate, we’d rather repair the operator or replace a board than sell you a whole new system you didn’t need. That’s how Hal has always run the shop: repair-first, replace when it actually makes sense.
If you’re running a LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, or Mighty Mule setup, we service those too. We stock common boards, remotes, and sensors so we’re not telling an Everman customer to wait ten days on a part that could have been on the truck.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Everman Homes
- Post heave from clay shrink-swell: Everman’s Blackland Prairie clay moves seasonally, and a post set in a 24-inch footing will lean and throw the gate out of plumb within a year. We dig deeper on every new install because we know what the soil does here.
- Rust-thinned tubing on 1950s-1970s pipe gates: The original welded-pipe gates all over Everman often have tubing that’s rusted thin from decades of Texas humidity and rain. They look solid until you put a chain on one and it crumbles at the weld. We fabricate replacements from fresh steel and match the original style.
- Non-standard drive widths that beat prefabricated kits: Custom-welded 1960s and 1980s gates don’t match stock panels, so DIYers and big-box installers end up with a slide gate that binds or a swing gate that doesn’t latch. We measure the actual opening and cut to fit.
- Bent frames after ice events: The February 2021 storm that hit all of Tarrant County put a wave of bent frames and cracked welds through Everman, especially on gates already stressed by post movement. Now we check for both problems on every older gate we’re asked to hang.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Everman, TX
Here’s what you’re looking at for gate installation in Everman, before any discounts: a standard single swing driveway gate runs $1,800 to $3,200; a custom ornamental double swing gate runs $4,000 to $6,500; a sliding gate with operator runs $4,800 to $8,000; a pedestrian gate runs $450 to $1,200. Those are installed prices with the gate, hardware, and labor included.
What moves the number is the post work, not the panel. Deeper footings, new posts, and concrete piers add material and time but they’re the difference between a gate that stays square and one that sags by September. We quote the full price up front and you agree to it before any work starts. No trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate at your Everman home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Everman
We work all over this corner of Tarrant County, including Everman, Fort Worth, Colleyville, North Richland Hills, and Hurst. Same crew, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live person on the phone. If you’re just outside Everman proper, call and we’ll let you know exactly when we can get to you.
Serving Everman, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Everman 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 Everman
Everman sits on the expansive Blackland Prairie clay of southern Tarrant County, and that clay swells when it’s wet and shrinks when it’s dry. The movement is strong enough to shift a post set in shallow concrete. Much of Fort Worth north of here sits on different geology, so posts hold better. We dig Everman post holes deeper than the shrink-swell zone and pour 42-inch piers on new installs. Call (817) 241-4067 to have us look at your leaning posts.
Yes, we do it regularly, but it means fabricating the gate to the actual opening rather than forcing a stock panel to fit. Many older Everman driveways were custom-welded to non-standard widths in the 1960s and 1970s, and a prefabricated slide gate will bind on the track if it doesn’t match. We measure, cut, and weld the gate on site so the rack and pinion run true. Call (817) 241-4067 for a free measure and a written price.
Not if the hinge post is moving in the clay, because a gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. If that post is set too shallow or has rusted at the base, hanging a brand-new panel just puts new steel on a bad foundation and it’ll sag again within a season. We check the post first, and if it needs replacing we set a deeper pier before we hang anything. Call (817) 241-4067 for an assessment, and remember we offer a free second opinion on any written estimate.
Yes. Underground operators are a cleaner look for ornamental drive gates in Everman, where many homeowners want the gate itself to be the only thing you see. The catch is the base has to be poured and set precisely, and on clay soil that means excavating deep enough to stay below the movement zone. We install and service underground operators from the brands we’re certified on, including DoorKing, Ghost Controls, and Elite. Call (817) 241-4067 to talk through what fits your gate.
Yes. Hal has been welding since 2001 and we carry raw steel tubing in the truck, so we can replicate the original pipe-frame design on site rather than telling you to accept whatever stock panel comes closest. Matching the style of an existing 1970s gate keeps the whole property looking like it belongs to itself, and we can re-use the original hinges if they’re still solid. Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll come measure and quote it.
We Installed a Gate in Everman That Hasn’t Moved in Two Wet Springs
We installed a custom swing gate on a 1970s welded-pipe driveway in Everman, replacing the original 2-inch shallow post footing with a 42-inch concrete pier and rebuilding the hinge post before hanging a new ornamental steel panel with a LiftMaster operator and keypad entry. The gate has cycled silently through two wet springs and a drought without a single sag correction. That’s not luck. That’s knowing what the clay under Everman does and setting the post deep enough that it doesn’t care.
If you’re tired of shimming your gate every June, call (817) 241-4067. We’ll come out, look at the posts first, and give you a straight answer about what it’ll take to make the gate right.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Everman since 2001.