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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Kennedale
A new driveway gate in Kennedale typically runs $3,800 to $11,500 installed, depending on whether you’re looking at a welded ornamental iron double swing or a heavy sliding gate on a ranch driveway. We’re Gatewood Fence & Gate, and we’ve been hanging gates in this part of Tarrant County long enough to know the soil, the lot sizes, and the difference between what a Comanche Peak-area custom home needs and what works on an old welded-pipe cattle gate. Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001, and his name is still on every invoice. When you call (817) 241-4067, a live person answers. No queue, no voicemail, no call center three states away.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Kennedale’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Kennedale is a place where one road can hold a 1970s brick ranch on half an acre and a brand-new custom estate behind ornamental iron. That’s not an exaggeration. Our crews move between those two kinds of jobs in a single day, and that’s precisely why our Gate Installation work here looks different than it does in denser suburbs. We carry welding equipment and fabrication tools on the truck because so many Kennedale gates were built decades ago and never matched to standard hinge sizes. You can’t just show up with a kit and hope.
Local reputation matters here in a way it doesn’t in bigger cities. Kennedale is the kind of town where you see the same faces at the hardware store and the school pickup line. People talk. We know that, and we work like it. Hal’s published address and license number mean you can drive by the shop and look him in the eye if you ever need to. That’s the oldest accountability there is, and it’s one we never want to lose. Every job gets the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings him back. No runaround.
Response time to Kennedale doesn’t take long. We schedule from the Dallas-Fort Worth office and keep local crews on Kennedale routes every week. For installation work, we show up when we say we will, measure carefully, and hand you a written price before any work starts. You’ll know the number before we ever pick up a tool.
Our Gate Installation Services in Kennedale
Driveway Gate
Driveway gates in Kennedale are often bigger and heavier than what you’d see in Arlington or Haltom City. Lot sizes run larger here, which means longer spans, and longer spans demand stouter posts and smarter reinforcement. We build for that from the start. A driveway gate on a Red Oak Court property with a 20-foot opening needs different engineering than a 12-foot suburban gate, and we spec it accordingly.
Pedestrian Gate
Pedestrian gates usually look simple, and that’s exactly why so many of them are installed wrong. The hinge post carries the weight, not the panel itself. In Kennedale’s clay soil, a shallow-set pedestrian gate post will lean within two seasons. We set footings deep enough to survive drought and rain cycles, then hang the gate so the latch catches clean every time.
Sliding Gate
Sliding gates are common on Kennedale’s ranch driveways and larger estate properties, especially where a swing gate would need too much clearance or where the driveway slopes. The gate rolls on a track or cantilever setup, and getting the alignment right on the first pass saves years of headaches. We also install proper loop detectors so the gate doesn’t close on a truck, a horse trailer, or a grandkid. On long ranch drives, that’s not a luxury, it’s the difference between a gate that works and a gate that winds up in the ditch.
Swing Gate
Swing gates look great on nearly every Kennedale property, from brick ranch homes on Mansfield Cardinal Road to newer custom builds in Comanche Peak-area subdivisions. But a double swing gate is a mechanical system, not just two panels on hinges. Every component, the pintles, the post plumb, the operator throw, the closing alignment, has to work together. We hang, weld, level, and then test it through several open-close cycles before we ever say it’s done.
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 Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule, along with the other major brands we’re certified on. That matters in Kennedale because a lot of existing ranch gates already have one of these brands bolted on, often installed years ago and never maintained. We stock common replacement parts locally and can troubleshoot most operator problems on the first visit rather than telling you to order something and wait. If you’ve got an older operator that’s getting unreliable, we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s worth repairing or time to replace it, and the price gets locked in writing before work begins.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Kennedale Homes
- Heaved posts from expansive clay. Kennedale sits on the same black gumbo soil that makes foundations shift all over Tarrant County. During dry stretches it shrinks and pulls away from concrete. When the rain comes back in September and October, the soil swells and pushes posts out of plumb. A gate that swings fine in July starts binding in October. We set footings below the active heave zone and use helical anchors where the soil demands it.
- Custom ornamental gates with no room to breathe. Heavy iron gates need precisely hung hinges and level posts or they bind at the latch. We see a lot of newer custom homes around Kennedale where the builder hung a beautiful iron gate on shallow footings, and within two years it’s dragging in the dirt or won’t latch. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
- Sliding gates without proper safety edges. On long ranch driveways, a sliding gate without working loop detectors or a functional safety edge is dangerous. It will eventually close on something. Livestock, vehicles, kids. The safety edge isn’t optional equipment on an automatic gate, and we treat it that way on every install.
- Underground operator vaults filling with silt. Estate gates in Kennedale sometimes use underground operators for a cleaner look, but our heavy rains wash silt straight into the vault if it wasn’t drained right. The motor corrodes, and suddenly a $9,000 gate won’t open. We install drainage and seal the vault so it survives the next downpour.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Kennedale, TX
We Also Serve Cities Near Kennedale
While this page is for our neighbors in Kennedale, our crews also work regularly in Arlington, Fort Worth, Haltom City, and Hurst. If you’re just outside the city limits, you’re still in our service area. Check our Kennedale page for the specifics on how we serve this area, or call the shop at (817) 241-4067 and ask for Hal.
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
For a standard driveway gate post in Kennedale, we dig footings at least 36 inches deep and typically 42-48 inches on heavier gates, which gets below the active shrink-swell zone that causes most heaving. In the worst clay areas around town, we go deeper and add helical anchors so the post can’t work loose when the drought breaks. Want us to look at your soil and give you a straight answer? Call (817) 241-4067 and we’ll schedule a free site check.
Most of the time, yes. We weld a mount plate and gate bracket directly to the pipe, then install the operator, safety photocells, and a proper loop detector or keypad entry. The trick with old ranch gates is that they were often hung with mismatched hardware decades ago, so we check the hinge post first. If the post is sound and the gate’s not sagging, the operator retrofit is straightforward. If it’s not, we’ll tell you that first and give you a written price to fix it right.
Any new automatic gate in Kennedale needs working entrapment protection: photocells or a contact safety edge that reverses the gate if something’s in the path, plus a manually operable release in case of power failure. It’s not a paperwork formality. A gate that doesn’t reverse is a danger to people and animals. We install UL-compliant safety edges and test them on every automatic gate we put in, no exceptions.
We do, and we’ve installed them on several Comanche Peak-area properties where the homeowner wanted a clean look with no operator arm visible. Underground operators demand a properly drained vault or they fill with silt and fail. We handle the full install: vault, drainage, motor, and the gate panel itself. For a written quote on your specific entrance, call (817) 241-4067.
We start at the hinge post, not the middle of the panel. A gate sags because the post has moved or the hinges have worn, not because the gate got tired. We re-set the post if it’s heaved, weld or replace worn hinge hardware, and re-hang the panel. If the post is cracked or rotted at the base, it’s a full replacement with a deeper footing. Either way, you’ll know the price before we start.
Need a gate installed, retrofitted, or repaired in Kennedale? Call (817) 241-4067 for a free estimate. Hal Gatewood is the one who answers, and his word is the one that matters.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Kennedale since 2001.