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 Argyle
Gate installation in Argyle, TX means building something that has to hold up to Blackland Prairie clay, 100-degree summers, hard freezes, and horses leaning over the top rail to see who’s coming up the drive. A new driveway gate on an Argyle acreage property typically runs $2,800 to $9,500 installed, depending on width, material, operator, and how deep we have to dig to beat the clay. We’ve been welding and setting gates in this soil since 2001, and we’ll quote the job before we touch a post. Call (903) 829-4499 for a free estimate, and Hal Gatewood will likely be the one who picks up.
The crews serving Argyle schedule from our Dallas-Fort Worth office and drive straight to your property along FM 407, US 377, or the side roads off Crawford Road. We’re not a call center. We’re a local, owner-operated gate company with a published address and a license number anyone can look up, and we answer the phone around the clock with a live person. That matters when your 16-foot ornamental iron gate decides 6:40 a.m. is the time to stop opening.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Argyle’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Homeowners around Argyle call us for the same reason they buy from the local feed store instead of a big-box chain. They want a name they can verify and a face they’ll see again at the hardware store on 377. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and his name is on the shop and on every invoice. That’s the oldest accountability there is. Drive to the shop, look him in the eye, and ask about the job we did down the road on Harpole Road. He’ll tell you straight.
We’ve installed and serviced gates across Argyle long enough to know the ground before we break it. The shrink-swell clay here doesn’t just shift posts. It shifts them on a schedule, dry summer contraction followed by wet spring expansion. A gate that was plumb in August can be binding by March. That’s not a theory we read about. It’s a pattern we’ve corrected on dozens of Argyle properties, and it’s why our installations start with the footing, not with the gate panel.
Every job we complete carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something’s not right, one call brings us back, no runaround. We also offer a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Those aren’t haggling points. They’re standing offers, the same for everybody.
Our Gate Installation Services in Argyle
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in Argyle isn’t the little ornamental thing you see in a typical suburb. It’s often a 14- to 20-foot custom steel or iron gate on a long private drive, built to handle a truck and trailer on a weekly basis. We fabricate and install single and double driveway gates, set the posts deep enough to resist the clay, and mount the operator so the gate opens smoothly every time. If you’re off FM 407 with a long easement, we’ll talk through sightlines, solar versus grid power, and how the gate should swing so it doesn’t block the horse trailer.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
We build pedestrian gates that match the main driveway gate, not the cheap box-store panel that looks like an afterthought. On Argyle properties with brick or stone columns, we’ll match the masonry and set the pedestrian gate with its own hinge geometry so it doesn’t drag or sag. These gates get daily use, sometimes a few hundred cycles a week. They need to be hung square from day one.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense on Argyle lots where the driveway climbs or where a swing gate would block vehicles or livestock. We install cantilever and track-style sliding gates, set the concrete pad level, and size the operator to the gate’s actual weight, not the brochure number. Underground operator arms bind when the post footing shifts during summer drought, so we over-excavate and reinforce every slide gate footing we dig in Argyle. That’s the difference between a gate that runs silent for years and one that stalls in August.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the most common gate type we install in Argyle, and the one that punishes sloppy work the fastest. On a heavy double swing gate with a FAAC or LiftMaster operator, post plumb is everything. The Blackland Prairie clay heaves brick and stone pillars within months if the footing isn’t over-excavated and reinforced. We treat post plumb as a recurring installation variable, not a one-time check. Show me a gate sagging in the middle and I’ll show you a hinge post that moved, because a gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start.
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 Argyle
Our Gate Installation team is certified to service nine major gate brands, and we stock common parts for the ones we see most often around Argyle: LiftMaster, FAAC, DoorKing, and Mighty Mule. When your estate gate operator fails on a Friday afternoon, we’re not waiting on a parts shipment from two states away. We carry limit switches, control boards, photocells, and battery backups for the operators already installed on Argyle properties. Hal welds on site, which means a cracked hinge or a misaligned arm usually stays in your driveway instead of being hauled off to a shop.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Argyle Homes
- Heaved brick or stone pillars. Argyle’s Blackland Prairie clay expands when wet and contracts when dry, and a pillar set in shallow concrete will move enough to throw hinges out of alignment within one season. We over-excavate, set a larger sonotube with rebar, and use galvanized steel hinge posts to prevent future cant.
- Underground operator arms binding. When a post shifts during summer drought, the underground arm binds and the motor stalls. The gears strip. The gate stops halfway. Repairing that means digging up the operator, resetting the footing, and remounting the arm so it doesn’t happen again next August.
- Solar battery backups failing in heat. On long private drives with no grid power, solar gate openers are the standard around Argyle. But a control box mounted in direct sun with no ventilation cooks the battery, and the gate dies right when you need it most. We mount solar controls out of direct afternoon sun or add a ventilated enclosure.
- Mismatched gate and operator weight ratings. We see this on older Argyle estates where a homeowner or a previous contractor paired a heavy ornamental gate with an operator sized for something half its weight. The motor runs hot, the gears wear, and the gate eventually quits. We size the operator to the gate’s actual weight, not the brochure number.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Argyle, TX
Gate installation in Argyle runs higher than some neighboring cities because the properties are larger, the gates are heavier, and the clay demands deeper, reinforced footings. A basic single swing gate on a residential lot starts around $2,800. A double swing estate gate with a heavy operator typically runs $5,500 to $8,000. A custom ornamental iron driveway gate with matched pedestrian gate, intercom, camera entry, and underground operator on a long Argyle driveway can land between $9,000 and $15,000 or more, depending on length, material, and masonry work.
Here’s what a typical Argyle installation looks like in line items:
- Driveway swing gate, steel frame, 14 to 16 feet: $3,200 to $6,800
- Double swing gate, custom ornamental iron, brick columns: $7,500 to $12,500
- Sliding gate with operator, cantilever, 20 feet: $5,800 to $9,500
- Pedestrian gate matching main gate, with masonry work: $1,200 to $3,400
- Automatic operator with safety photocells and battery backup: $1,800 to $3,200
The price you’re quoted is the price on the invoice. We don’t change the number at the door. Call (903) 829-4499 for a free estimate, and the quote is written, itemized, and agreed to before any work starts.
We Also Serve Cities Near Argyle
Our crews run across the north side of the metroplex, so if you’re in Flower Mound, Southlake, Grapevine, or Keller, we’ll come to you too. Same local ownership, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live person on the phone. If you want more detail on the work we do in this area, see Gate Installation in Argyle for the full breakdown of our process.
Serving Argyle, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Argyle 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 Argyle
We over-excavate the footing by 18 to 24 inches beyond standard depth, set a larger sonotube with rebar cage, and use galvanized steel hinge posts instead of thin-wall tubing. On a custom-built equestrian property off FM 407, our crew installed a double swing gate with a FAAC operator on brick columns. Because the clay had already heaved one column inward, we dug the post footing an extra 18 inches, set a larger sonotube with rebar, and used galvanized steel hinge posts to prevent future cant before mounting the safety photocells along the driveway approach. That’s the only way to stop the shrink-swell cycle from pulling the hinge post out of plumb. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll come look at your footing before you spend money on a gate that will sag.
Yes, if the gate is structurally sound and the hinge post is set deep enough. Pipe ranch gates are common along US 377 and the county roads around Argyle, and we add operators to them regularly. We’ll check post plumb first, because a shifted post will bind an operator within one season. If the post needs resetting, we set it right, then mount the operator. Estimates are free.
A solar-powered operator with a properly sized battery bank and a ventilated enclosure works best. Long private drives in Argyle often run several hundred feet from the road, and trenching grid power that far costs more than the gate itself. We size the solar panel to the operator’s daily cycle count, mount the control box out of direct afternoon sun, and include a battery heater for winter freezes.
That’s almost always a photocell misalignment or a shifted post, and in Argyle the clay is usually the root cause. When a hinge post heaves during dry weather, the gate tracks slightly off its original arc, the safety sensor reads an obstruction, and the gate reverses. If the gate stops halfway, the limit switch is likely binding. We fix the post and the sensor, not just the symptom. One call brings us out.
If the driveway slopes toward the house, choose a slide gate. If it’s flat with good clearance and you have the room for the swing arc, a swing gate is usually more cost-effective. On FM 407 frontage, you’ll also want to check setback requirements and sightlines before deciding. We’ll come measure, talk through traffic flow, and give you a written quote before any work starts. Call (903) 829-4499 to schedule.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate in Argyle
If you’re planning a new gate installation in Argyle, TX, call (903) 829-4499 for a free estimate. Hal Gatewood will answer or call you back, and he’ll come walk your property, look at the soil, measure the driveway, and give you a written, itemized price before any work begins. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s still how we do business.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Argyle and the surrounding communities since 2001.