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A sliding gate installation in Colleyville typically runs $6,500 to $14,000 depending on gate length, operator type, and whether we’re setting new posts or working with existing footings. A gate opener installation on an existing gate usually lands between $1,400 and $3,200. You’ll see the exact number in writing before we touch anything, and if the install isn’t right, our 365-Day Done Right Promise means we make it right, no argument. Call (626) 649-4572 and a live person answers, day or night.
We know Colleyville’s gates because we work on them every week. The long driveways off Pleasant Run Road, the estate lots off Cheek-Sparger, the 1990s subdivisions where every third home has an ornamental iron gate that’s been standing for 25 or 30 years. Our Gate Installation team sets posts, hangs leafs, and wires operators with one goal: a gate that opens smoothly on the first try and stays plumb through every shrink-swell season the black clay throws at it.
Why Latch & Post Gate Repair Is Colleyville’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’re not a general handyman service that happens to hang gates. We’re a Cedarwell-family gate specialist, and every technician who rolls up to a Colleyville home is background-checked, uniformed, and factory-trained on the brands families actually own here: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. When a 1990s Eagle operator has finally died and the custom ironwork has to stay, we know exactly what we’re looking at before we even open the panel.
Colleyville homeowners tell us the same thing again and again: they want a straight answer on price before the work starts, and they want the crew to treat the house like a home, not a job site. So every visit includes a written price delivered before any work begins. Shoe covers go on before we step inside. Drop cloths go down before we set a tool bag anywhere. And before we leave, we hand you a photo of the cleanup. Those aren’t add-ons. They’re the Cedarwell C.A.R.E. values, and they’re non-negotiable on every Colleyville install we do.
Response time to Colleyville is a real question, and the answer is simple: scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, and crews serve Colleyville locally. When you call, a live person answers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail queue, no callback roulette. If your gate is stranded half-open across the drive and you can’t get a car out, you’ll talk to a person who can tell you what happens next.
Every gate comes down to two parts: the latch that holds it and the post that carries it. That’s the job we focus on, and in Colleyville it means understanding the soil as much as the steel. A post set in expansive black clay without the right footing will heave out of plumb within a single season. We set footings that account for that movement, because a gate that’s out of plumb will tear up its own operator within a year. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise backs every installation we do, from a simple pedestrian gate to a full double-gate automated driveway system.
Sliding Gate Installation in Colleyville
Sliding Gate Installation in Colleyville is the answer when a swing gate simply won’t fit, and on the tight shared-driveway and rights-of-way sites common across Colleyville’s estate subdivisions, that’s more often than not. A slide gate travels along a steel track or cantilever rail instead of arcing across the drive, so it needs no room to swing. On a 14-foot driveway that fronts a shared easement, a slide gate means you get secure access without eating into the neighbor’s property line or your own landscaping.
A typical sliding gate installation in Colleyville runs $6,500 to $14,000, with the spread driven by gate length, the operator brand you choose, and whether we’re pouring a new track footer or retrofitting to an existing one. The rack and pinion, operator, safety photocells, keypad, and loop detector all factor in, and you’ll see the exact figure in writing before we start.
Retrofitting a slide gate onto a tight Colleyville site
In Colleyville’s 1990s estate subdivisions, driveways were often built with just enough room for two cars and a slim planting strip. Swing gates were never going to work there, but plenty of builders installed them anyway. When we retrofit a slide gate onto a site like that, we measure the full travel length, confirm the operator and keypad placement, and verify the loop detector layout before we order anything. The gate has to clear landscaping, mailboxes, and the neighbor’s fence, and we account for all of it.
What a slide gate install actually includes
We set the track or cantilever footing, hang the gate leaf, install the operator and rack, wire the safety photocells and keypad, and test the entrapment protection until it stops on a simulated obstruction every single time. We also stage the work so your vehicle access stays open through the install. On a job off Pleasant Run Road, we phaed the cut-over so the family still got cars in and out every evening while the new rack and operator went in.
Gate Opener Installation in Colleyville
Gate Opener Installation in Colleyville is the job we do most often on the 25-to-30-year-old estate gates that line the city’s larger lots. The gate itself may be fine, a solid piece of ornamental wrought iron that an HOA deed restriction says has to stay. But the operator underneath it, often a first-generation Eagle or older Elite swing-gate unit, has reached the end of its life. The boards are discontinued, the limit switches are drifting, and the motor is fighting a gate that soil movement has pushed out of plumb.
A gate opener installation on an existing Colleyville gate typically runs $1,400 to $3,200. That includes the operator, mounting hardware, safety photocells, wiring, and full testing for entrapment protection. When the gate and post are significantly out of alignment, we’ll correct that first, because a new operator on a dragging gate will burn through its own internals in a season.
Upgrading an aging Eagle or Elite swing-gate operator
Plenty of Colleyville homes still run first-generation operators that no one makes boards for anymore. We don’t hunt for discontinued parts and hope they hold. We match a modern LiftMaster or Viking operator to the gate’s actual weight and geometry, and we set it so the swing arc doesn’t strain the hinge post. The custom ironwork stays. The HOA stays happy. The gate opens like it’s supposed to.
Phasing the cut-over so the drive never shuts down
On an occupied Colleyville estate, we don’t shut the driveway down for a full day while we wire a new operator. We stage the install around the family’s schedule, run the new wiring while the old operator still works, and cut over only when the new unit is tested and ready. That matters when you’ve got school drop-offs at 7 a.m. and a dog that thinks every open gate is an invitation.
Trusted Brands We Service in Colleyville
We’re factory-trained on the brands Colleyville homeowners actually have on their gates, and we stock parts locally for the ones we see most. On a 1990s estate gate, that usually means an older Elite or Eagle swing operator that’s finally given up. On newer installs, it’s Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing. We carry the boards, arms, limits, and photocells that keep those specific units running, so we’re not waiting on a distributor to ship a part while your gate sits half-open. When a Colleyville customer calls about a dead Viking operator, we show up with the parts we’re most likely to need, not a blank work order.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Colleyville Homes
- Posts heaving out of plumb in the black clay. Colleyville’s expansive soil shrinks and swells with every drought and wet cycle, and a standard shallow footing gives way within a single season. We set our post footings below the active shrink-swell zone so a newly installed gate stays true for years, not months.
- Shared driveways and rights of way with no room for a swing gate’s arc. Tight Colleyville sites force a choice between a slide gate and a swing gate, and the wrong call means a gate that clips a fence, a car, or a neighbor’s property line. We measure the full arc and the travel path before recommending either.
- First-generation operators failing while the custom ironwork has to stay. Many 1990s Colleyville gates run on Eagle or older Elite operators with discontinued boards. We upgrade the operator and preserve the ornamental ironwork the HOA requires, matching the new unit to the gate’s actual weight and swing geometry.
- Vehicle and pedestrian access that can’t stop during the install. A gate installation on an occupied home has to work around school runs, work schedules, and the family dog. We phase our cut-overs so cars keep moving every day, and we test all entrapment protection before we call the job done.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Colleyville, TX
A sliding gate installation in Colleyville runs $6,500 to $14,000, and a gate opener installation on an existing gate runs $1,400 to $3,200. A full driveway gate with a new operator, safety photocells, and keypad or loop detector entry lands in the upper part of that range, and a simple pedestrian gate with a basic latch and closer is far less. The soil conditions under the posts matter too: expansive black clay means we’re often digging deeper footings than a typical suburban install, and that’s factored into the price before we start. You’ll see every line item in writing, and no work begins until you’ve approved the number. Call (626) 649-4572 for an exact quote, estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Colleyville
Our Gate Installation in Colleyville team covers the city itself, and we regularly work in Bedford, Euless, Southlake, and Hurst for homeowners with the same estate-gate setups and the same black-clay soil. If you’re just outside Colleyville, call us at (626) 649-4572 and we’ll tell you straight what we can do.
Serving Colleyville, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Colleyville 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 About Gate Installation in Colleyville
Yes. A slide gate travels along a track instead of arcing across the drive, so it works on shared easements and rights of way where a swing gate has no room. We’ll measure the full travel path, confirm the operator and keypad placement, and verify the loop detector layout before we order anything, so the gate fits the constrained site without clipping a fence or the neighbor’s property line. Call (626) 649-4572 for a free measure and written price.
The expansive black clay under Colleyville’s larger lots heaves and contracts with seasonal drought and rain, and a standard shallow post footing can’t hold against that movement. Within a single shrink-swell season, the post leans, the gate leaf drags, and the operator works against a gate that’s no longer true. We set footings below the active soil zone and correct plumb before installing any new operator or gate leaf.
Yes. We upgrade the operator and keep the ornamental ironwork exactly as it is, which matters when an HOA deed restriction requires the original gate to stay. We match a modern operator to the gate’s actual weight and swing geometry, correct any post lean first, and wire the new unit with full entrapment protection. Your gate stays, your HOA stays satisfied, and the drive opens like it should.
Yes. We phase the install around your existing access, running new wiring and setting the new operator while the old one still works, then cutting over only when the new unit is fully tested. We’ve done this on long-driveway Colleyville estates where the family needed cars in and out every evening during the job, and the drive never shut down.
Yes. Every automatic gate operator we install includes safety photocells, obstruction detection, and full entrapment protection testing before we finish. We test the gate against a simulated obstruction repeatedly until it stops and reverses every single time, and we document that testing as part of the install. It’s not an option; it’s part of doing the job right. Call (626) 649-4572 for a free estimate on a new automatic gate installation.
Written by Cody Beckman, Owner at Latch & Post Gate Repair, serving Colleyville since 2009.