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Gate installation in Colleyville runs $4,800 to $18,500 for a typical ornamental steel or wrought-iron driveway gate with automation, with most jobs landing between $7,000 and $12,000 depending on gate size, operator type, and post condition. We quote every project before a single bolt gets turned, so the number you agree to is the number you pay. Ironworks Gate Co. has installed and serviced heavy ornamental gates across Colleyville’s estate neighborhoods for years, and we know exactly what this soil does to a gate post. Call (254) 330-8718 for a free on-site measure and written estimate.
Why Ironworks Gate Co. Is Colleyville’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Colleyville is not a typical North Texas suburb. It’s a city of custom estates, ornamental ironwork, and brick and limestone entry columns. That’s the work we do every day, and it’s why homeowners here call us when a big swing gate needs to be hung perfectly and automated without a struggle. Our Gate Installation team has been the one Colleyville residents call for the heavy, custom, and complicated jobs.
Every crew that arrives at a Colleyville property is background-checked, uniformed, and works under Victor Salinas’s direct supervision. He’s been the lead on gate projects across the metroplex long enough to know the difference between a gate that merely opens and one that runs silently for a decade. Our customers in Colleyville keep our phone number because the first job went right, and the guarantee behind it was real. One recent review from a homeowner off Glade Road simply said, “They did everything they said they would, and the gate still works like new two years later.” That’s the standard.
We answer the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not an answering service, not a voicemail. A live person at Ironworks Gate Co. picks up and gets your question answered. When a Colleyville homeowner calls at 8:00 a.m. about a gate that won’t close, we’re scheduling a same-week visit, often faster.
Our Gate Installation Services in Colleyville
We install and automate every type of driveway and estate gate you’ll find in Colleyville. Most of what we do is custom steel or ornamental iron, and we treat each job as its own project, not a line item off a template. Here’s what we handle most often in the 76034 ZIP.
Driveway Gate
A driveway gate in Colleyville is usually the entry to a half-acre or larger estate, and it carries real weight, both physically and at the curb. We build and install steel and ornamental iron driveway gates rated for daily use, and we match the style to the home’s brick, stone, and existing metalwork. Whether it’s a single wide gate on Bransford Road or a full estate entry near the Colleyville Nature Center, we plan the post depth, operator placement, and swing geometry before any concrete is poured.
Pedestrian Gate
Most estate properties pair a pedestrian gate with a matching driveway gate, and keeping the pair consistent matters. We fabricate and install pedestrian gates in the same steel profiles and ironwork patterns as the main entry, with proper frame reinforcement so a lighter pedestrian leaf doesn’t sag or rack over time. In Colleyville’s ornamental-heavy neighborhoods, a mismatched pedestrian gate stands out, and we do everything we can to keep the whole entry looking like one piece.
Sliding Gate
Sliding gates make sense on Colleyville driveways where a swing gate would eat too much of the approach, or where the driveway slopes toward the street. We install single-track slide gates with proper steel support wheels, rack and pinion drive systems, and operators rated for the gate’s actual weight. On a steep approach like some along Pleasant Run Road, we’ll hard-wire instead of relying on solar, and we’ll be straight with you about why.
Swing Gate
Swing gates are the most common style in Colleyville, usually mounted on masonry pilasters with ornamental iron or steel leaves. The catch with a swing gate here is the ground underneath it. Colleyville sits on Blackland Prairie clay that swells in spring and cracks in August, and a swing gate that starts the summer plumb can be leaning by September. We set gate posts on deeper, reinforced footings specifically because we know this soil moves. A swing gate installed right in Colleyville needs more below ground than the same gate would in sandy soil across the lake.
Double Gate and Security Gate
Double swing gates are the standard at larger Colleyville entries, and they double the points where a hinge, an operator, or a limit switch can misbehave. We fabricate paired leaves to match, hang them on adjustable heavy-duty hinges, and sync the operators so both leaves open and close without fighting each other. On security gates, we add the entry hardware the property needs: keypads, intercoms, cameras, and card readers, wired and tested as part of the install. A security gate that doesn’t close quietly and reliably every single cycle is not a security gate. It’s a driveway ornament.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Colleyville
We’re certified and trained on nine gate-automation brands, and we stock common parts for the ones Colleyville homes most often use: FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking, among others. That means when we show up to replace an operator on a heavy ornamental swing gate near Bransford Road, we likely have the right part on the truck instead of ordering it and coming back. For Colleyville homeowners with existing automation, we can often match a failed operator with a like-for-like replacement so the gate’s behavior and the remote buttons don’t change.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Colleyville Homes
We’re called to Colleyville properties for the same handful of failures over and over, and almost all of them trace back to how the original gate was set in this specific ground, or how it was powered. Here’s what we see, and how we handle each one.
- Masonry pilasters leaning from clay shrink-swell. Colleyville’s “black gumbo” clay expands after spring rain and contracts hard in summer. A pilaster that moves even half an inch throws a swing gate out of plumb, and the auto-close cycle starts binding or reversing. We check pilaster plumb before touching an operator board, because recalibrating a gate on a leaning column is a temporary fix.
- Shallow post footings that should never have held the gate. We have pulled more than a few original posts in Colleyville and found them barely 24 inches deep. In shifting clay, that’s not enough. We pour reinforced footings at 48 inches or deeper depending on gate weight, and we anchor the post so the gate stays where we hung it through wet springs and dry summers.
- Undersized solar openers on shaded lots. Many Colleyville estates have mature oaks shading the gate entry, which is beautiful and brutal on solar panels. A solar-fed operator that never gets full sun leaves a heavy gate dead by the third cloudy week. We hard-wire operators where the site allows, and we’ll tell you honestly if a solar setup will not hold up on your lot.
- Missing entrapment protection on custom gates. Newer custom gates in Colleyville sometimes get built without photo-eyes or edge sensors. That fails UL 325 and will not pass a city inspection. We wire in the required entrapment protection on every install, and we test it with a full obstruction cycle before we call the job done.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Colleyville, TX
You should know the numbers before you commit. Here’s what we tell Colleyville homeowners to expect for a full gate installation with automation:
- Custom steel or ornamental iron driveway gate with automation: $7,000 to $18,500, depending on gate size, weight, and operator type.
- Double swing gate with paired operators and entrapment protection: $11,000 to $22,000 for full fabrication, posts or pilaster reinforcement, and synced automation.
- Pedestrian gate matching the driveway entry: $1,800 to $4,500 installed, depending on metalwork and hardware.
- Sliding gate with hard-wired rack and pinion operator: $8,500 to $16,000, with the higher end for longer, heavier gates.
- Operator-only replacement on an existing Colleyville gate: $1,200 to $3,800 installed, depending on brand and gate weight.
What moves the price in Colleyville is the ground under the posts and the weight of the gate. A 16-foot ornamental double gate on a steep Bransford Road lot needs more steel in the footings than a lighter single gate on level ground, and that is honest money spent below the surface where it matters. We give you a written quote before work starts, and that price is the price. No change order surprises, no end-of-job add-ons. Call (254) 330-8718 and Victor will walk the site, take the measurements, and give you a real number.
We Also Serve Cities Near Colleyville
Most of our Colleyville work comes from referrals in adjoining cities, and we’re glad to cross a city line. We handle Colleyville gate installation alongside jobs in Bedford, Hurst, Southlake, and North Richland Hills, though the gate styles and soil conditions change from street to street. If you’re just over the line, call us. We’ll treat your gate the same way we treat every Colleyville estate.
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 - Gate Installation in Colleyville
For a heavy ornamental swing gate in Colleyville, we set posts on reinforced concrete footings at least 48 inches deep, and often deeper for gates over 500 pounds or on steep approaches. The Blackland Prairie clay here expands and contracts enough to work a shallow footing loose within a year, and a gate that leaves our shop plumb should still be plumb five years later. We’ll dig to the depth your gate’s weight and your specific soil profile require, and we’ll show you the footing before concrete goes in. Call (254) 330-8718 for an exact spec on your entry.
Dry summer heat shrinks Colleyville’s clay soil, and the pilaster holding one side of your gate can shift by a fraction of an inch, which is enough to bind the leaf or trip the obstruction sensor. The gate itself is often fine. The post has moved. We check pilaster plumb first, then the hinge anchors, and then the operator’s limit settings, in that order. If the post is leaning, recalibrating alone will not hold. Call us for an inspection and we’ll tell you whether the fix is adjustment or a deeper structural repair.
If the gate entry spends most of the day under tree canopy, a solar opener will likely starve and leave the gate dead within a few cloudy weeks, especially on a heavy ornamental gate. We have seen exactly this on shaded Colleyville lots off Glade Road and Bransford, and we won’t install a system that is set up to fail. Where a site allows, we hard-wire the operator to line voltage. If solar is the only option and the shade is too deep, we’ll tell you before any money changes hands.
Every new automated driveway gate in Colleyville must meet UL 325, which means photo-eyes, edge sensors, or both, with an obstruction test that the operator must pass on every cycle. We wire the required entrapment protection into every install, test it with a physical obstruction, and leave it operational before we call the job complete. If you’re adding automation to an existing gate that has none, we’ll bring it up to code as part of the job.
On steep Colleyville approaches, we use a rack and pinion drive with a properly anchored track, and we hard-wire the operator instead of relying on solar, because a slide gate fighting gravity on an incline needs consistent power. We also set the gate’s support wheels so the leaf rides true without climbing the rack under load. If the slope is extreme, we’ll talk through the option of a swing gate before we quote, but on most Colleyville approaches, a rack and pinion slide gate runs smoothly for years once it’s set correctly.
If your Colleyville property needs a gate that fits the home, handles the soil, and runs quietly for years, call (254) 330-8718. We’ll come out, look at the entry, and give you a written quote that is the price, not a starting point. Victor Salinas and the Ironworks Gate Co. crews know Colleyville’s gates, its soil, and its standards. That’s why we’re the call that gets it right.
Written by Victor Salinas, Owner at Ironworks Gate Co., serving Colleyville since 1984.