Garland Gate Pros: Automatic, Iron & Sliding Driveway Gates for Homes, Ranches and Businesses
Residential and commercial gate design, fabrication, automation, and repair. Wrought iron, ornamental steel, aluminum, wood, and vinyl gates built and wired across the Dallas metroplex by a licensed, insured crew.
- Licensed & Insured
- 15+ Years of Experience
- Free On-Site Estimate
- Se Habla Espanol
Our Gate Services in Garland, TX
Wrought Iron Gates
Real wrought iron and heavy solid-bar steel make the best-looking driveway gates in Garland and the hardest ones to keep hanging straight. A twelve-foot iron leaf can weigh four hundred pounds, and every ounce of it lands on one post set in ground that will not hold still.
Ornamental Steel Gates
Ornamental steel gets you the look of forged iron out of formed tube and pressed components, at roughly half the weight. In Garland that weight difference is not a cosmetic detail.
Garage Gate Installation
Garage and parking-structure gates are the one job in Garland where the soil mostly stops mattering. The gate mounts to a slab that was engineered and poured, not to a post in clay.
Aluminum Gates
Aluminum is the right answer for a lot of Garland driveways. It will not rust, it takes powder coat beautifully, and a welded aluminum leaf runs roughly a third the weight of the same gate in steel.
Wood Gates
A cedar driveway gate warms up a brick elevation in a way no metal gate manages. The problem in Garland is that wood and the ground under it are both moving on the same seasonal clock, in the same direction, and neither one is being helpful to the other.
Vinyl & Composite Gates
This is the page where we talk most people out of something. Vinyl and composite make sense as fencing across Garland, and they make a poor driveway gate on their own.
Sliding Gates
Slide gates suit driveways that are short on swing room, on a slope, or facing straight onto a busy Garland street where a swinging leaf would reach into traffic. There are two ways to build one, and the ground here has strong opinions about which of them you should choose.
Swing Gates
Swing gates are the default across most of Garland. They need two footings rather than a run of concrete, they open fast, and the hardware stays adjustable for decades.
Cantilever Gates
A cantilever gate carries its whole weight on roller trucks mounted to posts on one side, with nothing touching the ground across the driveway. On Garland lots that is a genuine advantage, because the opening itself is the part of a property you can least rely on to stay flat.
Bi-Fold & Vertical Pivot Gates
Bifold and vertical pivot gates open in half the space a swing gate needs, far faster than a slide gate. They are excellent equipment.
Automatic Gate Operators
Before we sell you an operator, we want to look at the gate. In Garland a surprising share of automation complaints are not electrical faults at all.
Access Control & Keypads
A keypad is the cheapest good decision in access control. Guests, cleaners and delivery drivers get in without a remote, and codes change in a minute.
Telephone Entry Systems
Telephone entry is right when the people who need in are not the people who live there. A visitor scrolls a directory, presses call, and the phone that rings is yours wherever you are.
Safety Sensors & UL 325 Compliance
UL 325 is the standard that keeps an automatic gate from closing on a child, a pet or a car. It is not paperwork, and in Garland the reason installations drift out of compliance is the ground rather than the wiring.
Gate Motors & Solar Power
Solar gate operators are genuinely useful equipment, and in Garland they are usually the second-best answer. Before we quote a panel and a battery bank, we would rather price the trench, because on most lots here the trench is short, easy and cheaper over the life of the gate.
Custom & Estate Gates
An estate entry is a piece of architecture that happens to move. Custom scrollwork, monogram panels, arched top rails and masonry columns are the visible part.
Security Fencing & Perimeter
A gate is only as good as what stands beside it. Ornamental steel and aluminum fencing, welded panel, and heavier commercial-grade systems all get built and installed by the same shop that builds your gate, so the picket spacing, rail height and finish actually match instead of nearly matching.
Commercial & Industrial Gates
Commercial gates are graded on uptime, not appearance. A stuck gate at a distribution yard off I-30 stops trucks in the street.
Welding & Gate Fabrication
We run our own metal shop, so much of our work is repair, not replacement. When a gate here goes wrong the metal is usually fine and the geometry is not, and geometry is fixed with a jack, a level and a welder rather than a purchase order.
Emergency Gate Service
A gate that will not open traps you at home. A gate that will not close leaves your property open all night.
Garland Gate Pros is an insured gate contractor with over 15 years of experience building, automating, and servicing driveway gates for residential and commercial properties in Garland, TX.
We fabricate custom wrought iron and ornamental steel gates, powder-coated aluminum gates, cedar wood gates on welded steel frames, vinyl and composite privacy gates, single and dual swing gates, roller and cantilever slide gates, bi-fold and vertical-pivot gates for short driveways, ranch and estate entrances, security fencing, and parking barrier arms.
On the automation side we install and repair LiftMaster, DoorKing, FAAC, Ramset, and Apollo gate operators, telephone entry systems, keypads, card and fob readers, video intercoms, loop detectors, photo-eye sensors, solar power kits, and Knox box fire-department access.
Every operator we hang is set up to UL 325 safety compliance with the correct Class I through Class IV classification for the property, two independent means of entrapment protection wired and tested, and force limits set properly rather than turned up until the gate stops complaining.
Garland sits on blackland prairie clay that swells and shrinks with every wet and dry cycle, which is exactly why we set gate posts in deep concrete footings below the active zone instead of the shallow holes that leave a gate dragging by the second summer.
Steel gets hot-dip galvanized or primed and powder coated, frames are built in 14-gauge and 16-gauge tube sized to the span, and every gate, operator, and access system carries a written workmanship warranty.
What Garland Customers Say
Built us a dual swing iron gate off the lake road and drilled the footings much deeper than the other bid did. Two seasons of clay movement and it still meets in the middle perfectly.
A storm took out our control board and the gate was stuck open. They came the same afternoon, replaced the board, added surge protection, and reprogrammed all four remotes.
Solar opener on a long driveway with no power run. They sized the panel to how much we actually use the gate instead of guessing. It has not blinked, even in January.
Our HOA call box could not complete calls after the phone line was cut over. They converted it to cellular, rebuilt the directory, and trained our board on the software.
Cantilever gate on our yard was dragging and eating rollers. They shimmed the posts, replaced the roller assemblies, and re-aligned the operator. Trucks go through it all day now.
Cedar slat gate on a steel frame with a hidden underground operator. It looks like a magazine photo and it has not sagged an inch. The crew left the site cleaner than they found it.
Why Garland Chooses Garland Gate Pros
- ✓Over 15 years installing and automating gates across the Dallas metroplex
- ✓In-house welding shop — we fabricate and coat our own gates rather than reselling panels
- ✓Deep footings engineered for North Texas blackland clay, so gates stay square
- ✓Every operator wired to UL 325 with photo eyes, loop detectors and tested entrapment protection
- ✓Surge protection standard, because Texas storms kill more control boards than anything else
- ✓Insured and bonded, with a written workmanship warranty
- ✓Se habla espanol
About Garland Gate Pros in Garland, TX
Garland Gate Pros has spent over 15 years building, automating, and repairing driveway gates across Garland and the greater Dallas metroplex. We came up out of a welding shop taking on trailer repairs, handrails, and whatever else rolled through the bay, and we still build gates the way a fabricator thinks about them rather than the way a catalog does.
Today we handle custom wrought iron entrances, ornamental steel and aluminum gates, ranch entry gates with pipe and cable fencing, cantilever slides for industrial yards, barrier arms, and access control for gated communities, and every job runs with our own crews.
The part that separates a gate that lasts from one that does not is almost never the gate. It is the footings, the coating, and the operator sizing.
We drill deep footings that get below the seasonal movement in North Texas clay, hot-dip galvanize or powder coat the steel so humidity and rain do not start rust inside the tube, and specify operators to the real gate weight and daily cycle count rather than to the cheapest model that technically fits.
Every operator is wired to UL 325 with photo eyes, loop detectors, and tested entrapment protection. We are licensed, insured, and bonded, a member of the International Door Association, and everything we install carries a written workmanship warranty.
Wrought iron, ornamental steel, aluminum, wood, vinyl, sliding, swing, cantilever, and bi-fold gates, plus operators, keypads, telephone entry, safety sensors, solar power, security fencing, and emergency service. One call, one crew, one company that still answers the phone afterward. Se habla espanol, and the on-site estimate is always free.
How It Works
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1. Design & quote
We drive out, measure the opening, check the fall of the driveway, and find out what power is actually available at the gate. Then you get an itemized quote you can compare line by line.
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2. Fabrication & prep
We cut, fit, and weld the gate in our own shop, prep and powder coat it, then dig footings deep enough for North Texas clay and run conduit for the operator, loops, and access control.
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3. Install & automate
We hang the gate, mount and align the operator, wire the keypad, exit loop, and photo eyes, then program remotes and set travel and force limits to UL 325.
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4. Test & hand off
We cycle the gate until we are satisfied, test entrapment protection with a real obstruction, show you the manual release and the battery backup, and leave the paperwork with you.
Commercial, Industrial & Gated-Community Gate Services in Garland
We install, automate, and maintain commercial and industrial gates for gated communities, HOAs, apartment complexes, self-storage facilities, distribution yards, and municipal sites across the Dallas metroplex. Heavy truck-rated cantilever slides on 14-gauge galvanized frames, Class III and Class IV operators, telephone entry with resident directories, card and fob readers, free-exit loop detectors, barrier arms, and Knox box fire-department access, all wired to UL 325 and kept inspection-ready.
- ✓Gated communities & HOAs
- ✓Apartment & condo complexes
- ✓Self-storage & distribution yards
- ✓Truck-rated cantilever slides & barrier arms
- ✓Telephone entry, card readers & keypads
- ✓Class III/IV operators wired to UL 325
- ✓Knox box fire-department access
- ✓Scheduled maintenance contracts
Service Areas
Garland Gate Pros serves Garland, TX and surrounding communities including:
Recent Projects Across the Dallas metroplex
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a driveway gate cost in Garland?
Most automated driveway gates around Garland run from roughly $4,000 into the $12,000s depending on width, material, single or dual swing versus a slide gate, and the access control you add. Ornamental steel and aluminum sit at the lower end, custom wrought iron and long ranch entrances at the upper end. We quote firm and itemized after a free on-site measure.
Why do gate posts fail in North Texas?
Blackland prairie clay. It swells when it rains and shrinks hard in a Texas August, and a post set in a shallow hole rides that movement until the gate drags or the leaves stop meeting. We drill deeper footings that reach below the active moisture zone and size them to the gate weight and wind load, which is the difference between a gate that stays square and one you fight every year.
What is UL 325 and does my gate have to meet it?
UL 325 is the safety standard for powered gate operators. It calls for two independent means of entrapment protection, correct Class I through Class IV classification for the property type, monitored safety devices, and warning placards. Everything we install meets it, and if we service an older gate that was never brought up to code we will show you exactly what is missing before you decide.
Do you install commercial and gated-community gates?
Yes. Along with residential driveway gates we install and maintain commercial and industrial gates, cantilever slide gates, barrier arms, telephone entry, and card-reader access control for gated communities, HOAs, apartment complexes, self-storage sites, and contractor yards across the metroplex.
Do you repair gates and operators you did not install?
Constantly. We diagnose dead control boards, blown transformers, failed limit switches, misaligned photo eyes, and bad loop detectors on any brand, replace rollers, chains, and hinges, and get stuck gates cycling again no matter who built them or how long ago.
Can a storm damage an automatic gate?
Hail rarely hurts the gate itself, but North Texas storms take out gate systems in two ways we see every spring. Lightning and grid surges kill control boards, which is why every operator we install gets surge protection. And straight-line wind catches solid privacy panels like a sail, which is why wide solid gates need heavier frames, stronger hinges, and posts sized for the wind load rather than just the weight.