Gate Installation in Salt Lake City, UT The Part of the Fence That Moves

Every other part of a fence just stands there. The gate swings, closes clean, takes the wind, and gets used a few thousand times a year, which is why it's the first thing to fail on almost every fence we're called to repair. Gate installation in Salt Lake City is where careful building shows. Done right, a gate shuts with a click for twenty years. Done cheap, it drags a groove in your driveway by the second spring. We install, automate, and repair gates of every kind, residential and commercial, across the valley.

Gate types we install

No two openings are the same, so we build the gate to the job. These are the kinds we put in most weeks.

Walk and pedestrian gates

The single walk gate is the workhorse of a yard fence: sized for people and mowers, hung to swing true, and set to close on its own.

Double drive gates

For driveways and wide equipment access, a matched pair splits the span so neither leaf sags, with a drop rod holding the closed side firm.

Driveway and slide gates

On tight city lots where a swing arc has nowhere to go, a rolling or cantilever slide gate wins. Long driveways lean the other way, toward an automatic swing.

Automatic and electric gates

When an opening calls for powered entry, our automatic and security gate work covers openers, keypads, remotes, and phone control. More on the automation below.

Custom gates

Odd spans, arched tops, estate entries, and matched infill are custom work. We design and fabricate the gate to the lot, not to a catalog.

Commercial and access gates

Warehouses, yards, and multi-family properties need heavier frames, wider openings, and entry systems that handle real traffic. We build commercial gates to that higher spec.

Gates matched to your fence

Whatever your fence is built from, the gate is built to match it: cedar, chain link, aluminum, ornamental iron, or composite steel.

Why gates fail (and how we stop it)

Nearly every failed gate traces back to the same handful of causes.

Shallow footings

A gate set in a shallow footing leans under its own weight, and once it moves it never hangs true again. Ours go deep, in concrete, sized to the gate they carry.

Out-of-square frames

A frame built out of square sags at the closing corner within a season. We brace every frame on the diagonal so it holds its shape for good.

Undersized hinges

Hinges chosen for looks instead of load wear out and drop the gate. We size the hardware to the real weight, not to what's cheapest in the bin.

How we install your gate

Our gate installation is its own build, not an afterthought at the end of a fence run.

Measuring the opening

We start by measuring the true span, the slope the gate has to clear, and how you actually use the opening, daily driving or occasional yard use.

Setting deep footings

Before we excavate new gate-post locations, underground utilities are marked through Blue Stakes of Utah 811, which asks excavators to submit a locate request at least three business days before digging. Gate footings then go deeper and heavier than a standard fence, set in concrete below grade so frost heave can't lift them.

Hanging and squaring

We hang the gate, square the frame, and balance the swing so it moves with one finger and stays where you leave it.

Hardware and automation

Finally we fit the hardware and, where the job calls for it, the automation, then test the catch with you before we leave the site.

Gate openers, operators, and access systems

A powered gate is a system, not just a motor, and the parts you don't see are the ones that keep it safe.

Openers and operators

We install swing and slide gate operators sized to the gate, with the soft-start automation that keeps a heavy gate from tearing itself apart.

Access control

Keypads, remotes, phone control, and intercoms let you decide who gets in. We wire the access control to match how the property is actually used.

Safety sensors and backup

Photo-eyes, edge sensors, and battery backup are not optional on an automated gate. They protect kids, pets, and cars, and they keep the gate working when the power drops.

What gate installation costs

Gate pricing comes down to a few honest variables. As a local gate company that quotes in writing, we lock the number before anything is ordered. The main drivers:

• Span and type: a single walk gate versus a double drive or slide gate.
• Material and infill: matched to your fence, from chain link to fabricated steel.
• Automation: the operator, wiring, and any access control add to the installation cost.
• Footings and hardware: deeper footings and heavier hinges on drive gates.

The written quote itemizes each of these, there's no trip fee, and a free consultation on site gets you an exact figure. See how we price every job on our services overview, or compare gate styles against our full fence installation lineup.

Gates for the Salt Lake Valley

Utah winters are hard on gates. Frost heave lifts shallow footings and drops the closing corner out of alignment; plow berms lean on driveway gates all season; and a long driveway in a storm is exactly when a manual gate gets left open. We install gates from tight lots in Salt Lake City and Millcreek to long driveways in Draper, Herriman, and Bluffdale, where automation earns its keep.

Why choose Trusted Fence

Ask anyone with a sagging gate how their fence company handled it. We'd rather build it so that call never happens. Our gate installers do this every week, we're locally owned and insured, and Landon writes each quote himself. Every gate we hang is:

• Set in deep concrete footings, sized to the gate.
• Braced square and balanced to swing with one finger.
• Fitted with load-rated hinges and a clean-closing catch.
• Backed by our plumb, level, and square guarantee.

Gates are one piece of what we build as your fence contractor in Salt Lake City, UT, and they're the piece we're most particular about.