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Fast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Plano

Gate installation in Plano runs anywhere from $1,800 for a basic single swing gate to $9,500 or more for a custom double driveway gate with automation. Most homeowners we work with land in the $3,200 to $6,800 range. We’ve been installing gates across Plano since 2008, and we know the neighborhoods: Willow Bend, Kings Ridge, Old Towne, the 1980s subdivisions east of US-75, and the newer Tollway corridor developments. Our crews carry parts for nine gate operator brands on the truck, so most installations finish same-day without a second trip. Call (325) 225-5440 and a live person answers, any hour.

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Why Portcullis Gate Repair Dallas Is Plano’s Preferred Gate Installation Company

Plano homeowners call us for one reason that comes up again and again: they already paid someone else to do this job, and it failed. A gate that sagged six weeks after install. An operator board that died in the first storm season. A post that shifted because the footing was poured too shallow for Plano’s clay. We handle the second call.

Portcullis Gate Repair is an independently owned Kingswell company. That means every Plano job gets a written price before we touch a single bolt, a real arrival window, a clean work site, and a written guarantee on the install. If something fails inside 365 days, we come back and correct it at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it’s stamped on your invoice. Not a verbal assurance. Written down.

Dean Prescott leads our Dallas-Fort Worth operation, and the same standard applies to every Plano job. Background-checked, uniformed technicians. A live person answers the phone 24/7. No voicemail maze, no callback queue, no “we’ll get back to you Monday.” When a Plano gate goes down on a Sunday evening, someone picks up.

Gate Fabrication in Plano

Gate Fabrication in Plano typically runs $2,400 to $7,500 depending on material, size, and whether we’re matching existing architectural details. The job involves building the gate frame, welding or fastening the infill, prepping for paint or powder coat, and fitting hinges that carry the gate’s full weight without sagging. You need fabrication when an off-the-shelf gate won’t fit the opening, when an HOA requires a specific design, or when you’re replacing a gate on masonry posts that were built for a custom leaf.

Custom Steel and Wrought-Iron Match

In Willow Bend and Kings Ridge, HOAs often require new gates to match the original subdivision design. We measure the existing leaf, match the picket spacing and top profile, and build a gate that looks like it shipped with the house. Steel and wrought iron both hold up to Plano heat, but hinge welds need reinforcement so the leaf doesn’t droop in five years.

Reinforced Hinge Posts for Clay Soil

East of US-75, the ground under Plano is Houston Black clay that shrinks in drought and swells after rain. A gate post set in that soil will heave and shift unless the footing goes below the active zone and the hinge post gets additional steel. We pour deeper footings and reinforce hinge posts as standard practice on Plano installs, not as an upcharge. The gate stays plumb through wet winters and dry summers.

Automatic Gate Installation in Plano

Automatic Gate Installation in Plano generally runs $3,800 to $9,500 including the operator, safety photocells, conduit, wiring, and programming. The operator is the motorized unit that swings or slides the gate, and it has to be sized to the gate’s weight and cycle frequency. A single-family driveway gate needs a different operator than a gate cycled forty times a day by a small HOA entrance. Plano homes built before the early 2000s often have operators that predate UL 325 entrapment protection, which became mandatory in 2001. Those older boards need retrofitted safety edges or photocells, and sometimes replacement is the cheaper answer.

UL 325 Retrofits on Legacy Operators

Plano has thousands of 1980s-era driveway gates with original control boards that lack the entrapment sensors current code requires. If your operator still runs but won’t stop or reverse on obstruction, we can retrofit safety photocells and edge sensors to bring it into compliance. If the board is obsolete and parts are no longer manufactured, replacing the operator is less expensive than chasing discontinued components.

Loop Detectors and Free-Exit Systems

Most Plano driveway gates pair an automatic opener with an in-ground loop detector that senses a vehicle and opens the gate from the inside. When we replace an operator, the existing loop may still be functional. We test it before recommending replacement. A failed loop means the gate won’t open for exiting traffic, which is a different failure mode than an operator fault. We diagnose both before quoting.

Trusted Brands We Service in Plano

We carry local stock for LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. Most Plano installs use LiftMaster or FAAC operators for residential swing gates, and BFT or Linear for commercial slide systems. Having parts on the truck in Plano means we don’t leave a gate inoperable while waiting on a distributor shipment from Fort Worth or Dallas. If your existing operator is one of those nine brands, the technician who arrives already knows the system. That saves you a diagnostic fee and a second trip.

Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Plano Homes

• Post footings heaving in clay soil. Houston Black clay under much of Plano expands and contracts with moisture, which pushes shallow footings out of plumb. A gate that scraped the ground in August may bind at the latch in February. Deeper footings below the active clay zone solve this permanently.
• Obsolete control boards without UL 325 protection. Plano homes built in the 1980s and 1990s often still run original operator boards that lack required entrapment sensors. These boards are unsafe and increasingly unrepairable. We retrofit or replace them with current UL-compliant operators.
• Rust at hinge welds from humid summers. Plano’s summer humidity accelerates rust on wrought-iron and steel gate hinges, especially at the weld points. Rusted hinges stress the frame, which compounds sag. Reinforcing hinge posts and using sealed bearings at installation prevents the sag-and-rust cycle.
• Sagging frames on original tubular steel gates. East of US-75, many 1980s-era homes still have their original chain-link or tubular steel gates with rusted hinges and drooping frames. Sometimes the frame can be straightened and reinforced. Sometimes replacement is the honest, cheaper answer. We tell you which before quoting a number.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Plano

Our crews install gates across Plano and the surrounding communities. We’re in Richardson, Addison, Sachse, and Dallas regularly. If you’re outside Plano but nearby, the same written price guarantee and Plano-standard workmanship apply. For the full scope of what we build and install, see our Gate Installation service page.

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