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Project · Gate installation

Cedar double swing gate, fence and pedestrian gate in St. Johns, Portland, OR

Photos, start to finish

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  1. Crew preparing a side driveway for a new cedar gate and fence in St. Johns, Portland
    01In progress Day one: site prep along the side of the house.
  2. New cedar double swing gate in black steel frames across a side driveway
    02In progress End of day one: cedar double gate hung in black steel frames.
  3. Cedar double gate and matching fence panel seen from inside the yard
    03In progress The same gate from inside the yard, with a matching fence panel.
  4. Cedar pedestrian gate in a black steel frame with a matching cedar fence
    04In progress Matching cedar pedestrian gate and fence, built the same day.
  5. Swing gate operator arm on a cedar gate and a control box mounted on the house wall
    05Finished A week later: operators on the gate, control box on the wall.
  6. Finished automatic cedar double swing gate with operators in St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
    06Finished Finished: automatic cedar double swing gate.

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The job, start to finish

Where it started

This side driveway in St. Johns was three pieces in one project: a driveway gate, the fence beside it, and a pedestrian gate.

What we did

All three were built in cedar inside black steel frames, and all three went up in a single day. A week later we came back, mounted the control box on the house wall, and added LiftMaster LA400UL swing operators to the driveway gate.

  • Cedar double swing gate in black steel frames
  • Matching cedar fence panels and a pedestrian gate
  • Swing operators and control box added a week later

How it turned out

The driveway gate is now automatic, and the fence and pedestrian gate match it.

See it working

Both cedar leaves opening on their operators.

More on this kind of job: read our guides, Wood, steel, or aluminum gates and What a driveway gate costs.

Services on this job: Gate installation, Custom fabrication, Openers & automation. More about our work in St. Johns.

Good to know

Questions we get about jobs like this

Can my walk gate use the same keypad or fob as my driveway gate?

Yes. We fit the pedestrian gate with an electric strike or magnetic lock and wire it into your existing access controller. DoorKing, LiftMaster, and Linear systems all support multiple entry points on one set of codes and credentials. If you'd rather see visitors before letting them in, a DoorBird or ButterflyMX video intercom at the walk gate lets you answer and unlock from your phone.

How long does installation take?

Once your gate is fabricated, most residential installations take one to two days on site: setting posts, hanging the gate, mounting the operator, cutting loops, wiring, and programming access. Concrete footings need time to cure before the gate hangs on them, so some projects split into two short visits. Custom fabrication adds lead time up front, which we give you when we quote, and we stick to it.

What safety devices are required on an automated gate?

Automated gates fall under the UL 325 standard, which requires entrapment protection, typically photo eyes and contact edge sensors that stop or reverse the gate if something is in its path. The standard also expects pedestrians to have their own entry separate from the vehicle gate's travel path, which is one of the main reasons we build walk gates. Every automated gate we touch leaves with working safety devices, and we test them on existing installs too.

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