Gates & fencing
Driveway gates, walk gates and perimeter fencing.
Built for the opening you actually have — measured on site, fabricated to fit, and installed so it swings or slides the way it's supposed to for years, not just on day one.
- Gate types
- Swing, slide, walkDriveway and pedestrian.
- Estimate
- FreeText a photo of the opening.
- Materials
- Steel or aluminumMatched to how it’s used.
- Coverage
- Serving the East BayHayward and the East Bay.
What we build
Swing and slide driveway gates, walk-in gates, and perimeter fencing to enclose a yard, a commercial lot or a side access point. Every gate is built for the actual opening — width, slope, and what it needs to swing or slide clear of — measured in person before fabrication starts.
Perimeter fencing gets built in sections and installed post to post, matched in style to any gate that sits in the line so the whole thing reads as one system rather than a fence with a gate bolted on afterward.
Swing vs. slide
A swing gate is simpler to install and usually cheaper, but needs clear space to swing into on both sides. A slide gate is the better call on a sloped driveway or where the swing radius would land on a sidewalk, a parked car, or a property line — it runs along a track instead, at the cost of more hardware and more that can eventually need servicing. We’ll look at the actual driveway and tell you which one fits before you pick.
Automatic openers
A gate built to carry an opener needs reinforced posts and hinge hardware rated for the extra stress of daily motor use — retrofitting an opener onto a gate that wasn’t built for one is where a lot of driveway gate problems start. If you want automation, say so at the estimate stage so the gate is built for it from the start.
Security and privacy fencing
Perimeter fencing for a commercial yard or a security-conscious property is usually a plain vertical picket or paneled steel design, built tall enough and close enough in spacing to do the job without needing decoration to justify itself. Residential fencing has more room for a decorative pattern, matched to the house or the existing gate.
How the estimate works
Text a photo of the driveway or fence line, or call and describe the layout. We’ll walk the site for anything more than a straightforward gate, since ground slope and post footing depth both affect the real price and are hard to judge from a photo alone.
Covered here
Gates, and the fence they sit in.
A driveway gate, a walk gate and the fence run between them are three jobs that have to end up looking like one. Open the one you are starting with — we will plan the rest around it.
Supplier catalogs
Colours and components you can look at before you decide.
These are the suppliers whose catalogs get opened on ATR jobs. Read them as a starting point rather than a menu — what is actually right for your piece depends on the design, the exposure and how it gets fabricated, and we will confirm that at the estimate.
Gate operators and access
An automated gate is two decisions, and the second one gets forgotten. The operator has to be sized to the gate ATR builds — weight, leaf length, duty cycle, slope. The entry side is how a visitor, a delivery or a tenant actually gets in. Both are cheaper to design in now than to retrofit later, which is why we ask about them at the estimate.
- Open operators catalog
Gate Operators
Swing and slide operators with the capacity charts — leaf weight and length against duty cycle. This is the section that decides whether a gate design is automatable as drawn.
- Open accessories catalog
Gate Accessories
Loop detectors, photo eyes, edge sensors, keypads and the safety hardware an automated gate needs to be legal as well as convenient.
Composite and wood infill
On a privacy gate or a solid fence panel, the steel is the frame and the infill is what you actually look at. Composite board is the usual answer where nobody wants to be restaining timber every few years. Browse the colours, then we will detail the frame around whatever you choose.
- Browse Trex collections
Decking Collections
Board colours and profiles across the Trex lines. Deck boards, but they cut down and fit a gate frame the same way.
- Browse TimberTech collections
Deck Collections
Composite and PVC board ranges. The PVC lines hold colour noticeably better on a west-facing gate than the entry-level composites.
Powder coat colour
Powder coat is where nearly every colour decision on a job actually gets made. These are the colour cards ATR works from — pick something you like, bring the code to the estimate, and we will tell you honestly whether it suits the exposure that piece is going to live in.
- Open Essentials colour card
Essentials, Volume 6
The standard range — the colours most jobs land on, in the gloss levels and textures they are actually available in.
- Open Super Durable card
Super Durable, Volume 3
The range worth reading if the piece faces south or west. Super durable powders hold their colour years longer under direct sun than standard polyester.
- Open Metallics card
3D Metallics, Volume 2
Metallic and effect finishes, for when a flat colour is not the look. They read very differently in person than on a screen — treat the card as a shortlist, not a decision.
- Open Cardinal colour card
Powder Coatings Colour Card
A second full colour card, from a West Coast powder manufacturer. Useful as a cross-check when a colour you want is not stocked in the TIGER range.
ATR Welding is not a dealer for, affiliated with or sponsored by any company listed here. Catalogs are published by those suppliers and open on their own sites; availability, colour ranges and specifications are theirs to change. See every catalog in one place →
Gates & fencing
What people ask before booking.
Do you build automatic/motorized gates?
We fabricate and install the gate itself, and we can build it to accept an opener — reinforced posts, the right hinge hardware, clearances the operator needs. Whether we install the motor or coordinate with an opener installer depends on the job; ask when you call and we’ll tell you how that specific gate is best handled.
What determines whether a gate needs a permit?
It varies by city and by what the gate does — height, whether it swings into a public right-of-way, and whether it’s attached to a fence that itself needed a permit all factor in. We’ll flag it if your job looks like one that does, but the city’s planning or building department has the final say. It’s worth a five-minute call to them before a driveway gate goes in, not after.
Steel or aluminum for a driveway gate?
Steel is stronger for the same material thickness and is the usual choice for a heavier security-focused gate. Aluminum won’t rust, which matters more on a gate that sits outdoors year-round and doesn’t get repainted often. Weight also matters for anything going on an automatic opener — heavier steel gates need a stouter operator. We’ll ask how the gate will actually be used before recommending one.
Can you match my existing fence?
Usually — send a photo of a fence section and the style of gate you want at the entrance, and we’ll build a gate that reads as part of the same fence line rather than an obvious add-on. If the existing fence is a manufactured product no longer sold, we’ll get as close as custom fabrication allows and say so up front.
Free estimate
Send a photo of the driveway or fence line.
We'll tell you swing or slide, what it needs structurally, and a real price before anything is scheduled.
Licensed, bonded and insured — CSLB #1037852. Free estimates, no obligation.
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