Automatic openers for swing and sliding gates, plus keypads, remotes and repairs.
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A gate motor means you open the driveway from the car, in the rain, without getting out. It only works well when the gate does, so we start with the gate itself: it has to swing or slide freely, hang level and close without forcing. A motor pushing a sagging gate burns out early.
Because Muniz Fence builds and welds gates, we can fix the gate and install the motor in the same job: reinforce the frame, reset a post, add the brackets the opener needs. That is the difference between calling a gate company and calling a welder, and here you get both.
Swing gates use an arm on the hinge post; sliding gates use an operator on a pad beside the driveway. Either one can open with remotes, a keypad, a phone app or an intercom, and should have safety sensors so the gate stops and reverses if a car or a child is in the way.
For a new opener, the electrical side matters too: the 120-volt circuit is a licensed electrician's job with a City of Houston permit, while the sensors and keypad run on low voltage. Where there is no power near the gate, a solar opener is the simpler route.
This is not a quote. It is an approximate range so you know what to expect. The exact price is set only after a free visit to see your property, because the ground, slope, access and the old fence all change the cost. You never pay anything you have not approved first.
For single and double swing gates, mounted on the hinge post.
For driveways without room to swing, on a concrete pad beside the gate.
Open from the car, with a code at the gate, or for visitors. Controls go at least 6 ft from the moving gate, as UL 325 asks.
For gates without power nearby: a solar panel and battery, no new circuit.
Gates that stopped opening, open halfway, or reverse for no reason. Often the cause is the gate, not the motor.
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Free estimateUsually, yes. We check that the gate is level, swings or slides freely and that the posts can take the load. If it needs welding or a new post first, we do that in the same job.
Send a photo or a short video of the gate and the motor. Many failures come from a gate that drags, a bad sensor or a dead battery, and those are quick fixes.
Yes. Under the UL 325 safety standard, openers made since 2016 need two separate entrapment protections in each direction, opening and closing, and the motor won't run without them. Photo eyes and safety edges do that job, and we include them in every installation (DASMA, TDS 356).
It depends on the gate, its weight and the opener. As a national reference, Angi's 2026 figures put an installed automatic gate at about $2,380 to $8,000, and Fixr lists solar openers at about $500 to $2,000 for the equipment alone. Adding a motor to a gate you already have usually costs less than a new automatic gate. We give you the exact price after seeing the gate.
The 120-volt outlet or circuit that powers the motor must be done by a licensed electrician; in the City of Houston, electrical permits go only to registered master electricians. Low-voltage wiring for sensors, keypads and buttons is exempt. If there is no power near the gate, a solar opener avoids the new circuit.
Walk gates and driveway gates in iron or wood, built to swing without dragging.
$50 to $85per ft of iron fence, Houston average
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Broken hinges, snapped welds and sagging iron gates repaired instead of replaced.
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Concrete work around the property, from fence post footings to walkways and slabs.
Priced after we see the job
Ask for thisWe are based in southeast Houston (77061) and drive to each job. These are the areas we cover, with what matters for fences in each one.
