Custom Gates in Metro Detroit — Walk, Driveway, Ornamental & Wood

A fence is only as good as the hole you walk through. BH Fencing builds custom walk and driveway gates across metro Detroit — wood privacy gates, ornamental aluminum, and heavier framed openings for estate and commercial drives — hung on posts that can take the weight when clay soil and freeze-thaw try to twist the hinge line.

Walk Gates That Don't Fight You

A walk gate should clear the grade, latch with one hand, and not drop an inch by March. We frame wood gates so they stay square, hang vinyl gates on reinforced posts, and set aluminum gates so the latch meets the keeper — including self-closing hardware on pool openings.

Typical walk gates in this market often run $400–$1,200 installed, depending on width, material, and hardware. That's a typical range, not a quote. A matching privacy gate on a six-foot cedar run is a different build than a light picket arbor gate.

• Wood privacy and picket walk gates built to the fence style
• Vinyl walk gates on reinforced posts
• Ornamental aluminum with optional self-closing hardware
• Hardware that survives salt and freeze-thaw
• Widths planned for mowers, bins, and strollers — not guesswork

Driveway Gates for Real Openings

Single-swing, double-swing, and sliding layouts depend on the apron, the slope, and where snow gets piled. A pretty estate gate that can't open because the driveway crowns two inches is a failed design. We measure the opening, the swing, and the winter pile before we build.

Typical driveway gates run $1,500–$6,000+ depending on width, material, and whether you're preparing for an operator. Automation — photo eyes, operators, access — is scoped in writing with qualified equipment. We don't sell a motor on a gate that can't carry one.

• Wood, aluminum, and framed custom driveway leaves
• Double-swing and slide options based on the apron
• Operator-ready posts and conduit path when requested
• Estate looks for Troy, Birmingham, Rochester Hills, Northville
• Commercial drive gates for shop and yard traffic

Custom Doesn't Mean Vague

Custom means we build to your opening and your house — horizontal cedar to match a Ferndale privacy wall, ornamental to match a Grosse Pointe Woods front fence, a heavier wood pair for a Rochester Hills or Northville estate drive. You approve the drawing or a clear spec before we fabricate.

Lead time is honest. A stock walk gate can move with the fence install. A long custom driveway pair waits on materials and shop time. We'll put the window in the quote.

• Spec or simple drawing before we build
• Style matched to the existing or new fence
• Honest lead times — custom is not next-day
• On-site hang and adjustment included
• Finishing notes for stain-ready wood gates

Why Gates Fail Here — and How We Avoid It

Hinge posts that are too light, concrete that traps water, and hardware that rusts are the usual suspects. Add a heavy wood leaf and a February thaw and the gate drags. We overbuild the posts that carry hinges, drain the holes, and use hardware rated for the weight.

If you're replacing a gate that already failed, we'll look at why before we hang a prettier version of the same mistake.

• Hinge posts sized for the leaf, not the catalog minimum
• Frost-depth setting on every gate post
• Hardware chosen for weight and weather
• Swing checked on the real grade, not a flat shop floor
• Callback adjustment if the first season needs a tweak

What's included

• Measure of the opening, swing, and grade
• Written spec for walk or driveway gate style
• Fabrication or supply of the agreed gate
• Oversized hinge posts set below frost
• Hardware, latch, and drop rods as specified
• On-site hang, swing check, and adjustment
• Operator-ready prep when included in the quote
• Workmanship guarantee on the gate install