Custom iron driveway gate installed at a Thornton, CO property

Iron Works · Thornton, CO

Custom Iron Gates in Thornton, CODriveway, Entry, and Walk Gates Built to Fit

A gate that’s actually made for your opening looks and works differently than one squeezed to fit from a standard size. We measure first, then build.

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Custom iron gates are one of our Iron Works services, and they’re almost always part of a bigger project — a driveway entrance, a fence that needs an access point, or a walk gate that should match a fence we already built. We fabricate to your actual opening, not a standard size we make you work around.

Why Thornton Property Owners Choose Us for Custom Gates

A gate takes more abuse than the rest of the fence combined — it’s the part that moves, the part with hardware, the part someone’s leaning on or swinging shut every day. We build ours to handle that, not just to look right on install day.

Leo or someone from his crew measures the actual opening in person before we design anything, since a gate built to the wrong dimensions is a problem no amount of good welding fixes later.

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All About Fencing crew installing a custom iron gate in Thornton, CO

Gate Types We Build

Swing Gates

The standard for driveways and walk paths — single leaf for narrower openings, double leaf for wider driveways where one panel would be too heavy or too long to swing cleanly. Needs clearance for the arc, so slope and landscaping factor into the design.

Sliding Gates

Makes sense where swing clearance isn't available — a sloped driveway, a tight approach, or a property line close enough that a swinging gate would cross it. Needs a track and enough flat run alongside the opening to slide into.

Walk gates are simpler than driveway gates but still get built to the same standard — sized to the opening, hung on hardware that won’t sag, with a latch that holds up to daily use instead of the lightest option available.

Getting the Size Right

Driveway gate width depends on what actually needs to fit through it — a standard passenger vehicle needs less clearance than a truck, trailer, or RV, and we ask about that before finalizing dimensions instead of assuming. We also check the swing or slide path against anything already in the way: mailboxes, utility boxes, sloped grade, or landscaping that seemed fine until a 12-foot gate panel needed to clear it.

We Build & Install

The gate structure, hardware, hinges, and posts — sized to handle daily use and rated for the actual weight involved, not standard hardware stretched past what it's meant to carry.

Usually a Separate Scope

Automatic gate openers. We build the gate ready to accept one — the right frame and hardware — and can point you toward a specialist when you're ready for that step.

Making It Actually Yours

Most custom gates we build are meant to match something — the fence style already on the property, the architecture of the house, or a design element the homeowner has in mind before we ever measure anything. Scrollwork, arched tops, a family initial or address number worked into the design — this is where a gate stops being hardware and starts being part of how the property looks from the street.

What Thornton Customers Are Saying

Ready for a gate that's actually built for your opening?

Call or request your free quote — we'll measure your property and design something that fits and functions the way it should. Curious what else we handle?