San Antonio Gate Pros provides professional wood gates in San Antonio, TX for residential and commercial properties across the San Antonio area. Wood driveway gates read warm in a way metal never manages, and a horizontal-slat cedar gate against limestone or stucco is one of the better looks in San Antonio right now. The catch is that wood alone will not hold a fourteen-foot span square through one South Texas summer, which is why every wood gate we build hangs on a welded steel frame. That is not an upsell, it is the only construction that survives. Wood takes on moisture in a wet spring and gives it back through a hundred-degree August, and a gate framed entirely in lumber works its joints loose a little more every cycle until it becomes a parallelogram. You can see the evidence all over town: a gate that closed perfectly the first year now needs a lift and a shoulder, and there is a fresh arc scraped into the concrete. Putting the load on a steel frame and hanging cedar off it as cladding lets the metal hold the geometry while the wood does what wood is genuinely good at, which is looking expensive. Species matters more than people expect. Western red cedar has real rot and insect resistance and takes a penetrating stain beautifully, and local Texas cedar is a legitimate option with a very different grain and colour if you want the ranch look. We steer customers away from pine and most big-box treated lumber for gate cladding, because it moves more, cups faster, and bleeds through finishes in this humidity. Whatever we use is sealed on all six faces before assembly, including end grain and the hidden back face, because rot never starts on the side you can see. It starts at an unsealed cut end sitting against a rail with nowhere to drain. Design options include horizontal slat with a consistent reveal, tight board-on-board for full privacy, vertical tongue-and-groove, framed panel, and mixed wood-and-iron where the iron carries the ornament and the wood carries the warmth. Slat spacing deserves real thought, because a tighter gap looks better and catches considerably more wind, and wind load drives hinge, post, and footing sizing on an exposed lot. Refinishing is the part people underestimate. A film-forming finish looks superb for eighteen months, then peels in sheets and has to be stripped before it can be redone. We use penetrating stains that fade rather than fail, so a maintenance coat is an afternoon with a brush. We also rebuild tired wood gates rather than replacing them: re-slatting warped or silvered boards onto the existing frame, splicing a new bottom rail, re-hanging on proper hinges, and welding a steel frame into a wood gate that never had one.
With 15+ years of experience, our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — wrought iron and ornamental steel fabrication, ranch entry gates and pipe fencing, truck-rated cantilever slide gates, LiftMaster, DoorKing and FAAC operators, Class I-IV operator classifications, UL 325 entrapment protection — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve San Antonio and nearby communities including Alamo Heights, Schertz, Converse, Universal City.
What We Handle
Everything our wood gates in San Antonio covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of wood gates work in San Antonio, TX. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- wood driveway gates
- cedar gates
- horizontal-slat wood gates
- steel-framed wood gates
- board-on-board privacy gates
- wood gate staining and sealing
- sagging wood gate repair
- wood gate re-slatting
- custom wood entrance gates
- wood and iron combination gates
- steel frame retrofit for wood gates
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our San Antonio services.
Materials, equipment and how we do wood gates
The difference between wood gates that lasts and wood gates that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with wrought iron and ornamental steel fabrication, ranch entry gates and pipe fencing, truck-rated cantilever slide gates, LiftMaster, DoorKing and FAAC operators, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every San Antonio job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of gate work in the San Antonio area means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do wood gates outside San Antonio
San Antonio Gate Pros covers San Antonio and the surrounding communities of the San Antonio area. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Wood Gates in Alamo Heights, TX — Bexar County, population 8,400
- Wood Gates in Schertz, TX — Guadalupe, Comal and Bexar Counties, population 45,000
- Wood Gates in Converse, TX — Bexar County, population 28,000
- Wood Gates in Universal City, TX — Bexar County, population 20,000
- Wood Gates in Boerne, TX — Kendall County, population 20,000
- Wood Gates in Helotes, TX — Bexar County, population 10,000
Start on the San Antonio Gate Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why San Antonio Chooses San Antonio Gate Pros
- ✓Over 15 years installing and servicing gates across Bexar County and the Hill Country
- ✓In-house metal shop — we weld and powder coat our own gates rather than reselling panels
- ✓Footings sized to your actual soil, clay on the south side or limestone north of 1604
- ✓Every operator wired to UL 325 with photo eyes, loop detectors and tested entrapment protection
Every wood gates project in San Antonio gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free wood gates free estimate in San Antonio, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.