Aluminum gate cost: kit, installed and Zone 0 prices

As of 10 November 2026, published cost guides put an installed metal walk gate at roughly $100 to $2,000 or more, and one California installer’s published planning range for an aluminum pedestrian gate is $800 to $2,500. Bought as a kit, a 4 by 6 foot aluminum gate was listed at $808.75, before posts and latch.

The spread is wide because the sources price different things: a bare gate, a gate hung on existing posts, or a gate plus new posts and a new section of fence. If you are replacing a wood side gate specifically, our side gate replacement cost page compares wood and metal. The whole Zone 0 budget is on the Zone Zero compliance cost page.

How much does an aluminum gate cost installed?

Published gate prices, all pages accessed 10 November 2026:

The low figures come from fence cost guides that list the gate as one line in a new fence job, and Fixr’s table is ambiguous about whether labor is included. Globus gives its range on a Los Angeles privacy fence page and says a custom gate can cost more when it is tall, full privacy, woodgrain, self-closing or built into masonry.

What does an aluminum gate kit cost?

Kit prices leave out parts you still need.

• Gate kit. Globus Gates listed its Profile 60 tongue-and-groove pedestrian gate kit, 4 by 6 feet, 6063-T6 aluminum with a powder coat, at $808.75. The kit includes the frame, two heavy-duty hinges and the infill boards. Posts and latch hardware are sold separately.
• Posts. The same seller listed an 8 ft, 3 by 3 inch aluminum post at $147.03. A gate needs a hinge post and a latch post unless one side hangs on a wall.
• Steel seller. BarrierBoss USA, which sells powder-coated steel fence kits, listed “FireSafe” metal gates from $325, size not given, and gate hardware from $79.49, in a post dated 25 November 2025.

By our arithmetic, a Globus 4 by 6 kit with two of those posts comes to about $1,100 before the latch, concrete, freight and labor.

Is a steel gate cheaper than aluminum?

In the one guide that prices both, yes. Ergeon’s 2023 guide starts manual steel gates at about $600 and aluminum at about $2,000, without giving a size, so use it to compare the two materials and get quotes for real numbers. Inch Calculator puts iron and aluminum garden gates near the top of its $200 to $600 garden gate range (2023).

What drives the price of a metal gate?

• Width and height. Inch Calculator (2023) says a walk or garden gate is typically 3 or 4 feet wide and puts driveway gates at $2,000 to $6,000. Globus cites regional planning ranges of about $3,000 to $9,000 for a manual driveway gate, against $800 to $2,500 for a pedestrian gate.
• Infill. Globus prices its full-privacy tongue-and-groove fence well above its open slat styles because it uses more aluminum. We would expect the same pattern in gates, though Globus does not say so.
• Posts. Fixr lists aluminum posts at $20 to $100 each, and a gate that cannot reuse existing posts needs two.
• Hardware. Inch Calculator says heavy-duty designer hinges can cost upwards of $365. Self-closing hinges and a keyed latch add to that.
• Coastal sites. Globus says coastal sites add corrosion-resistant finishes and heavier-gauge parts to the cost (February 2026).
• Labor. Ergeon estimated about $80 an hour and 4 to 8 hours for a typical gate (2023).

What does a wall-mounted gate cost?

Some side gates hang from a post fixed to the house wall instead of one set in concrete; Globus, for example, sells a wall-mount post for its gate kits. We did not find a published price for this connection. In our view it should be its own line on a quote: the anchors into stucco, block or framing, any flashing, and patching the wall afterward. Our guide to attaching a metal gate to a house wall covers how it is done.

How much does a Zone 0 gate cost?

A gate where a fence meets the house usually prices as part of a small fence job. JJ’s Fence Company in San Diego County publishes $2,000 to $2,500 for an aluminum Zone 0 section of 5 to 10 feet with no gate, and from $3,000 with a gate (undated page, accessed 10 November 2026).

None of it is required by the state yet. The Board of Forestry adopted its Zone 0 rule on 19 August 2026 and withdrew it from the Office of Administrative Law on 8 September 2026, so as of 10 November 2026 it is not in effect. If it takes effect as adopted, a fence or gate attached to the house, or within 1 foot of it, would need a 5 foot noncombustible span at the house end (14 CCR 1298.04(b)(8) and (9); 1299.03(d)(8) and (9)). The Board’s summary gives “replacing a wooden gate with a non-combustible metal gate” as an example. San Diego’s local guidelines (Rev. 4/22/2026) already target full compliance for existing homes, fences and gates included, by 28 February 2029. Details are on our Zone 0 gate requirements page.

For a Zone 0 gate, ask for the product’s ASTM E136 test report, since the adopted rule defines noncombustible by that test. “Zone Zero ready” on a product page is the seller’s own claim.

What should a gate quote include?

• Gate width, height, infill and finish.
• Whether the price includes posts, and what they are.
• Hinges and latch by model, and whether the gate self-closes.
• How the house side attaches, and who repairs the wall.
• Removal of the old gate.
• For a Zone 0 job, the noncombustible length from the house wall, which should reach 5 feet.

If you are pricing a longer run of fence as well, our aluminum fence cost per foot page has the per-foot figures.