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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Los Angeles
A new driveway gate in Los Angeles typically runs $3,800 to $14,000 installed, with most single swing gates landing between $4,500 and $7,500. Pedestrian gates run $1,200 to $4,200 depending on material and hardware. We’re Gatewood Fence & Gate, and Hal Gatewood has been running this shop himself since 2001. When you call (350) 247-4763, a live person answers. Not a voicemail. Not a queue. Someone who knows gates and knows Los Angeles, from the seismic realities of the hillsides to the Santa Ana wind season that wrecks gates every fall.
Los Angeles is not like other cities for gate work. The ground moves. The wind howls. The sun bakes. A gate installed here without accounting for those three facts will fail, and we see the evidence of that failure every week. Our Gate Installation team builds for this city specifically, because a gate that works in Calabasas will not necessarily survive five years on a Laurel Canyon hillside.
Call (350) 247-4763 for a free estimate. The price Hal quotes is the price you pay. Written down, agreed on, before any work starts.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Los Angeles’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop. His address is published. His license number is public record. That’s the oldest accountability there is, and it matters more in Los Angeles than almost anywhere else, because this city is full of faceless subcontractors who show up once and vanish. We’ve been owner-operated since 2001, and the person who answers the phone at 2 a.m. is someone who actually works on gates, not a call center three states away.
Los Angeles homeowners have a particular problem: an enormous stock of aging automated gates, many of them high-end, many of them original to homes built in the 1920s through 1940s. These gates were hung before modern safety requirements existed, and most of them have obsolete control boards that nobody stocks anymore. We see it constantly. And our Gate Repair in Los Angeles philosophy means we’re not going to sell you a whole new gate when the real fix is re-plumbing a post and swapping a controller board. That’s rare in this industry, because the money is in replacement. But Hal gets genuinely annoyed when he finds sloppy work somebody left behind, and he’s not going to add to the pile.
Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no fine print. And there’s no trip charge inside the county, ever. Call (350) 247-4763 and you’ll get a straight answer.
Our Gate Installation Services in Los Angeles
We install every kind of gate this city throws at us, and Los Angeles throws a lot. From the tubular steel slide gates of the Valley to the ornamental wrought iron of Hancock Park, the job is the same at its core: get the posts right, get the geometry right, and everything else follows.
Driveway Gate Installation
Driveway gates in Los Angeles are usually the front line of property security, and this city has an unusually dense stock of automated driveway gates even on non-estate parcels, a legacy of the entertainment industry’s influence on local real estate. For reliable Los Angeles Gate Access Control, proper installation matters. We install single and double swing gates, sliding gates, and cantilever gates, and we over-engineer the post footings because we know what the ground does here. The leading cause of automated gate failure in Los Angeles isn’t the motor. It’s a post that moved.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates get overlooked until they don’t latch, and then they’re a security hole. We install and retrofit pedestrian gates across Los Angeles, from Los Feliz to the west side, and we match the existing architecture where it matters. A 1930s Spanish Colonial in Hancock Park should not get a generic aluminum gate bolted to its pilasters. We’re careful about that.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates are the default for flat lots and gated communities across Los Angeles, especially on the post-war tract developments of the San Fernando Valley. But those poured-concrete tracks crack and heave over decades, and a sliding gate that worked fine for twenty years can start jamming mid-travel. We install new tracks with proper drainage and expansion joints so the gate doesn’t bind when the slab moves.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are beautiful and they are everywhere in the hills, but they are also the most vulnerable to what Los Angeles does best: shifting ground. Up in Laurel Canyon, we re-poured a client’s 1940s swing gate hinge post after years of soil creep tore it out of the hillside. The post got a deeper footing with high-grout concrete, the controller got swapped for Liftmaster service in Los Angeles with a safety photocell, and the track got releveled so the sag correction would actually hold. That’s the difference between installing a gate and installing a gate that stays.
We also install double gates for wider driveways, security gates for estates and commercial properties, and we handle the full power run, safety edges, and access control integration. For a full breakdown, see our Gate Installation page or call (350) 247-4763.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Los Angeles
We’re certified to service and install nine major gate brands, and for Los Angeles we stock local parts for the ones that matter most: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, and more. That means we’re not waiting on a shipment from a regional warehouse while your gate sits open. The specific brands you see on Los Angeles gates reflect the history of this market. FAAC and BFT operators are common on older Italian-made estate gates, particularly in Bel Air and the Hollywood Hills. Linear and Viking show up on a lot of commercial and multi-family properties. We know all of them, and we stock boards, arms, and safety components locally. If your operator has failed and you’re weighing replace versus repair, call us before you buy anything. We’ll tell you straight what makes sense.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Los Angeles Homes
These are the failure modes we see week after week in Los Angeles, and they are specific to this city’s geology, climate, and housing stock:
- Posts pulled out of plumb by hillside soil creep. Hinge posts loosen in canyon soil, swing gates drag and bind against the operator arm, and the motor burns out trying to fight the geometry. The fix is a deeper post footing, not a bigger motor.
- Cracked, heaved concrete tracks on Valley slide gates. Decades of thermal expansion and ground movement crack the slab, the rack shifts, and the gate jams mid-travel. New track with proper drainage and expansion joints solves it.
- Santa Ana wind damage to tubular steel frames. Every September through November, we get a surge of calls from across the basin. Gates blown off tracks, bent frames, stripped latch hardware. If your gate survives a Santa Ana, it’s properly built.
- UV-degraded operators and seals. Year-round intense sun exposure bakes paint off iron gates and deteriorates rubber seals and circuit boards in operators far faster than in coastal cities with marine overcast. Shaded housings and UV-rated components are not optional here.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Los Angeles, CA
Here are real numbers for the Los Angeles market, because you should know before you call. A typical single swing driveway gate in Los Angeles runs $4,500 to $7,500 installed with operator. Double swing gates run $7,000 to $14,000 depending on width, material, and whether we’re rebuilding existing pillars or pouring new posts. Sliding gates run $4,000 to $9,000 with track work included. Pedestrian gates run $1,200 to $4,200, and a basic gate with no operator starts around $1,500 for a simple steel frame. What moves the number: ground conditions on your lot, power run distance, whether you need a new post poured in hillside soil, and whether you’re matching existing architectural detail. Every quote is written, agreed on, and locked before any work starts. You won’t get a surprise invoice. Call (350) 247-4763 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Los Angeles
We handle gate work across Los Angeles, from the Valley to the west side, and we regularly serve West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and North Hollywood. If you’re in one of those cities and your gate has stopped cooperating, the same crew that works Los Angeles hillsides can be at your property with the right parts and the right fix.
Serving Los Angeles, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Los Angeles area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Gate Installation in Los Angeles
Yes. We do this constantly in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Hancock Park, where original ornamental gates have corroded fasteners and worn pilaster anchors. The gate itself is usually fine. The hardware is the problem. We re-anchor the pilasters, add safety photocells and edge sensors, and upgrade the operator to a current model with obstruction detection, all while keeping the original ironwork intact. You don’t lose the character. Call (350) 247-4763 and we’ll look at what you have.
It’s the Santa Ana winds, and it happens every year. September through November, sustained gusts bend tubular steel frames just enough to lift the guide rollers, and the gate hops the track. The permanent fix is stiffening the frame with gussets at the stress points and Gate Parts & Welding in Los Angeles to replace worn guide rollers and track caps. Adding anti-lift hardware at the gate ends also helps. If this happens to you every year, the gate was under-built. Call (350) 247-4763 for a repair that holds.
Almost always, it’s just the post. Seismic activity routinely shifts gate posts and concrete footings out of plumb in Los Angeles, and when the post moves a quarter inch, the gate binds against the operator arm and the motor strains or burns out. We re-plumb the post, re-pour the footing if needed, and relevel the track or re-hang the gate. The gate itself is usually fine. We’ll know within the first ten minutes of looking at it. Call (350) 247-4763.
In this climate, you want an operator with a sealed circuit board compartment and a shaded metal housing, not a plastic shell that bakes in the sun. UV degradation eats circuit boards and rubber seals far faster in Los Angeles than in marine-layer cities. We typically recommend LiftMaster, FAAC, or BFT operators with metal enclosures for Los Angeles installs. If your operator has failed more than twice, the issue is probably the unit, not the gate. Call (350) 247-4763 and we’ll tell you what we’d put on our own driveway.
Yes, we add loop detectors, safety photocells, and edge sensors to existing gates all the time. Most gates installed before the late 1990s in Los Angeles have none of the current safety features, and a gate that closes on a car is not something to live with. We can install a free-exit loop, a reverse loop, and photocells across the gate opening, and we’ll tie them into your existing operator if it’s compatible. If it’s not, we’ll swap in one that is. Call (350) 247-4763 for a free estimate on the retrofit.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Installation in Los Angeles
If your gate is sagging, jamming, binding, or just dead, don’t keep fighting it. Call (350) 247-4763 and Hal or one of his crew will answer directly. Free estimates. No trip charge inside the county. The 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job, in writing. And a real person who will show up when they say they will. We’ve been doing this in Los Angeles since 2001, and the name on the shop is the name you’ll see on the invoice.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Los Angeles since 2001.