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If your gate is stuck halfway open on Lankershim Boulevard or your slide gate motor quit on Vineland Avenue during the heat, that’s what we fix at Gatewood Fence & Gate. Hal Gatewood has been repairing gates since 2001, and North Hollywood is one of the busiest spots in the Valley for us because the heat here destroys automatic gate components at a rate you just don’t see over the hill. You call, a live person picks up, and you get a straight answer about when we’ll be there. The phone number is (350) 247-4763.
We don’t send a salesperson. We send a gate mechanic who welds on site and carries parts for the brands North Hollywood actually uses: Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Mighty Mule among them. From the NoHo Arts District to the residential blocks off Magnolia Boulevard, we handle the repair in your driveway, not someone else’s shop. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the fix doesn’t hold, Hal comes back. No runaround.
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.
Why North Hollywood Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
North Hollywood has a lot of gates and a lot of gate companies. What it doesn’t have is a lot of owners who weld on site and answer their own phone. Hal Gatewood does both. Since 2001, Gatewood Fence & Gate has been owner-operated, with a published address and a license number anyone can look up. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Our repair volume in North Hollywood gives us a real read on what breaks here. We see the same Gatewood-name pattern in the NoHo Arts District as we do around Valley Glen and the blocks north of Burbank Boulevard: heat-stressed circuit boards in swing gate operators, sagging hinge posts on driveway gates that face the afternoon sun, and mineral-caked rollers on apartment slide gates fed by hard municipal water. When a landlord in the 91601 zip code calls about a gate that won’t close at 3 p.m. on a 106-degree day, we know what we’re pulling up to before we park.
Every job gets the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Every job is priced upfront before we touch a wrench. And every call is answered by a live person, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail box. Not a call center three states away. A person who can tell you when we’ll be there.
We’re background-checked and certified to service Gatewood-relevant brands including DoorKing, Ghost Controls, Mighty Mule, Elite, LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, and Viking. Hal’s crew shows up in uniform, with the truck stocked for the repair and the welder ready. If you’d rather see us before you hire us, drive to the shop and look Hal in the eye. He’ll hand you his cell number and mean it.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in North Hollywood
Gate Repair
We repair what other companies want to replace. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. Broken hinges, snapped weld points, bent frames, seized rollers, dead lock mechanisms: our repair-first approach keeps your gate in place and your bill smaller.
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Gate Installation
A new gate in North Hollywood starts with a free measure and a written price. We match the gate to the post spacing, the driveway slope, and the operator you already have or want. No same-day rush here, because proper fabrication and concrete work take the time they take.
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Gate Motor & Opener
When a motor dies in North Hollywood heat, you need to know whether it’s the board, the transformer, the capacitor, or the whole unit. We diagnose on site and repair first, replace only when the motor is genuinely done. DoorKing, Ghost Controls, Mighty Mule, Elite: we work on them all.
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Gate Access Control
From a keypad on a bungalow driveway to card readers and telephone entry systems on apartment carports, we install and service Gate Access Control in North Hollywood that matches how you actually use the gate. No system is too small to get the same upfront pricing and written warranty as the big jobs.
Gate Parts & Welding
We carry a working stock of North Hollywood Gate Parts & Welding supplies and we weld on site, in your driveway, same visit. If the part isn’t on the truck, we order it and come back on schedule. You don’t lose your gate for a week while it sits in somebody else’s shop. Hal fixes it where it stands.
Neighborhoods We Serve in North Hollywood
We work all over North Hollywood and nearby areas, serving Van Nuys, CA as well, and our typical response time for gate repair in the area is same-day when you call before noon. These are some of the neighborhoods we’re in most often:
- NoHo Arts District - pedestrian gates and storefront roll-downs on Lankershim and Magnolia
- Valley Glen - aging slide gates on postwar apartment complexes
- West NoHo - ranch-style driveway swing gates west of Vineland
- Greater Toluca Lake area - ornamental iron gates on larger lots near the 134
- 91601 and 91606 zip codes - apartment carports and bungalow driveways across central North Hollywood
Why North Hollywood’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
North Hollywood sits in the geographic heart of the San Fernando Valley, where summer temperatures routinely hit 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s regularly 20 to 30 degrees hotter than Santa Monica or even downtown LA. Automatic gate operators and their circuit boards do not like that kind of sustained heat. They overheat. They fail. And in North Hollywood, they fail at a much higher rate than anywhere else in the metro.
At the same time, North Hollywood is dominated by post-WWII bungalows and ranch-style homes from the 1940s through the 1960s, alongside a high concentration of 1960s through 1980s stucco apartment complexes. Many of those buildings still run their original sliding security gates, which means motors, tracks, and hardware that are 40 to 50 years old. The combination of extreme heat stress and aging multi-family infrastructure is exactly what keeps our gate repair schedule in North Hollywood full every summer.
We also see the practical effects of hard municipal water. Mineral scale builds up on hinges, rollers, and lock mechanisms and accelerates wear on anything that isn’t lubricated regularly. And the relentless Valley sun degrades plastic motor housings and wiring insulation faster than in coastal areas. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. That’s the work we do all summer in North Hollywood.
One more thing we flag for landlords: gate operators installed on North Hollywood apartment carports in the 1980s were often wired into subpanels that predate modern arc-fault requirements. When a motor finally dies from heat damage, the replacement can trigger a City of LA electrical inspection. We tell you that before we start, not after the permit stall. That kind of heads-up saves North Hollywood property owners real time and money.
Pricing for Gate Repair in North Hollywood
You should know the numbers before you call. Here’s what gate repair in North Hollywood typically costs at Gatewood Fence & Gate:
- Basic gate repair (hinge realignment, roller replacement, latch repair): $160 to $290
- Gate motor or circuit board repair: $180 to $340
- Full gate motor replacement (including labor and common parts): $550 to $1,200
- On-site welding repair (broken weld point, frame crack, hinge post reinforcement): $220 to $480
- Slide gate track replacement: $400 to $850 depending on track length and post condition
Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. You will not get a different number at the door. We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (350) 247-4763 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
Service Area - Cities Near North Hollywood
We serve North Hollywood and the surrounding Valley and foothill communities. If you’re in Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, West Hollywood, or Panorama City, we’re close by and happy to help. Same owner, same pricing, same 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving North Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Hollywood area, serving Sherman Oaks, CA and nearby communities, and know this area well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Gate Repair in North Hollywood
Most gate repairs in North Hollywood fall between $160 and $480 depending on what’s broken. A simple roller swap is at the low end. A full motor replacement with labor and parts runs $550 to $1,200. The price is always quoted and agreed before work starts, and we never change it at the door. Call (350) 247-4763 with what you’re seeing and we’ll give you a straight number.
If you call before noon, we can usually get to a gate repair in North Hollywood the same day. For motor and opener failures during heat waves, we run priority scheduling because a stuck-open security gate isn’t just inconvenient, it’s an actual security problem. A live person answers the phone 24/7 at (350) 247-4763.
A full installation includes measurement, ordering or fabrication, post setting, gate mounting, operator wiring, and testing. For North Hollywood properties with older electrical subpanels, we also flag any City of LA inspection triggers before work starts. You get a written price after a free measure.
Yes. Power runs, safety edges, photo eyes, loop detectors, and the operator itself are all part of our gate motor and access control work. On older North Hollywood apartment gates we always check the electrical panel situation upfront so the permit process doesn’t surprise you later.
It genuinely is. North Hollywood’s 105-plus degree summer days overheat circuit boards and capacitors in gate operators that were installed 20 or 30 years ago. When the temperature spikes, those old boards fail. That’s the single most common gate repair call we get in North Hollywood between June and September.
If your gate isn’t closing, isn’t opening, or is making a sound it never made before, call (350) 247-4763 and talk to Hal directly. You’ll get a straight answer, a written price, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise on every repair. We answer the phone around the clock, because a broken gate doesn’t wait for business hours in North Hollywood.
Check our home page for more about how we work, or call now and tell us what the gate is doing. We’ll take it from there.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving North Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley since 2001.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local gate repair pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What North Hollywood Customers Say
"Safety photo eyes on our old gate had been bypassed by whoever serviced it last, which he was genuinely annoyed about on my behalf. Fitted proper sealed ones and wired them the way they should be."
- Otis Redmond"Welded the hinge back onto our wrought iron gate on site rather than taking it away for a fortnight. Ground it back and painted it and you cannot see the repair."
- Winston Achterberg"He builds the gates himself in his own shop. You can go and look at it. That is not something you can say about the outfits that just order a panel in."
- Doreen Whitfield