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Gate installation in East Los Angeles runs $1,400 to $6,800 for most residential jobs, depending on whether you need a pedestrian gate, a double driveway gate, or an automatic opener with safety sensors. We’re Gatewood Fence & Gate, and we’ve served the 90022 area for years from our Los Angeles office, with crews that know these streets and the gates on them. Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and he’ll be the first to tell you the same thing we tell every East Los Angeles customer: show me where it’s failing and I’ll show you where it’s wearing out. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free on-site estimate, quoted before any work begins.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is East Los Angeles’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
East Los Angeles is not a neighborhood you can learn from a map. The housing stock here is dominated by 1930s to 1960s bungalows and small ranch homes on tight lots, and a huge number of those properties have custom wrought iron gates that were fabricated decades ago and set in original concrete footings. That concrete has shifted. The posts have heaved. And the guy who shows up has to know which came first: the post or the panel. We know, because we’re out here often enough to see it every week. Our Gate Installation team has replaced, rebuilt, and welded gates from Cesar Chavez Avenue down to the residential streets off Whittier Boulevard.
When you call us, you’re not getting a call center. A live person answers, 24 hours a day. Hal’s name is on the shop, the license number is published, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on every job. If it’s not done right, one call brings him back. That’s not a guarantee we hedge. It’s a promise we’ve kept since 2001.
Our reviews from East Los Angeles customers mention the same things: we showed up when we said we would, we welded on site instead of hauling the gate to a shop, and the price on the phone matched the price on the invoice. You can drive to the shop and look Hal in the eye if you want. The name is on the building, and the building is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Our Gate Installation Services in East Los Angeles
Driveway Gate
Most East Los Angeles driveway gates are double swing gates, and most of them were built years ago out of heavy iron. When we install a new driveway gate in 90022, we start with the posts. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. In East LA, that post is often sitting in concrete that was poured when the house was built. We dig it out, pour new footings, and set the post plumb before we hang the gate. That’s the difference between a job that lasts and a job that starts sagging in two years.
Pedestrian Gate
Pedestrian gates here are often ornate hierro forjado with scrollwork and custom pickets. Homeowners in East Los Angeles take real pride in that ironwork. A pedestrian gate installation runs $800 to $2,200 for a typical welded steel gate, installed with new hinges, a quality latch, and the post reset if needed. If you need a matching pedestrian gate beside a new driveway gate, we build both so the ironwork looks like it came from the same hand.
Sliding Gate
Sliding gates are less common on residential lots in East Los Angeles, but they show up on commercial properties and a few wider driveways, especially along Cesar Chavez Avenue. The issue we see with slide gates here is tracks filled with fine grit from Santa Ana winds. A new sliding gate installation runs $2,200 to $6,800 depending on length, with a heavier-duty roller setup than manufacturers spec, because East LA’s grit kills standard rollers fast. We also check the operator duty cycle so the motor isn’t fighting the track.
Swing Gate
Swing gates are the default here for a reason: they fit the tight lot lines and narrow driveways of East LA’s 1930s bungalow streets. A single swing gate installation typically runs $1,400 to $3,200. A double swing gate goes $2,800 to $6,800, and that includes new posts, hinges, rack and pinion or arm operators if requested, and alignment. We set stainless steel hinges on every job now. It costs a little more upfront and saves you a rusted hinge replacement in five years.
Security Gate
Security gates matter in East Los Angeles. This community has relied on iron gates for decades, not just for curb appeal but for real protection. A security gate installation with heavier-gauge steel, a welded frame, and a reinforced lock box runs $2,500 to $6,200 depending on height and width. For automatic security gates, we install photo-eyes and edge sensors on every job, because the safety piece is not optional. We’ll say it plainly: an automatic gate without entrapment protection is a liability, and we won’t put our name on one.
What happens when you call
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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 East Los Angeles
We install and service Gatewood Fence & Gate’s preferred operators from Viking, DoorKing, and Elite, and we stock parts for those locally so East Los Angeles customers aren’t waiting on a warehouse three states over. If you have an existing LiftMaster or a Ghost Controls board that’s acting up, we handle those too. For most East LA properties, we steer customers toward DoorKing for durability and part availability, but every recommendation comes down to your gate weight, your duty cycle, and whether your driveway faces Santa Ana wind blowing grit straight into the motor housing. We’re certified across nine major brands, so the advice is based on what’s right for your specific lot, not what’s on the truck that day.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in East Los Angeles Homes
- Shifted posts in original concrete. East LA’s 1930s and 1960s homes have original gate posts set in concrete that has heaved and cracked. The gate sags, the panel scrapes, and the hinges fatigue. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
- Salt air and intense UV eating painted iron. East LA sits far enough inland to get serious sun, but the air still carries enough coastal influence to accelerate rust on painted iron gates. Galvanized steel rusts through at the weld points first. We see oxidation that’s years ahead of what identical gates show in Alhambra or Monterey Park.
- Grit from Santa Ana winds jamming slide gates. Along Cesar Chavez Avenue and the adjacent commercial corridors, Santa Ana winds blow fine particulate into gate tracks and operator housings. Slide gates bind, motors overheat, and boards burn out. Our slide gate installs spec sealed bearings and higher-IP-rated housings for that reason.
- Wrong-spec operator boards burning out. A double iron driveway gate is heavy. Put an undersized operator on it and the board works too hard, overheats, and dies in two years. We see it constantly. On double gates in East LA, we size the operator for the actual gate weight, plus wind load, plus duty cycle. Then we test it.
Pricing for Gate Installation in East Los Angeles, CA
Here’s the honest math. A pedestrian gate in East Los Angeles runs $800 to $2,200. A single swing driveway gate runs $1,400 to $3,200. A double swing gate runs $2,800 to $6,800. An automatic opener added to any of those runs $1,100 to $3,400 depending on brand and whether you need loop detectors, photo-eyes, or edge sensors. Sliding gate installation for a commercial or wide residential lot runs $2,200 to $6,800. Every quote includes the post work, the hardware, and the labor. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, and it doesn’t change at the door. We also offer $40 off any installation over $200, a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans, and no trip charge inside LA County. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll send someone to measure, inspect the existing posts, and give you a written price.
We Also Serve Cities Near East Los Angeles
While this page is about East Los Angeles, our crews also run gate installation and repair jobs in Boyle Heights, Commerce, Montebello, and South San Gabriel. Same standards, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live person answering the phone at (877) 610-2993. If you’re in one of those communities and need a gate built or fixed, the process is identical: call, schedule a free estimate, get a written price, and we handle the rest.
Serving East Los Angeles, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the East 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 East Los Angeles
Wrought iron gates in East Los Angeles sag because the original posts were set in concrete poured when these 1930s to 1960s homes were built, and that concrete has since cracked and heaved. The post tips, the hinge geometry changes, and the gate drops. It’s a foundation problem, not a panel problem. We fix it by pulling the post, pouring a deeper, reinforced footing, and re-setting the post plumb, then hanging the gate with new stainless hinges. Call (877) 610-2993 if yours is dragging or won’t latch, the fix is usually same week, not same season.
Because East Los Angeles is unincorporated LA County, not a City of LA municipality, any motorized gate operator installation falls under LA County building and electrical codes rather than City of LA codes. That changes the permit pathway and the UL 325 entrapment protection requirements. Contractors unfamiliar with the area routinely get this wrong. We’ve pulled the permits and done the installs here, so we know which office to file with and which safety equipment the county inspector wants to see. If you’re adding an operator to a new or existing gate, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk you through it.
For East Los Angeles, we recommend galvanized steel with a powder-coated finish, not raw painted iron. The salt influence and intense inland UV work together to rust through painted iron faster than almost anywhere else in the metro. Galvanized steel resists rust at the gate’s weak points, especially at welds and hinge pockets, and powder coat holds up to the sun for years longer than wet paint. We also use stainless steel hinges and fasteners exclusively now, because the hinge side is always the first thing that fails. If you’re priced out of full galvanized, a good painted primer system done right can still last, but we’ll show you the cost difference and let you decide.
Yes. Under LA County’s adoption of UL 325, any new automatic gate installation in East Los Angeles requires entrapment protection, which means either photo-eyes, edge sensors, or both, depending on the gate type. On swing gates and slide gates, we install photo-eyes at minimum, and for any gate that reverses direction under load, we add edge sensors. This is not an upsell. It’s code and it’s the right thing. Skip it and you’ll fail inspection, or worse, someone gets hurt. We include entrapment protection in every automatic gate quote, so the number you sign is the number that passes inspection. Call (877) 610-2993 for a written quote that includes it.
Santa Ana winds pick up fine particulate off the dry ground and drive it into every opening on your gate’s moving parts. For a sliding gate on Cesar Chavez Avenue, that grit fills the track, wears the rollers, and gets into the motor housing where it chews up gears and overheats the board. We spec sealed bearings, higher-IP-rated housings, and heavier rollers on slide gate installs in East Los Angeles specifically to survive that wind season. If your gate is grinding or refusing to move after a wind event, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll clean the track, check the rollers, and tell you straight what’s worn and what’s fine.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving East Los Angeles since 2001.