Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
The assessment is free and the quote is the invoice.
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A new driveway gate in El Segundo typically runs $2,800 to $9,500 installed, and a pedestrian gate runs $900 to $3,200. Most installations in El Segundo take one to two days once materials are on hand. If you’ve got a gate that’s been fighting the salt air for fifty years, call us at (877) 610-2993 for a free measure and a written price before any work begins.
We know this city’s gates. Not because we looked at a map, but because we’ve pulled up to hundreds of driveways between Main Street and the Chevron refinery, unbolted corroded hinge posts, and seen what the marine layer does to mild steel over twenty years. El Segundo is its own animal. The same gate that lasts thirty years in Hawthorne can seize up here in fifteen. That’s not marketing. That’s what we find when we cut into the post.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is El Segundo’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood has been at this since 2001, and his name is on the shop and every invoice. We’re locally owned and owner-operated, with a published address and license number anyone can look up. When you call, a live person answers. At 2 a.m. or 11 a.m. Not a voicemail tree. Not a call center three states away.
Every job we do in El Segundo carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we make it right. One call brings Hal back, no runaround. We don’t hide behind “up to” language or fine print. The promise is stamped on the work order.
Our crews are background-checked and uniformed. We stock parts for El Segundo jobs locally, so we’re not waiting on a truck from Riverside when your operator board dies on a Friday. And we’re certified to service nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule.
We also weld on site. If your gate post is salvageable, we fix it in your driveway instead of hauling the panel off and coming back next week. That matters in El Segundo, where the gate is often original to a 1940s or 1950s home and the homeowner wants it preserved, not scrapped.
Our Gate Installation Services in El Segundo
We install driveway gates, pedestrian gates, sliding gates, swing gates, double gates, and security gates across El Segundo, 90245. Here’s how the most common jobs break down:
Driveway Gate
A driveway gate in El Segundo runs $2,800 to $9,500 installed depending on width, material, and whether you need a new operator. Most homes west of Sepulveda Blvd have narrow driveways, so a single swing panel or a compact slide gate is usually the right call. We measure, price it, and you approve the number before we touch anything.
Pedestrian Gate
Pedestrian gates in El Segundo run $900 to $3,200 installed. These are common on the bungalow lots south of Grand Avenue, where a side gate separates the front yard from the back. Salt-air corrosion hits pedestrian gate hinges just as hard as driveway hardware, so we always check the post before hanging a new panel.
Sliding Gate
A sliding gate in El Segundo typically runs $3,500 to $10,000 installed. This is the most common style we install along the industrial corridors near Douglas Street and Allied Way, where commercial lots don’t have room for a swing arc. On residential lots, a slide gate makes sense when the driveway slopes toward the house or when you’re short on setback. Rack-and-pinion wear and loop detector drift are chronic failures here, so we spec the operator for the actual cycle count, not the brochure number.
Swing Gate
A swing gate in El Segundo runs $2,800 to $8,000 installed. We replace a lot of original wrought-iron swing gates on 1940s and 1950s ranch homes. The panel itself often has decades of life left, but the hinge post is corroded through at the base. We’ll assess the post honestly. If the post is solid, we hang a new panel and save you a thousand dollars. If it’s not, we tell you before we sell you anything.
We also install double gates, which run $5,500 to $14,000 depending on material and automation, and security gates with access control, which start around $8,500 for a basic steel frame with a keypad entry and range up from there.
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 El Segundo
We’re certified to service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For El Segundo specifically, we keep Viking and Ghost Controls parts stocked because those names show up constantly on the post-WWII residential gates here. DoorKing and Elite boards are common on commercial slide gates near Douglas Street, so we carry those too. When you call us for a repair, we don’t order a board and hope it arrives by Thursday. We pull it from the truck or the shop and show up with it. That’s the whole point of being local.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in El Segundo Homes
- Salt-corroded hinge posts that rot from the inside out. El Segundo sits close enough to the Pacific that the marine layer deposits salt on gate hardware nearly every night of the year. We regularly find hinge posts that look solid from three feet away and crumble the moment we unbolt the gate.
- Obsolete operator boards from the 1980s and 1990s. A lot of homes in El Segundo still run residential operators built before UL 325 required safety photocells. Those boards can’t accept modern keypad entry or entrapment protection. Retrofitting often means replacing the whole operator, not just the board.
- Pre-UL 325 gates with no entrapment protection. Gates hung in the 1940s through 1980s predate modern safety standards. If you’re adding an operator to one of these, you need photo-eyes, an edge sensor, and a current board. By the time you’ve retrofitted all that, a new gate is often cheaper.
- Slide gate rack-and-pinion wear near industrial corridors. Commercial gates along Douglas Street and Allied Way often run 300-500 cycles per day. The rack and pinion wear out long before the motor. We see loop detector drift on card-reader access gates constantly. A gate that was installed ten years ago may need its entire drive assembly replaced before a new operator is even discussed.
Pricing for Gate Installation in El Segundo, CA
A typical Gate Installation in El Segundo runs $2,800 to $9,500 for a driveway gate and $900 to $3,200 for a pedestrian gate. Sliding gates run higher, $3,500 to $10,000, because they need a rail, rack, and an operator rated for the gate’s weight. Double gates start around $5,500 and go up with material and automation. Security gates with access control start near $8,500.
The number gets set in writing before we start. No change orders halfway through, no upcharge at the door. We’ve been doing this since 2001, and if there’s one thing El Segundo homeowners tell us about their last company, it’s that the phone quote and the invoice didn’t match. We write it down. You sign it. That’s the price.
We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans.
We Also Serve Cities Near El Segundo
Our Gate Installation in El Segundo team also covers Lennox, Del Aire, Hawthorne, and Marina del Rey. Call (877) 610-2993 and a real person will answer, day or night.
Serving El Segundo, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the El Segundo 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 El Segundo
No. If the gate panel and hinge post are structurally sound, we can often install a new operator and safety photo-eyes on the existing gate. We replace the whole gate when the hinge post is corroded through, the panel is seized, or the cost of retrofitting modern safety equipment exceeds the cost of a new gate. In El Segundo, the salt air tips that math toward replacement more often than inland cities. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll inspect yours for free.
El Segundo sits directly on the coastline, which puts it in a year-round marine layer that deposits salt on any exposed metal nearly every night. Hawthorne and Inglewood are a few miles inland, outside the worst of the salt fog. That’s why gate operator housings, hinges, and motor mounts in El Segundo routinely show rust at ten years that inland cities don’t see for twenty.
Usually not. Most pre-2000 operator boards in El Segundo lack the inputs for modern keypads and photo-eyes. You can’t just wire them in. The board either accepts the safety circuit or it doesn’t, and the old ones don’t. The honest answer is that a new operator with the safety features built in usually costs less than trying to retrofit a 1980s board.
Commercial gate installations along Douglas Street and Allied Way usually require advance clearance with facility security. We coordinate with the on-site security office before we cut power or move a gate. Operators in that corridor are often rated for 300-500 cycles per day, so we spec the replacement for the actual cycle count, not a residential duty cycle.
Most of the time, no. El Segundo’s marine layer blocks consistent sun for much of the year, especially in the mornings when gate openers get used most. A solar operator that works well in the Inland Empire will leave you hand-opening the gate in June. We recommend wired operators for El Segundo homes unless the driveway is too far from the panel to run conduit.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving El Segundo since 2001.