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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Hollywood
Gate installation in Hollywood, CA runs $2,800 to $9,500 for a typical driveway gate, with slide gates on hillside properties landing at the higher end. That’s the honest range before we ever set foot on your street. Most Hollywood installs take two to three days once materials arrive, and we quote the full job in writing before any work starts. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get Hal or a real person on the line, not a menu tree. We’re Gatewood Fence & Gate, and we’ve been welding, hanging, and fixing gates in this part of Los Angeles since 2001.
We know Hollywood’s streets, the tight canyon approaches, the aging pilasters on Franklin Avenue, and the guard-gated driveways off Beachwood Drive. That local knowledge is why our Gate Installation crew shows up the first time with the right approach for your specific property, not a generic sales pitch.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Hollywood’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. He’s been running this company since 2001, and he does not hide behind a call center. When a Hollywood homeowner calls about a gate hanging crooked or an operator that stalls mid-arc on a 12% grade up in the Hills, the person who answers actually knows what that means. We’re locally owned, owner-operated, and our address and license are published for anyone to check.
Hollywood customers keep our number because we repair what other companies want to replace. We weld on site, in your driveway, instead of hauling your gate off to some shop across town, so we can handle Gate Parts & Welding - Hollywood right where you live. Hal will show up himself on plenty of Hollywood jobs, or you can drive to the shop and look him in the eye. Every install we do carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, not buried in fine print. One call brings us back if anything is off.
We stock parts for the brands Hollywood homes actually have: Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing come up constantly in the flats and up in the Hills. We answer the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a live human. Not a voicemail, not a chatbot, not a dispatch queue. You call, we answer, and we schedule a real window we actually keep.
We also work across Gate Installation in Hollywood and neighboring areas, so we know how this city’s building stock and hills change the job from block to block. The 90028 corridor, the Hills, and the canyon streets each have their own gate problems, and we’ve seen them all.
Our Gate Installation Services in Hollywood
Driveway Gate Installation
Driveway gates in Hollywood work hardest. They open and close dozens of times a day, hold back a car’s weight if someone backs into them, and live in a climate that alternates between dry heat and night marine layer. We build driveway gate systems with posts set deep below grade, operators sized for the actual gate weight, and safety photocells wired to current standards for reliable Hollywood Gate Access Control. For flat-lot homes in the 90028 corridor, a standard swing setup works fine. For the Hills, we’ll tell you straight if a slide gate is the smarter choice.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates on Hollywood’s older homes, especially 1920s Spanish Colonial bungalows, are often original wrought iron with decades of paint on them. We fabricate and hang new pedestrian gates that match the property’s character, whether it’s a simple side-yard gate or a full matching pair flanking the driveway. Spring-open hinges, quality latches, and posts rated for the weight are standard. We don’t hang a gate on a post that’s already leaning.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates are our default recommendation for Hollywood Hills properties with steep driveways. When your drive climbs at 10 to 15 percent, a swing gate has to fight gravity through its entire arc. A slide gate moves laterally, which means the grade matters far less. We fabricate and install slide gates with proper track systems, cantilever setups where needed, and operators with enough torque for the gate’s actual weight and the hillside angle. This is the install we do more often than any other in the Hills.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the classic Hollywood look, especially on Spanish Colonial and Craftsman homes in the flats. Single and double swing gates both work well on level driveways, and we install them with slope-compensated operators where the grade starts to rise. The key with any swing gate is the hinge post. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. We set posts in concrete with rebar, weld hinges square, and make sure the finished gate travels full range without dragging.
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 Hollywood
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and that matters when it’s two years later and your operator needs a new control board or limit switch. On Hollywood installs, we stock the parts that show up in this city’s gates: Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing are the names we work with daily. When we install a new operator, we set it up with the right force settings for your gate’s weight, and we leave you with a machine you can actually troubleshoot over the phone with us at (877) 610-2993.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Obsolete control boards that won’t work with modern safety wiring. Hollywood has a lot of gates hung in the 1990s and early 2000s, and many of those control boards predate current photoelectric sensor standards. We can’t safely wire new entrapment protection into a board that doesn’t speak that language, which means a full operator replacement is often the only code-compliant option.
- Worn hinge posts and sagging 90-year-old iron gates. Homes in the 90028 corridor were built in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, and many still have their original wrought-iron gates. The iron face is often salvageable, but the hinge post and footing underneath are done. We re-anchor, rebuild post footings, and weld new hinge posts before any modern operator gets mounted.
- Steep canyon driveways that stall standard swing operators. In the Hollywood Hills, a standard residential swing gate operator will often stall mid-arc because gravity is fighting it the whole way. The fix is either a slide gate conversion or a commercial-rated slope-compensated operator. We stock both on the truck because we know what Hollywood driveways do.
- Santa Ana wind damage to gates and hardware. Fall Santa Ana events slam unsecured gates hard enough to bend hinges, strip worm gears, and shear old welds. We see the aftermath every year in Hollywood. Properly rated hinges, reinforced frame corners, and correctly adjusted operator clutches are the defense, and we install all three.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Hollywood, CA
Here are real Hollywood numbers. A single swing driveway gate with a standard operator runs $2,800 to $5,500. A double swing gate on a flat lot in the 90028 corridor lands between $4,200 and $8,000. A slide gate, which is what most Hills properties need, runs $5,500 to $9,500 depending on track length and operator torque. Pedestrian gates sit between $1,200 and $3,200 installed. These ranges include posts, welding, operator, safety edges, and wiring to code.
What moves the price in Hollywood: the condition of your existing pilasters, whether your driveway grade requires a slope-compensated operator or slide conversion, and whether your old iron face can be re-welded or needs full replacement. The quote we give you is the price you pay. We write the number down before any work starts, and we honor it. If another company gave you a written estimate, we’ll give you a free second opinion on it. Seniors and veterans get a permanent 10% discount.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
We run gate installations throughout Hollywood and the surrounding neighborhoods: Universal City, West Hollywood, Koreatown, and Echo Park are all stops on a normal week for us. If you’re just outside Hollywood proper, give us a call at (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you straight if you’re in our service area. No runaround, just a real answer.
Serving Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood 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 Hollywood
Because driveways in the Hills routinely exceed 10 to 15 percent grades, and a standard residential swing-gate operator can’t maintain enough torque mid-arc on that slope. The gate stalls halfway open, which is a safety and reliability failure. A slide gate moves parallel to the grade and doesn’t fight gravity the same way, so we usually convert hillside properties to slide systems or install commercial-rated slope-compensated swing operators. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you what your specific driveway needs.
In most cases, yes. The iron face on those original Spanish Colonial gates is often still solid, even when the hinge posts and footings are shot. We weld new hinge posts, re-anchor the footing into fresh concrete, and treat the original iron for rust. The gate stays in your driveway, we work on it there, and the result is an original-looking gate that actually closes square and true. Full replacement is only cheaper when the iron itself is rusted through in too many places to weld safely.
Santa Ana winds in the fall routinely hit 40 to 60 mph gusts in the Hills and through the basin. A gate that’s under-engineered on hinges, post footings, or frame welds will bend or shear. We build for it: heavier hinge pins, reinforced frame corners, deeper post footings, and operators with properly adjusted clutch limits so the wind doesn’t destroy the gearbox. This is the exact reason we won’t undersize a post or skimp on a weld.
Most Hollywood driveways benefit from both. A loop detector in the driveway lets the gate open automatically from inside as your car approaches, which is worth it on narrow or steep driveways where you don’t want to stop and punch a code. A keypad gives you and family members access from outside without a remote. We wire both into the system at install, and the keypad is especially common on hillside homes where delivery drivers and utilities need occasional access.
Because a gate that moves automatically can injure a person or pet, and current California safety standards require photoelectric sensors and proper force limits. Hollywood’s older gates often predate these rules, which means they can run with no safety edge and a controller that will close on anything in the way. We wire entrapment protection into every new install, and we will not revive an obsolete control board that can’t support it. That’s not upsell, that’s the law and basic sense.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Installation in Hollywood
If your gate is sagging, stalling on the grade, or just too old to retrofit with modern safety equipment, call us. We’ll give you a straight answer about what can be saved and what needs replacing, with a written price before any work starts. Hal Gatewood has been doing this since 2001, his name is on the shop, and he stands behind every job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate. A live person answers, 24/7.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Hollywood and the surrounding Los Angeles area since 2001.