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Gate installation in Pacific Palisades usually runs $2,800 to $9,500 for a standard driveway swing gate, and $4,200 to $14,000 for a sliding gate with automation, depending on grade, materials, and whether the post footings need to be re-engineered. Most replacements after the January 2025 fire take two to six weeks because permits now require current LA County fire-access codes and emergency responder override. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come out, walk the property with you, and give you a written price before any work starts.
We know this stretch of coast differently than a company running vans from across the county. The marine layer off the Pacific gets into everything. The canyon grades fight your hinges from day one. And after the Palisades Fire, a gate isn’t just a gate anymore. It’s part of the rebuilding inspection, the fire-access plan, and the security of a house you’re putting back together. Hal Gatewood has been doing gate work since 2001, his name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Pacific Palisades’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’re a local, owner-operated shop, not a franchise with a rotating crew. When you call about Gate Installation in Pacific Palisades, you’ll talk to a live person, any hour. Not a voicemail. Not a call center three states away. Hal or someone from his crew will be the one who shows up at your driveway, and Hal stands behind the work with a 90-Day Done Right Promise, stamped in writing on every job.
Pacific Palisades homeowners keep calling us because we repair before we replace. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. If your old iron gate survived the fire but the operator melted, we’ll tell you honestly whether that gate is worth reusing or whether the steel has lost its temper and should go. We service nine major brands including Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, and we stock common parts locally so we’re not waiting on a slow freight shipment while your driveway sits open.
Our Pacific Palisades customers also get the same standing offers everyone else gets: $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. No haggling. No games.
Our Gate Installation Services in Pacific Palisades
Driveway Gate Installation
Driveway gates in Pacific Palisades do more work than they get credit for. A gate on a sloped driveway off Sunset or Bienvenida isn’t just opening and closing. It’s holding position against a 10 to 20 percent grade, fighting salt air, and carrying the weight of a steel panel hung decades ago. We pour footings sized for your slope, set posts deep enough to resist heaving, and build the gate so it doesn’t drift the moment a hinge wears. A typical driveway gate install runs $4,000 to $14,000 including the operator, safety photocells, and the permit-ready details.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
A pedestrian gate next to a driveway or along a canyon-lot walkway is where a lot of Pacific Palisades houses let their security slip. We build and hang pedestrian gates that match your driveway gate or stand alone, with hardware rated for the marine layer so you’re not replacing hinges every couple of years. These usually run $1,200 to $3,800, depending on the width, access control you want, and whether the gate post needs to be re-set in concrete.
Sliding Gate Installation
For long driveways and steep canyon parcels where a swing gate would swing into a hillside or hang over a retaining wall, a sliding gate is usually the right call. On lots in the Highlands or off Palisades Drive, we see properties where a swing gate simply won’t work because there’s no flat apron for it to travel. A sliding gate install in Pacific Palisades typically runs $5,500 to $16,000, with heavier steel for fire rebuilds, corrosion-resistant track hardware, and an operator sized for the weight so the motor isn’t straining from the day it’s installed.
Swing Gate Installation
The swing gate is the classic Pacific Palisades look, and it’s also the style that fails most visibly here. The grade heaves hinge posts. The marine layer eats the cast-iron hardware. And when a gate drifts open on its own, you’ve got a real security problem, not a cosmetic one. We install single and double swing gates with operators from Viking and Ghost Controls, set posts in deeper footings than the original builders used, and add the entrapment protection and fire-access overrides that current LA County code requires. Plan on $3,200 to $9,500 for a single swing, more for a double.
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 Pacific Palisades
We work on and install Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite systems regularly, and we stock parts for all of them so Pacific Palisades customers aren’t waiting on a backorder. If you’ve got an older operator that’s been in service since the Clinton administration, we’ll tell you straight whether it can be retrofitted or whether the control board is obsolete and the money’s better spent on a new sealed unit. We certify our work across all the brands we service, and we don’t push you toward a brand just because we get a better margin on it.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Pacific Palisades Homes
- Salt-corroded motors and control boards. The marine layer off the Pacific deposits salt-laden moisture on everything. Operators and boards rated for inland use routinely fail within three to five years out here unless they’re sealed and coated for marine exposure.
- Heaving hinge posts on canyon grades. The 1950s through 1970s ranch and mid-century homes in the Palisades bowl were built on steep lots where footings from decades ago weren’t sized for the grade. That’s why swing gates drift open or bind up as the post leans.
- Pre-2025 gates that don’t meet fire code. After the January 2025 Palisades Fire, replacement gates have to meet current LA County fire-access requirements including emergency responder override. A gate hung in 1998 doesn’t have that, and the inspection will flag it.
- Reusing iron after the fire without checking the temper. We’ve seen homeowners pull a gate out of the ash and assume the steel is still sound. Heat like that can ruin the temper. The gate looks fine on the outside and cracks under load later. We check before we hang it.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Pacific Palisades, CA
Here’s what Pacific Palisades homeowners can expect:
- Pedestrian gate: $1,200-$3,800
- Single swing driveway gate with operator: $3,200-$9,500
- Double swing driveway gate with operator: $6,000-$15,000
- Sliding driveway gate with operator: $5,500-$16,000
- Security gate with access control: $6,500-$18,000
What moves the number is the grade of your lot, the weight and material of the gate, whether we’re re-pouring footings, and the access control you want. Salt-air-rated hardware and sealed control boards cost a little more up front, but they’re what keep you from replacing the operator again in three years. Every price is quoted and agreed in writing before any work starts. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Pacific Palisades
Gatewood Fence & Gate covers Pacific Palisades and the surrounding Westside communities, including Santa Monica, Venice, Las Flores, and Topanga. If you’re just over the line in one of those neighborhoods, the same crew and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise apply.
Serving Pacific Palisades, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pacific Palisades 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 Pacific Palisades
Yes. After the January 2025 Palisades Fire, LA County rebuilding permits require replacement gates to meet current fire-access codes, including emergency responder override capability. A gate that predates 2025 won’t pass without being engineered and permitted from scratch. We handle the permit-ready details as part of the install, so you’re not left guessing what the inspector will ask for. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk through what your specific property needs.
It’s almost always the hinge post. On a sloped lot in the Palisades bowl or off Sunset’s upper branches, a gate on a 10 to 20 percent grade will drift open or closed under its own weight as soon as the hinge wears or the post begins to lean. Fixing the panel without the post means you’ll fix it twice. We check the post first, because that’s where the sag actually lives.
Sometimes, but honestly, usually not. A LiftMaster from before 2000 typically has an obsolete control board, no modern safety photocells, and no emergency responder override. The cost to retrofit often exceeds the price of a new corrosion-resistant unit with a sealed housing, and the old board will still die young in the Pacific Palisades marine layer. We’ll quote both options and tell you which one we’d put on our own house.
The marine layer. Pacific Palisades sits directly against the Pacific, and the persistent coastal fog deposits salt-laden moisture on exposed metal and electronics. Operators and control boards rated for inland use routinely fail within three to five years out here, while the same unit might last a decade in Brentwood. We spec corrosion-resistant coatings and sealed housing for every coastal install, because we’re tired of pulling dead boards out of otherwise fine gates.
Sometimes it is, and sometimes the heat ruined the steel’s temper even when the panel looks fine. We inspect before we quote, and we’re honest about what we find. If the gate is worth saving, we’ll retrofit it with a new marine-rated operator, modern entrapment protection, and the fire-access override LA County now requires. If it’s not, we’ll tell you that too, and give you a written price on a replacement before any work begins. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll come look.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Pacific Palisades since 2001.