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Gate installation in West Hollywood runs $4,200-$18,500 for a custom automated driveway gate, and $1,200-$4,800 for a pedestrian gate. That’s the reality of WeHo’s housing stock: tight hillside driveways, aging Spanish Colonial pillars, and a city building department that answers to nobody but itself. Hal Gatewood has been welding, setting posts, and wiring operators in West Hollywood since 2001, and we know which permit the city wants before we ever cut a hinge. Call (559) 844-6989 and you’ll get a live person, day or night, who can tell you whether your job is a two-day install or a two-week custom build.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is West Hollywood’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
West Hollywood homeowners don’t have time for a contractor who disappears after the deposit clears. The city is 1.9 square miles of tightly packed hillside estates and flatlands apartment buildings, which means word travels fast. We’ve built our reputation the slow way: showing up when we say we will, quoting a price that holds, and standing behind the work with a 90-Day Done Right Promise stamped on every invoice. Not an “up to” promise. A written one.
Our West Hollywood customers call us back because the person who answered the phone at 11 p.m. is the same person who shows up the next morning. Hal’s name is on the shop, his license number is published, and his address isn’t a P.O. box. That’s the kind of accountability you can’t fake. And when a Bird Streets gate motor fails on a Sunday morning, you don’t want a national call center routing you to a technician two counties away. You want a local crew that keeps parts for BFT, FAAC, and LiftMaster operators in stock and can reach any West Hollywood address within the hour from our Los Angeles office.
We also service what other companies sell and abandon. Viking, Ghost Controls, Linear, BFT: if you’ve got it, we’ve worked on it. Our trucks carry the hardware those systems need because we know WeHo’s corrosive morning marine layer eats exposed steel faster than the dry inland heat.
Our Gate Installation Services in West Hollywood
Every gate we install in West Hollywood is measured, permitted, and built for the specific driveway it lives on. Nobody on our crew is pulling a stock panel off a truck and hoping it fits. The hillside lots north of Sunset, the flatlands courtyards south of Santa Monica Boulevard: different slope, different wind load, different gate.
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in West Hollywood has to clear a steep grade, hold against Santa Ana wind gusts, and open quietly enough that your neighbors on the next lot over don’t hear it every time you come home. We spec operators rated for the actual load, not the cheapest motor that meets the minimum. For most WeHo hillside driveways, that means articulating-arm operators from FAAC or BFT rather than underground units that fight the slope. On flatlands properties with longer setbacks, we look at slide gates first: they save driveway space and handle the wind better.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
West Hollywood’s 1920s and 1930s apartment buildings still have their original ornamental wrought-iron pedestrian gates, and they’re beautiful. What’s not beautiful is what they’re anchored into. Crumbling stucco pillars, rusted hinge pintles, and latch hardware that hasn’t been adjusted since the Eisenhower administration. We rebuild the pillar cores, re-anchor the hinges in fresh steel, and match the gate’s original scrollwork so it looks like it belongs there. For new construction, we fabricate pedestrian gates that meet WeHo’s UL 325 entrapment requirements without looking like a prison yard.
Security Gate Installation
West Hollywood’s concentration of entertainment-industry residences, particularly in the hillside Bird Streets above the Sunset Strip, drives real demand for gates that do more than mark a property line. We install custom security gates with integrated access control: intercom, camera, keypad, and remote release. The gate itself is only half the job. What matters is that the operator, the safety photo eyes, the loop detectors, and the access hardware all talk to each other. We wire the whole system in-house, and we test it with the city inspector standing there.
Swing Gate Installation
Most West Hollywood hillside properties need swing gates because there isn’t enough lateral room for a slide track. That’s fine, but it changes the engineering: heavy-duty hinges, reinforced posts set deep into the slope, and operators rated for a sharp grade. A stock swing gate kit from a home center will sag within two years on a Bird Streets driveway. We fabricate the gate, set the posts, and mount the operators, so the whole assembly works as one unit, not three separate parts bolted together.
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 West Hollywood
We’re certified to service and install nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For West Hollywood customers, we keep the parts that fail most often on local trucks: FAAC articulating arms, LiftMaster loop detectors, BFT control boards, and Viking limit switches. That means a repair or new operator install doesn’t stall for two days while we wait on a warehouse shipment. If you’re replacing an old operator and want to keep your existing gate, we can usually match the brand you already have or upgrade you to a better one without re-engineering the whole driveway.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in West Hollywood Homes
- Unpermitted automated gates. A previous contractor pulled a City of Los Angeles permit for a WeHo address. West Hollywood has its own Building & Safety department, and LA permits don’t transfer. The owner finds out at resale, when the title report flags the unpermitted system. We pull the correct WeHo permit before we touch the gate.
- Swing gate hinge posts crumbling in 1920s stucco pillars. The pillar looks fine from the street, but the core is dust. The gate sags, the latch stops catching, and the whole thing leans. We demo the pillar core, set a galvanized steel post in a proper footing, and re-facade the stucco to match.
- Slide gate bottom rollers corroding in flatlands moisture. Morning marine layer settles in the low areas south of Santa Monica Boulevard, and steel rollers plus trapped moisture equals rust. We install sealed bearing rollers and stainless hardware on any new slide gate in West Hollywood’s flatlands.
- Santa Ana winds loosening anchor bolts on hillside swing gates. That fall wind event isn’t just a nuisance. It’s lateral loading on a gate that’s already fighting gravity. We torque and chemical-set anchor bolts on every hillside swing gate, and we check them during annual service calls.
Pricing for Gate Installation in West Hollywood, CA
Here’s what Gatewood quotes in West Hollywood, and the price we agree on before any work starts is the price you pay. Quotes are free, written, and itemized.
- Pedestrian gate installation: $1,200-$4,800
- Standard driveway swing gate, single leaf, with one operator: $4,200-$9,500
- Custom fabricated double swing gate (Bird Streets grade, two operators): $9,500-$18,500
- Automated slide gate with track, motor, and safety photo eyes: $6,500-$14,000
- Access control add-on (intercom, camera, keypad, remote release): $900-$3,200
What moves the number isn’t mystery markup. It’s the gate’s weight (solid steel versus aluminum), the driveway grade (steep slopes need articulating arms, not underground operators), the post condition (new footings versus reuse), and the operator brand. Call (559) 844-6989 for a free written estimate, and ask for the senior or veteran discount: it’s a permanent 10%, not a holiday special.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Hollywood
Gatewood Fence & Gate handles gate installation for West Hollywood and the surrounding areas. If you’re over the line in Beverly Hills, Studio City, North Hollywood, or Sherman Oaks, the same crew, the same pricing, and the same written guarantee apply. And if you need the bigger picture on our full service area or want to see the other Gate Installation services we offer, those pages cover it.
Serving West Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West 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 West Hollywood
Yes, West Hollywood requires its own city permit for automated gate installation, and the UL 325 safety inspection happens through WeHo’s Building & Safety department, not the City of LA. If a previous contractor pulled an LA permit for a West Hollywood address, the system is unpermitted in WeHo’s eyes, and it will surface at resale, when the title report or buyer’s inspection flags the mismatch. The fix is a WeHo permit and a compliance inspection. We pull the correct permit ourselves and schedule the inspection, so call (559) 844-6989 if you’re not sure what your previous contractor actually filed.
Because the driveway grade off Sunset’s north side is steep enough that standard underground operators bind, and ram operators try to push the gate open against gravity plus the slope. An articulating arm moves with the gate’s arc and handles the grade without burning out the motor. Underground operators are great on a flat driveway in the flats, but on a Bird Streets slope, they fail early. We spec FAAC and BFT articulating arms for almost every hillside swing gate in West Hollywood.
Santa Ana gusts hit hardest in fall and early spring, pushing laterally against swing gates and loosening anchor bolts over time. For a new installation, we specify heavier gauge gate frames, chemical-set anchor bolts, and operators with enough torque reserve to hold the gate closed against a gust, not just open it on a calm day. We also recommend annual service before the wind season: ten minutes checking bolts and hinge wear prevents the kind of failure that leaves a gate banging against a post at 3 a.m.
The original pillars are stucco over unreinforced masonry that has outlived its useful life, especially where the hinge hardware anchors into it. Every time the gate swings, the hinges grind against the stucco core, and the pillar crumbles from the inside out. The correct repair is to remove the pillar’s failing core, set a galvanized steel post in a new concrete footing, re-anchor the hinges to steel, and re-facade the pillar to match the building’s original Spanish Colonial look. Patching the stucco surface is a temporary fix that fails again in two years. Call (559) 844-6989 and we’ll quote the real repair, not the patch.
West Hollywood enforces UL 325 entrapment protection on every automated gate: at minimum, a monitored entrapment sensor (photo eyes or contact edges) plus a manual release mechanism. The city inspects new automated gate installations through WeHo Building & Safety, and yes, they check the safety devices. A gate that opens and closes without working photo eyes or a release handle will fail inspection. We install the full UL 325 protection package on every automated gate we build in West Hollywood, and we walk the inspector through it ourselves.
Get a Free Gate Installation Estimate in West Hollywood
If you’re in West Hollywood and you need a gate that will last longer than the contractor who installs it, call (559) 844-6989. You’ll get Hal or his crew on the line, day or night. We’ll ask about your driveway grade, your current gate, and what you want it to do, then schedule a free measure and a written quote. No trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve received from someone else. The name’s on the shop, the shop’s not far away, and we’ll be there when we say we will.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving West Hollywood since 2001.