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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Repair Across North Hollywood
Gate repair in North Hollywood usually falls into two camps: an automatic operator that quit, or a gate that sags, scrapes, or won’t latch. Either way, we can typically be at your property within a few hours, and Hal himself often handles the first visit. Our crews know the tight shared driveways off Oxnard Street, the postwar bungalow lots near Valley Plaza, and the stucco apartment corridors north of Burbank Boulevard better than any outfit that sends a stranger from across the county. If your gate is down, hanging, or blocking a vehicle, call (559) 844-6989 and you’ll get a live person – not a voicemail, not a menu. That’s how we’ve run things since 2001.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is North Hollywood’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Most of the requests we get in North Hollywood come from people who’ve already had one company out, or who’ve lived with a dragging gate for a year and finally hit their limit. We show up when we say we will. The name on the shop is Hal Gatewood’s, and the shop is local enough that you can drive there and look him in the eye if you ever want to. He is not passing through. He has been fixing gates since 2001, and every repair carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it is not done right, one call brings him back – no runaround, no “well, that’s a different issue.”
North Hollywood’s mix of 1960s-to-1980s stucco apartments and original wrought-iron gates means we see specific failure patterns here that a general fence company from the Valley won’t recognize until they’ve made two trips. We know the blocks where son-of-a-gun landlords retrofitted early-2000s operators onto 40-year-old gates and never touched the hinge posts. We know which shared driveways off Lankershim are too narrow for a standard swing gate replacement. That local knowledge is the difference between a repair that holds and one that fails again in six months.
Call us at (559) 844-6989. We’ll tell you over the phone whether it sounds like an operator issue, a hinge post problem, or something else – and what it will cost before we ever roll a truck into North Hollywood.
Our Gate Repair Services in North Hollywood
Electric Gate Repair
When a vehicle gate motor burns out on a North Hollywood property, nine times out of ten the problem is the operator, not the gate itself. We service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, and Linear units throughout the 91601 and 91602 zip codes, with parts for most common models stocked in our van so the job doesn’t stretch across two days. Our Gate Repair team handles circuit boards, limit switches, receiver antennas, and burned capacitors – and we will tell you honestly if a controller swap makes more sense than rebuilding a 20-year-old board.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gates in North Hollywood fail in predictable ways: dead batteries in the backup, misaligned photo-eyes from a bump, worn rack and pinion on a slide gate, or a control board fried by a power surge during a Santa Ana event. We diagnose the failure fast because we have seen the same dozen failure modes for 29 years. If your gate opens halfway and stops, or reverses for no reason, or refuses to close on a sunlit afternoon – call us. We will likely fix it on the first visit.
Hinge & Post Repair
A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. That is where we start. On North Hollywood’s 1940s-to-1960s bungalows and 1970s dingbat apartments, the original gate posts are often set in concrete that has cracked or separated from the sidewalk. We cut out the old weld, true the post, and weld on a new hinge barrel – on site, in your driveway. The gate never leaves the property. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice; we don’t do that to people in North Hollywood.
Gate Realignment
A latch that won’t catch, a gate that scrapes asphalt, a driveway gate that pops open when a delivery truck idles by – in North Hollywood these are usually realignment issues, not replacement issues. We square the frame, shim the hinges where the post has settled, and reset the latch strike so it closes the way it did when the gate was hung. Most realignment work is done in an afternoon, with the price quoted and agreed before we unload a single tool.
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 North Hollywood
We are certified to service LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, and Linear equipment, which covers most of what we find on North Hollywood’s older apartment retrofits and newer NoHo Arts District slide-gate systems. Because we work these same operators every week across the Valley, we carry the common replacement boards, photocells, and remotes on the truck. You’re not waiting a week for a part to ship from Texas. If we don’t have it, we can usually get it next-day and come right back to finish.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in North Hollywood Homes
- Dead retrofitted operators on structurally solid gates. The dense apartment blocks south of Oxnard Street and around Lankershim Boulevard are full of early-2000s LiftMaster and Viking operators bolted onto 1960s and 1970s wrought-iron gates. The motor gives out while the iron is still fine. We replace the operator, not the gate – a pattern North Hollywood sees far more than higher-turnover markets like Sherman Oaks or Burbank.
- Hinge post rot and cracked footings on postwar bungalows. Single-family homes built in the 1940s through 1960s often have gate posts set directly into concrete that has since developed stress cracks. The post leans, the gate sags, and the latch won’t align. We repair the post and re-set the gate true.
- Slide gates derailing on tight shared driveways. North Hollywood has a high number of narrow shared drives where a swing gate simply won’t function. When the rack and pinion on a slide gate wears unevenly, the gate binds mid-travel and blocks vehicle access. We re-set the rack, true the wheels, and get the gate moving cleanly again.
- Wind damage from Santa Ana events each fall. Santa Ana winds funnel through Valley corridors and find every weakened hinge weld, every improperly latched pedestrian gate, every vehicle gate left hanging by one hinge. Fall brings a predictable surge of emergency calls. We prioritize these because a gate swinging free in 50-mph wind is a hazard to people and cars.
Pricing for Gate Repair in North Hollywood, CA
Upfront pricing is a core promise, not a footnote. Here is what North Hollywood residents can expect to pay, quoted and agreed before any work starts:
- Operator/controller replacement on an existing gate: $480-$1,250 depending on the unit and whether we need new photocells or a loop detector.
- Hinge and post repair (single gate, on-site welding): $340-$780, based on how much of the post needs to be re-set.
- Gate realignment and latch repair: $180-$420 for most North Hollywood residential gates.
- Weld repair / crack repair on a wrought-iron gate: $150-$450, depending on the number of points that need attention.
- Electric gate diagnostic: $95, applied toward the repair if we do the work. Free second opinion on any written estimate.
Every repair over $200 gets $40 off, no trip charge inside the county, and seniors and veterans save 10% permanently. Call (559) 844-6989 and we’ll give you a firm number on the phone for most common repairs.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Hollywood
While this page is addresses North Hollywood specifically, our crews regularly cross Cahuenga Pass and work the surrounding streets in Studio City, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, and West Hollywood. If you’re on the edge of North Hollywood and unsure whether we cover your block, call and ask – we almost certainly do. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Los Angeles office, so a live person answers around the clock and can place a crew on your street quickly.
Serving North Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North 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 Repair in North Hollywood
On North Hollywood’s older apartment corridors, especially this area south of Oxnard Street and around Lankershim, property owners in the early 2000s retrofitted LiftMaster and Viking automatic operators onto existing wrought-iron gates that were already 30-40 years old. The motors and control boards have since failed, but the iron itself is structurally sound – original welds still true, hinge posts still solid. So the correct repair is an operator/controller replacement, not a gate replacement. We resell the exact repair, not the upsell. That pattern is less common in higher-turnover markets like Sherman Oaks or Burbank, where newer ownership more often replaces the whole assembly. Call (559) 844-6989 for a free phone diagnostic.
We work within the space the property gives us. On a tight North Hollywood driveway – think the narrow side yards between stucco boxes off Burbank Boulevard – a slide gate is usually the only option. When the rack and pinion wears unevenly, the gate binds mid-travel; our fix is to re-seat the rack, true the rail, and replace worn rollers. The gate stays in place during the repair, so vehicle access isn’t lost. We do this whole job on site.
Almost always, yes. The sag is in the hinge post, not the gate panel. We cut the old hinge barrel weld, re-set the post square, weld a new pin and barrel assembly, and the gate hangs right again. North Hollywood’s original wrought-iron gates from the 1960s and 1970s were built heavier than anything you can buy at a big-box store today – saving them is often the smarter investment. We will tell you if the post is too far gone to save, but that is the exception, not the rule.
Yes. Under UL 325 safety standards, which California code incorporates, automatic gate operators must have an entrapment protection device – photo-electric eyes, a reversing edge, or a contact sensor – and any gate installed or significantly repaired after 2001 needs both the operator and the safety devices working together. When we repair an automatic gate in North Hollywood, we inspect the photo-eyes and edge sensors as part of the job. If those safety devices are missing, bypassed, or misaligned, we bring it to code before we call the job done. This is a statutory requirement, not an option.
Santa Ana winds. When wind events funnel through the Valley in October and November, they hit every weakened hinge post, every weld that’s been fatiguing for a decade, every gate that was left unlatched one too many times. Pedestrian gates get ripped off their posts, vehicle gates get bent back against their stops, and operators get jostled until internal connections shake loose. We see the surge every year around the same weeks and we staff for it. If you suspect your gate is going to be a wind casualty, call (559) 844-6989 now, before the next Santa Ana, and we’ll tighten, weld, and true everything that needs it. Estimates are free.
Contact Gatewood Fence & Gate
If your gate is down, dragging, refusing to close, or just making a sound it shouldn’t, call us. Hal Gatewood and his crew have been fixing gates in North Hollywood since 2001, and you’ll speak to a real person at (559) 844-6989 day or night. Free estimates. Prices quoted and agreed before work starts. 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job, in writing. The name is on the shop, the shop is local, and the person who answers the phone is the person who stands behind the work.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving North Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley since 2001.