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Gate installation in West Hollywood runs anywhere from $1,800 for a basic single swing gate to $14,000+ for an automated slide gate with access control, and most residential jobs land between $3,500 and $7,500. The bigger question in this city is rarely the gate itself. It’s whether the job has a WeHo permit behind it. Hal Gatewood has been installing and repairing gates since 2001, and we handle the permit paperwork, the welding, and the install start to finish, so you’re not left standing in a driveway with a red tag on your brand-new operator. Call (818) 873-5061 and you’ll get a live person who actually knows this city’s code quirks, any hour of the day.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is West Hollywood’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’re not a franchise rolling through West Hollywood with a wrapped van and a regional manager in another state. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice we hand you. We’ve been owner-operated since 2001, with a published address and a license number you can look up before we ever step foot on your property. A live person answers our phone 24/7. Not a voicemail tree, not a call center three states away. You call, someone picks up, and we talk about your gate.
West Hollywood customers call us because the city’s building department is its own animal. If a contractor treats WeHo like just another LA neighborhood, the job dies at permit review. We don’t. We know the Community Development Department wants load calculations on that retrofitted swing gate operator mounted to a 1940s stucco pilaster. We know the inspector is going to check UL 325 entrapment protection before signing off. We pull the permit before demo, every time, and we stand behind the work with our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround.
Our Gate Installation Services in West Hollywood
Every gate we install in West Hollywood starts with the same question: what does this property actually need, and what will the city let us do? From there we build it right, on site, with welding done in your driveway rather than hauled off to some shop you’ll never see. Here’s what we handle most around here.
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in West Hollywood is usually an automated slide gate, simply because lots are tight and swing gates eat up too much arc. On a hillside property off Doheny or up in the Norma Triangle, a slide gate also holds its track better when Santa Ana gusts kick in. We install the gate, the operator, the safety photocells, and the keypad entry, and we make sure the whole thing is permitted through WeHo’s own building department before we cut anything.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
West Hollywood has some of the best-looking old pedestrian gates in Los Angeles County, most of them ornamental wrought iron on bungalow courts from the 1930s and 1940s. The problem is they’re 60 to 90 years old and the hinge posts are shot. We install new pedestrian gates that match the building’s character, set new steel posts in proper footings, and add modern closers and magnetic locks where the building needs access control on the door side.
Sliding Gate Installation
In the multi-unit corridors along Santa Monica Boulevard and Fountain Avenue, a shared slide gate can cycle 50 to 100 times a day. That beats a cheap operator to death inside three years. We install slide gates with operators sized for commercial-grade daily cycling, on steel V-track and rack and pinion, and we upgrade the safety edges so the gate reverses the moment it meets resistance. This is the kind of gate that has to work every single time, because an entire building’s residents are behind it.
Swing Gate Installation
A swing gate on a West Hollywood property needs a hinge post that can hold it. Older masonry pilasters near Sunset Boulevard were never engineered for modern operator torque, and we see them rip out or shear pivot bolts every Santa Ana season. We set new steel posts, weld heavy-duty hinges, and install operators from brands like LiftMaster and BFT that are rated for the actual gate weight and wind load, not whatever was sitting on the shelf.
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 nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. Around West Hollywood, the older Viking and Elite units on multi-unit properties are the ones we see most often, along with LiftMaster on newer residential installs. If you’ve got a Linear board that’s throwing error codes or a Ghost Controls arm that’s stopped responding, we stock common parts locally and our crew can usually have you running same week. Full replacement installs get quoted up front, in writing, before any work starts.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in West Hollywood Homes
- Santa Ana winds shearing pivot bolts on older swing gates. The pilasters on 1930s-1960s apartment buildings and bungalow courts were never designed for modern operator torque. Add a dry October gust and the gate pulls away from the hinge post. We replace the post, not just the bolt.
- Legacy control boards burning out from daily cycling. Shared entry gates on Fountain and Santa Monica see 50-100 cycles a day. Viking and Elite boards from a decade ago weren’t built for that. When they die, the whole building’s gate access is down until a permit-holder coordinates the fix.
- UV-cooked powder coating and brittle plastic housings. West Hollywood gets more direct sun than the beach cities, and it shows on gate finishes. Coating flakes, housing cracks, and debris jams the rack and pinion on slide gates. A new gate here should have a finish spec’d for inland sun, not coastal fog.
- Stop-work orders from the WeHo permit process. A contractor treats West Hollywood like LA City, skips the WeHo permit, and the job gets red-tagged. Now an entire building has no gate access until the right paperwork is pulled. We pull it before demo.
Pricing for Gate Installation in West Hollywood, CA
A single swing gate install in West Hollywood typically runs $1,800 to $4,500. A swing gate with an automated operator starts around $4,000 and goes up from there depending on the operator brand and access control. A slide gate, the more common choice on tight WeHo lots, runs $5,000 to $9,000 installed, and a full double gate with automation and intercom sits between $7,500 and $14,000. Permit fees from the City of West Hollywood run separate, usually a few hundred dollars depending on valuation. The honest answer is that your pilaster condition, gate weight, and operator choice move the number more than anything else. That’s why we give a free on-site measure and a written price before any work starts. The number we quote is the number you pay, and it’s agreed before we cut a single post. Call (818) 873-5061 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Hollywood
Gatewood Fence & Gate works throughout the West Hollywood area and the neighborhoods around it. If you’re in West Hollywood proper or a few blocks over in Beverly Hills, Studio City, North Hollywood, or Sherman Oaks, you’re in our service area. Same crew, same Gate Installation standards, same 90-Day Done Right Promise. If you can see the Hollywood Hills from your driveway, we can likely get to you fast.
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, in most cases you do. West Hollywood is a 2.4-square-mile incorporated city with its own Community Development Department, and any new automated operator installation is reviewed under the city’s municipal code, not LA City’s. Replacing an operator on a shared entry gate usually triggers a permit review, and skipping it can result in a stop-work order that shuts down the entire building’s gate access until the paperwork is sorted. We pull the WeHo permit before we touch the gate. Call (818) 873-5061 and we’ll check your specific address.
The gate is pulling away because the hinge post was never built for the wind load and operator torque it’s now carrying. Most of the 1930s-1960s masonry pilasters in West Hollywood are original to the building, and they were built for a manual gate, not an automated one with a modern operator cranking on it. The fix is a new steel post set in a proper concrete footing, not just longer bolts. We do this regularly on bungalow courts off Fountain and the side streets off Santa Monica.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends on the board’s age and whether it has the inputs for modern entrapment protection. Older Viking and Elite units from the mid-2000s often lack the circuitry for current UL 325 photocell logic, and you can’t safely fake that. If the board can take a retrofit, we’ll do it and save you the money. If it can’t, we’ll tell you straight and quote the replacement. Either way, the price is agreed before we start. Call (818) 873-5061 and we’ll look at your unit.
The city red-tags the job and issues a stop-work order. The gate stays inoperable, the building’s shared entry is down, and the property owner now has to pull the permit retroactively, pay the fees, and fix anything the inspector flags. If an unpermitted operator was already installed, it may have to come back out for inspection. This is exactly why we pull the permit before demo on every West Hollywood job. The name is on the shop, and the shop is accountable to the people who live down the street.
A slide gate is almost always the better answer on a hillside property with a narrow driveway. Swing gates need arc space to open, and on a tight uphill driveway that arc either eats your parking area or slams into the hillside. A slide gate tucks along the property line and keeps the sightline clean, which matters when the house behind it is all glass. We install slide gates with concealed track options where the aesthetic calls for it. Call (818) 873-5061 and we’ll measure the actual grades and give you a straight answer.
Need a gate installed in West Hollywood? Call (818) 873-5061 for a free estimate. A live person answers, any hour, and we’ll give you an honest number before any work starts.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving West Hollywood since 2001.