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If your estate gate is grinding, sagging, or refusing to open, you need a specialist who knows what’s actually behind the wall, not just somebody with a toolbox and a billable hour. Gate parts and welding in Beverly Hills means working on gates that are heavier, older, and more integrated than almost anywhere else in the country. We repair what other companies want to swap out. Hal Gatewood has been doing exactly that since 2001. Call us at (818) 873-5061 and a live person answers, any hour of the day or night.
Ninety-nine percent of the gates we touch in Beverly Hills were custom-fabricated. They hang on pillars that are older than the owners. They run on operators that predate current safety standards. That’s not a problem, it’s the job. We weld on site, in your driveway, so the gate never leaves your property.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Beverly Hills’s Preferred Gate Parts & Welding Company
Beverly Hills is not the kind of place where you roll the dice on a phone-book repair guy. The properties here demand a level of care that most Gate Parts & Welding outfits simply don’t staff for. Hal Gatewood is the owner, and his name is on the shop, on the invoice, and on the 90-Day Done Right Promise that comes with every single job. If it isn’t done right, we make it right. One call brings him back. No runaround.
We’ve worked on enough Beverly Hills estates to know what the inspectors want, what the homeowners won’t tolerate, and what the older masonry and original hardware can actually withstand. That local knowledge is not a marketing line. It’s the difference between passing inspection the first time and ripping out work you just paid for. We service Beverly Hills with crews that know the difference between a 1920s Limestone pillar and a 1950s cast-stone post. And every call is answered by a live person at (818) 873-5061. Not a chatbot. Not a voicemail tree. A person.
We’re locally owned and owner-operated, with a published address and license number anyone can look up. Hal will show up himself, or the person who does will be background-checked and uniformed. The estimate you get before the work starts is the price. Period. No trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Services in Beverly Hills
Hinge Replacement
A sagging gate in Beverly Hills is almost never a “gate problem.” It’s a hinge problem, or more often a hinge-post problem. On the older estates in the Flats and the hills, original forge-welded hinges have been carrying a half-ton of wrought iron since the Hoover administration. When they fatigue, the gate drops and starts kissing the stone. We replace hinges with sealed bearing units sized for the actual weight of your gate, not a guess. The gate rehangs square the first time.
Typical hinge replacement in Beverly Hills runs $350 to $900 per hinge, depending on gate weight and whether the leaf has to be cribbed and supported while we work.
Post Replacement
This is where most out-of-town companies get it wrong. They see a leaning post and start drilling. In a Beverly Hills Flats estate with original brick or cast-stone pillars, drilling without a plan can compromise the whole assembly. In many cases the post is fine and the footing has shifted; in others the post is done and needs to come out without disturbing the masonry around it. We do both. We also know when surface-running new wiring is the right call, and when the Beverly Hills building department needs to see your plans before we dig.
Post replacement in Beverly Hills, including footing work and proper setting, runs $1,200 to $3,800 depending on post size, material match, and what’s under the dirt. If a full custom-fabricated post is needed, we weld it to match the original profile.
Rail Repair
Bent top rails and cracked picket welds are common on Beverly Hills gates, especially after a Santa Ana season. A bent rail isn’t just ugly. It throws the whole frame out of square, which puts diagonal stress on the hinges and the opener. We straighten and reinforce what can be saved, and replace what can’t, welding in new material that matches the original section. No grinding through the front face of a 1930s gate to hide a sloppy patch.
Rail repair typically runs $250 to $650 per rail, with on-site welding included.
Custom Welding
When a gate is older than the company that made it, replacement parts don’t exist. That’s where custom welding matters. We fabricate steel reinforcement plates, rebuild broken pickets, straighten bent frames, and machine hinge sleeves to match non-standard post diameters. If you’ve been told your original gate can’t be saved, get a second opinion. We’ve rescued mid-century gates that three other companies wanted to haul to the dump. We weld in your driveway. Your gate doesn’t move.
Custom welding work in Beverly Hills runs $180 to $1,500 depending on the fabrication required, and every weld is included in the 90-Day Done Right Promise.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Beverly Hills
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, and in Beverly Hills we see a lot of FAAC, BFT, and LiftMaster operators on estate properties. Many of them are older units tied into whole-home systems like Crestron or Control4. That matters, because a generic gate technician will rip out an old FAAC board and install a new operator that doesn’t talk to the house. We retrofit the right way. We keep common parts for these brands on our trucks, so a board swap or a gearbox repair often happens the same day we show up, not a week later after a part gets shipped from Ohio.
Common Gate Parts & Welding Problems We See in Beverly Hills Homes
- Worn hinge posts on historic masonry pillars. In the Beverly Hills Flats south of Santa Monica Blvd, 70-to-100-year-old brick and cast-stone pillars often cannot be cored for new conduit. When a hinge post shifts or rots, we rebuild the footing without disturbing the original masonry, and surface-run wiring where needed.
- Obsolete control boards on legacy operators. A 1990s FAAC or BFT unit tied into a Crestron or Control4 system doesn’t get replaced, it gets retrofitted. We match the old board’s output to the new one, so the house system never knows anything changed.
- Santa Ana wind damage on hillside gates. Steep driveways in the hills above Sunset strain cantilever slide gates constantly. Santa Ana gusts bend racks, strip gears, and knock limit switches out of alignment. We see it every fall, and we can pre-harden a gate before the next wind event.
- Sun-baked safety sensors. South-facing gates in Beverly Hills get brutal UV exposure. Photo-eye lenses go cloudy, wiring insulation turns brittle, and false entrapment alerts start tripping the UL 325 safety circuit. We replace sensors and re-wire with UV-rated insulation that actually lasts.
Pricing for Gate Parts & Welding in Beverly Hills, CA
Here’s the straight answer. Hinge replacement runs $350 to $900 per hinge. Post replacement with footing work runs $1,200 to $3,800. Rail repair runs $250 to $650 per rail. Custom welding runs $180 to $1,500 depending on scope. Gate roller replacement runs $120 to $400 per roller. Latch and lock replacement runs $90 to $350. The price you’re quoted is the price you pay, and it’s agreed before we start. No surprises, no “found something else” after the fact. Call (818) 873-5061 for a free estimate. We’ll give you a real number, not a range you have to decode.
We Also Serve Cities Near Beverly Hills
While this page is for Beverly Hills, our crews also work in West Hollywood, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, and Santa Monica. If your property is in one of those areas, you’ll get the same 90-Day Done Right Promise, the same live-answer phone line at (818) 873-5061, and the same no-trip-charge policy inside the county.
Serving Beverly Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Beverly Hills 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 Parts & Welding in Beverly Hills
Yes, and this is one of the most common jobs we do in the Flats. We don’t drill into the brick or cast stone unless absolutely structurally necessary. We rebuild the hinge post footing from below, surface-run wiring along the original mortar lines, and use non-invasive mounting methods that Beverly Hills inspectors accept. The pillar stays intact, the gate rehangs square, and the historic fabric is untouched. Call (818) 873-5061 if your gate is drooping. Repairs like this start at $1,200 for the full footing rebuild including new bearings.
You usually don’t need to replace the operator, and you shouldn’t. The gearbox and motor on a 1990s FAAC or BFT are often perfectly good. What fails is the control board, and that board talks to your Crestron system in a specific language. We retrofit the board with a new unit that mirrors the old outputs, so the whole-home system never notices. That’s a far cheaper fix than replacing the operator and rewiring the house. A control board retrofit in Beverly Hills typically runs $600 to $1,400. Call (818) 873-5061 for a straight answer on your system.
Sort of. You can’t stop Santa Anas, but you can stop them from destroying your gate every fall. We replace the factory rack with a heavier-gauge steel rack and reinforce the pinion mount so it doesn’t flex sideways under wind load. On steep hillside driveways we also check the counterweight and guide rollers for wear. A correctly engineered fix in Beverly Hills runs $800 to $2,200 depending on gate length. Call (818) 873-5061 to schedule a pre-season inspection before the next wind event. It’s cheaper than fixing a stripped gearbox.
No. Beverly Hills is its own municipality with its own building department. The City of Los Angeles has no jurisdiction here, and a LA-based contractor who says a permit isn’t needed for structural or electrical gate work is wrong. If the post is load-bearing or the work involves electrical, you need Beverly Hills to sign off. We pull the permits, we know the inspectors, and we pass the first time. If your contractor skips the permit, the city can flag the work and you’re the one holding the bill. Get a second opinion. It’s free. Call (818) 873-5061.
Yes, and we do it regularly in Beverly Hills. When the original manufacturer is gone, we reverse-engineer the dimensions and fabricate replacement parts on site. Hinge sleeves, bearing housings, reinforcement plates, even entire top rails can be custom-welded to match. An old gate that was built well is almost always worth saving. The steel in a 1960s estate gate is often better than what you can buy new today. Call (818) 873-5061 and we’ll tell you honestly if yours is worth the work, or if replacement is the cheaper answer.
One thing to know about Beverly Hills: this city has its own building department and its own permitting process, completely separate from the City of Los Angeles. Any gate work involving electrical modifications or structural changes has to clear Beverly Hills inspectors. Many LA-based gate companies miss that, and their work gets flagged. On a Spanish Colonial Revival estate in the Beverly Hills Flats, our crew was called for a wrought-iron swing gate that had started grinding against its limestone pillar. The original FAAC operator’s gearbox had worn, and the lower hinge post had shifted in its old masonry footing. Common on 1920s pillars that can’t be cored. We surface-ran new low-voltage wiring for the safety photocell along the original brick, rebuilt the hinge post footing without disturbing the masonry, and rehung the gate with new sealed bearings. Smooth operation, city inspection passed, historic fabric untouched. That’s the job.
If your gate is older, heavier, or more stubborn than you’d like, call us at (818) 873-5061. A live person answers. We’ll give you a straight answer and a written price before any work starts. You can drive to the shop and look Hal in the eye if you want. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Beverly Hills since 2001.