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Gate installation in Los Angeles typically runs between $2,800 and $9,500 for a standard single swing gate with an operator, and most projects take one to two days once the gate is fabricated. The number jumps when the driveway slopes, the gate is custom-sized, or salt air near the coast means we’re specifying 316 stainless hardware instead of standard steel. We serve every part of Los Angeles, from the canyon grades off Laurel Canyon Boulevard to the flat lots of the San Fernando Valley, and we answer the phone live at (626) 649-4572 whenever you call.
What makes Los Angeles different from almost any other city isn’t just the number of automatic gates. It’s the combination: coastal salt air on one side, canyon wind corridors on the other, and a housing stock full of aging wrought-iron swing gates installed during the 1980s and 90s automation boom. A gate that works for twenty years in Burbank can corrode at the hinge post in six years in Venice. That’s the local knowledge we bring to every Gate Repair in Los Angeles estimate.
Why Latch & Post Gate Repair Is Los Angeles’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We’ve been part of the Cedarwell family since 2009, and our Los Angeles crews spend their weeks on one thing only: gates. Not fences, not general contracting, not “outdoor living.” The latch that holds the gate and the post that carries it, that’s the job. Cody Beckman leads our Los Angeles installation work, and every technician who shows up at your door is background-checked, uniformed, and factory-trained on the brands you actually own instead of whatever the supply house had in stock.
Los Angeles homeowners call us because we document what we’re going to do before we start. You get a written price. You get a technician who puts on shoe covers and lays drop cloths before stepping inside, and who sends you a photo of the cleanup before leaving. You get the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every installation: if something isn’t right, we make it right. No argument, no fine print.
Our local dispatchers know the difference between a Pacific Palisades hilltop and a South LA flat lot. That matters when we’re scheduling a crew and a gate that has to travel up a canyon road. For Los Angeles installs, most estimates happen within a few days of your call, and the written quote includes every line item: operator, hardware, concrete, labor, permits if needed. You’ll see the full number before any work begins.
Gate Installation Services in Los Angeles
Gate Installation Services in Los Angeles cover everything from a new pedestrian gate on a mid-city bungalow to a full automated driveway system in Bel Air. We handle driveway gates, pedestrian gates, swing gates, sliding gates, double gates, and security gates, and we’ll spec the right hardware for your specific street, slope, and exposure. Most Los Angeles installations start with a site visit to measure the opening, check the existing posts, and discuss what kind of operator fits your household.
Driveway and Security Gates
Driveway gates in Los Angeles are as much about keeping the dog in and the street noise out as anything else. We install double swing gates for wide frontages, sliding gates for properties where the driveway slopes up from the curb, and pedestrian gates sized to match. On sloped canyon driveways, we fabricate raking gates so the bottom rail follows the angle of the apron instead of leaving a gap underneath.
Pedestrian and Custom Wrought Iron
A pedestrian gate on a Spanish Colonial Revival home in Los Feliz needs to match the original ironwork, not look like it came from a big-box catalog. We work with local fabricators who can reproduce scrollwork and finial details, and we spec powder coating or galvanizing depending on how close you are to the marine layer. Most custom residential pedestrian gates in Los Angeles run $1,200 to $3,800 installed.
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.
Electric Gate Installation in Los Angeles
Electric Gate Installation in Los Angeles means more than mounting an operator arm: it’s about wiring, safety sensors, code compliance, and choosing a motor that won’t burn out when the Santa Anas hit. We install operators from LiftMaster, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, and we tune torque to the actual grade of your driveway. A flat lot motor won’t survive a 15-degree canyon apron for long.
Automation and Operator Selection
The right operator depends on gate weight, width, wind exposure, and how many cycles per day the gate sees. For a typical single swing gate in Los Angeles, a complete electric installation with operator, safety edges, photo eyes, and keypad entry runs $3,200 to $7,800. Sliding gates on V-groove track cost more because the track bed has to be set true over a longer run.
Code-Compliant Safety Systems
California enforces UL 325 entrapment protection, and LA County inspectors take it seriously. Every electric gate we install or retrofit includes photo eyes, safety edges where required, and a monitored entrapment sensor on the operator. If you’re replacing an operator on a gate from the 1990s, we bring the whole system up to current code, not just the part that failed. That’s what a careful Los Angeles install looks like.
Trusted Brands We Service in Los Angeles
We work on the brands Los Angeles homes actually have, which means we can often pull parts locally instead of waiting on a distributor in another state. Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing are common in Los Angeles because they’ve been specified by local gate contractors for decades, and we also provide Los Angeles Mighty Mule service. We troubleshoot their control boards, replace their limits, and match their accessories to your existing keypad or intercom. If your brand isn’t on the truck, we can usually have the part by the next business day through local supply houses.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Los Angeles Homes
- Salt-air corrosion on hinge posts and welds. Gates in Venice, Mar Vista, and Pacific Palisades lose their galvanizing years before inland gates do. We see hinge barrels seized with rust and post bases that look like driftwood. The fix usually means cutting out the corroded section and welding in new steel with stainless hardware.
- Santa Ana wind damage to track and hinge bolts. October through January, canyon-corridor properties in Laurel Canyon and Nichols Canyon produce a wave of bent slide tracks, sheared hinge bolts, and burned-out operators within 48 hours of a wind event. We stock extra cantilever rollers and heavy hinge sets heading into that season.
- Sagging gates where the post footing failed, not the panel. A gate that scrapes the driveway is almost never a bent gate. It’s a post that’s leaning because the footing was poured too shallow or the hillside soil shifted. We correct the footing and reset the post before touching the panel.
- UV-degraded safety sensors and wiring insulation. Los Angeles sun destroys rubber photo-eye lenses and plastic operator housings faster than most markets. If your gate reverses for no reason or the keypad gets brittle and cracks, the year-round UV has done its work.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Los Angeles, CA
Here’s what Los Angeles homeowners can expect, with the understanding that every estimate is line-itemed before you sign anything. A standard single swing gate with an operator: $2,800 to $5,800. A custom raking wrought-iron gate for a sloped canyon driveway: $5,500 to $9,500. A sliding gate on V-groove track: $4,200 to $8,500. A pedestrian gate with keypad entry: $1,200 to $3,800. Labor, hardware, and the operator are included in these ranges. The written price we give you is the price you pay, before any work starts.
Salt-air distance matters. A home in Pacific Palisades usually needs galvanized steel and stainless fixings, which adds $600 to $1,200 over painted steel. A flat-lot home in Mid-City doesn’t. That’s why we don’t quote Los Angeles gates over the phone without seeing the site.
We Also Serve Cities Near Los Angeles
Our crews do most of their work in Los Angeles proper, but we regularly schedule installations in nearby cities including Huntington Park, South Gate, Bell, and Maywood. If you’re in one of those communities, the same written-price promise and 365-Day Done Right Promise applies. You can read more about what Gate Installation in Los Angeles looks like on our city page.
Serving Los Angeles, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Los Angeles 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 About Gate Installation in Los Angeles
Because the marine layer carries salt air inland from the Pacific, and that salt sits on steel surfaces and works into every hinge barrel, weld seam, and bolt thread. Gates in Venice and Pacific Palisades corrode years faster than similar gates in the Valley. The fix is specification, not paint: galvanized steel, 316 stainless hardware, and powder coating over a proper primer. Galvanized posts outlast painted steel by decades near the coast. Call (626) 649-4572 and we’ll tell you what your specific exposure needs.
Yes, and we do it regularly. Sloped aprons require a custom-fabricated raking gate so the bottom rail follows the angle of the driveway instead of leaving a gap, and the operator needs torque tuned to the grade. We installed a custom raking wrought-iron swing gate on a sloped apron off Laurel Canyon Boulevard, spec’ing 316 stainless hinges and a LiftMaster operator with torque set to the hill. The old gate had failed at the hinge post, not the panel. We set a deeper post footing into the hillside so Santa Ana winds couldn’t shear the hinge bolts again.
In Los Angeles, about eight times out of ten the hinge post is the problem, not the gate panel. Posts set in shallow footings lean as hillside soil shifts or heavy winds push the gate, and the panel then scrapes the driveway. A laser level tells us within a minute whether the post has moved. If it has, we reset the post and re-hang the gate rather than trying to shim a sagging panel.
Yes. California enforces UL 325, and Los Angeles County inspectors expect photo eyes, safety edges where the gate could close on a person, and a monitored entrapment sensor on the operator. If you replace an operator on an existing gate, we bring the wiring and safety accessories up to current code, not just the failed part. This is non-negotiable on every electric gate installation we do in Los Angeles.
Because winds at 60 to 80 mph funnel through those canyon corridors and hit gates broadside. Slide tracks bend, hinge bolts shear, and operators burn out trying to hold a gate against the wind. We stock extra cantilever rollers and heavy hinge sets before October because canyon-corridor properties reliably produce a wave of damaged gates within 48 hours of any significant wind event. It’s as predictable a seasonal rush as frozen pipes are in northern cities, and we plan for it.
If you’re considering a gate installation in Los Angeles, call (626) 649-4572 for a free estimate. A live person answers, day or night. We’ll schedule a site visit, measure your opening, spec the right hardware for your coastal exposure or canyon grade, and give you a written price before any work begins. Floors stay clean, kids and pets stay safe, and the gate works the way it should for years.
Written by Cody Beckman, Owner at Latch & Post Gate Repair, serving Los Angeles since 2009.