Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
The assessment is free and the quote is the invoice.
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When your driveway gate won’t open at 6:45 on a Tuesday morning and the car is still inside, you need somebody who will answer the phone and come out. That’s how we run things at Gatewood Fence & Gate. We repair wrought iron driveway gates, pedestrian gates, and automatic gate operators all over San Fernando, from the bungalow streets off Maclay Avenue to the ranch homes east of the 5. Call (818) 514-7606 and you’ll get a live person, not a recording. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates since 2001, and he still shows up on the job himself. The person you talk to on the phone is the person who will be standing in your driveway.
A gate that won’t close, sags against the post, or groans when the opener cycles is a problem you want handled the same day. Most repair calls in San Fernando we can get to within a few hours. We’re already working in the Valley every day, and we know these neighborhoods, these streets, and these gates. The majority of San Fernando’s security gates were installed in the 1980s and 1990s, which means most of them are now 30 to 40 years old and past due for serious hardware work. That’s the work we do.
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.
Why San Fernando Homeowners Choose Gatewood Fence & Gate
Our customers in San Fernando tend to be people who’ve already been through the wringer once. They called a big company, got a low number on the phone, and then watched the price climb after the tech arrived. We don’t do business that way. The price Hal quotes is the price on the invoice. Full stop. He’ll hand you a written estimate before any work starts, and that number doesn’t move unless you add something to the job. No trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Those aren’t promotions we run twice a year. They’re standing offers.
You’ll see our work around the neighborhoods off Glenoaks Boulevard and throughout the grid near San Fernando Road. We’ve rebuilt sagging driveway gates in the post-WWII bungalow districts, replaced failing operators on pedestrian gates in the condo complexes that ring the civic center, and welded cracked frames on properties that other companies wanted to haul to the dump. We repair first. That’s the whole point. A gate that’s worth fixing is worth fixing right, in place, in your driveway, where you can watch it happen.
Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise. It’s in writing. If something isn’t right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround, no ticket number, no “the warranty department will follow up.” He answers the phone. That’s the accountability that comes from having your name on the shop and your address published for anyone to look up.
Gate Repair Services We Offer in San Fernando
Gate Repair
This is the core of what we do. Weld repairs, hinge post rebuilding, sag correction, frame straightening, latch and lock replacement, and full gate re-hanging. In San Fernando, a gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that’s where we start. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.
Learn more about our Gate Repair in San Fernando.
Gate Installation
When a gate is beyond saving, or you’re upgrading from a manual gate to an automated one, we handle the full installation. Custom welded steel frames, proper post setting, operator mounting, and safety edge installation. We measure, quote a written price, and schedule the work. This isn’t a same-day job, and we won’t pretend it is.
Learn more about our Gate Installation in San Fernando.
Gate Motor & Opener
We service and replace automatic gate openers from LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If your opener is dead, stuck mid-cycle, or reversing for no reason, we’ll diagnose it on the spot and tell you straight whether it’s a $40 capacitor or a $900 replacement. We won’t sell you a new opener when a gear is all you need.
Learn more about our Gate Motor & Opener in San Fernando.
Gate Access Control
Keypad entry systems, intercoms, telephone entry, card readers, and vehicle sensors. For San Fernando multi-unit properties and single-family homes alike, we install and service Gate Access Control - San Fernando gear from brands like DoorKing and Ghost Controls. If tenants can’t get in, or the keypad stopped recognizing codes, we get it sorted.
Gate Parts & Welding
We keep common hardware on the truck: hinges, V-wheels, guide rollers, cantilever hardware, latch assemblies, strike plates, and receiver brackets. And when a weld breaks, we handle our Gate Parts & Welding in San Fernando on site, in your driveway. We don’t haul your gate off to a shop and leave you with a gaping hole in your fence line for a week.
Neighborhoods We Serve in San Fernando
We cover the entire City of San Fernando, which is its own municipality, completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles. It throws people off, including some contractors. We’re used to it. We serve properties from the 91340 zip code across the whole four square miles of the city, and we know these blocks well - plus nearby areas like our Sylmar service area.
- Maclay Avenue corridor and the warehouse district to the north
- The residential grid east of Truman Street toward the 5 freeway
- Areas around San Fernando Middle School and the civic center
- Pacoima Wash neighborhoods along the western edge
- Condo and apartment complexes near San Fernando Road and the train station
Typical response time for a repair call in San Fernando is a few hours. Emergency calls after dark still get a live answer and a straight conversation about when we can be there.
Why San Fernando’s Climate & Housing Affect Gate Repair
San Fernando sits deep in the inland Valley, and the summer heat is brutal in a way that people near the coast don’t understand. We regularly see stretches of 105°F and above. Metal expands in that kind of heat, and it expands a lot. Wrought iron gate frames that fit perfectly in January will bind against their strike plates in August. Hinges that were hung square in 1987 have been through close to 40 summers of thermal cycling, and they’re tired. The result is a gate that scrapes, sticks, and eventually refuses to latch.
And then there’s the Santa Ana season. In the fall, wind funnels through the Valley with real force, and we get calls every year for pedestrian gates blown off their stops and swing gates bent at the hinge post. The housing stock doesn’t help. San Fernando is dense with post-WWII bungalows and small ranch homes on tight lots, most of them retrofitted with ornamental wrought iron security gates in the 1980s and 1990s. That installed base is now 30 to 40 years old, and the original hinges, latches, and early-generation operators are all failing at the same time. It’s not a coincidence that so many gates in this city need work. It’s demographics and physics running on the same clock.
Pricing for Gate Repair in San Fernando
Most gate repairs in San Fernando fall between $150 and $600 depending on what’s actually wrong. Here’s an honest breakdown of what you’re looking at:
- Hinge replacement or re-weld: $150 to $350 per hinge, depending on gate weight and whether the post needs steel plate reinforcement
- Sag correction and frame realignment: $200 to $450
- Opener gear or logic board replacement: $250 to $700 for common LiftMaster, FAAC, and DoorKing units
- Full operator replacement: $900 to $2,800 installed, depending on gate type, size, and brand
- Weld repair on cracked frame: $120 to $400 per section
Every job is quoted in writing before we start. Nobody touches a screwdriver until you’ve approved the number. Walkthroughs and diagnosis are free when we do the repair. Call (818) 514-7606 and tell us what the gate’s doing. We’ll give you a straight range on the phone and a firm number on site.
Service Area - Cities Near San Fernando
We work all over the northeast Valley. If you’re in Sylmar, Granada Hills, Northridge, or Van Nuys, the same local crew covers your area too. Same owner, same phone number, same 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving San Fernando, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Fernando area and know this community well, including neighboring Granada Hills, CA. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Gate Repair in San Fernando
Most gate repairs in San Fernando run between $150 and $600. Hinge replacement, sag correction, and weld repairs are the most common jobs, and they land in that range. Full operator replacements run higher, starting around $900. You’ll get a written quote before any work starts, and that’s the number you pay. Call (818) 514-7606 for a specific estimate on your gate.
In most cases, yes. We run repair calls in San Fernando daily, and the typical response window is a few hours. If the gate is stuck open and the street is exposed, tell us that when you call. A live person answers the phone 24/7, and we’ll give you a straight answer about when we can be there.
For simple hardware replacement, hinge work, and most weld repairs, no permit is needed. But any motorized gate installation or structural gate repair inside City of San Fernando boundaries requires a City of San Fernando Building & Safety permit. This is a separate jurisdiction from the City of Los Angeles, even though LA completely surrounds it. We handle San Fernando permits correctly, because pulling an LA City permit by habit here is a mistake that can leave you with unpermitted-work liability.
We service nine major brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. In San Fernando we see a lot of DoorKing and Viking units on older condo complexes, and plenty of LiftMaster and Ghost Controls on single-family homes. If you’ve got something else, call us. Hal’s been doing this since 2001 and there isn’t much he hasn’t seen.
We weld on site. The gate stays in your driveway. Hauling a gate off to a shop means leaving your property unsecured for days, which makes zero sense when you can do the same weld in the driveway with a mobile rig. That’s how we’ve done it since day one.
If your gate isn’t working, sagging, or just doesn’t close right anymore, call us at (818) 514-7606 for a free estimate. Hal answers the phone. We’ll get it fixed, and we’ll do it right.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local gate repair pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What San Fernando Customers Say
"Fitted a keypad and an intercom so my mother can let carers in without coming down the drive. He set it up and then made her practise with it until she was comfortable."
- Lucinda Marchbanks"He builds the gates himself in his own shop. You can go and look at it. That is not something you can say about the outfits that just order a panel in."
- Doreen Whitfield"Welded the hinge back onto our wrought iron gate on site rather than taking it away for a fortnight. Ground it back and painted it and you cannot see the repair."
- Winston Achterberg