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A new driveway gate in Los Feliz typically runs $4,200 to $11,800 installed, depending on the gate style, material, and whether your lot sits on a steep grade. Most jobs take 3 to 10 working days from measure to finished install. Call (925) 693-7978 for a free measure and a written quote before any work begins. Our crews know the hillside geometry and century-old ironwork that define this neighborhood, so the gate we build for you will actually fit the driveway you have, not the driveway a catalog assumes.
Victor Salinas leads a team that has been fabricating and installing driveway gates across Los Feliz for years, working on everything from 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival estates above Los Feliz Boulevard to newer builds on the flats near Vermont Avenue. We understand wind loads, cross-slope driveways, and the weight of period-correct iron. That local knowledge changes how a gate is spec’d, quoted, and installed.
Why Ironworks Gate Co. Is Los Feliz’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
We are a dedicated gate company, not a general contractor who installs a gate every few months. Since 1984, Ironworks Gate Co. has specialized in driveways and estate gates: fabrication, installation, automation, access control, and the welding and hardware that hold it all together. Homeowners in the Los Feliz Hills and Los Feliz Estates call us because their gates are heavy, their driveways are sloped, and their homes are historic. That is our everyday work.
Every job we complete comes with our 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on the estimate. If something is not right, we come back and make it right. No paperwork, no argument. That is the Keystone Standard, and it applies to a pedestrian gate on a bungalow court in Franklin Hills just as much as a 20-foot sliding gate along Glendower Avenue.
When you call us, a live person answers, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail tree. Not a call-back queue until Monday. If a Santa Ana wind event tears a gate off its hinges at 9pm on a Saturday, you will get a person on the line who can send a crew to Los Feliz, not an answering service reading a script.
Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Los Angeles office, and crews serve Los Feliz locally throughout the week. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed, and they work on your property the way they would work on their own mother’s. Victor Salinas did not build this company on volume. He built it on the 400th job getting the same care as the first.
Our Gate Installation Services in Los Feliz
Driveway Gate Installation
A driveway gate in Los Feliz has to do more than look good from the street. It has to hold up to the Santa Ana winds that funnel out of Griffith Park’s canyons and slam exposed hillside driveways along roads like Glendower and Aberdeen. Our Gate Installation team builds and hangs gates with wind load in mind from the first measure, sizing posts, hinges, and operators for what the weather actually does here, not what a flat suburban sidewalk would get. We also match the architectural weight of your home. A skinny aluminum panel looks wrong in front of a 1930s Mediterranean estate; most Los Feliz jobs lean toward steel, heavy aluminum, or restored iron.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates alongside driveways are common on Los Feliz properties where the front yard is fenced or walled. We build matching pedestrian gates in steel, iron, and aluminum, often as part of a double-gate setup: a driveway gate plus a separate walk gate. On narrow lots, we set posts and swing geometry so both gates work without hitting each other. Hardware is matched to the same finish as the driveway gate, and pedestrian gates get the same 90-Day Done Right Promise as anything else we install.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates are the right answer for many Los Feliz driveways, especially on cross-slopes where a swing gate would drag or hang. A sloped-track slide gate lets the panel travel along the grade without needing clearance to swing. We install slide gates on hillside properties throughout Los Feliz, from Los Feliz Hills down toward Franklin Avenue. Track, rollers, and motor are spec’d for the weight of the panel and the slope of the driveway, so the gate moves cleanly for years instead of fighting its own track.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the classic Los Feliz look, especially for the double gates that frame older estate driveways. We fabricate and install single and double swing gates in steel and iron, with square-tube frames, proper gusset plates, and hinges sized to carry the weight without sagging. On graded lots, we adjust hinge placement and gate pickets so the gate clears the driveway through its full arc. A properly hung swing gate should close like a bank vault door; a poorly hung one sags within two years. We build for the first outcome.
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 Los Feliz
We install and service automation equipment from nine major opener brands, including LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. If you already have an operator on your gate or you are adding one, we match the equipment to the gate’s weight, the slope of the driveway, and how often it cycles. We keep common parts stocked for Los Feliz customers, which means less waiting when a control board or a limit switch fails during a wind event and your gate is stuck partway open.
For hillside properties with frequent power flickers, we often spec operators with battery backup and solar panels, so the gate keeps working through an outage and can be manually released when the power is out for good.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Los Feliz Homes
- Santa Ana wind damage to lightweight panels. Winds out of Griffith Park’s canyons can exceed 50 mph on exposed hillside driveways. Aluminum panels with minimal framing get bent permanently, and hinge welds shear under repeated gusts. We build with wind bracing and heavier gauge steel where the driveway faces the canyons.
- Post footings that shift after winter deluges. Los Feliz is dry most of the year, but when heavy rain arrives, saturated soil on hillside lots expands and shifts. Swing gates knocked out of plumb after a storm usually mean a failed post footing, not a broken hinge. We re-set footings deeper and wider than the original, with proper drainage away from the post.
- Flat-ground gates installed on cross-slope driveways. We see this constantly: a contractor installs a standard swing gate on a driveway with a 7% cross-slope, and the gate leaves a large gap under the low side. That is a security and clearance failure. Raked parallelogram gates or sloped-track slide gates are the correct fix on these lots, and it is part of our initial site assessment.
- Operators undersized for the gate’s weight. An ornamental iron gate from the 1920s can weigh well over 400 pounds per panel. A light-duty residential opener rated for a 300-pound gate will strip its gearbox within a year. We spec operator capacity with a margin above the actual gate weight, and we service all nine major brands so we are not limited to one catalog.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Los Feliz, CA
Gate installation pricing in Los Feliz falls into a few clear brackets. A standard single steel pedestrian gate starts around $1,800 to $3,500 installed. A single driveway swing gate in steel or heavy aluminum typically runs $4,200 to $7,500. Double driveway gates, common on older estate properties, run $7,000 to $11,800 depending on width and ornamentation. Custom period-correct wrought iron, which many Spanish Colonial Revival owners choose, starts around $6,500 for a single panel and goes up from there based on scrollwork and detailing. Automation adds $1,400 to $3,200 depending on the operator brand and whether battery backup and solar are included. These numbers include the gate, hardware, posts, concrete, and install. We quote the full price before any work begins; you will not see a change order after the holes are dug.
Standing offers that apply to Los Feliz customers: $50 off any repair over $250, a free second opinion on any written estimate, an $89 seasonal tune-up, and a permanent 5% senior and veteran discount. Call (925) 693-7978 for a free measure and written quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Los Feliz
Our crews regularly work throughout the neighborhoods around Los Feliz, including North Hollywood, Burbank, Glendale, and Studio City. If you are on the edge of Los Feliz near the Burbank line or off Cahuenga Boulevard toward Studio City, we cover your area. The hillside and wind conditions change street by street, and our team knows the difference between what a gate needs on Los Feliz Boulevard and what it needs three blocks up the hill.
Serving Los Feliz, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Los Feliz 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 Los Feliz
If your driveway has a cross-slope steeper than approximately 5 to 7%, a standard flat-ground swing gate will leave a gap under the low side or drag on the high side. Many driveways along Glendower Avenue and other Los Feliz Hills streets exceed that grade. We assess the slope during the measure and spec a raked parallelogram gate or a sloped-track slide gate if the grade demands it. This is determined before the quote, not discovered on install day. Call (925) 693-7978 and we will measure your driveway for free.
Every automated gate has a manual release, usually a pull handle or keyed release on the operator itself. For slide gates, the release disengages the drive gear so you can push the gate along the track. For swing gates, the release frees the arm or jack so you can swing the panel by hand. If you do not know where your release is, call us and we will walk you through it over the phone; our technicians can also show you during any service visit. For hillside homeowners who lose power during Santa Ana events, we often install operators with battery backup so the gate keeps working through short outages. A permanent answer is a solar gate opener with battery storage, which keeps the gate operational while the grid is down.
Yes, if we build it for the house. Off-the-shelf aluminum panels look out of place next to the masonry pilasters and original ornamental iron that define Los Feliz’s 1920s and 1930s estates. We fabricate period-correct ironwork, replicating the scrollwork, picket spacing, and panel weight of the original gate, or repair and restore existing iron instead of replacing it. Many Los Feliz clients want the gate to look like it has been on the property since 1928, and that is a fabrication and finishing job, not a catalog order. We work from photos, measurements of the remaining original iron, and the architectural details on your specific home.
Yes, in most cases. We install matched pedestrian gates next to driveway gates on lots throughout Los Feliz, including the tighter parcels in the flats near Hillhurst Avenue and Vermont. The constraints are post spacing, gate swing clearance, and how the two gates meet at the property line. We plan both gates together so hinges do not collide and the latch posts land in sensible places. On very tight lots, a pedestrian gate with a magnetic or electric strike keyed to the same entry system as the driveway gate is often the cleaner solution than two independent gate systems.
Because the post absorbed forces the panel could not. In Los Feliz, wind loading from Santa Ana events pushes against the full face of the gate, and that force transfers through the hinges into the post and footing. If the post is undersized, set shallowly, or the concrete has cracked, the post fails first, often shearing or leaning while the iron panel survives. We re-set hinge posts with deeper footings, larger post sections, and, where the driveway drains poorly, proper drainage so water is not weakening the concrete around the post. The panel usually only fails when the wind bends it or breaks a weld along the frame.
Get a Free Measure and Written Quote in Los Feliz
If you are ready to replace a gate the Santa Ana winds have chewed up, build something period-correct for your Spanish Colonial, or just get a gate that actually clears your sloped driveway, call (925) 693-7978. We will come to your property, measure the grade, check the existing posts and operator, and hand you a written price. You will know exactly what the gate costs before any work starts. No surprises. No change orders. And when it is done, the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers it in writing.
Written by Victor Salinas, Owner at Ironworks Gate Co., serving Los Feliz and surrounding neighborhoods.