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Method Doors & Gates

Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for Calabasas homes and businesses

Custom Gate Installation & 24/7 Repair in Calabasas, CA

Brown horizontal-slat metal driveway gate between pale walls

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Calabasas has its own code for fences, oak trees and scenic roads, and a gate here is drawn around all three before anyone picks a style. Nothing is built until you approve the drawing. Our fabrication partner of 15 years builds it, our licensed installers put it in, and our phones are answered 24/7 for gate and garage door repairs.

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Gates in Calabasas

What building a gate in Calabasas actually involves

Calabasas is gated-community country. Many of the neighborhoods — the streets off Parkway Calabasas, the hillside communities above the 101, the estates toward Mulholland Highway — sit inside HOAs with design guidelines, and the gate on your own driveway usually has to be approved by the association before the city sees it. Our scaled drawing is what boards ask for, and we design to the guidelines from the start so approval is a formality.

Calabasas is its own city with its own Building & Safety department, separate from Los Angeles, with its own height rules and permit process. Hillside lots, fire-zone requirements, and long driveways with a power run to the street are all normal here. We confirm the rules for your parcel and size the operator and footings for the site, and if the gate needs a City of Calabasas permit, we can take care of it for an added fee.

The look in Calabasas runs to substantial: wide double swing gates in wrought iron with matching fence, modern steel and glass on newer builds, and cedar or redwood on steel frames for ranch-style properties. Every one is built to our drawing by our fabrication partner of 15 years and installed by our licensed installers, most of whom have worked with us for more than ten years.

  • Custom Gate Design Since 2006
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Local conditions

What changes the build in Calabasas

  • Oaks near the drive

    Calabasas protects its oak trees, and an oak's protected zone starts five feet outside its drip line; a heritage oak's reaches at least 50 feet from the trunk. Gate posts, footings and a trench for power all count as work inside that zone, and encroaching on more than a tenth of it goes to the Planning Commission. We site posts and route conduit around the roots before drawing.

  • Wildlife corridors on larger lots

    On lots zoned RR, HM or OS that touch mapped habitat or wildlife corridors, the code confines ordinary fencing to the area around the house, pool and patio, and a fence along the outer property line has to be wildlife friendly. In practice that means a tight fence and gate around the developed pad and an open design at the edge of the lot.

  • Entry arches and pilasters

    An arch, trellis or pilaster over a front-yard gate can reach eight feet with site plan review, but only if the entry feature is no wider than eight feet. That suits a walk gate. Over a two-car driveway, the presence has to come from pillars set back where the fence height steps up to six feet.

Areas we cover in Calabasas: Old Town Calabasas · Calabasas Highlands · Park Moderne · Mulwood · The Oaks · Calabasas Park

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Gates we've built

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  • Double wood driveway gate with an arched top, dark hinges and decorative studsArched wood driveway gate
  • Horizontal wood boards held in black steel fence frames above a concrete wallWood and steel fence
  • White solid-panel arched driveway gate at the end of a paved driveWhite arched driveway gate

David R Ajemian

5 months ago

“Prompt and efficient work on a driveway gate repair on a Sunday. Thank you, Dima - nice work!”

Calabasas FAQ

Questions we hear in Calabasas

Answers specific to Calabasas. The questions every customer asks are on our FAQ page.

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Yes. Most Calabasas HOAs want to see a drawing, materials, and finish before approving a gate. We provide the scaled drawing and product details, design to the association's guidelines, and answer the board's questions. Once the HOA signs off, we can take care of the City of Calabasas permit for an extra charge if the gate needs one.

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