David R Ajemian
5 months ago
“Prompt and efficient work on a driveway gate repair on a Sunday. Thank you, Dima - nice work!”
Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for Chatsworth homes and businesses
Custom Gate Installation & 24/7 Repair in Chatsworth, CA
A Chatsworth gate might need to swallow a horse trailer, stand on sandstone or shut behind a truck on Nordhoff Street, and each of those changes the drawing. 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 Chatsworth
What building a gate in Chatsworth actually involves
Chatsworth pairs horse properties and hillside homes at the base of the Santa Susana Mountains with one of the Valley's biggest industrial districts. On the residential side that means wide ranch-style gates, long fence runs, and driveways that climb toward the rocks; on the commercial side it means slide and cantilever gates, security fencing, and access control for warehouses and yards along the rail line and the Nordhoff, Lassen, and Topanga Canyon corridors.
Chatsworth is inside the City of Los Angeles, so permits go through LADBS, with hillside review on the parcels that need it. Equestrian properties often want gates that open wide for trailers and fence that suits horses; industrial sites want gates that cycle constantly and close behind every truck. Our fabrication partner of 15 years builds both to our drawings, engineered for the use rather than pulled from a catalog.
Estimates are free and written, and 24/7 emergency service covers the industrial parks as well as the homes — a gate stuck open at a yard after hours is dispatched the same as a driveway gate stuck closed.
- Custom Gate Design Since 2006
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Local conditions
What changes the build in Chatsworth
Footings in sandstone
Around Stoney Point and up toward the Santa Susana Pass, a post hole can hit Chatsworth Formation sandstone a short way down. Rock calls for coring or a footing designed for it rather than a deeper hole, and a slide gate's track or a cantilever's foundation has to be laid out around outcrops. We look for rock at the estimate so the drawing reflects it.
Hardware a horse can't catch
A gate a horse leans on or brushes past needs different details from a car gate: no bolt ends or sharp latch edges at shoulder height, gaps a hoof can't wedge into, hinges that let the gate swing back fully, and a frame stiff enough to take a push. We draw those details into the gate rather than adding them later.
Bridle paths along the street
Many Chatsworth streets carry a bridle path, and riders use them. A driveway gate next to one should open into the lot, keep its operator and keypad post off the path, start and stop smoothly enough not to spook a passing horse, and leave enough apron that a car waiting at the gate doesn't park across the trail.
Areas we cover in Chatsworth: the horsekeeping streets west of De Soto Avenue · Stoney Point · Santa Susana Pass · Twin Lakes · the Nordhoff and Lassen industrial area
Services
What we build and fix in Chatsworth
Most RequestedDriveway GatesDouble swing and slide gates wide enough for a truck and trailer to turn in without clipping a post.Learn More 
Residential FencingSteel rail and picket fence for paddocks and frontages, with posts and heights planned alongside the gate.Learn More 
Commercial FencingPerimeter fence and yard gates for the industrial corridor along Nordhoff Street, Lassen Street and Topanga Canyon Boulevard.Learn More 
24/7Emergency Gate RepairA yard gate stuck open after hours or a ranch gate stuck shut with horses inside goes to our 24/7 line.Learn More Gate repair in Chatsworth
Garage doors in Chatsworth
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Steel security fencing- Commercial entry and fencing
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Chatsworth FAQ
Questions we hear in Chatsworth
Answers specific to Chatsworth. The questions every customer asks are on our FAQ page.
Yes. We build cantilever slide gates, security picket and anti-climb fencing, high-cycle operators, vehicle detection, and fob or phone-entry access for the Chatsworth industrial district, with maintenance plans and 24/7 emergency service afterward.
Los Angeles County. Twin Lakes, Lake Manor and the rest of unincorporated West Chatsworth fall under the county, so the building permit comes from County Public Works and the fire authority is LA County Fire rather than LAFD. County thresholds and review differ from the city's, so we confirm the parcel's jurisdiction and its rules before drawing.
Wider than the trailer. A truck and trailer swing wide turning in, so the opening depends on the street width, the angle of the driveway and the length of the rig, not just the trailer's width. We measure the turn at the estimate with your rig in mind and may set the posts back or flare the opening rather than oversizing the gate leaves.
Yes. A manual gate can take a latch and handle set at saddle height, and an automatic one can be opened with a remote or with a keypad or button on a post that a horse can stand beside. UL 325 requires user controls to sit at least six feet from the moving gate, which also keeps the horse out of its path.
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What do you need?
- A new gate
- Gate repair
- Make my gate automatic
- Fencing
- Garage door
- Commercial, HOA or apartments
- Not sure yet
No obligation. It takes about a minute, then we call to schedule. Prefer to talk? (818) 782-6180