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Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for Pacific Palisades homes and businesses
Custom Gate Installation & 24/7 Repair in Pacific Palisades, CA
Whether the house is standing or being rebuilt after the January 2025 fire, a Palisades gate is now planned with the permit path, the new utility lines and fire-safe materials near the walls in mind. 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 Pacific Palisades
What building a gate in Pacific Palisades actually involves
The Palisades is coastal, hillside, and rebuilding. Salt air reaches most of the neighborhood, so an iron gate that lasts here needs the right finish — galvanized and powder-coated, or steel specified for the marine layer. Driveways in the Highlands, Castellammare, and the canyons are steep and tight; the flats around the Village and the Alphabet Streets are wider and more forgiving. We design for the exact lot.
Many families in Pacific Palisades are rebuilding after the 2025 fire, and gates and fencing are part of that work — securing a lot during construction, then a permanent gate and fence when the house is finished. We provide drawings for the plan set, coordinate with builders, and can phase the work so the property is secured throughout. The Palisades is inside the City of Los Angeles; permits go through LADBS, with coastal and hillside review where they apply.
Access control here leans toward phone entry and video intercom, so the gate can be managed from anywhere. Every automated gate we install carries UL 325 and ASTM F2200 safety devices, and we walk through the manual release before we leave.
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What changes the build in Pacific Palisades
Conduit before concrete
On a rebuild, the driveway and walls can be poured before the gate is even designed. Sleeves and conduit for the operator, the keypad or intercom, and vehicle loops cost little to lay before the pour and a lot to cut in after. With LADWP undergrounding lines in the Palisades, settle the gate's power feed when the new electrical service is planned.
Steel at the house, wood at the street
CAL FIRE's Zone 0 checklist recommends replacing combustible fences and gates in the first five feet around a house, and state rules for that zone are still being finalized. The practical answer is simple: make the side gate and any fence run that meets the house steel, and keep cedar or redwood for a driveway gate set well away from the walls.
Bluff edges and canyon rims
ZIMAS shows coastal bluff and canyon bluff potential for each Palisades parcel. Under the EO8 rebuild path, development has to stay 25 feet from a coastal bluff and 10 feet from a canyon bluff, as the City determines, and a bluff analysis may be required. A fence planned along the rim should be checked against those lines first.
Areas we cover in Pacific Palisades: Huntington Palisades · Marquez Knolls · The Riviera · Rustic Canyon · Pacific View Estates · Palisades Highlands
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What we build and fix in Pacific Palisades
Residential FencingPerimeter and pool-barrier fencing drawn into the rebuild plans rather than added once the house is done.Learn More 
Most RequestedDriveway GatesGates sized to the new driveway layout, with sleeves and conduit placed before the concrete goes down.Learn More 
Residential Gate OpenersOperators and entry systems picked for how the gate must act when the power fails, and tested on site before handover.Learn More 
Custom Wrought Iron GatesSteel and iron side gates for the first few feet around the house, where wood is best avoided.Learn More Gate repair in Pacific Palisades
Garage doors in Pacific Palisades
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Gates we've built
Arched iron side gate
Commercial entry and fencing- Wood and steel fence
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Pacific Palisades FAQ
Questions we hear in Pacific Palisades
Answers specific to Pacific Palisades. The questions every customer asks are on our FAQ page.
Steel or iron that lives in salt air should be galvanized before powder coating, or built from steel specified for coastal exposure, and any chips touched up promptly. We spec the finish for your distance from the water and say so on the drawing.
Not automatically. The emergency orders name structures and supporting work such as retaining walls and driveways; gates and fences aren't listed by name. Whether yours rides on the rebuild permit or is filed on its own is a question for LADBS plan check, best asked before the plans go in, especially if the new gate differs from what stood before. We prepare the gate drawing for either route.
The City's recovery guidance, citing the County health department, calls for an enclosure at least 60 inches high, gaps no wider than 4 inches, and gates that close and latch on their own. On a rebuild, the pool barrier belongs on the permitted plans with the rest of the project, not bolted on at the end. Our pool-fence guide walks through the state requirements.
Usually, yes. City Planning's rebuild FAQ points out that the City doesn't enforce CC&Rs, that an LADBS permit doesn't show compliance with them, and that many associations want to review plans before they're submitted. If your street has an active architectural committee, put the gate drawing in front of it first; a rejection after permitting means drawing and filing it twice.
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- Garage door
- Commercial, HOA or apartments
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