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Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for Reseda homes and businesses
Custom Gate Installation & 24/7 Repair in Reseda, CA
Reseda was one of the Valley's first post-war suburbs, and gate work here often starts with what the lot already has: a block wall, a narrow apron, or a side yard someone wants to park a boat in. 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 Reseda
What building a gate in Reseda actually involves
Reseda is post-war Valley at its most typical: ranch houses and small tracts on flat lots, wide streets, and a commercial spine along Sherman Way and Reseda Boulevard. Most driveway gates here were installed decades ago — a lot of them manual, a lot of the automated ones on operators that are now on their last legs — so a large share of our Reseda work is retrofits and replacements rather than brand-new openings.
A retrofit on a Reseda lot is usually a good deal: the ground is flat, power is close, and if the gate is square we can add an operator, safety sensors, keypad, and remotes for far less than a new gate. When the gate itself has sagged or rusted out, we draw a new one — steel slat, iron picket, or cedar on a steel frame — to match the house and the fence. Reseda is inside the City of Los Angeles; permits go through LADBS, and we can take care of one for an added fee if your project needs it.
Our office is a short drive east, in Van Nuys. Estimates are free and written, and repair calls are answered 24/7.
- Custom Gate Design Since 2006
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Local conditions
What changes the build in Reseda
Houses on the boulevards
Where a Reseda house faces an arterial such as Reseda Boulevard, Victory or Sherman Way, the city's driveway policy calls for a gate about 20 feet back from the curb so a car can stop out of traffic while it opens; anything closer needs LADOT's written approval. On a shallow front yard, that often means a slide gate near the house rather than one at the sidewalk.
Side yards for a boat or RV
Plenty of Reseda tract lots have a side yard just wide enough for a trailer, boat or RV. The gate there has to clear the vehicle with room to steer in, open without hitting the house or the neighbor's fence, and close against a post a backing trailer won't knock. On a narrow side yard, sliding the gate along the fence line is often the only arrangement that works.
Aprons lifted by tree roots
Mature parkway trees have heaved many driveways and sidewalks on these streets. A slide gate's track needs a flat, solid slab, so we check for heaving before choosing one; a cantilever gate rides above the ground and sidesteps the problem. The tree is the city's, and cutting its roots needs a permit from StreetsLA's Urban Forestry Division.
Areas we cover in Reseda: the Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way commercial core · the blocks around Reseda Park · the tracts north of Saticoy Street · south toward Victory Boulevard
Services
What we build and fix in Reseda
Most RequestedDriveway GatesGates sized to Reseda's aprons, side yards and boulevard setbacks, including openings wide enough for a boat.Learn More 
Custom Wood GatesBoard-on-board and slat gates rebuilt on welded steel frames, so a familiar look stops sagging.Learn More 
Fence RepairFrontage repairs to block walls and iron sections, done so the new gate has something sound to close against.Learn More 
Security GatesStorefront and lot security for the Sherman Way and Reseda Boulevard business district, drawn to fit its design overlay.Learn More Gate repair in Reseda
Project photographs
Gates we've built
White arched driveway gate- Commercial iron entry
Chevron pedestrian gate
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Reseda FAQ
Questions we hear in Reseda
Answers specific to Reseda. The questions every customer asks are on our FAQ page.
Often, yes. If the leaf is square, the hinges and posts are sound, and power is reachable, adding a modern operator with UL 325 safety sensors starts at $5,000 – $7,000 — far less than a new gate. We inspect it at the free estimate and tell you straight.
It wants them out of sight while you're open. Grilles and similar devices must be fully retracted during business hours, new ones should sit behind the storefront glass and be see-through when closed, and barbed or razor wire shouldn't be visible from the street. Existing exterior grilles should be painted to match the building, or swapped for a style that leaves the storefront visible.
Often not. The 1994 Northridge earthquake was centered in Reseda, and many front walls here are original block or slumpstone, some patched since. A pilaster built to frame a light manual gate may have no steel or footing able to take a heavier leaf and an operator pulling on it. When we can't confirm what's inside, we set a new steel post with its own footing and keep the pilaster as trim.
Yes. Most sag comes from a wood frame racking under its own weight. We can build a new gate on a welded steel frame and clad it in cedar or redwood to the same board pattern, so the street sees the gate it's used to and the frame stays square. If the posts have leaned too, they get replaced or reset at the same time.
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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