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Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for West Hills homes and businesses
Custom Gate Installation & 24/7 Repair in West Hills, CA
West Hills runs out to the Simi Hills, where a gate may have to work around a native oak, an open-space lot line or the trail along Valley Circle Boulevard. 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 West Hills
What building a gate in West Hills actually involves
West Hills is the far western edge of the Valley, where ranch-style homes sit on some of the larger lots in the city and the streets toward the Simi Hills climb into hillside and canyon terrain. Wide double driveway gates, long fence runs, and pedestrian gates beside the driveway are the norm on the flat streets; on the hillside ones, the gate has to be designed around the grade — a slide or cantilever gate where a swing gate cannot clear.
The look runs from ranch and traditional to newer Mediterranean, and our fabrication partner of 15 years builds all of it to our drawings: cedar or redwood on welded steel frames, wrought iron with an arch and finials, or clean black steel slats. West Hills is inside the City of Los Angeles, so permits go through LADBS, with hillside review on the parcels that need it. We confirm the requirements for your address, and when a permit is needed, we can handle the paperwork, billed separately.
Estimates are free and written, automation is installed to UL 325 and ASTM F2200, and repair calls are answered 24/7.
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Local conditions
What changes the build in West Hills
Roots before posts
The city treats root damage that kills a protected tree, including digging inside its drip line, as removal, so a footing or trench under an oak or walnut canopy is a permit question as well as a design one. We place posts outside the canopy where we can, hand-dig near roots, and change the gate's width or swing before anyone cuts a root.
Fence lines that climb the hill
Where a lot backs onto El Escorpion Park or the Upper Las Virgenes preserve, the rear fence often rises and falls with the slope. Panels can step down in level sections or rake to follow the ground; stepping leaves triangles open underneath, raking keeps the bottom tight. We draw the run both ways and set post depth for the grade.
Keys for the fire department
On a long gated drive in the fire zone, firefighters may need to get through when nobody is home. LAFD's key-box standard calls for an approved key switch on gates that restrict its vehicles' access to residential property, so it's worth wiring the operator for one. LAFD's hydrants and access unit approves the device, and we check what your parcel needs.
Areas we cover in West Hills: the Valley Circle Boulevard corridor · the slopes below Castle Peak · around Shadow Ranch Park · near Orcutt Ranch · the Bell Canyon edge
Services
What we build and fix in West Hills
Gate Opener InstallationA motor, photo eyes and a keypad added to an existing ranch-style gate when the frame and posts are sound.Learn More 
Residential FencingLong rear and side runs stepped or raked to the hill along open-space lot lines.Learn More 
Custom Wood GatesRanch-style gates in clear cedar or redwood over a welded steel frame, with posts kept clear of oak and walnut roots.Learn More 
Residential Gate OpenersOperators wired for a fire-department key switch, with keypads and remotes for the household.Learn More Gate repair in West Hills
Garage doors in West Hills
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Gates we've built
- Double-gate automation
Steel security fencing
Commercial entry and fencing
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West Hills FAQ
Questions we hear in West Hills
Answers specific to West Hills. The questions every customer asks are on our FAQ page.
Yes. We build wide ranch-style driveway gates that open for trailers, matching rail or picket fence, and operators with solar power where the gate is far from the house, for the larger West Hills lots.
Possibly, but plan on keeping it. The removal permit has to come from the city's urban forestry staff, and they can deny a request when the tree could be saved by redesigning the project. With a gate that usually means shifting the post, narrowing a leaf, or switching from swing to slide, so we draw those options before anyone files for a removal.
Not directly. The Valley Circle Boulevard/Plummer Street Scenic Corridor Specific Plan sets street and trail standards and applies to new subdivisions and parcel maps within 1,500 feet of the road. What matters for one gate is the edge: keep posts and footings on your side of the property line, have the gate open into the lot, and leave room for a car to wait without blocking the trail or sidewalk.
It does, because a fence or gate built over the line stands on someone else's land, and on the open-space side that is often a public agency's. We build from a recorded survey or corner markers we can find; if there aren't any, a licensed surveyor stakes the line first. That costs far less than moving a fence after a dispute.
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What do you need?
- A new gate
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- 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