Gate Repair in Malibu - Same-Day Service, Priced Before We Start
Same-day gate service with the price agreed before we start. Licensed and insured engineers covering repairs, operators and access control across the whole area.
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What Our Customers Are Saying
"Safety photo eyes on our old gate had been bypassed by whoever serviced it last, which he was genuinely annoyed about on my behalf. Fitted proper sealed ones and wired them the way they should be."
"Hundred and forty feet of cedar privacy fence, all posts set in concrete, all of it dead level on ground that is anything but. He walked the line with me twice before a single hole was dug."
"Operator had died and the manufacturer no longer makes the board. Rather than sell me a whole new system he found a compatible unit and adapted the mount. Saved me a great deal of money."
"He builds the gates himself in his own shop. You can go and look at it. That is not something you can say about the outfits that just order a panel in."
"The fence is excellent and it was fairly priced. He is not quick to answer email, so if you need him, ring. He always picks up the phone."
"Driveway gate had been dragging for two years and two other companies told me the whole thing needed replacing. Hal reset the posts, rehung it and it swings like it did when it went in. A fraction of the price of a new one."
The Smart Choice For Gate Repair
Same-Day Response
Fast dispatch across Malibu. Most jobs handled the same day you call.
Licensed & Insured
Background-checked, certified technicians who meet every local requirement.
Upfront Pricing
Clear written estimates before any work begins - no hidden fees, ever.
Guaranteed Work
Every repair backed by our workmanship warranty and satisfaction guarantee.
Areas We Proudly Serve
Serving Malibu, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We're based in the Malibu area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you're nearby, we can almost certainly help.
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Gate Repair Service Across the Malibu Area
We Are the Malibu Team for Gatewood.
Hal builds gates in his own shop and you can drive there and look at it. He repairs what other companies want to replace, welds on site rather than taking your gate away for a fortnight, and gets genuinely annoyed on your behalf when he finds safety sensors somebody bypassed.
Same training, same parts, same pricing practice, and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise - delivered by people who live here.
Visit Gatewood →Part of the Locally Family.
Locally is a family of home-service brands held to one written standard, and Gatewood is the gate repair company in it. One promise stands behind every trade, in every town.
Expert Gate Repair and Installation Services
Every job on this list is handled by trained, background-checked technicians working to one national standard, priced upfront from a free estimate.
Electric and Automatic Gate Repair
Sagging hinges, jumped chains, dead control boards and electric gates that stop halfway. Repaired on site in most cases.
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Free Gate Estimates
A technician tests the gate and the operator, then quotes the full repair or replacement before any work begins.
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Gate Opener Replacement
Swing and slide operators sized to your gate weight and daily cycle count, with safety sensors set and tested.
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Gate Installation
Custom iron, steel and wood gates measured, fabricated and hung square on footings that hold their line.
Learn More →Premium, Long-Lasting Gate Parts
The part decides how long the repair lasts. Here is what we fit, and what the cheap version costs you later.
Gate Operators
The operator is the motor that moves the gate. It absorbs every open and close, so its duty rating decides how many years you get out of it.
We install operators sized to the real weight of the gate and its daily cycle count, with a metal gear train, a soft start and stop, and a proper manual release.
An undersized residential operator on a heavy gate runs at its limit on every cycle. Plastic gear trains strip, the motor overheats, and the unit is finished in a couple of seasons.
Hinges
Hinges carry the entire weight of a swing gate. A gate that sags almost always has a hinge problem, not a gate problem.
We use heavy welded steel hinges with greasable bearings and adjustable posts, so the gate can be brought back to level later without cutting anything apart.
Light bolt-on hinges with a plain steel pin wear oval within a year or two. The gate drops on the latch side, drags on the driveway, and starts binding the operator.
Chains and Racks
A sliding gate is driven either by a chain or by a toothed rack. Either way, that part takes the shock on every start and every stop.
We fit galvanized heavy-pitch chain, or steel rack welded on a straight line and tensioned properly, so the load spreads across several teeth at once.
Thin unplated chain rusts and stretches until it jumps the sprocket, and plastic rack teeth shear off in cold weather and leave the gate stuck in the driveway.
Control Boards
The control board is the electronics that read your remote, your keypad and your safety sensors. It also takes the first hit in a power surge.
We install boards with a conformal coating and surge protection, mounted in a sealed weather-rated enclosure and properly grounded.
A bare board in a loose plastic box collects condensation and insects. One nearby strike or one wet week and the gate stops responding to anything at all.
Safety Photo Eyes
Photo eyes are the beam across the driveway that stops the gate when something is in the way. They are the difference between a nuisance and an accident.
We install sealed weather-rated photo eyes on solid brackets, aligned and tested, and wired so that a sensor fault stops the gate instead of being ignored.
Unsealed indoor-grade eyes on flimsy brackets drift out of alignment with the first bump, and the shortcut fix is to bypass the safety input so it stops tripping.