Santa Monica
Galvanised before coating Working in Santa Monica
Everything within a couple of miles of the water gets hot-dip galvanised substrate under the powder coat. It costs more up front and roughly doubles the service life here. Inland we do not specify it, and charging for it there would be dishonest.
Salt gets into cut edges, weld seams and fixings first — never the middle of a panel. So the detailing that matters is at the joints: sealed welds, galvanised fasteners, and no untreated steel left where two materials meet.
What Santa Monica changes
Hot-dip galvanised substrate under powder coat as standard. Stainless fixings throughout, because a galvanised gate on plain steel bolts still fails at the bolts.
Ipe and redwood handle marine air well; cedar needs re-coating more often here than inland. We flag the difference at quote.
Onshore wind is constant. Solid leaves get upsized posts and footings, or we move you to a profile that lets air through.
Work in Santa Monica
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Tell us the opening width and we will tell you what it takes. Site visits are free inside the service area and take about forty minutes.