I did all my own fence and gate, my own design, all cedar. Inspector said "Wow!" and passed it. I studied the code carefully, but refused to have a diagonal brace on the gate. So far the gate is fine after 12 years...you can see it and the fence in my FantaSea rebuild thread.

I had a dreadful experience with ADT and would never, ever use them again or recommend them. We now have a local company we are far happier with.