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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Burbank
A new driveway gate in Burbank runs $4,800 to $14,500 installed, depending on whether it’s a simple single swing gate on a 1950s ranch lot or a long 40-foot slide gate on a hillside property. A basic pedestrian gate usually lands between $1,200 and $3,200. The work typically takes one to two days once the gate is fabricated, and we schedule every job with a written price in hand before any steel gets cut. Call (747) 260-0589 and you’ll get a live person, day or night.
We work Burbank differently than a general fencing company does. The city’s mix of aging post-war ranch homes on flat streets, custom hillside properties, and active studio lots means a single week can include a 1960s wrought-iron swing gate off Victory Blvd and a cantilever slide gate on a Warner Bros. soundstage. Same crews. Same written documentation on every job. That’s the only way Gate Installation should be done here.
Why Vance Gate Repair San Fernando Is Burbank’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Most Burbank homeowners we meet have already read the reviews and looked at three companies before calling. They want to know the price before the first tool comes out, and they want a record of what was actually installed. That’s what we deliver. Adrian Vance started this company in 2014 after years of commercial access-control documentation work, and that habit carries into every residential driveway gate in Burbank. You get a written scope, a written flat price, and a photo log of every adjustment before we leave.
Our crews dispatch to Burbank daily and know the specific failure patterns here: Santa Ana wind damage on swing gates east of Victory Blvd, heat-warped wooden frames near the Burbank Hills, and undersized 1950s hinge post footings that crack under heavier steel loads. We service nine automation brands including Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule, so we’ll work on whatever operator you already have rather than steering you toward a replacement you don’t need. Every job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not right within a year, we make it right, no argument and no fee.
Our Gate Installation Services in Burbank
Driveway Gate Installation
This is the bulk of our Burbank work. The flatland streets between Burbank Blvd and Victory Blvd are dense with 1940s-1960s ranch homes, many still with their original ornamental wrought-iron gates. When those gates finally fail, we’re usually replacing not just the gate leaf but the hinge posts and footings underneath. A typical driveway swing gate in central Burbank runs $4,800 to $9,500 installed, including new post footings sized for a heavier steel gate. On hillside properties with longer drives, we often combine a new gate with a solar-powered operator when running AC mains down a 200-foot driveway is cost-prohibitive.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Side-yard pedestrian gates get installed constantly in Burbank for simple reasons: privacy from Magnolia Blvd foot traffic, containment for dogs, or replacing a rusted latch. We build them to match the existing driveway gate when one is present, so you don’t end up with mismatched ironwork. Pedestrian gates in Burbank typically run $1,200 to $3,200 depending on width, material, and whether you want a keypad or intercom integrated. We cut and weld on-site where possible so the fit is exact to your post spacing.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates make sense when a driveway is too short or too steep for a swing gate to clear a car. Burbank has plenty of both. A standard steel slide gate on a flatland lot runs $5,500 to $11,000, while a longer cantilever slide gate for a studio lot or broad commercial entrance pushes higher. The ground track matters here: poor drainage on older Burbank properties means a V-track can clog with silt after winter rains, so we often recommend a cantilever design that rides clear of the ground entirely.
Swing Gate Installation
Single and double swing gates remain the most common choice on Burbank’s post-war residential streets. The failure we see most often isn’t the gate itself. It’s what the gate is mounted to. Those original 1950s hinge post footings were poured for a light ornamental gate, and now they’re being asked to carry a much heavier steel panel. When we install a swing gate in Burbank, we excavate and pour new footings rather than bolting to a post we can’t see below grade. Single swing gates run $4,800 to $8,000; double gates with two leaves start around $7,500.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Burbank
We install and service Gate Installation equipment from Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule, along with five other major automation brands. That matters in Burbank because so many homes already have a working operator, and replacing it because an installer only knows one brand is bad practice. If your existing motor can be integrated with a new gate, we’ll do that. If it’s genuinely beyond repair, we’ll show you the test readings that tell us that. We keep common parts for these brands stocked on our trucks, which keeps turnaround tight for Burbank customers.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Burbank Homes
- Undersized 1950s hinge post footings. The original concrete on post-WWII ranch homes wasn’t poured for heavy steel. Santa Ana winds funneling through the Verdugo Mountains corridor put lateral load on the post, and the footing cracks or heaves. The gate sags, drags, and eventually won’t latch. We pour new, wider footings before mounting any new gate leaf.
- Heat-warped wooden gate frames. Burbank records some of the highest summer temperatures in LA County. That heat expansion-contraction cycle warps wooden frames and throws off rack and pinion alignment on slide gates east of Victory Blvd. Metal gates are more thermally stable, so we often recommend steel or powder-coated aluminum on the hottest flatland streets.
- Santa Ana damage to photo-eye sensors. Wind-driven grit sandblasts the lenses on automated driveway gates during fall wind events. That causes nuisance reversals or complete operator failure. We set sensors in recessed or shielded positions on exposed hillside properties, and we photograph the final alignment after every install.
- Retrofitted operators on old masonry pilasters. Many Burbank Hills properties have masonry pillars built decades ago, then had an automated operator bolted on later without adding reinforcement. A heavy modern operator on an unreinforced pillar eventually cracks the masonry. We assess the pilaster before specifying the operator, not after.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Burbank, CA
Here’s what you should expect to pay in Burbank right now. A single-swing driveway gate on a flatland lot runs $4,800 to $8,000 installed, including new post footings. A double swing gate runs $7,500 to $12,500. Slide gates range $5,500 to $11,000 for residential work, and longer studio-lot cantilever gates start around $9,000 and move up with span and automation. Pedestrian gates run $1,200 to $3,200. What pushes cost up: gate width, steel gauge, automation brand, solar power requirements, and whether we’re repairing or replacing the existing posts.
Every Burbank estimate is a written flat price handed to you before work begins. Not an email after you leave, not a verbal ballpark. The Haven Standard, Clause 1, applies to every job: have it in writing. Call (747) 260-0589 for a free measure and written price.
We Also Serve Cities Near Burbank
Our crews cover Burbank and the communities around it, including North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Studio City, and Van Nuys. If you’re just over the border in one of those areas, the same written-price process and documentation standard applies. We dispatch from our Los Angeles office, and Burbank jobs are handled by the same technicians regardless of which side of the 134 your driveway sits on.
Serving Burbank, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Burbank area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Gate Installation in Burbank
Yes. Many Burbank Hills properties have no AC mains anywhere near the gate, and trenching power down a 200-foot driveway can cost thousands before you even buy the operator. We routinely install solar-powered openers paired with two deep-cycle batteries sized for Burbank summer heat, which reduces battery lifespan if undersized. We installed a LiftMaster unit on a 16-foot double swing gate off the hills above the flatlands this way: no conduit, no trenching, and the system has held through two Santa Ana seasons. The key is battery sizing and panel placement. Call (747) 260-0589 and we’ll assess your specific driveway.
You don’t. You replace the footing. The original 1950s concrete was poured for a light ornamental iron gate, not a heavy modern steel panel, and trying to reinforce around it doesn’t fix the problem below grade. We excavate the old post and footing, pour a new wider footing with deeper embedment, and only then mount the new post and gate. It adds half a day to the job and it’s the reason our Burbank swing gates don’t sag three years later. This is standard on our flatland installs east of Victory Blvd.
A commercial-grade slide operator capable of continuous duty, and in most cases a cantilever design so the gate rides without a ground track. Burbank’s studio lots see more cycles per day than a residential driveway gate sees in a month, so a residential opener will burn out quickly. We specify commercial DoorKing or LiftMaster slide operators for these installations, matched to gate weight and cycle rate. We’ve hung 40-foot cantilever gates on Warner Bros. soundstages and a residential double swing gate off Victory Blvd in the same day. When you call, (747) 260-0589, we’ll ask about cycles per day and gate weight first.
Because the hinge post is moving, not the hinges. Santa Ana winds funneling through the Verdugo Mountains corridor load the gate laterally, and if the post footing is original 1950s concrete, it cracks or heaves under that load. Tightening hinges just postpones the problem a few weeks. The fix is a new footing and post. After every major Santa Ana event we see a spike in calls across the flatland residential streets east of Victory Blvd for exactly this failure. The pattern is consistent enough that we address footings on every new swing gate installation in Burbank whether or not the old one has failed yet.
They can be. Burbank’s summer highs put direct sun on south-facing keypads for hours, and cheaper membrane-keypad units degrade faster under that UV and thermal load. We spec metal-faced or recessed keypads for Burbank installs, and we mount them in shaded positions where possible. The electronics themselves are generally fine; it’s the keypad face and housing that fail first. If your keypad is already flaking or intermittent, (747) 260-0589 will get you a live person who can schedule a look.
One thing we should say plainly: Burbank is one of the few cities in LA County where a single gate installer might hang a 40-foot cantilever slide gate on a Warner Bros. soundstage in the morning and repair a 1960s wrought-iron swing gate on a post-WWII ranch home off Victory Blvd that afternoon. The studio-lot-to-residential split is denser here than in Glendale or North Hollywood. Our crews work both ends of that spectrum, and we write up every job the same way: a documented scope, a flat written price before work starts, and a photo record of what was found and what was installed when we leave. That’s the only way we know to do it.
Written by Adrian Vance, Owner at Vance Gate Repair San Fernando, serving Burbank since 2014.