Free on-site gate assessment - hinges, posts, and your LiftMaster or Nice gate operator checked before anything is quoted
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AfterFast, Reliable Gate Installation Across Burbank
Gate installation in Burbank typically runs $1,800 to $6,500 for a complete residential driveway gate with operator, depending on material, width, and whether we’re retrofitting a modern operator onto an existing steel frame or starting from new footings. We work Burbank daily, from the Magnolia Park bungalows to the Rancho’s larger double-swing properties, and the written price lands in your hands before any concrete gets poured or a single hinge gets welded. Call (424) 258-8818 and a live person answers, day or night, with a real dispatch time to your street.
Why Vance Gate Repair Tarzana Is Burbank’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Most Burbank gate work we do starts with a gate that’s been hanging since before the homeowner was born. The Rancho Equestrian district has dozens of 1950s and 1960s ornamental steel swing gates that were built well but sized for a lighter gate than what’s there now. We know that housing stock, and we know what happens to it after sixty summers of 105-degree heat. Our technicians see the same failure patterns on Chandler Boulevard and Kenneth Road that other companies only read about in catalogs.
Burbank customers call us because the quote is written, not spoken. Under Haven Standard Clause 1, the price for a Gate Installation job is typed up and handed over before work begins. What’s on that page is what you pay. No adjustment invoice at the end. No renegotiation when the post turns out to be rotted. We factor the likely conditions into the written scope before we start.
Adrian Vance founded this company in 2014 doing commercial access-control documentation, and that habit never left. Every Burbank job, whether it’s a pedestrian gate in Toluca Woods or a slide gate near the Warner Bros. backlot, leaves with a photographic record of what was found, what was set, and what was installed. You get the photos. We keep the file. If anything goes wrong within a year, the 365-Day Done Right Promise means we make it right at no charge.
Our Gate Installation Services in Burbank
Driveway Gate Installation
Driveway gates in Burbank span two worlds: the classic single swing gate on a 1940s ranch, and the heavy automated slide gate on newer construction or studio-adjacent properties. For a standard steel driveway gate with an operator, most Burbank installations run between $2,800 and $5,500 installed, with the final number set by gate width, post condition, and operator selection. We never quote a gate without checking the footings first. A new gate hung on a poured footing that’s cracked beneath grade will sag within two years, and we’d rather tell you that before we mount the first hinge.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates in Burbank tend to be smaller, lighter, and far older than the driveway gates they sit beside. Many are original to the post-war housing stock near Olive Avenue and Victory Boulevard. A new steel pedestrian gate with a magnetic latch and matching powder coat typically runs $900 to $2,200 in Burbank, including the post set if needed. These smaller gates still get the same documentation treatment: photos of the post depth, the hinge spacing, the latch alignment, and the final swing arc.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates work better than swing gates on Burbank lots where a driveway slopes up from the street or where parked cars crowd the swing path. A residential slide gate with a rack-and-pinion drive runs $3,200 to $6,500 in Burbank, with the track style and gate weight driving most of the difference. The Santa Ana angle matters here: Burbank’s seasonal wind events put real lateral force on a tall slide gate, and we overbuild the bottom rollers and guide posts accordingly. This is the same reasoning we apply to slide gates at production facilities near the studio campuses, just scaled down for a home on Avon Street.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates remain the most common style in Burbank, because most of these lots were laid out before anyone thought about rack-and-pinion drives. A new double swing gate with a modern operator runs $3,500 to $7,000 in Burbank, and a single swing gate runs $2,200 to $4,800. The honest question on older Burbank properties is not whether the motor works, but whether the posts can carry the gate. We check post depth and footing condition before we quote a swing gate install, because a gate that sags later is a footing that failed first.
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 nine automation brands so that nobody in Burbank has to scrap a working gate because the motor is a brand another company won’t touch. LiftMaster, DoorKing, Elite, Mighty Mule, FAAC, Linear, Viking, BFT, and Ghost Controls all show up on our Burbank trucks. That matters on older gates in the Rancho and the Chandler bike path corridor, where a legacy operator may be the original fitment and the homeowner wants it matched, not replaced with whatever’s on promotion. We stock the common boards, arms, remotes, and photo-eyes in our service vehicles specifically so a Burbank job doesn’t stall for a part that’s sitting in a warehouse.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Burbank Homes
- Heat-fried control boards. Burbank summers that run past 105°F degrade solder joints on older swing-gate logic boards, especially on Linear and Viking operators from the 1990s and early 2000s. We see more board failures in August in Burbank than in any other month, and the fix is usually a board replacement paired with better ventilation in the operator housing.
- Rotted or undersized hinge posts on 1950s ornamental gates. The original posts on post-war Burbank ranches were often 2-inch steel pipe set in a shallow footing. Sixty years of moisture and a 200-pound gate later, the post has rotted below the soil line and the gate sags until the latch misses the strike by two or three inches.
- Santa Ana wind damage on slide gates. Tall gates on the Burbank hillside streets catch lateral wind, bend the track slightly, and throw the rack-and-pinion drive out of mesh. The symptom is a grinding noise and a gate that stops mid-travel. The fix is straightening or replacing the track section and re-meshing the pinion, which is a same-day repair in most cases.
- Studio-adjacent gates with commercial cycle counts. Residential gates near the Warner Bros. and Disney campuses sometimes sit on lots that get heavy traffic for entrances, deliveries, or multi-unit access. A residential-duty operator will fail within three to five years under that load. We spec heavier-cycle operators for these properties, even when the gate itself looks like every other gate on the block.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Burbank, CA
Here are honest Burbank ranges for the work we’re asked about most often:
- Single swing driveway gate with operator: $2,200 - $4,800
- Double swing driveway gate with operator: $3,500 - $7,000
- Residential slide gate with rack-and-pinion drive: $3,200 - $6,500
- Pedestrian gate with post set and latch: $900 - $2,200
- Retrofit modern operator onto existing gate: $950 - $2,400
What moves the number: gate width, steel gauge, post condition, operator brand, and whether we’re working with an existing concrete pad or pouring new footings. Every Burbank quote is written and handed to you before work begins. The estimate visit is free, and if you already have a written estimate from another company, bring it to us and we’ll review it at no cost. Call (424) 258-8818 for a written price on your gate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Burbank
Our Gate Installation in Burbank crews regularly handle work in the surrounding area. If your property is a few minutes from Burbank, we’re already nearby for gate work in North Hollywood, Studio City, Van Nuys, and West Hollywood. Call (424) 258-8818 and we’ll confirm the schedule and the written quote before anyone drives out.
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, in most cases. If the gate steel is sound and the hinge posts are still anchored solidly, we can mount a modern LiftMaster or DoorKing operator onto a 1960s swing gate, re-align the travel stops, and bring the safety photocells up to current UL 325 requirements without replacing the gate panel. The written quote will show the retrofit as a line item, and if the post is too far gone, we’ll tell you that before we touch the operator. Call (424) 258-8818 and we’ll assess your specific gate.
Because they run commercial cycle counts. A gate on a residential lot in the Rancho Equestrian District might cycle 8 or 10 times a day; a gate serving a production facility near the Warner Bros. backlot may cycle 50 or 80 times a day, every day. The motors, the rack, the rollers, and the limit switches all wear proportionally faster. That’s why we spec heavier-duty operators and shorter maintenance intervals for any Burbank gate that sits near the studio campuses or the Olive Avenue commercial corridor.
Most likely, yes. Brick pier anchors from the 1950s were never designed for a swinging steel gate that weighs 150 to 250 pounds, and by now the embedded post has usually corroded enough that the gate sags and the latch misses. The proper fix is to core out the old anchor, set a new steel post in a concrete footing below grade, and re-hang the gate at the correct swing height. We do this regularly on Burbank’s older streets, and the written quote will include the footing depth and post specification before we start.
The wind damage is real. Santa Ana events push sustained lateral force against a tall gate panel, and over repeated events that force bends the upper track guide, pulls screws from the rail brackets, and can throw the rack-and-pinion mesh off just enough to grind. We’ve replaced bent track sections on Burbank slide gates after wind events in October and November more times than we can count. The fix is usually a track splice and a pinion re-mesh, done same day.
Yes. We add standalone keypad entry to older gates all the time, including gates with legacy operators that predate wireless keypad compatibility. The keypad is wired to the operator’s open input, and we program the codes on site, photograph the wiring, and leave you with a written code-change procedure. The work typically runs $250 to $600 depending on the operator and whether we’re adding a new receiver. Call (424) 258-8818 for a written quote on your gate.
A Note on Burbank’s Gate Stock: Patch, Retrofit, or Replace
Burbank’s mix of century-old residential neighborhoods and high-cycle studio district gates means we regularly swap obsolete Firewolf-era control boards on 1970s swing gates in the Rancho, then four blocks away rebuild a slide gate that moves thousands of pounds of steel at a Warner Bros. backlot. Same day, same truck. The residential job gets the same documentation as the backlot gate: photos of the board before and after, the limit-switch readings, the wiring diagram, and the written record of every part number installed.
The honest question on older Burbank gates is not “can it be fixed?” but “what’s the next failure likely to be?” A gate with a bad board, a rotted post, and a worn hinge is a gate that will cost you three service calls in two years, or one proper rebuild now. We’ll show you the numbers on both paths and let you decide with the evidence in front of you. That’s the way Vance Gate Repair has operated since 2014, and it’s the way every Burbank job gets done.
We got called to a 1950s ranch on North Pass Avenue where an original ornamental wrought-iron swing gate had sagged so far the latch missed the post by three inches. The hinge post had rotted underground. Re-setting it in a new concrete footing and replacing a dead FAAC 402 operator brought the sag correction and safety photocell alignment back to compliance without replacing the panel. You get the same assessment on your gate: what actually failed, what it costs to fix, and what evidence we’re leaving behind.
Call (424) 258-8818 for a free, written estimate on gate installation anywhere in Burbank. A live person answers, a named technician comes out, and the price is on paper before any work begins.
Written by Adrian Vance, Owner at Vance Gate Repair, serving Burbank since 2014.
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