Gate Installation in Burbank - Free Survey, One Written Price

Trusted Gate Installation for Burbank Homeowners

A new driveway gate in Burbank typically runs between $4,800 and $14,000 installed, depending on the gate material, width, automation package, and whether the posts and power run are already in place. Most installations we schedule are completed within two to four weeks of the written estimate, and we handle the permit paperwork, the fabrication, the motor, the safety edges, and the final walkthrough as one job with one price on paper before work starts. If your existing gate is sagging on its hinges, the motor is fighting the weight, or the track is pulling out of the concrete, call Vance Gate Repair at (213) 577-1120 and we’ll tell you whether Burbank’s soil movement means a repair or a replacement is the smarter spend.

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Adrian Vance started this company in 2014 on commercial access-control sites, where every gate had a wiring diagram, a service log, and a paper trail. We brought that same habit to residential gate work across Burbank. Over 22,000 gates repaired and installed since, every single job has left the property with a written price agreed before work began and a photo record of what was installed when the technician left. That’s the Haven Standard, and it’s the reason Burbank homeowners who research first tend to land here.

Key Takeaways:

• Written price before any work starts: no verbal estimates, no surprise invoice at the end (Haven Standard Clause 1).
• Driveway gate installations in Burbank typically range $4,800 to $14,000 depending on material, width, motor, and site conditions.
• We install and automate swing gates, sliding gates, double gates, pedestrian gates, and security gates.
• Every visit ends with a documented photo record: what was found, what was set, what was installed.
• A live person answers (213) 577-1120 at any hour, day or night.

What Our Gate Installation Service Includes

Every Gate Installation in Burbank starts the same way: we measure the opening, check the soil and slope, confirm where the power will come from, and write down what we’re going to do and what it will cost. Then we do it. No deposit surprises, no change orders invented mid-job, no line item that wasn’t in the scope you already signed. Below is what that looks like for each type of gate we install.

Driveway Gate

A driveway gate is the vehicle-width gate that spans your main entry, usually automated with an opener mounted on a post or a slide track. In Burbank we install both wood and steel driveway gates, and we always size the motor to the actual weight of the gate leaf, not to a catalog guess. If your driveway slopes or the opening is wider than fourteen feet, we’ll recommend a sliding configuration instead of a swing gate so the motor isn’t fighting gravity every cycle.

Pedestrian Gate

A pedestrian gate is a smaller, walk-through gate built into or beside the driveway gate, often with its own keypad or card reader. These are the gates that see the most daily cycles in a Burbank household, so we install them with heavier hinges and a dedicated closer rather than treating them as a scaled-down afterthought. We also make sure the pedestrian gate’s latch and the driveway gate’s safety edge work independently, so a fault on one never strands the other.

Sliding Gate

A sliding gate travels horizontally on a track or is cantilevered above the driveway, and it’s the right choice when the yard slopes up behind the opening or there’s no room for a swinging leaf to arc inward. In Burbank we see a lot of sliding gates on hillside lots in the Verdugo foothills where a swing gate would hit the grade on the first cycle. We set the track on a concrete footing with proper drainage, because a track that pools water during a Burbank winter storm is a track that binds by February.

Swing Gate

A swing gate pivots on hinges mounted to posts or columns, opening inward or outward like a door. These remain the most common residential gate type in Burbank, and the most common failure we see is a post that was never set deep enough for the weight it carries, so the gate sags and the motor burns out trying to close it. We set swing gate posts in concrete below the frost and movement line, and we photograph the hinge weld and the post depth before the gate is ever hung.

Double Gate

A double gate is two leaves that meet in the middle, used when the driveway opening is too wide for a single leaf to swing or slide economically. In Burbank, most double gates we install are automated with a pair of synchronized operators or a single motor with an articulated arm, and both leaves get a safety edge so nothing gets caught in the center seam. We also install a center drop rod on one leaf so the closed gate doesn’t wobble in the wind that comes through the Cahuenga Pass.

Security Gate

A security gate is any gate built and automated to a higher standard: heavier steel, tamper-resistant hinges, and access control that logs who opened it and when. For Burbank homeowners, this often means a driveway gate paired with a keypad, a phone-based entry app, and a photo-eye plus safety edge on every cycle. We come from commercial access control, so a security gate to us means an audit trail and a wiring diagram left with the owner, not just a taller piece of steel.

Brands We Service for Gate Installation

We install and automate gates with whatever motor is already on the property, and we don’t steer Burbank homeowners toward a replacement just because it’s easier for us to quote. If the existing gate has a FAAC operator, we know that brand’s board diagnostics and limit-setting procedure well enough to quote the job honestly, whether that means reusing the motor or telling you plainly that the arm bracket is too corroded to trust. We’ve worked on FAAC units across Los Angeles since our commercial access-control days and stock their common replacement parts locally.

The same goes for BFT, Linear, and Viking. BFT hydraulic operators are common on heavier Burbank gates, and we know how to check a BFT’s fluid level and pressure settings before quoting any new installation. Linear and Viking we see most often on older residential slide gates, and we’re comfortable wiring either brand to a new gate, a new keypad, or a new safety loop. Whatever motor is on your property, we can work with it, document it, and leave you with a record of how it’s wired rather than a vague promise that it works.

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Signs You Need Gate Installation Right Now

Not every gate problem calls for a full replacement. Some do, and knowing the difference before you call is worth real money. Here are the five we see most often around Burbank, in order of how much they’re costing you.

• The gate has started scraping the driveway or sticking mid-travel. A gate that scrapes is usually a post that’s shifted or a hinge that’s worn past adjustment. In Burbank’s clay-heavy soil, the ground moves more than people expect, and once the post moves, the motor works harder every cycle until it fails. We’ll tell you after measuring whether it’s a $300 hinge repair or a new gate on a properly set post.
• The motor is tripping the breaker or errors out intermittently. Intermittent faults are the most expensive kind, because they tempt you into resetting the motor and hoping. If your operator is more than ten years old and the board is throwing fault codes, a new gate and motor package often costs less than chasing electrical ghosts on a gate that’s already near the end of its frame life.
• A wooden gate has rot spreading through the stile where the hinges bolt in. Once rot reaches the hinge mounting, the gate is structurally unsafe regardless of what the motor does. Burbank’s sun is hard on wood, but the rot we see is almost always from sprinkler overspray or a gate built without a proper top cap. We’ll quote the replacement and build it with end-grain sealed so it doesn’t rot in the same place in five years.
• The gate is too heavy for the opener that’s on it. We see this constantly: a previous installer hung a heavy steel gate on a light residential opener because the motor was cheap and the gate was lighter before someone welded on decorative panels. The fix is a properly sized operator or a lighter gate. We’ll weigh the leaf and check the motor’s rating before we quote anything.
• You bought the house and the gate never worked right. Inherited gate problems in Burbank are their own category. Maybe the keypad was never programmed. Maybe the photo-eye was bypassed. Maybe the motor is a brand we can’t identify. We’ll trace every wire, label the board, and hand you a written record of what exists before we suggest what to change.

Our Gate Installation Process - Step by Step

We don’t show up with a truck full of parts and improvise. Every installation in Burbank follows five steps, and you’ll know the price before step three.

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   Measure and quote. We come to the property, measure the opening, check the driveway slope, confirm where the power is, and photograph everything. Then we hand you a written quote with the gate material, the motor brand and model, the labor, and the permit line item, all on one page. That’s Clause 1 of the Haven Standard: have it in writing. If you have a quote from another company, we’ll review it at no cost and tell you what’s accurate and what’s under-scoped.
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   Permit and fabrication. Burbank requires permits for most automated driveway gates because the safety devices are life-safety equipment, not decoration. We handle the permit application, and while it’s in process we fabricate or order the gate leaf, the posts, the opener, and the photo-eyes. Nothing gets installed until the permit is approved and the price is agreed.
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   Post setting and structural work. We dig the post holes to the depth the gate weight requires, set the posts in concrete, and let them cure before any weight is hung. For sliding gates, this is when we pour the track footing with proper drainage. We photograph the post depth and the concrete pour, and those photos go in your job file.
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   Gate hang and automation. We hang the gate on the hinges or the track, mount the operator, wire the safety edges and photo-eyes, and set the limit switches so the gate stops where it’s supposed to without slamming. Every setting is recorded: limit positions, force settings, photo-eye alignment. If your Burbank gate has a keypad or phone app, we program it and test every code before we call the job done.
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   Documented handoff. Before we leave, you get a photo log of the entire installation and a written record of every part number and setting. We walk you through opening and closing the gate manually (every motor has a release), show you where the breaker is, and answer whatever questions you have. Then we file the same record in our system, so any future service call starts from the actual installed state, not a guessing game. Every completed job is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something isn’t right within a year, we make it right, no argument and no fee.

How Much Does Gate Installation Cost in Burbank?

Gate Installation Near Burbank - Our Service Area

We install gates across the San Fernando Valley and into the surrounding foothill communities, including North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Tujunga, Studio City, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Encino, and San Fernando, plus West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Pasadena. Response time for Burbank addresses is usually same-day for the estimate visit, and we schedule installations on a written timeline you approve in advance. If you’re in a neighboring city, see our Gate Installation in North Hollywood page or our Gate Installation in Sun Valley page for local specifics.

Frequently Asked Questions - Gate Installation in Burbank

Schedule Your Gate Installation Service in Burbank Today

Call (213) 577-1120 for a free written estimate on your Burbank gate installation. A live person answers, day or night, and we’ll schedule the measurement at a time that works for you. You’ll get a written price before any work begins, a documented photo record when the job is done, and a full year of coverage under the 365-Day Done Right Promise. Gate Installation in Burbank is what we do every day, and we’d rather show you the paperwork than talk you into anything.

Written by Adrian Vance, Owner at Vance Gate Repair Burbank, serving Burbank and the San Fernando Valley since 2014.