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Gate installation in Burbank typically runs $2,800 to $9,500 for a motorized driveway gate, with pedestrian gates starting around $900. Most Burbank installs take one to two days once materials are on site, and we quote the full price in writing before any work begins. If you’re on a hillside street north of Glenoaks or in the flats near the 5, you’re dealing with specific conditions: narrow post-war driveways, hard summer heat, and Santa Ana winds that punish lightweight gates. We know those conditions because we work in them every week. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers, day or night.
Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001, and he still shows up to every Burbank job personally or sends a crew he has trained by hand. We’re not a franchise, we’re not booking jobs from another state, and we don’t give you a price over the phone that changes when the truck pulls up. The name is on the shop, and the address is published. If something goes wrong inside our 90-Day Done Right Promise, one call brings us back. No runaround.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Burbank’s Preferred Gate Installation Team
We started working in Burbank because the city has a gate problem most companies are not equipped to solve. Studio lots run gates through hundreds of cycles a day. Homeowners in the Hills expect studio-grade security on a residential gate. The combination means this compact city needs a crew that can weld on site, retrofit a 1990s operator board, and know when a post is too far gone to save. That’s what we do.
Hal Gatewood’s name is on every invoice. Our license number is published for anyone to look up. And every job, including every gate installation in Burbank, carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we make it right. Not “up to” 90 days. Not “in most cases.” Ninety days, plainly stated. We also answer our own phone around the clock. You call at 2 a.m. and you get a person, not a queue.
But the real reason Burbank homeowners call us back is simple: we fix a gate in your driveway rather than hauling it to a shop two towns over. We weld on site. We keep parts for Gatewood-installed gates running for years after the original install, and we stock common boards and hinges in our truck so Gate Parts & Welding - Burbank jobs don’t turn into a week-long wait. Show me a gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing. We start with the failing point, not with a sales pitch.
Our Gate Installation Services in Burbank
Every Gate Installation we do in Burbank starts with the driveway and the slope. The hillside streets north of Glenoaks rarely allow for a standard gate kit. The post-war ranch homes in the flats have narrow single-car driveways that make a swing gate impossible without eating the front yard. Here’s how each gate type works in this city.
Driveway Gate Installation
A typical motorized driveway gate in Burbank runs $3,400 to $9,500 depending on width, material, and whether the driveway has any slope. The flat lots south of Olive often take a standard double-swing or sliding design. But pull up into the Burbank Hills and the driveway can pitch 15 degrees or more, which means we build for the slope, not against it. The gate has to clear the grade on every cycle, every month of the year, including the summer months when metal moves.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates start around $900 for a basic steel or wood gate, installed. In Burbank, a lot of pedestrian gates tie into a driveway system, particularly on older properties where the only access to the rear yard is alongside the house. We build these so they don’t bind in July, when the heat makes wood swell and steel posts deflect. A pedestrian gate done right should swing free with one hand, year round.
Sliding Gate Installation
Burbank’s post-war housing stock was not built with gate infrastructure in mind, and many of those narrow single-car driveways simply cannot accept a swinging gate. Sliding gates are the answer for half the lots in the flats and for almost every propety that sits close to the sidewalk. A sliding gate in Burbank typically runs $3,800 to $8,800 installed, including the track and motor. On a hillside lot this often means a cantilever design, because a ground-track sliding gate will bind the moment the grade shifts even a few inches.
Swing Gate Installation
A single swing gate in Burbank runs $1,800 to $6,000. Double swing gates run from $4,500 and up. The big variable here is the hinge post. Burbank has old soil in places, and a gate that sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. We set posts in concrete to below the frost line and we reinforce posts that support a motorized gate, because a gate arm has weight. When Santa Anas funnel through the valley, the lighter aluminum gates you see on flat lots start vibrating. If the post was not built for that load, the whole thing starts to work loose.
Security Gate Installation
Burbank is the media capital of the San Fernando Valley, home to Warner Bros., Disney, and dozens of production facilities, and that concentration of work creates a dual gate market you won’t find in Glendale or Pasadena. On the commercial side, we install and maintain high-cycle perimeter gates on studio lots, where the gate may open 400 times a day and downtime is just not an option. On the residential side, entertainment-industry homeowners bring studio-level security expectations to their private properties, and that often means a Burbank Gate Access Control system integrated with the gate: keypad entry, intercom, and vehicle detection loops. A full security gate package in Burbank, including access control, generally runs $5,500 to $14,000. We quote it all in writing, and that quote is the price.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Burbank
We are certified to service nine major gate brands, and on Burbank installs we most often work with DoorKing, LiftMaster, and Elite. Each has a different strength: DoorKing boards on commercial lots, LiftMaster operators on residential driveway gates, Elite for heavier steel work in the Hills. We stock common boards, hinges, and safety photocell kits in our trucks so a Gate Repair - Burbank call doesn’t turn into a parts order that leaves your gate half-open for a week. If you already have an operator from Viking or Ghost Controls, we work on those too, and we’ll tell you honestly when the board is worth replacing versus when the whole operator is beyond saving.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Burbank Homes
- Legacy operators with obsolete control boards. A lot of Burbank homes still run operators from the 1990s, and those boards often can’t integrate modern safety photocells or a current keypad entry system. You can sometimes retrofit a board, but when the panel isn’t made anymore and the wiring is aged, replacement is almost always cheaper than trying to keep a 30-year-old brain alive.
- Swing gates that bind only in summer. Burbank sits in the San Fernando Valley heat pocket and regularly hits 100 to 110°F in summer, 15 to 20 degrees hotter than the coast. That thermal expansion throws steel gates out of alignment, and suddenly the gate binds against the hinge post every afternoon. We set that gate with the right clearance for Burbank’s real summer, not for a mild Los Angeles spring day.
- Aluminum gates that bend in Santa Ana winds. The wind that funnels down through the valley corridors can fold a lightweight aluminum gate like a playing card. On flat valley lots, we see far too many aluminum driveway gates that were never built for that load. When we’re spec’ing a new gate, thicker-wall posts or a heavier frame is the difference between a gate that lasts 15 years and one that needs straightening every winter.
- Hillside gates that drag on grade. The streets north of Glenoaks have a slope problem that flat-grid cities like Glendale rarely see. A gate built on a sloped driveway without raking or a cantilever design will scrape every time it swings. We see it regularly. The fix is either rebuilding for the slope or converting to a design that keeps the gate clear of the grade.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Burbank, CA
A typical swing gate in Burbank runs $1,800 to $6,000 for a single, and $4,500 to $12,000 for a double. Sliding gates range from $3,800 to $8,800. A complete security gate package with an operator, access control, and safety sensors lands between $5,500 and $14,000. What moves the number most is the driveway slope and the condition of the existing posts. Hillside work north of Glenoaks generally requires more labor and heavier materials than a flat lot near the 5, and we’re honest about that before any number goes on paper. You get a written price before any work starts. That’s the price. We don’t show up with a higher number. We offer $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate on your gate installation in Burbank.
We Also Serve Cities Near Burbank
Our crews come to Burbank from our Los Angeles office and work this part of the valley every week. We also cover Universal City, North Hollywood, Glendale, and Valley Village. If you’re on the edge of any of those cities and not sure if your street is in our area, call first. The person who answers will tell you straight.
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
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. If the control board has spare input terminals and is in good shape, a set of modern photocells can often be wired in. But boards from the 1990s often have no low-voltage accessory ports, no terminal strip for safety devices, and no way to integrate a current keypad. When that’s the case, a new operator is cheaper than trying to patch a board that was never designed for the safety equipment that’s now standard code. Bring us the make and model and we’ll tell you before you write a check. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk you through what to look for.
Metal expands when it’s 105 degrees. The gate leaf and the hinge post both grow by a small percentage, and if your gate was installed with tight clearance, that expansion is enough to push the latch edge into the driveway. Burbank’s summer heat is 15 to 20 degrees hotter than the coastal neighborhoods, so a gate that was hung with clearance meant for Santa Monica will scrape in the San Fernando Valley. We set gates with Burbank clearance, not Los Angeles clearance, which usually means a slightly larger gap at the hinge post and a stiffer frame. It’s an easy adjustment if the posts are sound.
If your driveway is under about 12 feet wide, yes, in most cases. A single swing gate needs roughly half the driveway width plus an extra 18 inches of swing clearance, and on Burbank’s post-war ranch lots that often means the gate would swing right across the neighbor’s front lawn. A sliding gate moves parallel to the fence line, which uses the long run of the driveway instead of the width. We’ll look at the lot and tell you which one actually fits before you pay for anything.
It depends on the hinge post. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. If the post is solid but the gate frame is bent from years of dragging on the grade, you can often rebuild the frame and re-mount the hardware, especially if it’s a steel gate. If the post itself has pulled loose from its footing, which is common on the older gates in the Burbank Hills, the post has to be reset and reinforced first, and at that point you may be better off with a new gate built for the slope. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. On a hillside street north of Glenoaks, our crew replaced a 1970s wooden swing gate that had sagged so badly the hinge post pulled out of its footing. The client needed the gate to clear his steep driveway without scraping, so we installed a new steel frame swing gate with reinforced post footings and a LiftMaster operator with safety photocells. Now the gate cycles smoothly even when Santa Anas push against it.
For any new automatic gate in California, UL 325 requires an inherent entrapment sensor or an external device like photocells and a reversing edge, and in most cases both. This isn’t a Burbank-specific rule, it’s the state standard, and any company that installs an automatic gate without entrapment protection is putting your family at risk and breaking code. On a new install in Burbank, you should see safety photocells across the gate opening, a reversing edge or similar contact sensor, and a pressure-sensitive mechanism that stops the gate if it meets resistance. Anyone who says you don’t need that is wrong. Call us at (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you what your existing gate needs to meet current entrapment protection standards.
Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Gate Installation in Burbank, CA
If you have an old gate that sags, a new build that needs a gate from day one, or you just want an honest price from a shop whose name is on the invoice, call (877) 610-2993. You’ll get a person, day or night. We’ll set a time, come out to Burbank, and give you a written price before any work starts. Free estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job, in writing. Hal Gatewood started this shop in 2001 and he’s still the one who stands behind it. You can hand him your phone number and know he’ll answer when you call.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Burbank since 2001.