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Gate repair in Kendall, FL usually runs between $180 and $640 depending on what failed. Hinge post corrosion and control board burnout off Biscayne Bay’s salt air are the two most common calls we get from 33156. Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates in South Florida since 2001, and our Gate Repair crew knows exactly what Kendall’s coastal humidity does to ornamental iron and operator electronics. Call (877) 610-2993 and a live person answers, day or night.
If your gate sags, binds at the post, or stops responding to the keypad, we’ll be out to Kendall the same day in most cases. No voicemail. No call center. The person who answers is the person who’ll put a wrench on your gate.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is Kendall’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Kendall isn’t a one-size-fits-all repair market. The neighborhoods out here – Kings Creek, Calusa Club Estates, Briar Bay, the gated enclaves west of SW 97th Ave – were built dense with HOA-governed entry gates from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s. That means we’re not showing up to fix a gate that’s five years old. We’re fixing gates that have outlived their original design life, and the HOA board usually has a binder full of past repairs to show us.
Hal’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. The shop address is published. The license number is published. That’s how accountability works in Kendall, where a bad gate repair gets talked about at the next HOA meeting and the reputation follows you for a decade.
We do on-site welding. If a hinge post has rotted through below grade, we cut it out, build a new footing, and weld the post back in place right there in the driveway. We don’t haul your gate to a shop and leave the entrance open for three days. And when we’re done, the 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing. If it’s not right, you call, and Hal makes it right. One call brings him back, no runaround.
Response time to Kendall from our South FL office is tight. We stock parts locally for the brands Kendall HOAs actually run – DoorKing, Viking, Elite, LiftMaster, FAAC – so you’re not waiting on a ground shipment from California.
Our Gate Repair Services in Kendall
Electric Gate Repair
Salt-laden humidity is the enemy of anything with a circuit board, and Kendall’s location just west of Biscayne Bay means operator boards fail years earlier than they would in, say, Orlando. We test the board, transformer, limit switches, and safety loops first before recommending a replacement. A lot of Kendall calls come in after a rain event – water gets into the motor housing, shorts the board, and the gate just sits there. We replace boards, re-seal housings properly, and spec conformal-coated boards where the gate is exposed to direct coastal air. Typical electric gate repair in Kendall runs $190 to $480 including parts.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic systems in Kendall’s master-planned HOAs are usually 25 to 40 years old now. The underground loop detectors those systems rely on were often set in shallow conduit through porous Miami limestone, and after three decades of rain and settling, the loop wires short out or lose continuity. When that happens, the gate either won’t open for residents or won’t close for security. We dig to the loop, repair or replace it, and repour. It’s labor, but it fixes the root problem instead of jumping the loop and hoping the next rain doesn’t kill it entirely.
Hinge & Post Repair
This is where we work most in Kendall. On ornamental iron gates facing salt air, the hinge post rots from the inside out, below the soil line, where you can’t see it until the gate sags enough to drag on the concrete. The panel itself is usually fine. We reset the post in a new concrete footing with stainless anchor bolts, install heavier-gauge post stock where the original was undersized, and re-hang the gate so it clears the track and the photocells. A proper hinge post reset in Kendall runs $320 to $640. Skip it and you’ll be calling again next season.
Gate Realignment
A gate that drags or fails to latch usually isn’t broken – it’s out of alignment. The question is why. In Kendall, the why is usually a rotting post or a failing weld, not a bent panel. We realign the gate, but we also fix what pushed it out of line so you’re not paying for the same adjustment twice. That’s the repair-first difference. If the panel is bent beyond salvage, we’ll say so and weld a new section rather than replacing the entire gate assembly.
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.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendall
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands, but around Kendall the ones we see on HOA entrances and single-family gates are DoorKing, Viking, and Elite. We stock boards, loop detectors, remotes, and gear racks for those lines locally, which means a Tuesday repair doesn’t turn into a two-week wait on a parts truck from Texas. Ghost Controls is another brand we service regularly on newer slide and swing systems. If the board is obsolete, we’ll cross-reference a compatible replacement and write out exactly what we’re swapping and why.
Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- Salt corrosion in the post footing. Kendall’s proximity to Biscayne Bay means salt-laden humidity works its way below grade. Galvanized posts from the 1980s and 1990s are now rusting through at the concrete line, causing swing gates to sag and bind. The panel looks fine; the anchorage is gone.
- Loop detector failures after rain. The limestone substrate in Kendall drains fast but doesn’t protect old conduit runs. A 1990s loop detector that’s been wet for thirty years will short out during the next heavy rain, and the gate stays open – or closed – until the loop is replaced.
- Control board burnout from moisture and power surges. Coastal humidity plus Hurricane-season power blips are a slow death for gate operator boards. We see boards with corrosion bloomed across the terminals six years after installation. Repairs mean replacing the board and sealing the housing so water can’t collect.
- Weld fractures on post-Andrew ornamental iron. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, many Kendall communities replaced lighter original gates with heavier ornamental iron systems. Those weld points are now thirty-plus years old, and salinity has worked into every micro-crack. We grind, reweld passivating stainless, and repaint.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Kendall, FL
Straight numbers, because that’s what people actually want. A control board replacement in Kendall typically runs $240 to $430. Hinge post reset with new footing goes $320 to $640. Loop detector replacement under a slide gate runs $300 to $550. Weld repair – depending on how much steel has to be ground out and rebuilt – typically $180 to $400. Every price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. No trip charge inside Miami-Dade County. $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans get 10% off, permanently. A free second opinion on any written estimate is always available.
| Repair Type | Typical Kendall Range |
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| Control board replacement | $240 – $430 |
| Hinge post reset with new footing | $320 – $640 |
| Loop detector replacement | $300 – $550 |
| Weld repair | $180 – $400 |
| Gate realignment | $150 – $280 |
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
We run calls through Pinecrest, Glenvar Heights, South Miami, and Cutler as well. If you’re just down the road from Kendall, the same crew, the same truck, and the same written promise apply. Gate Repair in Kendall is our home base for this corner of Miami-Dade, and we treat a Cutler HOA gate with the same salt-air playbook.
Serving Kendall, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall 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 Repair in Kendall
Generally, repair work on an existing gate – replacing a board, resetting a post, rewiring a loop – doesn’t require a new permit, but Miami-Dade does require that any gate operator work comply with current UL 325 entrapment protection standards, and major structural changes to the gate or operator may trigger a permit review through the county’s gate-operator compliance process. Kendall HOAs typically have their own approval requirement for any work at a community entrance, and boards usually want a written estimate they can table at a meeting. We’re used to that rhythm. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll walk you through what your specific HOA entrance needs.
Salt-laden humidity from Biscayne Bay works into the post footing and corrodes the steel from below grade. Inland Florida has humidity too, but without the salt. In Kendall, a galvanized post installed in 1985 is often rusted through at the concrete line by 2025. That’s why we spec stainless anchor bolts and heavier-gauge post stock on reset jobs here – you’re building for a corrosive environment, not just a gate that swings. A Kendall repair that ignores the salt is a repair you’ll pay for twice.
Nine times out of ten in Kendall, it’s the underground loop detector. Rain saturates the limestone and the old conduit, the loop wire loses continuity, and the gate system stops seeing vehicles. The motor is probably fine. We test the loop, find the break, and splice or replace the loop as needed. If the board got wet too, we’ll dry it out and test it before selling you a part you don’t need. Call (877) 610-2993 – this is a same-day fix in most Kendall neighborhoods.
UL 325 compliance should be verified at least annually, and Miami-Dade’s gate-operator standards mean many Kendall HOAs are subject to inspection and testing requirements in their governing docs. In salt air, we suggest testing twice a year – once before hurricane season and once after. Entrapment protection includes photocells, safety edges, and reverse-force settings, and when boards are corroded or sensors are misaligned, that protection degrades silently. We can run the test, document it, and give the board a written report. Call (877) 610-2993 to schedule a UL 325 test.
Yes, and that’s a common Kendall call. Slide gates in HOA entrances run on a gear rack along the gate’s bottom edge, and when the rack teeth wear or the pinion gear strips, the motor will still fire but the gate won’t travel. The motor sounds dead because it’s straining against a failed mechanical connection, not because the windings fried. We repair and replace rack sections and pinion gears on site. If the motor is genuinely shot, we’ll show you the meter reading before we quote the part. Call (877) 610-2993 – estimates are free.
Last spring our crew reset a corroded hinge post on a swing gate at the Kings Creek HOA entrance off SW 97th Ave. The original 1995 post footing had rusted through below grade, and the gate panel sagged enough to trip the safety photocell at dusk. We poured a new concrete footing with stainless anchor bolts, installed a heavier-gauge post, and rewired the DoorKing operator board that had been fried by salt-laden humidity. The gate now swings true and passes the UL 325 entrapment test.
If your Kendall gate is sagging, dead, or stuck, call (877) 610-2993. A live person answers. We’ll quote the repair before we start, stand behind it for 90 days in writing, and show up when we said we would. The name is on the shop – and the shop is down the road.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Kendall since 2001.