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Gate Repair in Hollywood, FL

Gate repair in Hollywood, FL usually comes down to two things: hillside grades that destroy standard swing-gate operators, and 1920s-1940s ironwork that has been rusting in salt air for eighty years. We handle both every week. At Gatewood Fence & Gate, you get Hal Gatewood or someone who works directly beside him, not a phone tree. If your gate sags, stalls, or won’t respond to the remote, call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll tell you exactly what’s wrong before we touch anything.

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Why Hollywood Homes Are Different

Hollywood sits in a climate that punishes gate hardware in ways flat inland cities never see. The nightly marine layer settles salt and particulate on every hinge, weld, and motor housing, and because Hollywood’s rain comes in short summer bursts rather than steady cleaning drizzle, that salt rarely washes off. It bakes on and rusts metal from the inside out. We see hinge pins with the texture of coral and welds that look solid until you tap them and they crumble.

The housing stock compounds the problem. The 90028 corridor is full of 1920s-1940s Spanish Colonial Revival and Craftsman bungalows with original wrought-iron driveway gates hung on aging stucco or brick pilasters. Those pilasters were built for a lightweight manual gate, not a 300-pound automatic setup cycling hundreds of times a month. And up in the Hollywood Hills, driveways off Beachwood Drive, Outpost Drive, and the canyon roads above Franklin routinely exceed 10-15% grade. A standard residential swing-gate operator simply cannot hold torque mid-arc on that slope. The terrain, the salt, the age of the iron, the crumbling masonry: all of it changes how a gate gets repaired here.

Gate Repair in Hollywood

Gate repair in Hollywood starts with figuring out what actually failed, not just what broke last week. On a hillside property, a stripped worm gear is rarely a one-time fluke: it means the operator was undersized for the grade from day one. On a 1930s bungalow gate that suddenly sags six inches, the hinge post footing is usually crumbling behind stucco that still looks fine. We repair on site, in your driveway, and we only replace parts that actually need replacing. For a deeper look at how we approach any repair, see our Gate Repair service page.

Electric Gate Repair

When a Hollywood gate stops responding to the remote or keypad, the usual culprits are a control board with burned capacitors, a dead battery backup, or a wiring run compromised by marine-layer humidity. We service Linear, DoorKing, Viking, and Ghost Controls operators, and we repair boards rather than automatically replacing them when a repair makes sense. If your operator is pre-2010 and the board is obsolete, we say so plainly and price the replacement before we touch anything. A basic board repair or capacitor replacement typically runs $185-$340.

Automatic Gate Repair

Hill grade is the great operator killer in Hollywood. On canyon roads where driveways exceed 10-15%, a standard residential swing-gate operator fights gravity through the entire arc every single cycle. The worm gear shears, the motor burns, and the gate stalls halfway open or closed. In those homes, the real fix is usually a slide-gate conversion or a commercial-rated, slope-compensated operator. That is not upsell language. That is the difference between a gate that works for eighteen months and one that works for a decade. A slide-gate conversion for a steep Hollywood Hills driveway runs $2,800-$5,500, including the operator, rack, and safety edges.

Hinge & Post Repair

Show me a gate sagging in the middle and I will show you a hinge post that is failing. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle, and that is where we start. Hollywood’s 1920s and 1930s homes often have original stucco or brick pilasters that were never engineered to carry an automatic operator. Decades of torque, plus rust from nightly marine-layer moisture, and the post footings crumble from the inside. We rebuild pilasters, set new posts with deeper concrete, and re-anchor hinges so the gate swings true again. A post rebuild with new concrete footings on a 1920s bungalow usually lands between $450 and $900, depending on whether the pilaster needs full re-anchoring.

Gate Realignment

Gates that scrape the driveway, bind against the latch, or stop three inches short of closing are usually out of alignment because the post moved or the hinge wore. Realignment is more than adjusting a bolt: it means checking the post, re-setting the hinge barrels, and testing the operator’s open and close limits under load. On a sloped Hollywood driveway, we also check the operator’s torque settings against the actual grade so you are not realigning the same gate every six months. A basic hinge and realignment job on a flat-lot gate typically runs $185-$340.

Why do so many Hollywood Hills homes need a slide gate instead of a swing gate?

Because driveways in the Hollywood Hills routinely exceed 10-15% grade, and a standard swing-gate operator cannot hold torque mid-arc on that slope. The motor strips its worm gear or burns out, often within a year or two. A slide gate runs on a horizontal track and rack, so the grade doesn’t fight the motor. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free site assessment.

My 1930s Spanish-style gate’s hinge post is leaning. Can you just straighten the gate?

No, and here’s why: if the post is leaning, the footing is failing, and any realignment will fail with it. On Hollywood’s 1920s-1940s Spanish Colonial homes, the original stucco or brick pilasters were never built for an automatic operator. We rebuild the pilaster, set the post in deeper concrete, and then realign the gate. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote.

Gate Installation in Hollywood

Gate installation in Hollywood runs about $1,800 to $7,500 for most residential work, with the spread driven by hillside grade, gate type, and whether your existing pilasters can carry a new operator. We have worked the 90028 corridor long enough to know that a standard swing-gate quote often doesn’t survive first contact with a Hollywood Hills driveway. We measure before we quote, and the number you sign is the number you pay. You can see the full scope of what we handle on our Gate Installation page.

Driveway Gate Installation

A driveway gate in the Hollywood Hills has a harder life than almost anywhere in the county. The grade alone destroys torque on undersized operators. We handle the full job: post setting, gate fabrication or ordering, operator install, safety sensors, and keypad or intercom entry. In the flats near Hollywood Boulevard, we see a different animal: narrow lot lines and tight setbacks that require compact swing arcs or slide gates tucked close to the property line. A flatland driveway swing gate with a single operator typically runs $3,500-$5,800.

Pedestrian Gate Installation

Most pedestrian gates in Hollywood either hang off a shared pilaster with the driveway gate or sit in a side yard with uneven ground. We set and re-anchor these all the time. If you have a mid-century hillside home with a walkout gate that has been there since the 70s, chances are the hinges are rusted to the point of seizure and the latch no longer aligns. A pedestrian gate install runs $1,800-$3,200 depending on hardware and post condition.

Sliding Gate Installation

If your driveway climbs, the right answer is often a slide gate. In Hollywood’s hillside ZIP 90028, driveways routinely exceed 10-15% grades, so standard residential swing-gate operators lose torque mid-arc. That is what we see on repeated calls up Beachwood and Nichols Canyon. We do full rack-and-pinion slide gate installs, including the concrete track bed, motor mount, safety photocells, and a high-torque operator. A hillside slide-gate conversion, including track and high-torque operator, runs $5,500-$9,500.

Do I need to rebuild my 1920s brick pilaster before mounting a new automatic gate operator?

Yes, if the brick or mortar is cracked, fretted, or pulling away from the footing. Mounting an operator to a compromised pilaster destroys the new gearbox and lets the gate sag. We re-anchor or rebuild pilasters before any operator goes in, and that work is included in the written estimate. Pilaster re-anchoring or rebuild before operator install runs $800-$2,400. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free site assessment.

Are automatic gates in Hollywood required to have safety sensors?

Yes. Automatic gate systems in Hollywood, FL must include the same entrapment protection as anywhere else: photoelectric sensors, reversing edge sensors, or both, depending on the installation. We install safety edges and photocells on every automatic gate we put in, no exception. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will bring your gate up to code.

Gate Motor & Opener in Hollywood

A dead gate motor in Hollywood rarely announces itself politely. It is usually a grinding hum at 6:40 a.m. while you are already late, or a gate that stops two feet short of closing and leaves your driveway wide open all night. When your opener fails, you need a real person who knows the difference between a bad capacitor and a stripped worm gear. For the full scope of what we fix, see our Gate Motor & Opener page.

Motor Installation

A new gate motor installation in Hollywood starts with looking at the gate, not just the motor. Those 1920s and 1930s stucco pilasters holding your iron gate often need re-anchoring or rebuilding before a modern operator can mount safely. We install motors from FAAC, Viking, BFT, and Linear, sized to the actual gate weight and the slope of your driveway. On a hillside lot where the approach climbs 12%, a standard residential swing operator will not hold torque mid-arc. A full motor replacement with installation typically lands between $850 and $1,400 for a standard residential swing operator.

Motor Repair

Most motor repairs in Hollywood do not need a full replacement. A stripped worm gear, a burned capacitor, a control board hit by a power surge during summer storms, or limit switches knocked out of calibration by a Santa Ana wind event. Those are fixable. We repair the motor in place before hauling the gate off to a shop, and we carry a deep parts inventory so even a same-week repair on an older Viking or Linear unit does not turn into a two-week waiting game. A straightforward gate motor repair job generally runs $180 to $340 when it is a bad capacitor, limit switch, or control board issue.

Linear Motor

Linear operators run on a flat rail with a chain or belt driven carriage. In Hollywood’s older 90028 homes and the hills above Franklin Avenue, we see a lot of Linear swing-arm conversions where the original chain drive gave out after years of marine-layer moisture working on the housing. The salt and particulate that settle nightly on metal parts corrode terminals and bearings faster than the mild temperatures suggest. We stock Linear repair parts locally and service the brand down to the control board level.

Slide Motor

Slide gates are the workhorse of Hollywood hillside properties. When a driveway climbs steeply and curves toward the house, a slide motor handles the job better than any swing arm. But those same hills create a unique failure pattern: gravity working on a heavy iron gate means the motor fights downslope load every cycle. Slide motor installations on hillside lots run $1,200 to $2,100, because of the torque requirements and track adjustments most Hollywood Hills properties need. We measure the grade, weigh the gate, and spec the motor to the hill, not the brochure.

Why does my Hollywood Hills gate motor strip its gear every two years?

Because the operator is undersized for the driveway grade. On slopes above 10%, a standard residential swing operator fights gravity on every cycle, and the worm gear is the first part to fail. The fix is a slide-gate conversion or a commercial-rated slope-compensated operator. Call (877) 610-2993 for an honest assessment.

Can a Santa Ana wind event damage my gate motor?

Yes. Santa Ana winds hit unsecured gates from the side, which loads the hinge pins and the operator’s gearbox unevenly. We see bent hinges, stripped worm gears, and sheared welds after major wind events. If your gate is original to the house, it was never rated for those loads. Call (877) 610-2993 and we will assess what actually failed.

Gate Access Control in Hollywood

Gate access control in Hollywood means one thing more than anywhere else: the driveway usually climbs, and the hardware has to survive salt air, direct sun, and wind that yanks at iron like it owes money. Whether you are up in the Hollywood Hills, in a 1920s Spanish bungalow near the 90028 corridor, or managing a shared right-of-way where two houses meet one gate, the access system has to work on a slope and in coastal air. Here is what we actually install and repair. For a deeper look, see our Gate Access Control page.

Keypad Entry

A keypad on a Hollywood gate has to survive salt air, direct sun, and fingers that are sometimes wet from the marine layer. We install rugged keypads rated for coastal exposure and hardwire them where wireless will not reach through a stucco wall. On shared driveways in the Hollywood Hills, we program separate codes for each household so nobody has to share a PIN with a neighbor. Most keypad retrofits to an existing operator in Hollywood run $350 to $750, including wiring and programming.

Phone Entry

A phone entry system is what Hollywood homeowners want when delivery drivers, dog walkers, or house cleaners need access and the homeowner is not home. The system calls your cell when a guest presses the call button on the driveway keypad, and you can open the gate from anywhere. On hillside properties where cell signal itself is weak, we test the intercom’s carrier strength and install a signal booster when the signal will not ring your phone from the driveway. A phone entry system with cell-ring capability starts around $900 and runs up to $1,800 depending on whether we are adding video.

Card Reader

Card readers fit Hollywood buildings with multiple tenants, staffed estates, or a regular rotation of service people. We install and program readers that use proximity cards or fobs, and we can integrate them with a keypad or phone entry so the same gate works for everyone. A card reader install is typically $500 to $1,100 per reader, including programming. For a condo or shared driveway complex off a busy Hollywood corridor, a card reader plus keypad covers both vehicle and pedestrian access without a gate guard.

Video Intercom and Smart Access

Hollywood homeowners ask for video intercoms more than anything else right now: they want to see who is at the driveway before the gate moves. We install video entry systems that push a call to your phone, show you a live feed, and let you open the gate from the app. A video intercom with smart app access on a Hollywood gate typically runs $1,400 to $2,600 installed. On older frames with limited mounting space, we weld a weatherproof pedestal bracket on site rather than cobbling something onto a stucco pilaster that will not hold it.

Why does my gate remote only work when I am right up against the gate in the Hollywood Hills?

Hillside driveways create dead spots where standard remotes cannot reach the receiver from the bottom of the driveway. The receiver location is usually the problem, not the remote itself. We pair high-frequency receivers and antenna extensions that actually work on a steep grade. Call (877) 610-2993 for a one-trip fix.

Can I add a phone entry system to an existing automatic gate in Hollywood?

Yes, in most cases. We wire the phone entry system into your existing operator and program it to call your cell when a guest presses the call button. The main variables are the length of the power run and whether the pilaster can support the mounting hardware. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.

Gate Parts & Welding in Hollywood

Gate hardware in Hollywood fails faster than almost anywhere else in Florida, and most of what breaks was never spec’d for this climate in the first place. Between the nightly marine-layer moisture that leaves salt sitting on metal for hours and the low annual rainfall that never washes it away, hinges, posts, and welds corrode years ahead of schedule. We weld on site, in your driveway, so the gate stays where it belongs. That is what our Gate Parts & Welding service is built around.

Hinge Replacement

In most of Florida, a hinge replacement is a hinge replacement. In Hollywood, it is a material decision. We see galvanized hinges rust through in three to four years near the coast, so we install stainless steel hinges and stainless fasteners by default on any exterior gate. The salt in Hollywood’s air eats zinc coating fast. For hillside properties where driveway grades exceed 10-15%, standard hinges take constant lateral stress, so we step up to heavier-gauge plate hinges. Hinge replacement on a standard residential swing gate runs $280 to $540, including stainless hinge plates and hardware.

Post Replacement

Post replacement in Hollywood usually starts with the post’s footing, not the post itself. Those 1920s and 1940s Spanish Colonial and Craftsman bungalows sit on stucco or brick pilasters that have spent decades soaking up marine-layer moisture. By the time a gate starts sagging, the pilaster is often crumbling from the inside. We excavate, re-anchor, and rebuild the footing before we set a new post. Post replacement starts around $600 and runs to $1,200, with the high end covering excavation and re-anchoring of a crumbled hillside footing.

Rail Repair

Bottom rails on Hollywood’s iron gates rot from the inside out. Water gets in through pinholes in old paint, sits against the metal, and never dries completely because of the humidity cycle. We cut out the rotted section, weld in new steel, and treat the repair so it does not become a new rust seam. On picket-style gates along the 90028 corridor, we also reinforce the rail-to-picket weld points, because those are the first joints to fail under the kind of wind loading Santa Ana season brings. Rail repair runs $180 to $420 per rail section.

Custom Welding

Custom welding is where we solve what off-the-shelf parts cannot. We have fabricated replacement hinge plates for gates where the original part has not been manufactured since the Eisenhower administration. We have extended gate panels to close gaps that let pets through. We have welded decorative scrollwork back onto vintage gates and matched it so you cannot tell where the old metal ends and the new begins. A typical rust repair or scrollwork replacement lands between $150 and $600. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road, so the work gets done right the first time.

Why do gate hinges rust so fast in Hollywood even though it rarely rains?

Hollywood’s nightly marine layer deposits salt and moisture directly on metal surfaces. Then the low annual rainfall never washes the salt off, so it sits and cycles through wet-to-dry every single day. That is an accelerated corrosion cycle. Galvanized hinges fail in three to four years. Stainless hardware is the only spec that survives. Call (877) 610-2993 for an on-site assessment.

Do you need to rebuild the stucco or brick pilasters before installing a new gate operator in Hollywood?

Usually, yes. The 1920s to 1940s pilasters throughout Hollywood have absorbed decades of marine-layer humidity. When the stucco looks fine but the brick behind it is crumbling, mounting a new operator on that surface is a failure waiting to happen. We assess the pilaster as part of every operator installation. Call (877) 610-2993 for a free estimate.

Brands We Service in Hollywood

We service and stock parts for Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing operators, among others. Most common repair parts are on our trucks or available same-week locally, so you are not waiting on a backordered board from across the country. See our brands for the full list.

Pricing for Gate Repair in Hollywood, FL

Neighborhoods We Serve in Hollywood

Hal and his crew work the whole city, from the tree-lined streets of Hollywood Lakes to the gated communities of Emerald Hills, and out to Royal Poinciana, Hollywood Hills, and Liberia. Typical response time for a repair call anywhere in Hollywood is same-day or next morning, and emergency calls are answered around the clock.

• Hollywood Lakes
• Emerald Hills
• Royal Poinciana
• Hollywood Hills
• Liberia

Service Area - Cities Near Hollywood

Our crews serve Hollywood, FL and the surrounding communities throughout Broward County. We also regularly work in Andover, FL, West Park, FL, Miramar, FL, West Hollywood, FL, and Pembroke Pines, FL. If you are not sure whether you are in our service area, call and ask. A live person answers.

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