Gate Repair in Hollywood — Same-Day Repair, Priced Before We Start

Fast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Hollywood

Gate repair in Hollywood usually costs $180 to $650 depending on whether we’re freeing a seized hinge, replacing a salt-fouled operator board, or realigning a sagging driveway gate. Most residential repairs are done in one visit, and we quote the full price before any work starts. If you live on the barrier island, along the Intracoastal, or in one of the older neighborhoods off Hollywood Boulevard, you already know that gates here fail differently than they do a few miles west. Call Carter Gate Repair at (866) 665-5592 for a free estimate, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s wrong and what it costs to fix.

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Why Carter Gate Repair Is Hollywood’s Preferred Gate Repair Company

We’re gate specialists, not generalists. Every tech on our team works on gates full time, from the control board to the hinge, and that focus shows in how quickly we diagnose problems that stump multi-trade service companies. A Hollywood homeowner with a seized swing gate doesn’t need a technician who splits his week between garage doors and fencing installs; they need someone who has already seen the failure mode a dozen times this month. That’s what we bring.

Our experience with nine operator brands – LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule – means we work on the gate you already have, not the brand we’d prefer to sell you. On Hollywood’s barrier island, where LiftMaster and FAAC operators run hard in salt air, that brand-agnostic knowledge saves homeowners real money. We don’t push replacements when a board or hinge set will do the job.

Mitch Delvecchio leads our Hollywood service area, and his approach is simple: diagnose accurately, price honestly, and leave the gate working better than we found it. If you’re in Hollywood and your gate is stuck, sagging, or dead after a storm, call (866) 665-5592. We’ll tell you what we’d do and what it will cost.

Wrought Iron Gate Repair in Hollywood

Wrought iron gate repair in Hollywood is the most common service we perform on the barrier island and along the Intracoastal, because salt spray attacks iron hinges, posts, and decorative elements faster than almost anything else on the property. The job typically involves freeing or replacing seized hinges, cutting out corroded sections of post, welding cracked or snapped pickets, and re-securing the gate to a solid footing. In Hollywood’s subtropical coastal environment, a mild surface rust that would be cosmetic inland can become a structural problem within 12 to 18 months.

What surprises Hollywood homeowners most is how often the hinge is fine but the post is the failure point. Salt water wicks down the hinge pin, collects at the post base, and corrodes the steel from the inside out. We see this constantly on 1950s-70s concrete-block homes where the original gate post was set directly into the slab without drainage. The fix usually means excavating the old footing, setting a new post with proper drainage, and switching to stainless fixings. Wrought iron gate repair in Hollywood typically runs $220 to $550 for hinge and post work, and up to $850 if the post footing needs replacing.

Hinge and Post Replacement

Hinges on water-adjacent properties seize from salt welding, where corrosion literally fuses the hinge pin to the barrel. We break the gate free, replace the hardware with galvanized or stainless options, and re-hang the gate so it swings clean. If the post itself is compromised, we replace it rather than patching it, because a wobbling post puts stress on the operator motor and shortens its life.

We also check the weld joints while we’re there. A gate that has been sagging for six months has usually been flexing its welds too, and those hairline cracks will fail completely within a year or two if left alone.

Rust Remediation for Coastal Gates

On Hollywood’s finger isles, surface rust is never just surface rust. We grind back the corrosion, treat the affected steel, and prime and paint the gate to match. For gates near the water, we often recommend replacing mild steel hardware with 316 stainless, which holds up far better than galvanized in constant salt spray. The galvanized hinges that last years inland on Hollywood’s mainland neighborhoods will seize within 18 months on the Intracoastal side of the barrier island.

Metal Gate Repair in Hollywood

Metal gate repair in Hollywood covers aluminum and steel gates, both ornamental and functional, including driveway gates, pool gates, and courtyard gates found on the city’s multifamily and condominium properties. Aluminum resists rust but corrodes in a different way: the salt air causes pitting and oxidation that weakens welds and makes hinge screws strip, while steel rusts from the edges inward. We commonly repair bent frame rails from storm debris, replace rotted bottom rails on hurricane-battered gates, and rebuild hardware mounts that have corroded out.

Hollywood’s housing stock – a mix of mid-century concrete-block homes, low-rise multifamily buildings, and barrier-island condos – means many gates have had aftermarket operators bolted on over the years. The mounting plates corrode, the hardware shears, and the gate starts dragging or jamming. Metal gate repair in Hollywood typically runs $180 to $400 for realignment and hardware work, and $350 to $650 when we need to weld in replacement sections or rebuild a frame corner.

Welding and Structural Repair

When a gate post gets hit by a car in a Hollywood parking lot or a hurricane gust twists a single-panel driveway gate, the damage usually shows up at the welds. We weld repair cracked joints, reinforce sagging frames with steel plate where needed, and straighten structural members that have deformed. For aluminum gates, we use the correct filler and process, because aluminum welding is a different discipline entirely.

We also see a lot of pool-deck gates that have been knocked out of square by years of kids swinging on them and pool equipment being moved through. The fix often requires realigning the frame, re-hanging the hinges, and sometimes shortening the gate leaf to account for the post shifting.

Gate Realignment and Sagging

A sagging gate isn’t just an annoyance; it puts load on the hinge mounts and the operator, and it gets worse quickly in Hollywood’s humidity. We realign the frame, adjust the hinges, and often install a wheel or support arm to carry the weight properly. If the sag is severe, we’ll recommend replacing the hinge set with heavier-duty hardware specified for coastal exposure.

Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood

We service all major gate operator brands, and we’re especially familiar with LiftMaster, FAAC, Elite, and Mighty Mule systems found throughout Hollywood’s residential and light-commercial properties. Because we’re brand-agnostic, we don’t steer you toward a replacement when a control board, loop detector, or gear kit will restore the gate. We stock common boards, remotes, safety edges, and photocells locally so we can turn around most Hollywood jobs the same visit. If your operator is obsolete or underpowered for the gate it’s driving – which happens a lot on older Hollywood driveway gates with retrofitted motors – we’ll tell you plainly what a better match costs, without pressure.

Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Hollywood Homes

• Salt-seized hinges and hinge posts. On the barrier island and Intracoastal-adjacent streets, hinges weld themselves solid within 12 to 18 months. We replace them with stainless or properly sealed galvanized hardware and re-hang the gate so the operator isn’t fighting the swing.
• Salt-fouled operator boards. Water intrusion and salt air corrode the circuit boards inside LiftMaster, FAAC, and other open-top operators, especially after summer thunderstorms and hurricane season. We diagnose board failures on-site and replace them with new or refurbished units as appropriate.
• Rack and pinion and slide-gate roller seizure. Salt-welded hardware binds slide-gate tracks, causing the motor to overload and trip its limit switch. We free the seized rollers, replace the worst ones, and lubricate the track with a coastal-appropriate grease that won’t gum up in humidity.
• Bypassed safety edges and photocells. We see a surprising number of Hollywood gates where a previous owner bypassed the safety sensor to keep a failing gate running. That’s a genuine safety hazard, especially on pool gates and multifamily properties. We restore proper safety function as part of every repair.

Pricing for Gate Repair in Hollywood, FL

We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood

While this page focuses on Gate Repair in Hollywood, our team also covers Andover, Carver Ranches, Miramar, and West Park. If you’re on the edge of Hollywood or just across the city line, call us and we’ll let you know our next available slot. The same coastal-conditions expertise applies throughout the area, and our Gate Repair team handles everything from seized hinges to full operator replacement.

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