Gate Repair in Hollywood — Fixed Today, No Surprise Invoice

Fast, Reliable Gate Repair Across Hollywood

Gate repair in Hollywood, FL usually costs between $185 and $650 depending on whether you’re dealing with a corroded control board, a sagging hinge post, or a slide gate that’s jumped its track. Most jobs in Hollywood are completed the same day we arrive, and we stock the common parts for LiftMaster, Elite, FAAC, and Mighty Mule operators locally so you’re not waiting on a shipment from out of state. If you need LiftMaster repair in Hollywood, we typically have the right components on the truck. If your gate is stuck open, stuck shut, or grinding itself to death every time the motor kicks on, call us at (855) 382-0732 and we’ll tell you straight what it’s going to take to fix it.

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Why Miami Gardens Gate Repair Is Hollywood’s Preferred Gate Repair Company

We work the whole stretch of Hollywood, from the canal-front streets off the Intracoastal in 33019 and 33020 out to the gated subdivisions west of I-95 in 33021 through 33024. That’s not a marketing line, it’s just where our trucks are every week. The reason Hollywood property managers and homeowners keep our number is simple: we work on gates only. Not garage doors, not fencing, not pool equipment. Every diagnostic we run, every part we carry, every repair we do is oriented around one trade.

Noel Carballo leads our gate team, and the standard he sets is that we don’t guess. When a Hollywood customer calls with an automatic gate that won’t respond to a keypad or a swing gate that scrapes the driveway, we diagnose the system end to end rather than swapping parts at random. That matters with older Hollywood gates, because many were installed long before UL 325 entrapment rules existed, and their control logic doesn’t behave like anything modern.

We are state-licensed and insured, and every job we quote in Hollywood includes the price agreed before we start work. No invoice surprises.

Wrought Iron Gate Repair in Hollywood

Wrought iron gate repair in Hollywood is as much about corrosion control as it is about mechanical work. The salt air coming off the Atlantic and the brackish canals east of US-1 works on iron gates constantly. We see gates in Hollywood Lakes and along North Lake and South Lake where the bottom rail has rusted through, hinge barrels have seized, and the operator is fighting against its own weight every cycle. Rebuilding the bottom rail, cutting out rotted sections, welding in new plate, and rehanging the gate are standard jobs for us. In Hollywood, a typical wrought iron gate repair runs $250 to $600 depending on how much steel needs replacement and whether we have to remove the gate to weld it properly.

Rust Repair and Hinge Replacement

Hollywood’s coastal iron gates rust from the inside out. The bottom rail sits inches from damp concrete and grass that holds salt after storm surge. We cut out the bad section, weld in matching steel, and then re-hang the gate on new greasable hinges. A gate that’s fighting a seized hinge burns out operators, so this work usually saves the motor too.

Gate Realignment and Post Shifting

When a wrought iron gate drags on one side or latches hard, the gate itself often isn’t the problem at all. The post has moved. In Hollywood’s sandy soil, especially along the canal blocks, footings settle unevenly. We re-set and shim the post, or in severe cases repour the footing and re-hang the gate level. This is not a job for a handyman with a wrench.

Metal Gate Repair in Hollywood

Metal gate repair in Hollywood covers steel and aluminum gates, and the two materials fail very differently here. Steel rusts. Aluminum doesn’t rust, but it corrodes electrolytically, especially where stainless hardware was bolted through aluminum without isolation, a shortcut we see on a lot of mid-century waterfront homes in east Hollywood. Typical metal gate repair in Hollywood runs $180 to $550, with the lower end covering hinge and latch work and the upper end covering structural welding and operator re-mounting.

Structural Welding and Crack Repair

Gates hung in the 1970s and 1980s along Hollywood’s canals carry decades of fatigue in the weld joints. We re-weld cracked stiles, reinforce failing corners, and add gussets where the original builder skimped. The goal is a gate that’s straight and strong, not just patched enough to pass a home inspection.

Track and Roller Service for Slide Gates

Slide gates on Hollywood properties accumulate sand, salt, and leaf debris in the track, and the rollers eat it. We clean the track, replace worn rollers and bearings, and adjust the rack and pinion so the gate doesn’t bind at the ends of travel. This is especially common in the waterfront neighborhoods where wind pushes sand into every mechanical gap.

Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood

We train our technicians on nine gate operator brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For Hollywood customers, the practical benefit is that we recognize your operator when we pull up. A LiftMaster slide gate on a canal-front home in 33019 needs different attention than a gated-community FAAC in west Hollywood’s 33021. We don’t push brand replacements when a repair is the right call. We know the parts, we know which boards fail, and we keep the common components on the truck.

See how Hollywood fits into our broader service area on our Gate Repair page, or read more about the specific neighborhoods we cover in Hollywood.

Common Gate Repair Problems We See in Hollywood Homes

• Salt-corroded operator internals: The onshore breeze off the Atlantic carries salt that settles inside operator housings. Control boards in east Hollywood gates fail years earlier than identical units inland simply because the humid, salty air eats the traces and connectors.
• Seasonal post and footing movement: Hollywood’s high water table and sandy soil make concrete footings shift. A gate that rolls freely in January is often dragging on the driveway by July, and the fix is a realignment, not a new motor.
• Builder-grade hardware failing in HOA gates: West Hollywood communities built from the 1980s through the 2000s often have original hinge sets and loop detectors. Sandy soil settling pushes posts out of square, and the hardware wasn’t overbuilt to handle the added stress.
• Storm-damaged gates and dead backup batteries: Hurricane season brings wind-driven debris and power outages. Automatic gates strand in the open or closed position when batteries have gone flat, and motors that ran dry after the storm start failing within weeks.

Pricing for Gate Repair in Hollywood, FL

We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood

Our gate repair service extends to Andover, Carver Ranches, Miramar, and West Park. If you’re on the Hollywood border or managing properties across south Broward, one call at (855) 382-0732 covers it. For the full picture of our service area, see Gate Repair in Hollywood.

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