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Gate parts fail in predictable ways. A hinge sags, a roller spits its bearing, a weld cracks at the corner joint, and suddenly the gate drags across the driveway or won’t close at all. In Hollywood, the salt air accelerates the process: steel that would last eight years in a dry climate can start pitting in four. Vance Gate Repair fixes this with a written price before any work starts, a photo record of what we found and what we installed, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise on every completed job. Adrian Vance has been doing this since 2014, and our crew of background-checked, uniformed technicians serves Hollywood, Dania Beach, Pembroke Park, and the surrounding area. If your gate is grinding, leaning, or refusing to latch, call (754) 714-5786 and a live person answers, day or night.
What Our Gate Parts & Welding Service Includes
Our parts and welding work covers the components that actually carry the weight of your gate and keep it moving. This is trade-level work: we bring a mobile welding rig, OEM and aftermarket parts, and the diagnostic habit of commercial access-control sites to residential driveways in Hollywood. Each job starts with a written scope and a written price, so you know exactly what’s being done before a single tool comes off the truck.
Hinge Replacement
Gate hinges carry the entire load of the gate, so a worn hinge doesn’t just squeak; it lets the gate drop, which throws off the latch alignment and overloads the motor. We see this constantly in Hollywood, where coastal moisture works into the pivot points and accelerates wear. When we replace a hinge, we don’t just swap the part; we check the post for movement, set the gate back to level, and photograph the final position so the repair is documented. Most hinge replacements take under three hours, and you get a written price before we begin.
Post Replacement
A leaning post is usually the root cause of a gate that drags or won’t close. In South Florida’s sandy soil, posts settle over time, and once the post moves even an inch, every other component starts compensating. We cut out the old post, set a new one in concrete at the correct depth, and weld or bolt the hinge brackets back to spec. Because we document the plumb line and the concrete depth with photos, we can prove the post was set correctly before we leave.
Rail Repair
Slide gates ride on a steel rail, and when that rail bends or rusts through, the gate binds at the same spot every cycle. Hollywood’s wet summers and salty air make rail corrosion a recurring problem, particularly where the rail meets the driveway. We straighten or replace the rail section, reset the roller spacing, and photograph the repair before and after. If the rail is beyond straightening, we’ll tell you plainly and write a replacement price rather than padding the job with half-measures.
Custom Welding
Not every repair comes out of a box. When a gate is cracked at a corner joint, or a decorative picket has snapped off, or a bracket doesn’t exist for the way your gate was built, we fabricate on site. Vance Gate Repair runs a mobile welding rig with stick and MIG capability, so we can weld aluminum, steel, and wrought iron without hauling your gate back to a shop. Every weld gets ground clean, primed, and painted to match as closely as the existing finish allows, and we leave you a photo record of the weld before the paint covers it.
Gate Rollers
Slide gate rollers fail from the inside out: the bearing seizes, then the wheel stops rolling and starts dragging, then the wheel wears a flat spot. You’ll hear it before you see it, a dry scraping sound that gets worse as the gate moves. We replace rollers and the bearing races, align them to the rail, and set the gate height so the weight distributes evenly across all wheels. It’s an hour of labor, a $30 to $90 part, and it saves the motor from burning out against resistance.
Latch & Lock
When a gate won’t latch, the immediate problem is that it sits open, which defeats the point of having a gate. What many Hollywood homeowners don’t realize is that a misaligned latch also sends the motor hunting every time the gate closes, which shortens the operator’s life. We realign strike plates, replace worn latch hardware, and install or service keypads and locks integrated with the automation system. If your gate is a security boundary, the latch is the part that enforces it; we set it so it closes square every time.
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.
Brands We Service for Gate Parts & Welding
We work on whatever motor and gate hardware is already on your Hollywood property. FAAC operators are common on residential swing gates here, and we’ve replaced enough FAAC drive arms and limit assemblies to know exactly which failure patterns show up after a few wet seasons: a limit switch that drifts, a capacitor that swells, a wire connection that corrodes at the terminal block. We keep OEM FAAC parts on the truck, so a swing gate repair usually doesn’t need a second visit for parts.
For slide gates, we see a lot of Linear and BFT operators across Hollywood, Dania Beach, and Pembroke Park. Linear gearboxes run until the grease breaks down, then they strip; BFT boards are sensitive to lightning strikes and power surges, which are a fact of life in South Florida summers. We diagnose these on site, with a written photo record of every setting we change and every part number we install. Viking gates, particularly the heavier commercial-residential models, need more frequent roller and rail maintenance, and we handle that as part of the same written estimate.
Adrian Vance’s obsession with documentation came out of commercial access-control work, where a site that had six technicians over a decade needed every limit switch reading and every torque setting written down, or nobody could make sense of the system. We brought that habit to residential gates. Whether your gate carries a FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, or any other nameplate, the service record we leave behind is the same quality as what we’d file on a commercial site.
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- The gate scrapes the driveway or the post. A scrape means the gate has dropped out of alignment, usually from a worn hinge or a soft post. Continuing to run it grinds the bottom rail thinner every cycle, and on a slide gate, it means the rollers are eating themselves. Fix it before the rail wears through.
- You can see a crack at any welded joint. A crack in steel or aluminum does not heal. It propagates, and the next thing that fails is either the hinge or the motor mount. Small cracks are cheap to weld; a gate that pulls out of its hinge when the crack runs through is a bigger job.
- The gate hesitates or chatters in one spot. If the gate pauses mid-travel, then lurches, the limit switch may be set wrong, or the gearbox is binding, or the rail has a low spot. None of these issues self-resolve. Leaving it puts the operator under load in a position it wasn’t designed for.
- The latch won’t catch, or it catches only if you slam it. A gate that won’t latch is a gate that won’t secure anything. The motor also keeps trying to correct for a gate that hasn’t seated properly, which runs the operator harder than it should. This is usually a striker alignment issue, and it’s often a 20-minute fix.
- You hear a grinding or a shriek when the gate moves. Grinding is metal on metal. It’s either a bearing that’s dry, a roller that’s seized, or a chain or belt that’s rubbing a guard. The faster you catch a bearing failure, the more likely you are to save the shaft and the housing.
Our Gate Parts & Welding Process - Step by Step
Every job follows the same sequence, and we do not deviate. That consistency is how we keep the work clean, the price honest, and the record useful to the next technician who touches your gate.
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Inspection and diagnosis. We test the gate through its full travel, check the posts with a level, inspect every hinge, roller, bracket, and weld under both load and no-load conditions. We also read the operator’s limit settings and torque history if the board stores it. You get a written finding, not a verbal shrug.
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Written scope and price. Before any work starts, we write down exactly what we found, what we’ll do, what parts we’ll install, and what it costs. This is Haven Standard Clause 1: have it in writing. We hand it to you. If it’s more than you want to spend today, we note that too, and you keep the document either way.
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The repair or fabrication. We bring the welding rig, the parts, and the tooling. For hinge and post work, we set the gate level with shims or laser before we torque anything. For welding, we grind the crack, preheat if the metal calls for it, and weld it solid. Every step that changes a setting gets photographed.
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Cycle testing and load test. When the work is done, we cycle the gate at least ten times, then test it under manual push to check for binding. We confirm the safety edges and photo-eyes still work after any welding or mechanical change. If it doesn’t pass, it’s not done.
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Documentation and handoff. Before we leave, you get a photo log of the work: the before state, the repair in progress, the after state, and any part numbers or settings involved. The job record is also filed at our office. If anything fails inside the 365-Day Done Right Promise, we already have the evidence to see what was done and make it right.
How Much Does Gate Parts & Welding Cost in Hollywood?
A hinge replacement in Hollywood typically runs $145 to $390, depending on the gate’s weight and whether the post needs resetting. A roller replacement on a slide gate runs $180 to $420 for a full set, including alignment and height adjustment. Custom welding is priced by the joint and the metal: small crack repairs start around $150, while fabricating a new bracket or section can run $400 to $900. For details on how much Gate Parts & Welding costs, see our pricing guide. Post replacement is the biggest line item, usually $600 to $1,400 for a single post, because it involves excavation, concrete, and re-hanging the gate. The range you end up in depends on three things: gate weight, metal condition, and whether a previous repair has to be undone before we can start. You’ll never pay to rediscover a problem: if another company’s written estimate says the limit switch was replaced six months ago, we read the paper, not the sales pitch.
We don’t give estimates over the phone if we haven’t seen the gate. We also don’t charge for a written estimate. What you get is a price on paper before any work starts, and that price doesn’t change mid-job. The free estimate includes the diagnostic pass, the written scope, and the price; you’ll know both the best-case and worst-case cost before you approve anything.
Gate Parts & Welding Near Hollywood - Our Service Area
Vance Gate Repair covers Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Dania Beach, Pembroke Park, and the surrounding cities, with response times typically inside two hours for urgent repairs in the Hollywood core. We regularly run jobs in Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach, North Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Cooper City, and Ojus. If you’re in Dania Beach or Pembroke Park, the same crew and the same written-price standard apply. Every service call from our Hollywood team is dispatched with a phone number that a live person answers, 24 hours a day.
Serving Hollywood, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions - Gate Parts & Welding in Hollywood
Gate parts and welding is the repair and fabrication side of gate service: hinges, posts, rails, rollers, latches, and the custom metalwork that holds a gate together. It’s the difference between adjusting an operator and physically rebuilding the gate the operator sits on. In North Miami Beach and Hollywood, this work is often needed because salt air and humidity accelerate steel and aluminum corrosion. Vance Gate Repair brings a mobile welding rig to the job, so most repairs happen on site without unloading the gate.
Most hinge, roller, and latch jobs are done in two to four hours on the first visit. Custom welding or post replacement can take a day, mostly because the concrete has to cure before the gate can be load-tested. We’ll tell you the time estimate in writing before we start. Call (754) 714-5786 if your gate won’t close now; we can often have a technician there the same day.
Small repairs like latch alignment or a single roller replacement start around $150, while post replacement or major custom fabrication can run to $1,400 or more. The typical hinge job in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood falls between $145 and $390. We write the price before we start, and you approve it in writing before any work happens. Call (754) 714-5786 for a free estimate on your specific gate.
Yes. We service and maintain FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, and all the major gate-automation brands, and we frequently service the operator in the same visit as the mechanical work. If the gate was binding because of a worn hinge, we’ll set the FAAC or Linear limits correctly for the new load after the mechanical repair is done. Because we carry OEM parts for both brands on the truck, you rarely wait for a second appointment. Call (754) 714-5786 if your FAAC or Linear gate is grinding or failing to close.
Yes. A live person answers our phone 24/7, and for urgent gate failure in Hollywood, we’ll have a technician to you within a couple of hours in most cases. We do not have a voicemail loop and you won’t talk to an automated attendant. Call (754) 714-5786 and tell us what the gate is doing; we’ll send a named technician with a written price.
Every completed job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something’s not right within a year, we make it right at no charge. No argument, no fee, no expiry. We also leave a documented photo record of the job, so if anything does come up, we can see exactly what was done and when. The warranty is in writing as part of the job record.
Clear the gate’s travel path so we can run it fully open and fully closed, and if you have any previous service records or written estimates from other companies, have them ready. They help, especially if another tech changed a setting we should know about. Beyond that, you don’t need to do anything; we come with the rig, the parts, and the paperwork. We’ll review any written estimate from another company as a free second opinion.
Schedule Your Gate Parts & Welding Service in Hollywood Today
If your gate is grinding, leaning, cracked, or refusing to latch, call (754) 714-5786. We’ll schedule a technician, you’ll get a written scope and price before any work begins, and you’ll have a photo record of everything we did when we leave. A live person answers day or night. The estimate is free, and if you’re looking at another company’s written quote, bring it; we’ll review it at no cost.
Written by Adrian Vance, Owner at Vance Gate Repair Hollywood, serving Hollywood, Dania Beach, Pembroke Park, and the surrounding area since 2014.