Before & After Gallery - Portcullis Gate Repair Fort Lauderdale

Gate Repair Before & After in Fort Lauderdale, FL

A gate is one of the first things you see pulling into a Fort Lauderdale property, and one of the first things a visitor or customer touches. Photos of our completed jobs show what a written guarantee can’t always convey in words: straight lines, clean welds, operators bolted down square, and gates that glide instead of shudder. Here’s a look at recent transformations from Victoria Park to Rio Vista to Plantation, with placeholders we’ll fill as jobs wrap up.

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Recent Transformations

LiftMaster Slide Gate Operator Replacement in Coral Ridge

The problem was an old LiftMaster operator that had been hit by too many salt-air seasons and quit mid-cycle, leaving the gate frozen half open. We pulled the dead unit, mounted a new LiftMaster slide operator on fresh pads, and dialed in the limits so the gate stops exactly at the posts instead of slamming them. The result: a gate that opens and closes the way it should, with a written 365-day guarantee on the repair.

Sagging Iron Driveway Gate Reset in Victoria Park

This heavy ornamental iron gate had dropped enough at the latch end that the lock no longer lined up, which in a neighborhood like Victoria Park is a real problem. The fix involved cutting and re-welding the hinge barrels, shimming the post, and re-hanging the leaf so the gap at the bottom is even from post to latch. Before, you could see daylight under one corner and none under the other. After, it reads as one line across the driveway.

FAAC Swing Actuator Swap in Rio Vista

The actuator, the motorized arm that physically pushes the gate open, had seized on this FAAC swing system. We replaced the actuator with a new FAAC unit matched to the gate’s weight and length, reprogrammed the control board, and set the soft-start and soft-stop so the gate doesn’t jerk at either end of travel. The customer’s comment was that they forgot how quiet the gate used to be.

Ghost Controls Retrofit on a Wood Driveway Gate in Plantation

A manual wood gate is fine until it isn’t, and this one wasn’t. The owners wanted automation without replacing a gate that was still in good shape. We installed a Ghost Controls kit sized for the gate’s weight, added a keypad and two remotes, and ran the power cleanly along the fence line rather than across the lawn. The gate itself stayed, but it now opens from the car instead of by hand in the rain.

Broken Chain Drive Repair at a Commercial Lot off Broward Boulevard

A snapped chain on a commercial slide gate left a parking lot unsecured overnight. We replaced the chain, inspected every sprocket for wear, and found the tensioner had been the real culprit all along. New chain, new tensioner, and a gate that tracks straight in both directions. The written price was in the manager’s hand before we turned a single bolt.

Mighty Mule Control Board Replacement in Oakland Park

Lightning took out the control board on this Mighty Mule system, which is a common call after a South Florida thunderstorm. We installed a new board, re-paired all the remotes, and verified the safety sensors actually reversed the gate under load. The gate went from dead to fully functional in about ninety minutes, most of which was testing the edge sensors at multiple points down the gate’s travel.

Want Results Like These?

Start with a call to (754) 354-7351 and we’ll send a background-checked, uniformed technician to look at your gate. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, a real arrival window, and a 365-day written guarantee on every repair. Your gate should open and close the way it should, and if it doesn’t, we come back and make it right.

Written by Dean Prescott, Owner at Portcullis Gate Repair Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale since 2008.