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Gate installation in Hollywood, FL typically costs between $2,800 and $9,500 depending on whether you need a single swing gate, a sliding gate squeezed into a tight beachside driveway, or a full double gate with new operator and safety edges. We know Hollywood’s peculiar constraints: shared driveways off A1A where a swing gate would arc into a neighbor’s car, 1970s condo panels with aluminum wiring that need an electrician’s sign-off before the operator gets energized, and salt air off the Intracoastal that eats untreated steel in under three years. Call (940) 412-7340 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts, not after we’ve disassembled the old gate.
Our Gate Installation team covers every neighborhood between the beach and I-75 – from Hollywood Lakes and the condo corridor along North Ocean Drive to the inland ranch homes of West Hollywood and the newer developments near the Seminole Hard Rock. We schedule around your building’s ingress and egress, because we’ve seen too many Hollywood installs where pedestrian access went dark mid-job and the HOA had to scramble. That doesn’t happen on our watch.
Why Portcullis Gate Repair Is Hollywood’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Dean Prescott has been running gate crews in South Florida since 2008, and what he drills into every tech is this: Hollywood’s beachside buildings aren’t like the western track-home subdivisions. They’re tight. They’re old. They’re governed by condo boards with seasonal owners who won’t tolerate three weeks of a taped-off driveway. So we show up in the arrival window we gave you, we bring the specific operator parts for your building’s brand, and we leave the job site cleaner than we found it.
Most of our Hollywood work comes from repeat referrals – condo association board members who called us once for a seized FAAC operator and then passed our number to the building three blocks down on the Intracoastal. We don’t chase volume. We chase the Kingswell Guarantee, which is four things written on every invoice: a written price before any work starts, a real arrival window, a clean job site, and a written guarantee on the repair for 365 days. If it fails inside that year, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it applies to every Gate Installation in Hollywood job we do.
Gate Installation Services in Hollywood
Gate Installation Services in Hollywood mean more than bolting a steel frame to a post and calling it done. Here, the site usually dictates the entire design. A swing gate needs arc clearance; a shared driveway off the beach often has none. A concrete-block ranch home in West Hollywood with a wide front yard might handle a double swing gate, but a mid-rise condo on A1A with six feet between the gate post and the property line is going to need a slide gate and a re-poured post footing. We quote the job based on what the site actually allows, not what looks best in a brochure.
Driveway and Double Gate Replacement
In Hollywood’s inland neighborhoods, driveway gates are often original to the house – 1980s steel that’s now spalling at the base from decades of groundwater contact. A typical single swing gate replacement runs $2,800 to $5,200 in Hollywood. Double gates, which split the load across two leaves, run $5,500 to $9,500, and we usually recommend a new operator at the same time because the old one has been fighting rust and misalignment for years.
Sliding and Security Gate Installations
For Hollywood condo buildings and commercial lots, a sliding gate is frequently the only option that preserves vehicle circulation. We install cantilever slide gates, track-guided slide gates, and security gates with mag locks and keypad entry. On a typical Hollywood security gate install, budget $6,000 to $11,000 for the gate, operator, access control, and the necessary electrician coordination.
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Electric Gate Installation in Hollywood
Electric Gate Installation in Hollywood means pulling the permit, running or verifying the branch circuit, mounting the operator, wiring the safety photocells and loop detectors, and then programming the remotes and keypads. The cost for a Hollywood electric gate install typically lands between $4,200 and $8,500 depending on the operator brand, the gate’s weight and travel distance, and whether the existing conduit can be reused. And here’s the Hollywood-specific wrinkle: if your condo’s panel dates to the 1970s with aluminum branch wiring, the job can’t be energized until a licensed electrician signs off on the circuit. We coordinate that step so the gate doesn’t sit dead for a week waiting on a second trade.
Operator Replacement and Retrofit
If you have an old Linear, Viking, or DoorKing operator that’s still grinding along but the board is failing and parts are discontinued, we’ll quote a full retrofit: new operator, new safety edges, new keypad, wired to the existing gate. In Hollywood, this runs $2,900 to $4,800 for most single-family and small condo applications. We confirm the amperage draw against your panel before we order parts, which avoids the mid-install stall that aluminum-wired buildings are famous for.
New Build and Storm-Ready Installs
When Hollywood homeowners build a new gate from scratch, Broward County storm protocols require the gate to be pinnable or securable before a named storm. That means extra bracing, a pinned-open position, and track work that a generic installer might skip. We build it in from day one. A new swing or slide gate built to storm spec on a Hollywood residential lot typically runs $5,000 to $8,900 all in.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We carry parts and boards for the brands Hollywood’s condo buildings actually run: Linear on a lot of the older A1A mid-rises, Viking on the heavier commercial slide gates off Dixie Highway, Ghost Controls on newer single-family installs, and DoorKing on the entry systems with phone-line integration. Because our techs train on these systems specifically, the person who shows up at your Hollywood property already knows your operator’s wiring layout and common failure points. That cuts the diagnostic time in half, which is the difference between a one-visit fix and a three-week parts hunt.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Aluminum branch wiring stalling the install: A surprising number of Hollywood’s beachside condos – especially those built along A1A in the 1960s and 1970s – still have aluminum branch circuits. Connecting a new gate operator to one without an electrician’s review is a fire risk, so we sequence the electrician into the job before the operator gets mounted.
- Shared driveways that force a slide gate conversion: In Hollywood Lakes and along the Intracoastal finger canals, driveways are often easements shared by two or three units. A swing gate would arc directly into the neighbor’s parking area, so we quote a slide gate and re-pour the post footing to carry the track.
- Seized operators on seasonal condos: Every October and November, Hollywood’s snowbird population returns to find gate motors that haven’t moved in six months of coastal humidity. Salt corrosion on the armature and gear train is the usual culprit, and the fix is often a full operator swap rather than a component repair.
- Parts obsolescence on 1960s to 1980s condo systems: We regularly see original or early-generation operators on Hollywood’s older condo buildings that are so far past service life that replacement boards no longer exist. The install quote becomes a full replacement by necessity, not upsell.
Pricing for Gate Installation in Hollywood, FL
Here are real numbers for Hollywood’s market. A single swing gate install runs $2,800 to $5,200. A double swing gate runs $5,500 to $9,500. A slide gate conversion in a tight shared driveway runs $6,000 to $11,000. An electric operator retrofit on an existing gate runs $2,900 to $4,800. A full new build with storm bracing runs $5,000 to $8,900. What moves the number is post footing condition, whether we need a licensed electrician for panel work, and the gate’s weight and brand. Every quote is written and agreed before we turn a single bolt. Call (940) 412-7340 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Portcullis Gate Repair handles gate installation and electric gate work throughout central and south Broward County. We serve North Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Gardens, and Plantation with the same written-price, written-guarantee standard. Scheduling and dispatch run through our Miami (South FL) office; the crews you’ll see at your property live and work locally in the Hollywood area.
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.
FAQs About Gate Installation in Hollywood
Convert it to a slide gate. In Hollywood’s shared driveway easements – common in Hollywood Lakes and along North Ocean Drive – a slide gate travels parallel to the fence line instead of arcing outward, so it never enters the neighbor’s space. The conversion usually requires re-pouring the post footing to carry the new track, and the total job in Hollywood typically runs $6,000 to $11,000. Call (940) 412-7340 and we’ll measure the setback and give you a written price.
Because a meaningful share of Hollywood’s 1960s and 1970s condo buildings on the A1A corridor still have aluminum branch wiring and original electrical panels that were never designed for modern gate operator loads. Before we energize a new motor, a licensed electrician must confirm the circuit can safely carry the draw – and in some cases re-terminate the aluminum connections or add a dedicated circuit. We coordinate that electrician so the job doesn’t stall.
No. We stage the work so pedestrian and vehicle access keeps working while the gate is out. That means keeping a loop detector or keypad entry functional during the swap, or installing a temporary vehicle control if the building’s fire lane access depends on the gate. Hollywood condo boards care about this more than almost anything else, and we plan for it in the quote, not on the fly.
Only if you spec it for coastal exposure. Untreated steel hardware within a few hundred yards of Hollywood’s Intracoastal finger canals can corrode to the point of failure in under three years. We specify hot-dip galvanized or powder-coated steel, sealed motor housings, and stainless fasteners on every Hollywood waterfront install. The price difference is modest – usually 10 to 15 percent on materials – and it’s the reason our coastal installs outlast the originals.
Yes. Broward County storm protocols require swing and slide gates to be pinnable or securable in the open position before a named storm makes landfall. That means additional bracing, a pinned-open position, and track work that a generic install skips. We build storm readiness into every Hollywood gate from the first quote, so you’re not retrofitting after an evacuation order.
If you’re in Hollywood and the gate won’t open, the gate won’t close, or the neighbor’s car is about to get clipped by a swing gate with no clearance, call (940) 412-7340. A live person answers, we’ll give you a real appointment window, and the price is in writing before we start.
Written by Dean Prescott, owner at Portcullis Gate Repair, serving Hollywood and the surrounding South Florida communities since 2008.