A pair halves the arc each leaf needs and doubles the hardware. Opening width and setback usually settle it between them.

Do I need a permit for this?

Often, and Miami-Dade is inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the wind rating matters too. Permits are issued locally, so we confirm what your authority wants before we start.

The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — the Florida Building Code's strictest wind-load region. It covers all of Miami-Dade, which is why the hardware spec here is not the spec further north.

Can my existing gate be automated?

Often yes. The frame has to carry the operator, so we check hinges, posts and weight first.

Automatic Gate Installation in Coral Gables, FL

Lit modern house at dusk with vehicles parked under the entrance canopy

Automatic gates · Coral Gables, FL

Motor, safety sensors, keypad and phone control — wired and commissioned.

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Technician working at the control post of a tall ornamental iron gate in front of a palm-lined house. — The estate belt — Deeper setbacks and mature canopy south-west of the city — the openings with room for a two-leaf gate.

Coral Gables · Miami-Dade County

An automatic gate is judged on one moment: the approach. If you have to stop, wind a window down and wait, the automation has not really happened. Operator, receiver and detection all get tuned to that one sequence.

A long approach and two heavy leaves is where photo-eyes and an edge sensor are doing real work rather than ticking a box — there is enough travel for something to be standing in it.

Deeper setbacks change the brief entirely: there is room to make an entrance a piece of architecture rather than a barrier.

Inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone

Miami-Dade sits inside the Florida Building Code's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, the strictest wind-load regime in the state, so the rating on posts, panels and hardware is not a nice-to-have here. Permits on top of that are issued locally — by the municipality or by the county — so what Coral Gables wants to see on paper is worth confirming before anything is cut.

Automatic Gates — the full breakdown

Automatic Gates · Coral Gables

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Ram-arm operator fitted to the hinge post of a light aluminum swing gate

Ram arm, swing leaf · concept scene

Technician sealing a finished underground safety loop cut in a driveway — Loop sealed in

Automated swing gate with its operator arm mounted at the base of a stone pillar — Arm on the pillar

Solar panel mounted above a white aluminum gate powering its operator — Solar-powered leaf

Sliding gate between rendered pillars with clipped hedges either side — Slide between hedges

Before / after

Drag it backto how we found it.

Same job, same angle. Nothing staged between the two frames.

Technician marking a driveway beside a concrete saw before the safety loop is cut — Safety loopCut, laid, sealed, gone

Technician sealing the finished underground loop cut in the same restored driveway — Safety loopCut, laid, sealed, gone

Worth knowing

Loop detection
Phone control
Operator sized to weight
Safety sensors
Two-leaf openings

Two leaves or one?: A pair halves the arc each leaf needs and doubles the hardware. Opening width and setback usually settle it between them.
Do I need a permit for this?: Often, and Miami-Dade is inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the wind rating matters too. Permits are issued locally, so we confirm what your authority wants before we start.
What is the HVHZ?: The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — the Florida Building Code's strictest wind-load region. It covers all of Miami-Dade, which is why the hardware spec here is not the spec further north.
Can my existing gate be automated?: Often yes. The frame has to carry the operator, so we check hinges, posts and weight first.

Nearby

The towns marked The estate belt share the same geography as Coral Gables.