Can my existing gate be automated?

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

What happens in a power cut?

Every install gets a manual release, and battery or solar backup where the site suits it.

Is it safe around kids and pets?

Photo-eyes and edge sensors stop and reverse the gate. They are commissioned, not just fitted.

Can I still open it by hand?

Every install gets a manual release, and where it goes is part of the job — it has to be findable in the dark.

Gate Automation in Weston, FL | Local Gate Repairs

Solar panel mounted above a white aluminum gate powering its operator

Automating what you have · Weston, FL

Often yes — the frame, hinges and posts get checked before anything is quoted.

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Low sun raking through the vertical slats of a dark timber gate at the end of the day. — The western tier — Acreage and horse property against the Everglades boundary — long drives, gates far from the house.

Weston · Broward County

A manual gate can usually be automated, but the frame has to be able to carry an operator. Hinge condition, post fixing and the leaf's real weight get checked first, because bolting a motor to a gate that cannot take it just breaks the gate more expensively.

Mains power at the road is not a given out here. That single question decides between a trenched run, a solar operator and a battery-backed unit, and it gets asked first.

Long driveways mean long runs, and every extra foot of run is another decision about power, voltage drop and control.

Ask before the steel is ordered

Broward is inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the wind rating is settled by code rather than by preference. What is not settled by code is the local review — Weston handles that itself, and starting it early is the cheapest decision on the whole project.

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Automatic Gates · Weston

05 frames

Sliding gate between rendered pillars with clipped hedges either side

Slide between hedges

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

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

Lit modern house at dusk with vehicles parked under the entrance canopy — Home before you park

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

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

Straight answers

Phone control
Operator sized to weight
Safety sensors
Loop detection
Solar & battery options

Can my existing gate be automated?: Often yes. The frame has to carry the operator, so we check hinges, posts and weight first.
What happens in a power cut?: Every install gets a manual release, and battery or solar backup where the site suits it.
Is it safe around kids and pets?: Photo-eyes and edge sensors stop and reverse the gate. They are commissioned, not just fitted.
Can I still open it by hand?: Every install gets a manual release, and where it goes is part of the job — it has to be findable in the dark.

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