The gate is nowhere near a power supply.

That is a normal starting point. Solar, battery and trenched runs are all real options, and the site decides between them.

How far can the control run?

Further than most people expect, but the run length is what decides the cable, the voltage drop, and whether wireless is the better answer.

What does the county require?

Broward sits inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so wind rating is set by code. The permit itself is local, and an HOA architectural review often runs alongside it.

Is Broward the same as Miami-Dade?

For wind load, yes — both counties are inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. For permitting, no: that is administered locally and it is not identical from city to city.

On-Site Welding & Structural Repair in Davie, FL

Torch cutting through steel box section on a bench with sparks pouring off

On-site welding · Davie, FL

Posts, frames, hinges and rails repaired in place rather than carted away.

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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.

Davie · Broward County

Not everything needs to become a new gate. A cracked hinge boss, a post that has moved, a rail that has torn away from its stile — those are structural repairs, and they happen on site with the gate still hanging.

Out here it is as often structural welding as ornament: posts, frames, hinges and rails repaired where they stand rather than carted back to a shop.

Ground that carries trucks, trailers and equipment moves under load, and anything set into it has to tolerate that.

Also inside the HVHZ

Broward falls inside the same High-Velocity Hurricane Zone as Miami-Dade, so the wind rating carries across the county line unchanged. What does not carry across is the paperwork: permitting is administered locally, and the sensible order is to ask what Davie expects before the steel is ordered rather than after.

Custom & Welding — the full breakdown

Before / after

Drag it backto how we found it.

Drag the divider to see the change. Where a frame is marked Concept it illustrates the starting point rather than photographs it.

Illustration of bare cut steel sections clamped on the bench before welding — FabricationBare steel to welded panel

Fabricator welding the finished panel in place on site — FabricationBare steel to welded panel

Custom & Welding · Davie

05 frames

Tall ornate iron gate with scrollwork between stone pillars and lanterns

Scrollwork and lanterns

Angle grinder throwing a fan of sparks off a steel edge — Dressing the edge

Welding arc flaring as a bead is laid on a steel frame in a dark shop — The arc

Fabricator welding an aluminum picket fence panel in place on site — Welded on site

Sparks falling in front of a metal fence panel being worked on — Sparks off the panel

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Ornamental ironwork
Drawn in-house
Cut and welded here
On-site welding
Solar & battery options

The gate is nowhere near a power supply.: That is a normal starting point. Solar, battery and trenched runs are all real options, and the site decides between them.
How far can the control run?: Further than most people expect, but the run length is what decides the cable, the voltage drop, and whether wireless is the better answer.
What does the county require?: Broward sits inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so wind rating is set by code. The permit itself is local, and an HOA architectural review often runs alongside it.
Is Broward the same as Miami-Dade?: For wind load, yes — both counties are inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. For permitting, no: that is administered locally and it is not identical from city to city.