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.

I have a sketch, not a drawing.

A sketch is enough to start. We draw it properly and show you the gate on your entrance.

Can you match something that already exists?

Yes — an existing panel, a neighbouring property's detail, or a piece of the house itself.

On-Site Welding & Structural Repair in Margate, FL

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

On-site welding · Margate, FL

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

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Timber-and-steel entry gate framed by dense climbing greenery. — The north-west communities — Master-planned since the seventies, which means shared entries far more often than private ones.

Margate · 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.

Matching something that already exists is most of the work — an existing panel, a neighbouring run, or a detail lifted off the house itself.

Where an association governs the street, its architectural review usually runs in parallel with the municipal permit rather than after it.

One code, many counters

The wind-load requirement in Margate is the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone standard that governs the whole of Broward. The review that sits on top of it is local, and in a county this dense with planned communities an association's architectural approval is frequently the longer of the two.

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 · Margate

05 frames

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

Gilded heraldic crest mounted on an ornamental iron gate — Crest, gilded

Tall ornate iron gate with scrollwork between stone pillars and lanterns — Scrollwork and lanterns

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Ornamental ironwork
Drawn in-house
Cut and welded here
On-site welding
Shared-entry duty cycle

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.
I have a sketch, not a drawing.: A sketch is enough to start. We draw it properly and show you the gate on your entrance.
Can you match something that already exists?: Yes — an existing panel, a neighbouring property's detail, or a piece of the house itself.