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.

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 Palmetto Bay, FL

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

On-site welding · Palmetto Bay, FL

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

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Solar panel mounted above a white ornamental gate, with the operator box sitting at its foot. — The south corridor — Down US-1 toward the agricultural edge, where lots widen again and mains power is not a given.

Palmetto Bay · Miami-Dade 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.

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 Palmetto Bay wants to see on paper is worth confirming before anything is cut.

Custom & Welding — the full breakdown

Custom & Welding · Palmetto Bay

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

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

Before you call

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

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.
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.

Same county

The towns marked The south corridor share the same geography as Palmetto Bay.