There is no room for a gate to swing.

Then it should not swing. A slide or a cantilever gets the same opening without needing an arc that is not there.

Will it overhang the sidewalk?

It should not, and that is a design constraint rather than a preference — whatever the gate does happens inside the property line.

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 Plantation, FL

Tall ornate iron gate with scrollwork between stone pillars and lanterns

On-site welding · Plantation, FL

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

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Barrier arm lowered across the entry lane of a gated residential community. — Central Broward — The older inland grid either side of I-95 and the canal network that runs through it.

Plantation · 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.

Tight urban openings are exactly where a gate gets made rather than bought — an odd width, an awkward pier, a wall that is not square to the road.

Older inland streets mix construction from several decades, so two openings on the same block are not necessarily the same problem.

One code, many counters

The wind-load requirement in Plantation 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

Custom & Welding · Plantation

05 frames

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

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

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

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Ornamental ironwork
Drawn in-house
Cut and welded here
On-site welding
Slide & cantilever options

There is no room for a gate to swing.: Then it should not swing. A slide or a cantilever gets the same opening without needing an arc that is not there.
Will it overhang the sidewalk?: It should not, and that is a design constraint rather than a preference — whatever the gate does happens inside the property line.
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.

Nearby

The towns marked Central Broward share the same geography as Plantation.