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.

Is the paperwork the same as Miami?

No. Palm Beach is outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so it is a different product-approval set, and permitting is administered locally on top of that.

Why is the spec different up here?

Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that governs Miami-Dade and Broward, so the approval route the counties south of it use is the wrong one.

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.

Custom Ironwork & Gate Matching in Royal Palm Beach, FL

Angle grinder throwing a fan of sparks off a steel edge

Matching what exists · Royal Palm Beach, FL

An existing panel, a neighbouring run, or a detail off the house itself.

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Horizontal timber slat gate between stucco piers, under flowering bougainvillea. — Inland & equestrian — West of the turnpike the county turns to paddocks and service roads, and a gate is sized around a truck and trailer.

Royal Palm Beach · Palm Beach County

Half of custom work is not inventing anything. It is reproducing a picket profile, a scroll or a cap that already exists on the property so the new piece does not announce itself as new.

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.

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

The coastal towns add a layer

Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the product approvals differ from the two counties to the south. On top of that, several towns and associations in this county run design guidelines of their own — so what Royal Palm Beach expects is worth reading before a finish is chosen, not 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 · Royal Palm Beach

05 frames

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

Torch cutting through steel box section on a bench with sparks pouring off — Cutting the sections

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

Straight answers

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

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.
Is the paperwork the same as Miami?: No. Palm Beach is outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so it is a different product-approval set, and permitting is administered locally on top of that.
Why is the spec different up here?: Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that governs Miami-Dade and Broward, so the approval route the counties south of it use is the wrong one.
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.