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.

Will it actually fit my driveway?

We measure on site and draw the gate on your entrance before anything is cut.

Swing or slide — which one?

Slope, curb space and where you park decide it. We tell you what the driveway allows.

How does it hold up here?

Salt and sun are the design brief in South Florida, so material and finish are specified for the coast.

Custom Driveway Gates in Tequesta, FL

Sun setting through the vertical slats of a dark metal gate

Steel, aluminum, iron · Tequesta, FL

Material and finish get specified for where the gate has to stand.

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Grey perforated-panel modern gate across a driveway beneath a cantilevered house overhang. — The north county — From the city up to the Loxahatchee — newer construction, wider frontages, more slide gates than swings.

Tequesta · Palm Beach County

Steel takes ornamental work and welds hard. Aluminum will not rust and suits long runs. Wrought iron is the traditional answer where the detail matters most. Sun and salt are the design brief in South Florida, so the finish is chosen with the same care as the frame.

Deeper setbacks are what make a two-leaf ornamental pair worth fabricating at all: there is room for the leaves to open into the property instead of out over the footpath.

Wider frontages tend to favour a slide or a long swing pair, and both want the ground under them prepared properly.

Different county, different approval route

Because Palm Beach is outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, the approvals a Miami-Dade contractor quotes from memory are the wrong ones here. What Tequesta actually requires is set locally, and where a town or an association runs its own design guidelines those shape the finish as much as the code shapes the frame.

Driveway Gates — 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 a plain builder-grade gate shown on the same driveway — DesignBuilder-grade to bespoke

The ornate custom estate gate built on that driveway — DesignBuilder-grade to bespoke

Driveway Gates · Tequesta

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Ornate arched iron double gate between rendered pillars at an estate entrance

Ornate double swing

Black swing gate open onto a paver driveway with a lawn either side — Swing pair on pavers

Black sliding driveway gate beside a stone pillar with palms behind — Slide, single leaf

Horizontal timber slat gate between brick pillars under flowering bougainvillea — Horizontal slat, brick piers

Wide driveway gate and railing photographed at dusk from the street — Dusk, from the street

Before you call

Shop-fabricated
Coastal finish
On-site measure
Drawn before it's cut
Two-leaf openings

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.
Will it actually fit my driveway?: We measure on site and draw the gate on your entrance before anything is cut.
Swing or slide — which one?: Slope, curb space and where you park decide it. We tell you what the driveway allows.
How does it hold up here?: Salt and sun are the design brief in South Florida, so material and finish are specified for the coast.