Fort Lauderdale Gate Pros provides professional security fencing & perimeter in Fort Lauderdale, FL for residential and commercial properties across Broward County. A waterfront perimeter has an open side and there is no getting around it. You can secure three boundaries of a property on the Intracoastal, and the fourth is a seawall with a dock on it, which changes what the fence is actually for.
That reframing is useful. On these lots the street side fence is doing privacy, containment and controlled access, while the water side is doing pool code and nothing more. Spending heavily to harden a run of fence along a canal while the dock gate stays unlatched is a common and expensive mistake, and we would rather point at it early. The dock gate is the whole perimeter on those nights.
Pool barrier requirements do real work here. Florida sets out barrier height, gaps, self closing and self latching gates, and a latch positioned so a small child cannot reach it, and on a waterfront lot the pool deck often meets the seawall directly. Getting the barrier line right usually decides where the fence goes before any aesthetic question does. Safety hardware and convenience hardware are not the same specification.
Materials follow the same logic as gates. Aluminum picket for anything within reach of spray, because a coated steel picket fence with hundreds of welded joints gives corrosion hundreds of starting points. Posts get set with the grade line detail in mind, since sandy saturated soil corrodes a steel post right where it enters the ground. A sleeve and a sealed joint at grade costs almost nothing.
The water side needs different hardware from the street side. A dock gate is opened wet handed, several times a weekend, by people carrying things, so it wants a self closing hinge that actually returns and a latch that works one handed. Half the barrier failures we find are not the fence at all: they are a dock gate propped open with a cleat, or a seawall gate whose latch has seized.
There is one honest downgrade we recommend often. Full height solid privacy fencing along a canal frontage is usually a poor buy: it blocks the view you paid for, it takes the full force of the weather, and it does very little that a lower open picket run plus planting does not. Save the solid panels for the side yard between houses where they actually earn their place.
Gate hardware on a fence line is the same wear item as everywhere else. Self closing hinges on a pool gate are a safety device, not a convenience, so specify marine grade ones and check them yearly. Test the latch from the outside with the gate barely ajar, which is the position it actually fails in.
With 15+ years of experience, our insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — wrought iron and ornamental steel fabrication, marine-grade powder-coated aluminum, cantilever and roller slide gates, LiftMaster, DoorKing and FAAC operators, Class I-IV operator classifications, UL 325 entrapment protection — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Fort Lauderdale and nearby communities including Pompano Beach, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
What We Handle
Everything our security fencing & perimeter in Fort Lauderdale covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of security fencing & perimeter work in Fort Lauderdale, FL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- security fencing Fort Lauderdale
- commercial perimeter fencing
- welded wire security fence
- anti-climb fencing
- marina and boatyard perimeter
- ornamental security fence
- galvanized chain link fence
- security fence and gate packages
- aluminum perimeter fencing
- waterfront property fencing
- perimeter fence repair
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Fort Lauderdale services.
Materials, equipment and how we do security fencing & perimeter
The difference between security fencing & perimeter that lasts and security fencing & perimeter that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with wrought iron and ornamental steel fabrication, marine-grade powder-coated aluminum, cantilever and roller slide gates, LiftMaster, DoorKing and FAAC operators, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Fort Lauderdale job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of gate work in Broward County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do security fencing & perimeter outside Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Gate Pros covers Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding communities of Broward County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Security Fencing & Perimeter in Pompano Beach, FL — Broward County, incorporated as the Town of Pompano on July 3, 1908, population 112,046 at the 2020 census
- Security Fencing & Perimeter in Oakland Park, FL — Broward County, incorporated as Floranada on November 25, 1925, population 44,229 at the 2020 census
- Security Fencing & Perimeter in Wilton Manors, FL — Broward County, incorporated as a village on May 13, 1947, population 11,426 at the 2020 census
- Security Fencing & Perimeter in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL — Broward County, incorporated November 30, 1927, population 6,198 at the 2020 census
- Security Fencing & Perimeter in Lighthouse Point, FL — Broward County, incorporated as a town on June 13, 1956, population 10,486 at the 2020 census
- Security Fencing & Perimeter in Deerfield Beach, FL — Broward County, incorporated as a town on May 12, 1939, population 86,859 at the 2020 census
Start on the Fort Lauderdale Gate Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 938-4596 and describe the job.
Why Fort Lauderdale Chooses Fort Lauderdale Gate Pros
- ✓Over 15 years installing and automating gates across Broward County
- ✓In-house metal shop — we weld and powder coat our own gates rather than drop-shipping them
- ✓Marine-grade aluminum and hot-dip galvanized steel specified for coastal salt air
- ✓Waterfront, canal-front and marina-community gate work is a specialty, not a sideline
The standards behind security fencing & perimeter
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The security fencing & perimeter work we do in Fort Lauderdale follows published industry standards: DASMA is the standards body for door and access systems, and UL Solutions publishes UL 325, the safety standard for automatic gate operators. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every security fencing & perimeter project in Fort Lauderdale gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 938-4596 for a free security fencing & perimeter free estimate in Fort Lauderdale, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.