Fort Lauderdale Gate Pros provides professional wood gates in Fort Lauderdale, FL for residential and commercial properties across Broward County. Salt does not eat wood. It eats everything holding the wood up. That inversion is worth saying out loud, because clients on the isles often rule out a wood gate for the wrong reason and then buy the wrong version of one.
What actually breaks a wood gate here is moisture cycling and hardware. Boards sit in high humidity, take direct afternoon rain, then dry hard in the sun, and they move across the grain every time. A gate built as a solid slab racks itself out of square within two seasons. A gate built as an aluminum frame with wood cladding screwed to it does not, because the frame carries the load and the boards are free to move.
Hardware is where the money should go, and it is the reverse of what most people plan. A cedar leaf on marine stainless hinges will outlive an ipe leaf on plated hinges by years, and it costs less. Plated hardware within sight of the Intracoastal is a two year part. We will happily talk a client down from tropical hardwood and put the difference into the hinge barrels, the through bolts and the drop rod.
Detail the cladding so it can move. Fix each board at one point rather than pinning it top and bottom, leave a gap that lets a wet board swell without buckling its neighbor, and hold the bottom edge clear of the driveway so it is not wicking every puddle. Stainless trim screws into an aluminum frame need the same isolation as any other joint on the gate.
Finish is a maintenance decision, not a durability one. Oiled hardwood needs recoating every year or two in this sun or it silvers. Silvering is not damage, and plenty of owners on the water decide they prefer it. Say which you want before we quote, because it changes the product and not the price.
One siting note specific to these lots. Wood is heavy and privacy panels are solid, so on a short narrow driveway the swing arc plus the leaf weight often argue for a bi-parting pair instead of a single leaf. Two smaller leaves put half the load on each hinge set, which on the water is a durability decision dressed up as an aesthetic one.
There is a case for not building it in wood at all. If the gate faces the Intracoastal, takes spray off the water and never dries properly between squalls, a clad aluminum leaf with a woodgrain finish will hold its face for fifteen years while cedar wants attention every second one. We will build either. We would rather you knew which of those two jobs you were buying.
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 wood gates in Fort Lauderdale covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of wood gates work in Fort Lauderdale, FL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- wood driveway gates
- cedar gates
- wood gates on steel frames
- horizontal slat wood gates
- wood privacy gates
- wood and iron combination gates
- sagging wood gate repair
- wood gate staining and sealing
- custom wood entry gates
- ipe and hardwood gates
- termite-resistant gate framing
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 wood gates
The difference between wood gates that lasts and wood gates 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 wood gates 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.
- Wood Gates in Pompano Beach, FL — Broward County, incorporated as the Town of Pompano on July 3, 1908, population 112,046 at the 2020 census
- Wood Gates in Oakland Park, FL — Broward County, incorporated as Floranada on November 25, 1925, population 44,229 at the 2020 census
- Wood Gates in Wilton Manors, FL — Broward County, incorporated as a village on May 13, 1947, population 11,426 at the 2020 census
- Wood Gates in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL — Broward County, incorporated November 30, 1927, population 6,198 at the 2020 census
- Wood Gates in Lighthouse Point, FL — Broward County, incorporated as a town on June 13, 1956, population 10,486 at the 2020 census
- Wood Gates 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 wood gates
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The wood gates 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 wood gates 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 wood gates free estimate in Fort Lauderdale, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.