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A broken driveway gate in Kendall isn’t something you can put off. It’s your first line of security, it’s half your curb appeal, and when a swing gate drags across the pavers or a slide gate stops halfway, the whole household notices. Calder Gate Repair Miami dispatches gate technicians to Kendall every day. We know the neighborhoods here, from the Falls to Country Walk to the older 1960s ranch-style streets west of Dadeland. When your gate stops working, a live person answers our phone 24/7 at (850) 821-3781, and you get a written price before any work starts. That’s how we’ve done it since 2009.
Why Calder Gate Repair Miami Is Kendall’s Preferred Gate Repair Company
Kendall homeowners call us because we treat a gate repair like what it is: a security issue that can’t wait until next week. Our technicians arrive in uniform, background-checked, with a live arrival time you can track from your phone. No four-hour windows, no phone tag. The price we quote is the price on the invoice, period. And every repair is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise, which states in writing that if the repair fails within 365 days, Calder returns at no charge. No fine print, no pro-rated nonsense.
We’ve worked on hundreds of gates across Kendall, from solid aluminum swing gates on Snapper Creek estates to ornamental iron driveway gates in gated communities off Kendall Drive. That local experience matters. A Gate Repair team that works Kendall regularly already knows what the salt air does to hinge bearings near Biscayne Bay and what saturated post footings look like after a summer afternoon storm. We don’t have to learn on your gate.
Nico Alvarez, who runs Calder Gate Repair Miami, built this shop inside the Relay Home Co. family with a simple standard: the technician shows up on time, the work is explained in plain language, and the invoice matches the quote. Every call is answered by a live person, around the clock. When your gate fails at 9 p.m. before a storm watch, you reach a human who can schedule, not a voicemail.
Styles & brands we work with
Metal Gate Repair in Kendall
Metal Gate Repair in Kendall is the bulk of our work, and it almost always comes down to two enemies: wind and salt. The wind loads on a solid infill aluminum or wrought iron gate during a tropical storm are enormous, especially on older 1990s gates that weren’t engineered for Miami-Dade impact standards. Top rails bend, hinge posts twist, and once the post rotates even a few degrees in saturated ground, the operator starts fighting alignment on every cycle. Add in the corrosion from salty Biscayne Bay air, and you get hinge bearings that seize, wheels that grind, and slide gates that jam mid-travel.
A typical metal gate repair in Kendall runs $180 – $420 for hinge replacement, sag correction, or top rail straightening. Full post reset and re-pour work, which is more common in Kendall than in inland Miami suburbs because of how soft the ground gets after heavy rain, typically runs $450 – $900 depending on the footing depth and whether we’re adding rebar or upsizing the concrete pour.
Corrosion Repair and Hardware Swap
What looks like a rough-running gate is often a pile of small failures. Hinge pins that have rusted down a full size, brackets that have cracked from repeated wind gusts, wheel bearings that grind because salt got past the seals. In Kendall, standard steel hardware lasts a fraction of what it does inland. We swap in powder-coated stainless steel hinges, marine-grade bearings, and galvanized brackets. On decorative gates, we match the finish so the new hardware doesn’t stand out.
Bent Top Rails and Twisted Posts
When a solid infill gate catches a 70 mph gust, the top rail takes the load. We see that a lot after storm season. A bent top rail can usually be straightened cold or with controlled heat without replacing the panel. Twisted hinge posts are a different story: if the post has rotated in the footing, pulling it and re-setting it deeper is the only permanent fix. Half-measures fail inside a year, and you don’t want to learn that during the next storm watch.
Wood Gate Repair in Kendall
Wood Gate Repair in Kendall is a different animal from metal work, but the climate problems are the same. Humidity never lets wood dry out fully, and when you add sprinkler overspray and the occasional hurricane, you get swelling at the bottom stile, rot where the hinge screws bite, and posts that lean as the ground around them turns to soup. A wood gate that scrapes against the driveway is usually a post problem, not a panel problem.
Most wood gate repairs in Kendall run $160 – $380 for hinge re-securing, stile replacement, or post straightening. Rebuilding a rotted bottom section or replacing a post with a proper concrete collar runs $300 – $600. We always quote the full number before touching a single screw, and we’ll tell you honestly if replacing the gate makes more sense than repairing it.
Post Reset in Saturated Ground
Kendall’s soil drains fast on the surface but gets soft underneath after a real downpour. Wood posts set years ago in shallow concrete collars start to lean, and every cycle of the gate operator makes it worse. We pull the post, enlarge the hole, and set a proper depth with gravel drainage at the base. It’s more work than shimming, but it’s the only fix that survives the next rainy season.
Rot Repair and Panel Rebuild
Bottom rails and the first few inches of stile rot first in this climate. If the panel is otherwise solid, we cut out the damaged wood, sister in a pressure-treated replacement, and match the profile. On painted gates, we prep and repaint the repaired section so it doesn’t look patched. On natural-finished gates, we match the wood and seal it against the humidity.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendall
Calder Gate Repair Miami technicians are factory-familiar with nine major gate opener brands, and in Kendall we service a lot of Ghost Controls, Elite, and Mighty Mule units, along with DoorKing systems on older slide gates. We stock common control boards, limit switches, photo eye sensors, and remotes in our Miami service vehicles so a Kendall repair doesn’t wait on a parts shipment. When the brand matters, we know the quirks: a Ghost Controls board that fries from a nearby lightning strike, an Elite operator that loses its limits after a power surge, a Mighty Mule solar system that needs its panel angle adjusted for Kendall’s sun. We fix what’s in front of us and recommend parts that actually fit.
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AfterCommon Gate Repair Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- Post footings that shift in saturated ground. Kendall’s tropical rain saturates the soil, and older footings weren’t poured deep enough for the overturning moment a solid gate creates in wind. This is the single most common structural repair we do here.
- Wind-bent top rails on solid infill gates. Gates from the 1990s weren’t always built to Miami-Dade impact standards. A summer squall bends the top rail, the panel torques, and the operator starts binding on every open cycle.
- Salt-corroded operator boards and hinge bearings. The air near Biscayne Bay carries salt that wrecks circuit boards and eats through bearing seals, causing intermittent failures and keypad entry errors that drive homeowners crazy.
- Slide gates that stop halfway or reverse during heavy rain. Water gets into the rack and pinion gear or the limit sensor enclosure, and the operator reads a phantom obstruction and backs off. This is a drainage and sealing fix, not a mystery.
Pricing for Gate Repair in Kendall, FL
You’re going to ask how much, so here are real numbers for Kendall. Basic service calls and diagnostics run $89 – $129, and that’s credited toward the repair if you approve the work. Limit switch replacements land between $140 – $220. Opener circuit board swaps are $210 – $360 depending on the brand. Full post reset and re-pour work is $450 – $900. Hinge and hardware swaps are $180 – $420. The parts cost is the parts cost, the labor is the labor, and the number you agree to before we start is the number on the invoice. Estimates are free. Call (850) 821-3781 and we’ll walk you through it over the phone before we even schedule the visit.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
While this page focuses on Kendall, our technicians work across South Florida daily. We cover Gate Repair calls in Miami, Miami Beach, Doral, and Palmetto Bay, with the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise. If you’re in a nearby city and your gate is acting up, call the same number: (850) 821-3781.
Serving Kendall, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Gate Repair in Kendall
Every automatic gate opener has a manual release, usually a small key or red handle on the operator body. On slide gates, pulling the release disengages the drive gear so you can push the gate by hand. On swing gates, the release drops the arm so the panel pivots freely. The key thing in Kendall’s storm season is doing this before the gate binds from wind damage, and never forcing a gate that’s jammed, because the tension in a loaded opener arm can hurt you. If your opener doesn’t have an obvious release, call (850) 821-3781 and we’ll walk you through it in real time.
Yes, in most cases. A sag is almost always a hinge and post problem, not a panel problem. We’ll straighten the hinge post or re-set the footing, then replace the worn hinge pins and brackets with powder-coated stainless hardware matched to the existing finish. You keep the ornamental panel you love, and the gate closes square again. A typical sag correction on a decorative iron gate in Kendall runs $180 – $420, less if it’s a simple hinge swap, more if we’re re-pouring a post footing.
Yes, and if you’re replacing an operator on a gate that faces open exposure, we’ll spec a unit built for that wind load. That means a heavier-duty actuator, solid mounting plates, and properly sized footings beneath the posts. A storm-rated operator install in Kendall typically runs $700 – $1,400 including labor and parts, with the final number quoted in writing before we begin. We’ll tell you honestly if your post footings need upgrading before the new operator goes in, because a perfectly good opener can’t compensate for a post that moves.
Water is getting into the limit sensor enclosure or the rack and pinion gear, and the operator’s obstruction detection is reading the added resistance as something in the way. It stops or reverses as a safety response. The fix is usually draining and sealing the sensor housing, greasing the rack with a marine-grade lubricant, and checking the ground block under the operator for water intrusion. We see this constantly in Kendall after afternoon downpours, and it’s a repair we can usually complete in one visit.
Yes. Storms break solar gate openers three ways: the panel gets knocked out of alignment, the charge controller gets wet, or a lightning surge fries the control board. We’ll test the panel output, reset the angle for Kendall’s sun, swap the controller if it’s shorted, and re-seal the terminal block. A solar opener repair here typically runs $140 – $330 depending on whether it’s a board swap or just a panel reset. Call (850) 821-3781 and we’ll diagnose it over the phone.
If your gate is stuck, sagging, or dead after the last storm, don’t leave it that way. An open gate is an invitation, and a jammed gate is a liability. Call Calder Gate Repair Miami at (850) 821-3781. A live person answers, the estimate is free, and the price you agree to is the price on the invoice.
Written by Nico Alvarez, Owner at Calder Gate Repair Miami, serving Kendall since 2009.