Electric Gate Repair in Palm Beach - On-Site in 60 Minutes, Fixed the Same Day

Fast, Reliable Electric Gate Repair Across Palm Beach

Electric gate repair in Palm Beach usually runs between $180 and $340 for a board swap or hinge reset, and most motor replacements land between $650 and $1,400 depending on the operator. If your gate is groaning, sagging, or refusing to open, call (626) 649-4572 and a live person will answer, day or night. We know Palm Beach’s barrier-island conditions better than any mainland shop, because salt air from the Atlantic and the Intracoastal hits every gate on this island from two directions at once. Our Electric Gate Repair team handles the corrosion, the control boards, and the alignment work that other companies misdiagnose as a full replacement.

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Why Latch & Post Gate Repair Is Palm Beach’s Preferred Electric Gate Repair Company

We’re part of the Cedarwell family, and we’ve been fixing gates since 2009. On Palm Beach specifically, that matters because the island makes demands no mainland training manual covers. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed, factory-trained on Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite, and they arrive with shoe covers and drop cloths so your floors stay as clean as when they knocked. Every visit includes a written price before any work starts, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise means if a repair isn’t right, we make it right without argument. Cody Beckman leads our team, and the standard he sets is simple: explain the price, respect the house, and leave the gate working like it should.

Palm Beach clients call us because we already know the difference between a Mediterranean Revival estate on North County Road and a newer build along Ocean Boulevard. That isn’t trivia; it changes which hinge specification belongs on the job and whether ARCOM paperwork needs to be filed before we touch the gate. A live person answers our phone 24/7, including the Saturday morning you discover the gate won’t close before a party and the Tuesday night a hurricane band shears a hinge pin.

Automatic Gate Repair in Palm Beach

Automatic gate repair in Palm Beach usually means one of three things: a swing gate that sags and trips its own safety sensor, a slide gate that grinds against its track, or an operator board that throws fault codes after years of salt-laden air working through the low-voltage contacts. On this island, the salt is the root cause of more than half of what we’re called to fix. The coastal environment oxidizes painted steel frames, seizes hinge pins, and quietly corrodes the circuit boards inside the operator housing until intermittent failures start looking like bad motors. When a Palm Beach client calls about a gate that opens sometimes and not others, we look for chloride damage before we quote a motor replacement.

Typical automatic gate repair in Palm Beach runs $180 to $490, depending on whether the issue is a sensor, a board, or a hinge-post reset. You’ll see the exact number in writing before we begin.

Board and Sensor Failures

Operator control boards in Palm Beach corrode faster than anywhere else in the county, because the island is only about a mile wide and the salt air reaches the electronics from both the ocean side and the Intracoastal side. We replace Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, and Elite boards regularly, and we always check the photocell wiring at the same time, since corroded low-voltage contacts often mimic a dead motor.

Hinge Post Resets and Sagging Gates

A sagging automatic gate usually means the hinge post has shifted in its footing, not that the leaf is bent. We reset hinge posts on stainless anchors and switch hardware to 316 stainless where the salt exposure is worst, which keeps the gate square and the safety photocell from false-tripping every time the wind shifts.

Electric Gate Motor in Palm Beach

Electric gate motor replacement in Palm Beach typically costs between $650 and $1,400 installed, with the exact figure depending on the operator brand and whether the existing foundation bolts are still sound. On this island, we replace more motors due to corrosion than mechanical wear. Salt air works its way into the housing, attacks the armature and the control contacts, and shortens a motor’s useful life by several years compared to a gate in West Palm Beach, just across the bridge. When we install a new motor on Palm Beach, we specify sealed housings and stainless fasteners, and we re-anchor to meet Palm Beach County high-wind-load standards.

If your gate has stopped moving entirely and you hear only a hum from the operator, call us before forcing it manually. A seized motor under load can damage the gear train and turn a motor swap into a full operator replacement.

Operator Replacement for Coastal Gates

We stock common operator parts for Palm Beach clients, including Viking and DoorKing boards, Ghost Controls arm assemblies, and Elite photocells. That local stock means many motor repairs on the island are completed the same visit, without waiting for a mainland parts run.

Control Board Repairs

A control board failure reads like a mystery: the gate works at noon and refuses at dusk, or the keypad stops talking to the motor. On Palm Beach, the answer is usually chloride corrosion on the board’s low-voltage terminals. We clean, repair, or replace the board and seal the housing so the next storm season doesn’t repeat the failure.

Trusted Brands We Service in Palm Beach

Our technicians are factory-trained on the brands Palm Beach estates actually run: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. We keep local stock of common boards, arms, and photocells for Palm Beach clients, so a Viking operator on South Ocean Boulevard doesn’t wait for a part from a mainland distributor. If your gate runs a DoorKing slide operator or a Ghost Controls swing arm, we already know the failure points and the fix before we arrive. That’s the difference between a gate company that guesses and one that has already repaired a hundred gates just like yours on this island.

Common Electric Gate Repair Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes

• Salt-corroded hinge pins and sagging gates. The dual exposure to Atlantic and Intracoastal salt air seizes hinge pins and oxidizes painted steel frames, which makes the gate sag and bind at the post before the panel shows any visible wear. We reset the post and switch to 316 stainless hinges where the corrosion is worst.
• Control boards failing from airborne chloride. Operator boards on Palm Beach corrode from inside their housings, producing intermittent fault codes and shorted safety photocells that look like motor trouble. We test the board, the wiring, and the sensors as one chain, not three separate issues.
• Storm-season misalignment. High-wind loading during hurricane season pushes gates out of alignment against their post footings, and many owners don’t notice until the gate starts grinding or the safety edge trips. Post-storm realignment calls on the island spike every fall.
• ARCOM delays on visible properties. On a landmarked or highly visible property, replacing a storm-damaged gate can require architectural drawings and Town of Palm Beach Architectural Commission approval before installation. We flag this upfront so estate managers aren’t surprised mid-project.

Pricing for Electric Gate Repair in Palm Beach, FL

We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach

Our Palm Beach crews also cover Palm Beach neighbors in West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, Greenacres, and Palm Beach Gardens. If you’re just over the bridge and your gate is acting up, the same Cedarwell Care Promise applies: written price first, shoe covers inside, and a cleanup photo before we leave.

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