Driveway gate options.

[Jimoz]

Originally wanted a sliding electric gate on new place but can't really justify the 7k upwards price. Never going to see it back. Have now started thinking about manual gates either sliding or hinged. Wheres the best place to look and what should I be looking for? Assume galv is best then do you have powder coated finish? There's some cheap kits on flabby but can't see them lasting.

Is 7k about the right money for a 4.5m automatic sliding gate with ground track and ground prep done by myself?

 

[Jimoz]

Also ground is flat so no need for cantilever.
I have seen this kind of thing online but would it turn up and be crap? £2600 in size I need

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[Jimoz]

Or this again around 2600

Trident Gates Simple Sliding Driveway Gate

 

[Grahams]

Sliding gates always seem expensive. If you want power can you not fit traditional hinged gates with centre mounted rams. Seems the cheapest option, but still with remote opening and closing which is a real luxury.

 

[fred]

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[Jimoz]

Yes the sliders are more expensive. Trouble is it's really the best option here else it's killing the driveway behind it. What's your thoughts @fred fit that system to a manual gate?

What do you boys think I should be looking for spec wise on the gate? Section size? Treatment? Paint? etc etc

 

[Monkeybusiness]

@Mogman - show him a picture of yours!!!

 

[fred]

done a couple on new builds. If the drive is wide enough we have the gate made as a pair (can use wood/metal whatever as the rails just fix to it)so it looks right then fix them both to the same track so they move as one in the same direction. conc it in the ground etc. Not a lot to it really.

All depends on the space, track is loads more reliable I i think as the motor isn't taking the weight as long as you have the room for the slide.

 

[V8Druid]

https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/gate-automation ... big range of equipment and always found their products decent quality ... used them for decades

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[Jimoz]

I've got about a 4.5m opening and i've probably got 10m of wall to run a gate down so plenty of room for slider. I did end up on that website before. Not sure if I'm up to the DIY approach as you guys suggest not as confident. Where do you get the actual gate manufactured just anywhere local who does it?

 

[fred]

we have a local timber yard who makes them at decent price. Fitting is pretty straightforward just get track bang on level and plumb.

 

[Quattromike]

We have an 11m opening at our works and we fabbed and fitted a motor driven cantilevered sliding gate. The gate is 14.5m long and is steel palisades 2.4m high. You might say it’s a proper gate. I don’t have a pic on me but when I get a chance I will post one. We got the track for the bottom of the gate and the wheels from uk gates.

 

[Jimoz]

Maybe I'll just go timber too then I'm a lot more comfortable with that material being a chippie. Did fancy metal but hey ho. What's the basic ingredients then- a gate, groundtrack, presumably a post at the lock end and 1 each side of gate at the opening side to keep the gate upright? Or do the posts sit on both faces of the gate at either end?

 

[Mogman]

@Mogman - show him a picture of yours!!!

This is my yard gate

rescued it from the scrap yard 11 meters long filling a 10 meter gap, weighing just over a ton
it’s sat on a 22 meter H section concreted in with the track screw to the top of it, the only thing i had to pay for was the motor and remote keypad cost about £1,500 for everything I needed but can open and close the gate with my phone, the keypad or a remote fob also if someone presses the call button on the gate it rings my phone and I can then let them in
I have the same system at home but with a nicer and smaller gate

 

[Grahams]

That is an impressive set up, both the gate and the access options.

 

[Mogman]

That is an impressive set up, both the gate and the access options.

Yes a pal of mine said make sure I have a pedestrian gate just in case the power goes off I can still get on site and manually slide the big gate open (I have a key that puts the gate drive out of gear)

 

[T whiting]

Yes a pal of mine said make sure I have a pedestrian gate just in case the power goes off I can still get on site and manually slide the big gate open (I have a key that puts the gate drive out of gear)

If you don't have a pedestrian gate you can fit a similar key system to the outside so you can manually slide or swing it from the outside

 

[DaveDCB]

Maybe I'll just go timber too then I'm a lot more comfortable with that material being a chippie. Did fancy metal but hey ho. What's the basic ingredients then- a gate, groundtrack, presumably a post at the lock end and 1 each side of gate at the opening side to keep the gate upright? Or do the posts sit on both faces of the gate at either end?

Metal frame then accoya ontop , never have to worry about it then

 

[V8Druid]

Metal frame then accoya ontop , never have to worry about it then

can't see how the hell pine can be made to last for 50 years ??

 

[Jimoz]

It's weird stuff @V8Druid at a similar price to Oak I don't see the attraction of it myself!
What should I do then just look for a local metalworker? What section should the frame be 50x50?