Gates

Double Gates	Small Single Gates	Large Single Gates

Gates are manufactured to suit all fence heights and can have opening widths of up to to 12.0 metres for pairs and 6.0 metres for singles. They can be manufactured to suit your needs, back hung to open into site 180 degrees, face hung to open out of site 180 degrees or side hung to open into or out of site 90 degrees each way.

Bespoke pairs of gates can be manufactured with equal or odd width gate leaves, allowing the smaller leaf of a pair of gates to be used as a pedestrian gate, whilst the larger leaf can be used as a vehicle access. Odd leaf pairs of gates can also be used to solve problems with sloping ground, or where there is restricted space to accommodate the ark of the gate.

Generally it is always best to site gates in a clear and level location. However, problems with sloping ground can be overcome by use of specially designed gates with tapered bottoms, parallelogram gate frames, by fitting of rising hinges, or the manufacture of Bi-folded gate frames.

	The typical gate locking mechanism is a padlockable slide bar. This is manufactured from 75mm x 10mm flat steel with a vertical handle to reduce foot holds and a steel front plate to protect the slide bar from being cut from the attack face of the gate. A protective housing can also be added at additional cost to provide increased protection to the padlock.

Full protective cowlings are also available by request to provide increased protection to both the slide bar and padlock from the inside as well as the outside of the gates. These bespoke cowlings are designed to deter would be intruders and help protect both the slide bar and padlock from attack from bolt cutters, hacksaws and angle grinders.

	Fire Escape / Panic latches can be fitted to single gates where escape routes have to be maintained. These are fitted with a push-bar or push-pad locking mechanism located within a protective shroud to prevent the gate being opened from the outside.

Drop bolts are generally provided on all gate leaves to hold the gate in both the open and closed positions, these can be manufactured in non-standard lengths to pin the gate in both the open and closed positions and accommodate sloping ground. They also may be made padlockable so that only one leaf of a pair can be opened whilst the remaining gate leaf is left securely locked. Standard or "Easy-Clean" drop bolt sockets are installed to securely locate the drop-bolt , and pin the gate.

Typical steel palisade gate frames are manufactured from rolled hollow section steel to sizes as detailed in the tables below, they also have vertical braces (muntins) manufactured in the same material and corner gussets to give additional strength, all as required by the British Standards.

Typical steel palisade gate posts are manufactured from rolled hollow section steel to sizes as detailed in the tables below, these are given a fully welded cap and base plate for improved keying into the concrete foundations.