Driveway Electric Gates

Planning your driveway entrance will involve much more than just choosing the design and material of your gates. You also need to think about whether you would like a swing gate or sliding gate.

The main factor which will influence what style of gate you can have will be the ground levels surrounding the entrance, and the available room around the entrance area. You need to consider practical matters such as vehicle movement/manoeuvering near the gate aperture (is the gate opening wide enough?) and where vehicles will park and/or turn relative to the gate.

Sliding

The sliding gate is most popular where space is restricted.  A sliding gate leaves the full length of the driveway usable for parking vehicles.  Sliding gates will work across an upward sloping driveway where a pair of swing gates would not open inwards.

When closed, the gate offers better resistance to being forced than a pair of swing gates and therefore higher security.  Sliding gates are very robust, and are also useful in areas where high winds are common.

Alternatively, the cantilever system offers the same benefits as a sliding gate with the additional advantage of allowing less disruption within existing driveways.  The cantilever design means the gate is free to slide regardless of the terrain and is suitable if the drive is not level across the opening.

Swing

The swing driveway gates are generally the most popular and classic type of gate.  Aesthetically the swing gates are very pleasing and largely used for properties with a level ground area.

Swing gates also work when there is enough room between the entrance and the property to accommodate the fully-open gate leaf(s).

If it’s the aesthetics of swing gates that appeal but you only have room for a sliding gate, we can design the sliding gate to have the appearance of a pair of swing gates