Gate design and inspiration for your home.
If your thinking about enhancing your home with a gate, you'll be surprised how many options you have to make your new entrance beautiful, impressive and unique. In this section you can find information and ideas for your home and discover the choices you can make when planning your gates.
Materials
Classic gate designs are fashioned from Wrought Iron and are often embellished with scrolls, rosettes, finial gate heads and any number of ornamental flourishes. For ideas, we have a number of examples of wrought iron style gates to inspire the design of your own gates. Wrought Iron gates remain the most popular type of gate in the UK.
Many people prefer the look of closed boarded wooden gates at the entrance to their property. Wooden gates do take more maintenance than metal gates but the varied and beautiful natural finish makes it a wonderful material to make gates from. We also have examples of wooden gates to give you an idea for your project.
Opening Style
Most gates either wrought iron gates or wooden gates, will swing open like a door, pivoting on a hinge. This kind of gate will suit most homes, gates usually swing inwards to the property to avoid opening on to a public highway and causing a hazard. We have information on the advantages and disadvantages of swinging gates for you to view.
Swing gates are of course the classic choice but people with more restricted space or driveways on an incline are still able to have gates at their home. In this instance you are able to use a sliding gate, which often involves a little more installation work, but is still able to provide the finish your looking for at the entrance to your property. If this is an option you might like choose, look at our sliding gate information.
Automation
Improve your home further by automating your gates. You may imagine that electric gates would cost a great deal but we're sure you'll find them to be more affordable than you would have thought. All of our installers provide you with automated gates if you choose and you can find information on electric gates in the automation section.
Prices
Prices for gate installaton can vary widely, depending upon many factors, including whether you are having gates fabricated or they are ready-made, materials, and whether you're gates are to be automated or not. Prices can also vary depending on location. Labour costs will be much less for adding automation to an existing gate.
We advise you to get quotes from a range of installers before making a purchase. However, a general estimate for a set of automated gates could be something similar to this:
Set of double gates : £900 - £2000+ or 1/3 to 1/2 of the overall cost.
Automation equipment: £700 - £1500+ or 1/3 of the overall cost.
Installation costs / labour: £500 - £1500+ or 1/3 of the overall cost.
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